It was a home victory for the Dragons boys cross country team on Thursday, Sept. 28. The Delphian School hosted the Conquer the Hill cross country invitational with high school teams competing from Delphian, ...

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Rauch and Mac take second at Tualatin Invite; Grizzly boys maul Liberty in dual

McMinnville boys wrestling took second at the Tualatin Invite on Jan. 25 with 240 points, behind fellow 6A Grant Pass with 292 points. McMinnville sophomore Trent Rauch placed second at 120 pounds, winning ...

Mac boys fall just short against Forest Grove, Glencoe

The McMinnville boys team lost back-to-back heartbreakers against Forest Grove and Glencoe, but had some impressive play from senior forward Tyler Franks that adds an important dimension to the team. Head ...

Mac girls stay perfect in league play, face Century tonight

The Grizzly girls (11-5, 4-0) came back from a five-point halftime deficit last Friday night to take down the Forest Grove Vikings (10-7, 2-2), 57-48. “(Forest Grove) were hitting threes off some ...

 
Tuning, Allen, Y-C take first at Dayton Girls Night

Aliyah Sauceda (170) led the Dayton Pirates at their home girls tournament on Thursday, Jan. 23. Sauceda defeated Sarah Harris of Taft in round one. The match was long-fought with Sauceda winning by pin ...

Sheridan girls get season sweep of Dayton ; Pirate boys end four-game skid

Senior guard Chloe Ayala led the Sheridan Spartans (8-7, 4-5) with 14 points, and sank a three-pointer buzzer beater in a nail-biter 49-42 victory against the Dayton Pirates (8-10, 4-6) on Monday in league ...

 
Willamina boys win at Golden Yam tournament, five Bulldogs

Willamina boys wrestling won five weight classes and had eight wrestlers in the finals for a team victory at the Blake’s Battle: The Golden Yam tournament at Yamhill-Carlton High School on Jan. 25 Taking ...

 
Amity boys hold on as Dayton loses its rhythm

Amity High School’s boys’ basketball team topped its county and conference rival Dayton on the Pirates’ court Wednesday night, 55-47. Dayton nearly tied the score late in the game after ...

 
Grizzly basketball teams get sweep at Newberg

McMinnville’s Kane Sullivan left the Newberg gym baskets clean Tuesday night, cleaning the glass throughout the game toward an 11-point, 13-rebound double-double to help the Grizzlies (6-8, 1-1) ...

 
Burns-Rider, Tromblay, Johnson inducted into Amity HOF

Warrior and Amity hometown pride was in the forefront of the Amity High School Hall of Fame induction on Saturday, Jan. 18 at the Michelbook Country Club in McMinnville. Amity alumni and athletes Syndie ...

Mac boys take seventh at Oregon Wrestling Classic Duals

On Friday, Jan. 18, McMinnville won the 6A Pool B bracket, going undefeated at 3-0, and advanced to the championship bracket. The Grizzlies defeated Mountainside of the Metro league 45-30 and South Medford ...

Trammel wins for Spartans at Nick Lutz

Joseph Trammel (285) won the heavyweight championship for the Sheridan Spartans at the Nick Lutz Invite at Siuslaw High School in Florence on Saturday, Jan. 18. Trammel entered the tournament as the No. ...

Sheridan, Y-C boys claim first league victories

Spartan boys basketball (5-9, 1-7) kenneled the Willamina Bulldogs (0-15, 0-8) on Wednesday and claimed their first league victory winning 71-55. The Spartans fell to league opponent Santiam Christian ...

Sauceda wins 170 weight-class for Pirates at Nick Lutz

Aliyah Sauceda (170) won the championship match for the Dayton Pirates at the Nick Lutz Girls Invite at Siuslaw High School in Florence on Saturday, Jan. 17. The junior won her fifth first place finish ...

 
Big game experience: Y-C girls battle through tough second quarter, fall to Banks 67-50

The vibes were good Tuesday night at the Tiger Dome after one quarter, as the Yamhill-Carlton girls basketball team held a 14-12 lead over Banks. But Murphy’s Law went into full effect for ...

Schmidt takes second for Dayton at Knappa Bash

Joe Schmidt took second for the Dayton Pirates Jan. 11 at the Knappa Winter Bash wrestling tournament hosted by 4A Astoria. The Pirates claimed eighth place out of 19 teams with eight boys scoring a total ...

Brewer takes first at Lady Dragon Tournament

Zoe Brewer (105), Emma Brunner (155) and Sadie Risseeuw (170) won all their matches for Willamina at the Lady Dragon Dual at Dallas Jan. 10. As a team Willamina tied for 12th with Tillamook, Woodburn ...

Amity still ranked No. 1, look to squash Jefferson

Amity girls basketball (14-0, 6-0), continues their dominant season run, ranked not only as the No. 1 team in 3A PacWest league, but the No. 1-ranked 3A team in Oregon. The Warriors, the 2024 3A state ...

Dayton boys No. 1 PacWest, need to knock down Taft

Pirate boys basketball has a 6-0 record in the 3A PacWest league and 10-4 overall. Since New Year’s they have defeated league opponents Santiam Christian (73-49 on Jan. 7), Willamina (78-40, Jan. ...

Grizzlies open league tonight at Sherwood

After losing the four of its first five games to start the season, the McMinnville girls basketball team has won six of seven to build momentum into the first Pacific Conference game tonight at Sherwood. Coach ...

Mac girls swim to first conference dual meet win

McMinnville swim coach Jason Hafner used last week’s dual meet against Liberty as a chance to have place swimmers in events where they do not often compete. “It gives them a little break from ...