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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3A/2A Boys Basketball: Tigers stave off Warriors
Yamhill Carlton’s boys varsity basketball team (3-3) fended off a lethal team from the field on Tuesday night in the Tiger Dome. The Tigers were victorious, holding out for a 57-54 victory ...
Wildcat Roundup: Mens and womens basketball have weekend success, Smolt named NWC POTW; volleyball awarded for academic achievements
Womens Basketball Linfield’s womens basketball team (6-2, 1-0) picked up two victories over the weekend in non-conference play against NAIA Simpson (Calif.) and No. 22 NAIA Corban. The ’Cats ...
Depweg breaks own record in season opener
McMinnville High School varsity swimmers began the season with impressive results over Newberg in a dual meet at the McMinnville Aquatic Center on Thursday, Dec. 11. The Grizzlies completed a total team ...
OSAA finalizes 2026-30 reclassification and districts for high school athletics
Beginning the fall of 2026, the 3A West Valley League will return to the high school sports scene after being absent since the 2018-19 scholastic athletics season. The Oregon School Activities Association ...
Mac Boys Basketball: Grizzlies fight through foul trouble to oust David Douglas 54-46 at home
McMinnville’s boys variety basketball team (3-2) found itself in a familiar scenario on Tuesday inside their home gym. The Grizzlies’ opponent, the 6A Mt. Hood Conference David Douglas Scots ...
Mac Girls Basketball: Grizzlies lose lead to hot-shooting Cardinals, fall 50-44
McMinnville’s girls varsity basketball team (0-4) showed promise on Tuesday at Lincoln (2-1), but ultimately fell 50-44. “There are moments when we look really good and move the ball crisply…we ...
3A/2A Girls Basketball: Tigers defeat Bulldogs; Pirates keep sailing
Willamina 27 Yamhill Carlton 35 The Tigers (6-1) were on top of a low-scoring affair in the West Valley, defeating the Bulldogs (1-6, 0-1) 35-27 on Wednesday night. Williamina’s recent struggles ...
3A/2A Girls Basketball: Dayton, Hughes wins for family after father's passing
Dayton’s varsity girls (4-1) played for more than basketball over the weekend. On Wednesday, Dec. 10, news of the death of Michael Hughes, a vice principal and special education director at Willamina ...
3A/2A Boys Basketball: Pirates topple Tigers
For the first time since Dec. 15, 2023, the Dayton and Yamhill Carlton varsity boys basketball teams met for a non-league game at the Dayton Tournament. Two winters ago, Dayton handled the Tigers, ...
Turnovers cost Grizzlies in 49-37 loss to South Salem
Friday’s contest against the South Salem Saxons (3-0) was a vast measure of improvement for the McMinnville girls varsity basketball team (0-3), but turnovers were costly and neutered an otherwise ...
Overtime Odyssey: Ferrua heats up for 31 points in 71-67 win over McDaniel
Falling to the ground, sophomore forward Xander Gurash lunged for a ball that clanged off the iron. It was his eigth and final rebound of a long night that also saw him score 18 points. He chucked the ...
Tiger wrestlers dominate mat in opening bouts; Amity, Dayton, Mac see improvement
Yamhill County grapplers were out in full force over the Dec. 12-13 weekend. Wrestlers from McMinnville, Amity, Dayton, Willamina and Yamhill Carlton took the mat, and many had top five worthy ...
Bulldogs wrestling ready to battle, replicate state success
The Willamina High School wrestling room has molded Bulldogs athletes for years. The orange and black walls are a training ground where athletes are pushed to their limits and challenged to rise and exceed ...
Warrior wrestlers grappling for growth in 25-26 season
Amity Wrestling is typically a small program, but with a roster of about 19 kids, turnout is way up for the Warriors. “We’re a young team, but growing,” Amity Head Coach Paul Betts ...
Wildcat Roundup: Mens and womens basketball suffer losses; mens wrestling introduces new faces to mat at Clackamas Open
Womens Basketball The Wildcats womens basketball team (4-2, 1-0) was handed their largest loss of the season so far on Friday, Dec. 5 at Ted Wilson Gymnasium. Facing No. 3 University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh ...
Mac boys unable to slow North Salem offense in 77-59 test of endurance
It can be frustrating when the offense does not tally up. Connecting with the hoop and seeing the ball meet net is a skill, even an art for some. Zealots on both sides would argue that offense or defense ...
Grizzlies pressure Foxes but can't get shots to fall in 51-23 loss to Silverton
On Tuesday at the McMinnville High School gymnasium, development and chemistry continued to be built for a Grizzlies varsity girls basketball squad (0-2) finding their way in a new look offense. The Grizzlies ...
3A/2A Boys Basketball: Bulldogs off the schnide
Amity 69 Regis 82 The Warriors (0-3) dropped their third straight game on Monday, falling to 2A Regis (2-0) 82-69. Amity was put to bed by Regis’ 6-foot-4 senior guard Eli Silbernagel, who scored ...
3A/2A Girls Basketball: Tigers stay hot at home
Dayton 36 Westside Christian 50 The Pirates (1-1) dropped their first game on Tuesday, falling to undefeated Westside Christian (4-0) by a score of 50-36 at Dayton High School. Dayton played a tight ...
Wrestling: Mac, Dayton boys grapplers see top 10 finishes to start season
The season for grapplers is upon Yamhill County, with many wrestlers taking some of their first turns on the mat at the Perry Burlison Invitational at Cascade High School on Saturday, Dec. 6. McMinnville ...
