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, ...
Sports
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
3A/2A Football: District champion Dayton leads list of All-League recipients
The No. 4-ranked Dayton Pirates were unstoppable in the regular season this fall, going 9-0 overall and 7-0 in league play, before falling to No. 13 Douglas in the first round of the 3A State Championship ...
Valley Panthers learn lessons at rugby 7s tournament in Idaho; former players hit the turf for WOU and Gonzaga
As rugby continues gaining traction in Oregon and across the United States, local coach Christine Bader is hard at work to ensure no momentum is lost during the brief winter hiatus. Picking up where the ...
Wildcat Roundup: Women's basketball starts with dominant win; swimming, wrestling battle in weekend dual meets
Linfield’s women’s basketball team (1-0) started its season on Saturday, Nov. 15, with an 81-63 victory over the NAIA Northwest University Eagles at Ted Wilson Gymnasium. Junior guard Allie ...
Opinion: Linfield snubbed by selection committee
If I am Linfield head football coach Joseph Smith and the Wildcat football team, I would be angrier than Jonah was at God for the injustice the Division III selection committee did to the ’Cats. Left ...
No. 1 Cascade, No. 4 Scappoose face off in 4A football semifinal at Wortman Stadium
Wortman Stadium will be host to a battle of top-ranked 4A football squads on Saturday, Nov. 22. No. 1-seeded Cascade (11-0) will face off against No. 4-seeded Scappoose (10-1) at 2 p.m. at the usual home ...
Team of destiny: Warriors praise Amity fandom after winning second championship of 2025
Not since the years 1999 and 2000 have two Amity High School athletic programs won state championships in the same calendar year. In the realm of varsity sports, the feat is not uncommon, but never unadmirable. When ...
Amity girls soccer earns first State Championship title in penalty shootout over Valley Catholic
A result was earned, as much as it was deserved, by the 2025 Amity Warriors girls soccer team on Saturday at Liberty High School in Hillsboro. Since 2022, the team has been a force to be reckoned with ...
Wildcats end year with 65-19 victory over Willamette
The Linfield Wildcat offense, which earlier in the season seemed like verses without rhythm, showed Willamette University they are full-fledged Walt Whitman epic elegy, pounding the Bearcats for a 65-19 ...
Wildcat Roundup: Four to be inducted into Hall of Fame; swimming, wrestling, men's basketball begin seasons
Prior to Linfield football’s final game of the 2025 regular season, three record-setting athletes and a one-of-a-kind contributor will be inducted into the Linfield Athletics Hall of Fame. They comprise ...
Grizzlies, Tigers give their all at cross country champions
A flock of runners from Yamhill County took to a tough course at Lane Community College in Eugene on Saturday, Nov. 8, for the OSAA Cross Country State Championships. Both of McMinnville’s varsity ...
10 Grizzlies take home All-League honors in football
The 2025 season was not favorable to the McMinnville varsity football team. Going 1-8 overall and 0-5 in league play, the Grizzlies fought through injuries and learned new concepts, while many played starting ...
Mac Volleyball awarded with four All-League honors
The best thing about high school sports — and any sport for that matter — is that there is always next year. Seniors move on, graduating to become better versions of themselves, which ...
Warriors reach first championship in program history with physicality and defense in 1-0 semifinal win over Creswell
Knock, knock, knock… that is the sound of the Warriors at the door to the 3A/2A/1A State Championship game. Opponents would be wary of letting them in. They are physical, fast and have no problem ...
