Rusty Rae/News-Register##Senior QB Ryan Mullins (No. 9) unleashes a pass through the rain during the Pirates 42-8 victory over Amity at Dayton High School on Friday, Oct. 31. The Halloween night contest offered several treats for the Pirates who secured a league title and undefeated regular season record.

3A/2A Football: Pirates loot Warriors for undefeated regular season; begin prep for playoffs

Since 2014, it has become a tradition that Amity and Dayton face each other in the last game of the league football calendar. This year continued another tradition as rain soaked the field in Dayton after ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##The Wildcats pose for photographs at Maxwell Field, along with University President Mark Blegen (white hat), after their victory over Lewis and Clark and former Wildcat Brett Elliott extended The Streak to 69 seasons on Saturday, Nov. 1.

Linfield extends The Streak to 69 with 47th straight win over Brett Elliott-led Lewis and Clark

When excellence is expected and pressure is a privilege, there can be much that weighs on the shoulders of those who suit up in Linfield’s opulent purple and red. The ’Cats football ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##The Grizzlies celebrate as a team after Edwin “Isai” Cuevas-George nets his third goal of the game against Sunset at Wortman Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 1.

Dominate and advance: Isai's fifth hat trick of season leads Grizzlies to first-round tournament victory

Olé! With the footwork of a Broadway tap dancer, quickness of a wildcat and connectivity of two Lego bricks, the No. 4 seed McMinnville boys varsity soccer team defeated No. 27 Sunset on ...

Dayton volleyball returns to state quarterfinals after drowning Eagles for third time

On Saturday, Nov. 1, the No. 5-seed Dayton Pirates (20-4, 16-0) sunk No. 12 Santiam Christian (14-10, 12-4) for the third time this season to advance to Coos Bay for the 3A State Championship Tournament ...

Playoff soccer quick hits for McMinnville, Amity, Dayton, Delphian

The McMinnville Grizzlies girls varsity soccer team played to a record of 7-2-5, 2-0-4 during the regular season this year, earning a bid into the playoffs where they faced No. 9 Sheldon on the ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register file photo##‘Cats head coach Joseph Smith voices his displeasure with an official on the sideline during Linfield’s contest against Whitworth on Oct. 18. Smith faces former Linfield coach and QB Brett Elliott on Saturday as Elliott leads Lewis and Clark in his first year as a college head coach.

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’ ...

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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 ...

Nathan Ecker/News-Register##Teammates gather around to celebrate their seniors on the field at Wortman Stadium during the Grizzlies’ final home game on Monday, Oct. 27. In the middle, Marley Darling Peterson embraces Sofia Del Rayo. Del Rayo missed the season with an injury and Peterson was glad to share the field with her one last time.

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 ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Sophomore defensive end Cougar Bailey screams to his sideline after sacking PLU’s quarterback in Linfield’s 31-15 victory over the Lutes on Saturday, Oct. 25 in Parkland, Washington.

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 ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Senior receiver Dylan Ferrua sprints toward the end zone on a large gain in the first quarter against Century on Friday, Oct. 24 at Wortman Stadium. The play put Mac in position to tie the game at 14-14. Ferrua ended his night with 149 yards receiving and a successful field goal to Mac ahead in quarter four.

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 ...

Nathan Ecker/News-Register##From left to right: “Cruz” Cuevas-George, Jose Farrias and Antonio Virrueta celebrate Farrias’ third-goal, marking his hat trick on Thursday, Oct. 23 against Sherwood at Wortman Stadium.

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 ...

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