CAREER NIGHT
In the clutch, the McMinnville Grizzlies are simply finding ways to win. The boys’ basketball team currently possesses a 2-0 record after narrow back-to-back victories over Franklin and ...
ROSENBURG’S ‘DISCO’
Linfield head men’s basketball coach Shanan Rosenburg teaches his Division III team to embrace a hybrid defense – a mix of man-to-man and zone defending. Though most basketball fans ...
Country Roads: Amity’s Streeter named AoY
AMITY – Country roads, take me home To the place I belong . . . John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads” became the Amity football team’s unofficial anthem this season. ...
McMinnville girls look for 4th straight state playoff appearance
No matter where the McMinnville girls’ basketball team calls home this season, the program remains on track for a fourth consecutive Class 6A state playoff appearance. With their new gymnasium ...
Fodge and Higgins: Dynamic runners named Athletes of the Year
Memories of fantastic senior seasons will forever remain with the News-Register Cross Country Athletes of the Year: Eva Higgins and Zane Fodge. The McMinnville High School runners both experienced ...
Title loss motivates returning Pirates
DAYTON – Braeden Nowlin understands the agony of a title defeat compared to the glory of hoisting a championship trophy. As a vital member of the Dayton Pirates’ boys’ basketball ...
Bella Espinoza’s passion, talent earn volleyball AoY
A volleyball team’s offensive ceiling is largely predicated on its setter. Field a lesser athlete at the position and the team suffers. Fortunately for the McMinnville Grizzlies, they called ...
TRIPPED UP: Warriors knocked out by Cascade Christian, 49-24
COTTAGE GROVE – Momentum turned against them. During the battle for a berth in the Class 3A state football final, the Amity Warriors fell short during Saturday’s semifinal against Cascade ...
Dayton’s Greg White steps down as head football coach
DAYTON – “This was never my team – it was Dayton’s team.” Paraphrasing the late Dewey Sullivan, Greg White explained his decision to step down as head football coach of Dayton ...
Tenacious striker Nele Carolus earns girls’ soccer AoY
YAMHILL – In terms of miles ventured, Nele Carolus’ journey to News-Register Girls’ Soccer Athlete of the Year is perhaps the longestin the history of the award. Carolus, a senior ...
Two versus three: Amity plays Cascade Christian in semifinals of 3A tournament
COTTAGE GROVE – Amity football faces one final obstacle before next weekend’s Class 3A state championship: Third-ranked Cascade Christian. The Warriors battle the Challengers this Saturday ...
Mac football earns 16 all-district honors
McMinnville football, a state tournament qualifier this season, received 16 all-Special District 3 selections. The Grizzlies finished the year with a 5-5 overall record and a 1-3 league mark, but easily ...
Memories of ‘09
AMITY –Amity football fans received a blast from the past during Saturday’s quarterfinal against Nyssa. Nine years ago, the Warriors were in the midst of their championship run and ...
Linfield drops Pacific, 50-7, misses national tournament
Whitworth University head football coach Rod Sandberg no doubt breathed a sigh of relief after Linfield (7-2, 6-1 NWC) was shut out of the NCAA Division III football tournament Sunday, for the ...
Amity advances to semifinals after crushing Nyssa, 58-13
AMITY – Amity’s drive for a Class 3A football championship overcame another obstacle today as the Warriors defeated Nyssa, 58-13, on their home field. The quarterfinal contest between the second-ranked ...
