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Nathan Ecker/News-Register##Murilo Martins, left, and Dakota Armour, right, pose for a photograph in front of the McMinnville high school and club swimming record board inside of the McMinnville Aquatic Center. The duo are working as dual head coaches, focusing their time on building the best environment for their athletes.

New Mac swim coaches Martins, Armour aim to uphold winning traditions

After 27 years, the McMinnville High School swim team will have different leadership, as Jason Hafner passes the reins of the team’s scholastic aquatic athletes to tenured assistants Dakota Armour ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register file photo##Seniors Alyssa McMullen, left, and Adie Nisly, center, get set on defense against Banks guard Nylah Vanthom, right, during the 24-25 3A State Championship game at Marshfield High School on March 8, 2025. Amity enters the season relaxed and does not feel pressured to defend its title.

3A/2A Girls Basketball Preview: Amity named preseason 3A No. 1 in OSAA coaches poll

The 3A/2A girls basketball landscape has shifted, but Amity still reigns above all, following an undefeated season last winter and a State Championship as the cherry on top. Many will seek to dethrone ...

Nathan Ecker/News-Register##Freshman guard Cameron Baker drives past Terry on a layup attempt, showing how the team will look to attack the basket during the 2025-26 season. Baker is one of four freshmen, including Olivia Olsen, Maci Hendricks and Grace Carlson, suiting up for varsity. It marks the first time since 22-23 that Mac will have freshmen on the varsity roster. The last two were Brooklynn Summers and Ruby Riddle, who both now look forward to teaching the next generation as seniors.

Mac Girls Basketball Preview: Grizzlies excited for new-look offense with Riddle, Summers controlling team’s paint

Since the 2017-18 season, the McMinnville girls varsity basketball team has had a winning record in all but one (2021-22), but even then, they found a way to make the playoffs after going 7-5 in league ...

Nathan Ecker is the Sports Editor for the News-Register.

Upon Further Review: The reporter's Linfield experience

It’s been a minute since I last put thoughts to a column, but my best thinking comes when I’ve had time to ruminate on the ideas that stick to my cranium like gum on the bottom of sneakers. Most ...

Nathan Ecker/News-Register##Yamhill Carlton senior Deegan Tuning glues his eyes to a basketball held by Tigers Head Coach Marty McLaughlin during a lateral drill at a practice session on Monday, Nov. 24, inside the Tiger Dome. Tuning is hoping to lead a team that can mature as the season progresses.

3A/2A Boys Basketball: Future is now for rejuvenated rosters following exodus of senior talent

The 3A PacWest conference will look different for the 2025-26 boys basketball season. Local program Sheridan has moved down to the 2A Tri-River Conference, while Salem Academy (last season’s Tri-River ...

Nathan Ecker/News-Register##Willamina sophomore Bridgette Manley makes an intense bounce pass to a teammate during Bulldogs’ practice at the Willamina High School gymnasium on Wednesday, Nov. 26.

Willamina basketball 'trusting the process' with new girls head coach Halle Wright

Willamina’s girls varsity basketball team will have a new look this season as a former 4A standout from Cascade High School takes over as the Bulldogs’ head coach. Halle Wright, a four-time ...

Nathan Ecker/News-Register##New Dayton head coach Bruce Moore watches as his players work on defensive and offensive strategy during a practice session at Dayton High School on Saturday, Nov. 22. Moore was ecstatic to return to coaching and has the intention of bringing winning basketball back to Dayton after a lull in success for the girls program.

Hoping for Moore than average: Longtime girls basketball coach wants to rekindle success for Dayton

Nearly two decades after leading the Amity Warriors’ girls basketball team to a record of 82-23 over four years, longtime head coach Bruce Moore is back in the driver’s seat, but this time ...

Nathan Ecker/News-Register##Mac boys Head Coach Tucker Coil addresses the team near the end of practice on Nov. 21. He preached energy, aggressiveness and team work in practices leading up to McMinnville’s opening week of games as Coil wants there to be no surprises when they hit the floor for games.

Grizzlies look to rebuild defensive identity with largest senior class in decade

The McMinnville boys varsity basketball team’s biggest senior contingent since 2015 is expected to provide much-needed experience to the court for the upcoming season. Under second-year Head Coach ...

NWC All-Conference teams named for soccer

Linfield’s men’s and women’s soccer teams combined for eight all-conference awards as the women ended the season third in the Northwest Conference standings and the men placed eighth. The ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register file photo##Luke McNabb scrambles away from pressure during the Wildcats Sept. 6, 2025 game against the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh at Maxwell Field.

Linfield takes most NWC football All-Conference first-team honors

Linfield’s football team extended it’s NCAA all-division leading record of winning seasons to 69 in 2025 while going 7-2 overall and 6-1 in Northwest Conference play. The team’s NWC run, ...

Wildcat Roundup: Swimming wraps fall with 11 career-bests; men’s wrestling makes history; women’s basketball the bigger team in Texas

Linfield men’s and women’s swimming wrapped up the Fall season on Sunday, Nov. 23, competing in the La Verne Winter Invitational at East Los Angeles College. The three-day event saw 11 Wildcats ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register file photo##From left to right: Kathleen Robinson, Josephine McPhillips, Keira Christopherson and Emily Pacheco Segovia run close together during the opening laps of the girls 5,000-meter 6A Pacific Conference Championship race at Joe Dancer Park on Oct. 30. All competed at the NXR Championships in Spokane.

Grizzlies compete at 2025 NXR Regional Championships

Boys and girls from McMinnville High School’s cross country program made the trek to Spokane last weekend to compete at the Nike Cross Country Northwest Regional Championships held at the Spokane ...

Photo courtesy of Mark Blair##Jose “El Toro” Garcia lands a punch to Luis Iniguez’s abdomen during their duel at the Salem Armory on Nov. 1. Garcia won the match via unanimous decision. It was the first time he had won a fight without a knockout, but still made Iniguez wobbly with a strike to the chin in the fifth round.

Jose "El Toro" Garcia improves to 5-0 with a unanimous decision in Salem

McMinnville native and super middleweight boxer Jose “El Toro” Garcia dueled Luis Iniguez in a five-round bout on Saturday, Nov. 1. Garcia entered with an unblemished record to start his young ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Autumn Hayes (left) and Randy Hayes (right) pose for a photo while standing inside of Amity’s refurbished hammer ring. They are holding the USATF Coach of the Year award that was given to them for their outstanding work with track and field athletes in the community. Many local coaches and parents commended the couple for their selflessness as they provide a safe environment for students to become strong athletes and human beings.

Going above and beyond: Randy and Autumn Hayes awarded USATF Coach of the Year honors for excellence in Amity

Standing among one of his greatest achievements, Randy Hayes delightfully showed off an upgraded hammer ring at Amity High School as the sun set on an abbreviated autumn evening. The grounds that house ...

Nathan Ecker/News-Register file photo##Edwin “Isai” Cuevas-George makes Sunset defenders look silly en route to a goal during the Grizzlies’ 4-0 victory in the first round of the 6A State Championship tournament. Isai scored three goals in the contest, marking his fifth and final hat trick of the 2025 season.

Mac Soccer: Grizzlies combine for 19 All-League honors, Adam Howard and Isai Cuevas-George repeat with respective Coach and Player of the Year honors

Wortman Stadium was raucous this season for Grizzly soccer. Both of McMinnville’s varsity squads made the playoffs and impressed on the pitch, catching the attention of opposing players and coaches ...

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