Pirates embrace second place after tough title game
Amongst a sea of green on the campus of the University of Oregon, two teams, bright in color and spirit, battled each other for the right to be crowned 3A high school softball state champion. The No. ...
YC boys volleyball finishes inaugural season
The Yamhill Carlton boys volleyball team succeeded in their team goal of making it to the playoffs in their inaugural season. “For a first-year team to do that is great,” YC Assistant Coach ...
Dayton’s Garrison, Rosenberg commit for college hoops
In a busy week for Dayton High School athletics, two senior team captains announced their commitments to play college basketball. Clyde Rosenberg, the 3A PacWest Player of the Year, is furthering his ...
Ric Rac combines traditional barbecue with international inspiration
McMinnville native Shelby Wilcox has enjoyed traveling to different regions of the U.S. and other countries — Israel, the Mediterranean, Belize and other parts of Central America. In each location, ...
Winners, surprises at the state track and field championships
The best athletes on the biggest stage. Yamhill County’s finest found themselves at historic Hayward Field in Eugene for the three-day event last weekend that was the OSAA Track and Field Championships, ...
Mac baseball loses 5-1 to Sunset in semifinals
A four-run fifth inning by Sunset was the deciding factor Tuesday, as the McMinnville Grizzlies came up short in its bid for a first state title game appearance in the program’s history. Facing ...
Grizzlies softball ends season short of title game
Only so many reach the pinnacle of success. There are indeed varied levels to how much one can win and definitions vary. For some, there are small victories in the development of a program or player ...
Pirates best Tigers 5-4, advance to first final since 2019
Tuesday’s semifinal game between the No. 2 Dayton softball squad and No. 3 Yamhill Carlton had it all. Unstoppable forces, immovable objects and at the end a championship appearance for one Yamhill ...
King scores three tries, Panthers finish 15s in third
Try, try, try again was the theme on Saturday, May 17, for the Valley Panthers girls rugby club (3-2), who clobbered the joint Canby/Chinook squad 67-15. The Panthers had already secured third place for ...
Mac baseball triumphs in gritty extra-inning win over S. Medford
The McMinnville Grizzlies held off visiting South Medford in a thrilling 5-4 baseball playoff game Friday at their Patton Middle School home field. Tyler Brummitt ripped a two-out single down the third ...
Grizzlies top No. 1 Sunset, advance to semifinals
Often is the case in scholastic team sports when a strong core aids in the success of an entire team McMinnville’s varsity softball team exudes a quiet confidence from its leaders that has resonated ...
Tigers’ Bradfield pitches no-hitter to down Vale
Yamhill Carlton’s junior pitcher Taylor Bradfield struck out 13 of 21 batters, walked none and allowed one hit against the No. 6 Vale Vikings in a Friday quarterfinals 3-0 victory. “Taylor ...
Dayton comes from behind to beat Banks in quarterfinals
Down 2-0 after the first inning of a quarterfinal matchup Friday, the No. 2 Dayton Pirates softball team put their confidence and resilience on display in a come-from-behind 3-2 win at home against No. ...
’Cats make history but fall short of title
Linfield’s Wildcat sixth-ranked softball team was eliminated from the NCAA Division III Championship Finals on Sunday with a 10-9 loss to the Trine University Thunder in the quarterfinal game of ...
Dayton, Yamhill Carlton, McMinnville (x2) reach semifinals
Four Yamhill County baseball and softball teams advanced to the OSAA semifinals on Friday night. McMinnville softball knocked off No. 1 Sunset on the road, 5-3. It was the second time the Grizzlies ...
