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: Warriors, Pirates second meeting decided in final seconds

It was a rollercoaster of emotions Friday, Jan. 16, as the homecourt Amity boys basketball team led the Dayton Pirates 49-46 with one minute remaining. The cross-county rivalry simmered from the start. The ...

 
3A/2A Girls Basketball: Warriors clobber Pirates, Eliza Nisly reaches 1,000 points

The question of who’s the best Yamhill County 3A girls basketball team was answered on Friday, Jan. 16, as the defending state champion Amity girls basketball team drowned the Dayton Pirates 86-21 ...

 
Mac Girls Basketball: Grizz out-pressured in 64-30 loss to Bowmen

Threes rained down on Friday night during the girls varsity basketball game inside the McMinnville High School gymnasium, but not in favor of the home team. The No. 27-ranked host Grizzlies (4-8, ...

 
Mac Boys Basketball: Grizzlies gutted by Bowmen to open conference schedule

Any energy present inside the McMinnville High School gymnasium on Friday was quickly stolen by the No. 5-ranked Sherwood Bowmen (10-4, 2-0). The Grizzlies, now ranked No. 36 with a season record of 5-7, ...

 
Mac swimmers face little resistance against Jaguars

Grizzlies complete largest dual wins of season in near sweep The News-Register Staff The McMinnville High School swim teams made short work of the Century Jaguars on Thursday at the McMinnville Aquatic ...

Grizzly grapplers take third at Oregon Classic

A third-place team finish in the Oregon 6A Classic Cup proved to the Grizzlies’ boys wrestlers they are on the right path with half of the season remaining. “We’ve been doing ...

Bulldog, Pirate wrestlers fight for top five team performances in Redmond and Florence

Wrestlers from Yamhill County’s 3A programs were spread throughout the state over the weekend, taking over Redmond for the Oregon Wrestling Classic, and living with seaside views at the Nick Lutz ...

 
3A/2A Boys Basketball: Warriors win in stunning fashion, hold Bulldogs scoreless in first quarter

Any coach will say that scoring comes in waves, but something was in the water Monday night in Amity and it started a scoring tsunami for the No. 20-ranked Warriors (8-6, 4-2). The night started innocently ...

 
3A/2A Girls Basketball: Warriors trample Bulldogs in first meeting of year

For the second time this season, the No. 2-ranked Amity Warriors (11-3, 6-0) scored just one point in the fourth quarter. That said, it came with a much different result after their first time doing so ...

 
Unselfish play lifts Linfield over Willamette

Those who braved heavy fog to Ted Wilson Gymnasium on Tuesday night were treated to a basketball nightcap that produced a few reasons as to why Linfield’s mens basketball team (4-8, 2-2) may be on ...

 
‘Cats spring to life, stifle Willamette in fourth quarter for seventh straight win

When Linfield’s womens basketball team (11-2, 4-0) needs to, they secure a few things on defense to ensure a game doesn’t slip away: stops, stops and more stops. On Tuesday evening, while ...

Linfield softball hosting two January camps

Linfield University is hosting two All-Skills Softball Clinics on Jan. 18 and Jan. 24 at Ad and Joan Rutschman Fieldhouse on the corner of Linfield Avenue and Davis Street. Each clinic will stress ...

Professional softball coming to Oregon

The Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL), a women’s professional softball league that was founded and began play in 2024, announced on Tuesday that one of its new teams will call Oregon home ...

Mac Girls Basketball: Grizzlies hold Apollos scoreless in second half, win 61-18

McMinnville’s girls varsity basketball team (4-7) handled business on Monday afternoon, toppling No. 37 Sunset (5-9) 61-18 without allowing a point in the second half. “We didn’t have ...

 
Upon Further Review: The ball I thought I knew

With a new year upon us, I become increasingly self-aware of everything I do not know. And as I believe I’ve mentioned before, that’s the beautiful thing about aging. Fresh beginnings are ...

 
Linfield outwits Whitman, surrenders to Whitworth at home

Emotions ran wild over the weekend as Linfield mens basketball team (3-8, 1-2) split a pair of Northwest Conference matchups at home to Whitman College (6-7, 1-3) and Whitworth University (10-3, 4-0). The ...

 
Wildcats topple Pirates, conquer Blues

What makes the Wildcats roll is their connection to one another. Under head coach Casey Bunn-Wilson, Linfield’s womens basketball team (10-2, 2-0) has turned into a formidable foe in the Northwest ...

 
Busy weekend of wrestling produces 10 Yamhill County champions

Yamhill County was a wrestler’s paradise on Saturday, Jan. 10. Over 20 Oregon schools competed on the mat at either the Bob Bishop Invitational in Willamina or the Mike Henry Memorial duals in Dayton. Boys ...

Bird named to CSC Hall of Fame class of 2026

Linfield University’s Athletics Marketing and Events Coordinator, Kelly Bird, will join the College Sports Communicators Hall of Fame class of 2026 and be inducted on Monday, June 8, in ceremonies ...

Mac swimmers run roughshod over Liberty

In their final dual meet against Liberty High School before the Falcons transition to 5A, the Grizzlies’ swim teams dominated at the Shute Park Aquatic & Recreation Center in Hillsboro, ...