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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Mac Softball: North Medford woes a lesson in ferocity for young Grizzlies

March 23 McMinnville 6 Grants Pass 7 For the No. 15-ranked Grizzlies (3-3), the North Medford Spring Break Tournament was a mixed bag of results as they went 1-3 overall and saw both good and bad, according ...

Mac Baseball: Bears taking positives from blistering hot trip to Arizona

March 23 McMinnville 9 Bear Creek (CO) 1 Two four-run innings and a masterful all-around performance from senior Tyler Brummitt led the Grizzlies last Monday as they toppled Colorado 5A Bear Creek ...

3A Baseball: Tigers find momentum with first two victories

March 24 Dayton 4 Kennedy 15 While a slew of the No. 15-ranked Pirates (3-2) games were canceled due to weather last week, they were able to get in seven innings versus 2A/1A No. 4 Kennedy (6-0) at ...

3A Softball: Pirates, Tigers find success at spring break tournaments

March 23 Amity 5 Marshfield 9 The No. 36-ranked Warriors (1-5) began a spring break trip to the North Medford Tournament with a matchup against 4A No. 13 Marshfield. The Pirates proved tough, out-hitting ...

 
Linfield Baseball: ’Cats take three of four from Texas travelers

One week after a trio of unfavorable, yet commendable losses to the No. 1 team in all of Division III, Denison University, Linfield’s Wildcats (15-8, 7-2) returned to Roy Helser Field with something ...

 
The boys are back: Tigers look to be county leaders serving up new season of boys volleyball

This spring marks the first season for boys volleyball as a sanctioned high school activity in Oregon, and Yamhill Carlton’s Tigers are back in action for a second year. “We have a lot of ...

 
Local high school, collegiate rugby stars show stripes at national tournament

The Valley Panthers girls rugby club played their first full-length 15s match against the Beaverton Barbarians at Western Oregon University on Saturday, March 7. The two high school squads battled it ...

 
Grizzly golfers open season with team victory, boys show promise in stacked field

It took 27 years, but when the McMinnville varsity girls' golf team arrived at Emerald Valley Golf & Resort in Creswell for the state championships, it was well deserved. The Grizzlies won their fourth ...

 
Willamina's Brewer named college All-American

Zoe Brewer, a Willamina high alumna, has claimed Collegiate All-American status taking third at 103-pounds for Southwestern Oregon Community College at the NJCAA National Championships at Council ...

Amity senior hosting youth mock track meet and fundraiser

A track and field clinic and mock meet for kids from first to eighth grade is scheduled for Sunday, March 29, at the Amity High School track. Amity High School senior Jaxson Howard is organizing the event ...

Middle school state placers Tanner Rauch, Tucker Wilson create hope for future

The growth of wrestling in Yamhill County is undeniable. Some schools, like Willamina and Newberg, have continued to dominate at the high school level, while many in McMinnville discover passions for the ...

 
County athletes refine techniques at annual Jim Barks Grizzly Bear Open

McMinnville’s Jim Barks Grizzly Bear Open marked the beginning of the high school track and field in 2026. Among 15 competing schools from Class 1A through 6A, five Yamhill County squads ...

Upon Further Review: A different breed of athlete

Behind the facade of stoicism put on by those engaged in the most extreme of high school combat sports, layers of identity wrap like a blanket around the bodies who fearlessly crash into oncoming traffic. Some ...

 
Gallery: Hundreds of track and field athletes descend on Wortman Stadium for annual Jim Barks Grizzly Bear Open

Yamhill County’s Amity, Delphian, McMinnville, Willamina and Yamhill Carlton all sent participants to the Jim Barks Grizzly Bear Open at Wortman Stadium on Thursday, March 19. As the first meet of ...

 
3A Softball: Dayton's Upmeyer a tough nut to crack in shutdown performances

The No. 2-ranked Dayton Pirates are not afraid of a tough test, and in their first week of games, the squad went to battle with a trio of juggernauts across the Class 3A and 4A landscape. Their week ended ...

3A Baseball: Warriors topple Bulldogs in early non-league action; Pirates perfect through three games

March 20 Yamhill Carlton 5 La Pine 7 Consistent offense from La Pine was the Tigers’ Achilles’ heel on Friday in what was the first of two games played at Vince Genna Stadium, the home of ...

 
Mac Softball: Carton homers, Glynn dazzles in shutout of Roseburg

In 2025, McMinnville’s varsity softball put a hurt on eventual No. 7 Roseburg, beating them 10-4 in a non-league contest at the Baker Street Fields. On Saturday, this time on Roseburg’s home ...

Mac Baseball: Bears battle heat, split first two of Arizona invitational

March 20 McMinnville 9 West Point 7 The Grizzlies (2-1) found themselves in the desert for the first of four games in the greater area of Phoenix, Arizona, over the weekend for the Coach Bob National ...

 
Linfield Baseball: ’Cats outmatched by No. 1 Denison in three-game set

Denison University of Granville, Ohio, had trouble finding teams that wanted to play them over their spring break. As a result, they wound up in Yamhill County, where George Fox University and Linfield ...

Mac Baseball: Brummitt blanks Lancers through four, Woodward proves wise beyond his years in 12-2 victory

For the second straight year, McMinnville’s varsity baseball team has opened its season in dominating fashion. In 2025, the Grizzlies downed 6A Mt. Hood Conference Reynolds 19-2 on the road, and ...