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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Gallery: All for one, One for all
Between the high school and collegiate level, five softball teams from Yamhill County made a run through their respective playoff tournaments. Though none were able to capture a title, many set records ...
3A Softball: Yamhill Carlton's Bradfield named Special District 3 Pitcher of the Year
On top of their first league title since 2022 and a trip to the 3A State semifinals, Yamhill Carlton’s softball team owned a fair share of their Special District 3 all-league awards. Headlining ...
3A Baseball: Five Tigers, Pirate trio head all-league awards
As the 3A baseball season ended, 12 ball players from Yamhill County represented their respective squads as all-league honorees in Special District 3. A pair of Tigers from Yamhill Carlton came away with ...
Upon Further Review: The game with a heart beat
Since moving to McMinnville in May of 2025, I have been gobsmacked by the sport that is fastpitch softball. The reasoning’s in the name, end of story. All joking aside, fastpitch offers everything ...
Dayton's Chinchilla meets the moment, sets school hurdles record on way to 3A state podium
When Dayton’s Erick Chinchilla was thrown into the 300-meter hurdles with no prior experience as a freshman, it seemed unfathomable that he’d become one of the best Pirates to ever do it. Often ...
Willamina wrestler Risseeuw named All-American before final scholastic season
Landon Risseeuw, a Willamina High School heavyweight wrestler entering his senior season, has joined the annals of Bulldog history as the fifth wrestling All-American in school history. Risseeuw traveled ...
Mac Baseball: Bears name eight to all-league teams
McMinnville’s varsity baseball team saw eight players receive all-league nods in the Pacific Conference for their play during the 2026 spring season. Many of the Grizzlies’ eight seniors were ...
Mac Softball: 'Resilient' Grizzlies earn nine all-league awards
The ups and downs of a softball season affected McMinnville’s varsity softball squad more than most this season, but Head Coach Josh Terry said it was their resilience that kept them afloat. “There ...
Johnston, Riddle graduate from McMinnville as role models of track and field program
Few have set a precedent for success with an implement in their hands like McMinnville’s Brooklyn Johnston and Ruby Riddle. The pair of 6A State Championship placing track and field throwers completed ...
3A Softball: Dayton unable to make noise against Vale’s Navarrete in semifinals
The dominant force that is Vale freshman Sophia Navarrete and the No. 1-seeded softball team in Class 3A had thrown 13 shutouts prior to Tuesday’s semifinal against No. 4-seeded Dayton. With a double ...
3A Softball: South Umpqua’s Morales shuts down high-powered YC offense as title berth remains elusive
Yamhill Carlton’s high-octane offense and best season in relation to record since 2022 ended Tuesday afternoon. Visiting No. 2-seeded South Umpqua (27-2, 15-0) in Myrtle Creek, the No. 3-seeded ...
McMinnvile basketball and golf camp registration open for June
Grizzly basketball camps The McMinnville Girls Basketball program will hold its annual girls basketball camp from Tuesday, June 16, through Thursday, June 18, at the high school. The camp is open to all ...
Linfield Softball: Catball meets its match in 7-6 season-ending loss to Simpson
Linfield Wildcat softball’s fourth straight season with more than 40 victories concluded on Saturday, May 30, as they were unable to fully overcome a three-run deficit against Simpson College at ...
Delphian duo helps Dragons secure first team trophy in track and field program history at 2A State Championships
Track teams at the Delphian School in Sheridan had a vision come to life late Friday, May 29, inside the hallowed ground that is Hayward Field. In recent years, the Dragons girls’ track and field ...
Gallery: Between takes in Track Town
Among the mad dashes and timed trials at the OSAA State Track and Field Championships are moments that mean the most to every competitor. Before the starter gun fires and the clock starts to tick, deep ...
Gallery: The Nines, Rising from ashes
In May 2025, a fire destroyed a maintenance shop at The Nines, leaving behind a pile of charred wood and twisted metal where a building used to stand. For a nine-hole course in McMinnville already working ...
3A/2A Track and Field Championships: Hughes repeats as champion, Delphian girls command field
Over two days of competition in the 2A and 3A fields at the OSAA Track and Field State Championships, no one represented Yamhill County on the podium more than the Dayton Pirates and Delphian Dragons. Through ...
6A Track and Field: Grizzlies place six at state, Riddle leads way in throws
Many from McMinnville found themselves in the middle of stacked classes at Hayward Field in Eugene for the 6A State Track and Field Championships, but no Grizzly finished higher on the podium than senior ...
Mac Softball: Bears' bats go silent in quarterfinal loss to conference rival Glencoe
There’s an ending for everything. McMinnville High School’s 14th-ranked Grizzly softball squad’s (15-13) season ended Friday with a 5-0 OSAA quarterfinal loss to sixth-ranked Glencoe ...
Dayton softball to play No. 1-ranked Vale for right back into championship
The No. 4-seeded Dayton Pirates plundered the No. 5 Banks Braves on Friday, May 29, with a 4-1 victory to advance to the semifinals of the 3A State Championship tournament for the second straight season. ...
