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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Charting the unknown; Smith, Elliot face off for first time from opposite sidelines
Linfield football (4-2, 3-1) can extend The Streak with a win Saturday against Lewis & Clark (5-2, 2-2), pushing the historic run to a 69th season with a winning record. However, in the Wildcats’ ...
Hat trick and treat
For the second consecutive season, the McMinnville boys varsity soccer team (10-2-2, 5-1) are 6A Pacific Conference champions. The Grizzlies secured their title Monday night in Hillsboro with a 7-0 win ...
3A/2A Volleyball: All-League honors and playoff brackets
Saturday, Oct. 25 was a good day to be a Pirate, as the No. 5-Dayton volleyball team (19-4, 16-0) exercised previous woes from a league title game loss in 2024, defeating No. 19 Salem Academy in ...
Hard work pays off for Grizzlies, earning playoff berth after senior night draw
Though no one found the net on a brisk Monday night at Wortman Stadium, the McMinnville girls varsity soccer team (7-2-5, 2-0-4) earned a spot in the 6A State Championship tournament as the No. 24 seed. The ...
3A/2A/1A Soccer & League awards: Dayton boys repeat, Amity girls four-peat with victories in respective league title games
Dayton’s No. 5-ranked boys varsity soccer team (13-0-1, 7-0-1) earned its second consecutive Special District 2 league title in dramatic fashion on Saturday, Oct. 25. The Pirates played a ...
Linfield executes in second half to beat PLU 31-15 on wet day in Washington
For most of the first half of its contest with Pacific Lutheran University (4-3, 3-1), Linfield University’s (4-2, 3-1) patchwork quilt offensive line — with inconsistent play — gave ...
Mac football suffers heartbreak in 21-17 loss to Century
The 2025 season has been a tough one for McMinnville varsity football (1-7, 0-4). Friday’s game against the No. 33 Century Jaguars was one of the hardest pills to swallow in a year filled with injury ...
3A/2A Football: Dayton secures its second league title in three years; Amity feeling good after comeback victory
On a short week, their second of the season, the No. 3-ranked Dayton Pirates (8-0, 6-0) secured their second Special District 2 league title in three seasons with a 58-12 victory over No. 36 Blanchet Catholic. “It’s ...
Grizzlies keep playoff hopes alive with 1-1 draw at Sherwood
The No. 23-ranked McMinnville girls soccer team (7-2-4, 2-0-3) fell out of contention for a league title Thursday but showed determination and grit throughout an evenly contested match with No. 21 Sherwood ...
Two Grizzlies net hat tricks in final league match at Wortman
Give a Grizzly a goal, and he is going to want more. Give him two, and he will want a third. Show him a teammate scoring at will, and they will all attack the net like a feeding frenzy. There are plenty ...
Best season since 2019 ends in tears for YC soccer and role-model captain Lucas Partin
For one final time, lone senior and captain Lucas Partin and the Yamhill Carlton boys soccer team (5-7-2, 4-3-1) took the field as a unit vastly improved over previous seasons. After winning five games ...
Grizzlies greet Grant with best effort at invite; varsity boys, JV squads earn team victories
Runners from Yamhill County and beyond flocked to Joe Dancer Park on Thursday, Oct. 16, for the Grant Robison Invitational. A different course was presented than what the landscape usually provides, including ...
Mac Soccer: Baker, Becker, Ravia score twice in thrashing of Liberty; boys earn fifth clean sheet
Monday’s match for the No. 22-ranked McMinnville varsity girls soccer team (7-2-3, 2-0-2) was a breath of fresh air. After two consecutive draws in league play — one played scoreless against ...
Valley Panthers' progress shown in walkoff victory at season ending 7s tournament
The Valley Panthers continued their upward trajectory and finished the fall rugby sevens season by upsetting the Portland Grackles and finishing third in the state on Saturday, Oct. 18. The Panthers started ...
Wildcat Roundup: Seven 'Cats hit personal, season bests at Linfield hosted race
Linfield hosted over 850 athletes from 40 different schools on Saturday, Oct. 18, at the annual George Oja Invitational at Oak Knoll Golf Course west of Salem. The ‘Cats men’s team did not ...
Luke McNabb calls for more intensity before meeting with PLU
This year’s iteration of Wildcats’ football is young. Head coach Joseph Smith has spoken on end about the influx of new players getting their feet wet in Division III ranks. He has also had ...
Mac volleyball seniors happy that it happened, sad that it's over after unsatisfactory end to season
It was no storybook ending, but it did not need to be for the Grizzlies’ five seniors on Wednesday at the McMinnville High School gymnasium. Celebrating Senior Night, the McMinnville varsity volleyball ...
'Cats looked 'really good,' then not so much in 30-20 loss
It can be easy to overlook a loss. They taste bad. And when it is the Linfield Wildcats football team (3-2, 2-1) experiencing them, it can be better for the mind to forget the game even happened. However, ...
3A/2A football: Dayton takes down Santiam Christian behind Taylr Miller's heroics
Belief: That is what the Dayton Pirates earned themselves on Friday in Adair Village. The No. 3-ranked Pirates (7-0, 5-0) and No. 15 Santiam Christian Eagles (5-2, 4-1) have played gladiator matches for ...
Mac outmatched in large loss at Sherwood
The No. 34-ranked McMinnville varsity football team (1-6, 0-3) could not break its winless Pacific Conference spell on Friday, falling to No. 9 Sherwood on the road by a score of 50-7. Sherwood led 40-0 ...
