Nathan Ecker/News-Register##Amity’s student section pours on to Hoffine Court, meeting Lyliana Rideout and the entire band of two-time champion Warriors in a celebration that carried well past the time they left the Marshfield High School gymnasium.

Amity earns second straight 3A girls basketball state title with 47-44 victory over Vale

The moment Amity’s girls’ basketball team clinched a postseason berth, there was nothing else that mattered more than being the last ones standing on the mountain top in Coos Bay. When the ...

Nathan Ecker/News-Register##Nelson Campos prepares for treatment on his split bottom lip during his match versus Century’s Samuel Gomez at the 6A wrestling championships in Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Feb. 28. Campos needed face wraps and treatment in nearly every match for the wound suffered in his second of five bouts on the day. In the aftermath, general body pain outweighed the toll taken to his face.

Mac's Campos exemplifies Grizzly spirit during final stint at state wrestling tournamnet

As a then-incoming high schooler who was tired of being cooped up in his house during the Covid pandemic, McMinnville’s Nelson Campos found wrestling as an outlet to let loose. He showed little ...

3A Girls Basketball All-League Awards: Adie Nisly named PacWest POTY

The No. 2-seeded Amity Warriors were crowned 3A State Champions at Marshfield High School in Coos Bay on Saturday against No. 1 Vale, and with them they carried six PacWest All-Conference ...

3A Boys Basketball All-League Awards: Nine named to conference teams

Amity’s boys basketball walked away from the season with the most PacWest honors of any local squad after finishing one game shy of a state playoff berth. Leading the Warriors was freshman Carter ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Aliyah Sauceda (170) turns and pins a Pleasant Hill opponent at the OSAA 4A/3A/2A/1A State Championship on Friday, Feb 27 at Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Sauceda made history again for Dayton as the first two-time girls wrestling placer.

3A Wrestling: Dayton's Sauceda repeats history

Pirate senior Aliyah Sauceda (170) made history again, claiming third at the 4A/3A/2A/1A OSAA Girls State Championship on Saturday, Feb. 28, to become Dayton’s first two-time state placer. The 170-pound ...

2A/1A Boys Wrestling: Sheridan's Sayer shy of placing at state tournament

Sheridan Spartans senior Triston Sayer (285) and sophomore Peylinn Chidress (110) competed in the 2A/1A state wrestling championship at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Feb. 27-28. Triston Sayer (285) entered ...

Photo courtesy of Christine Bader##McMinnville High School-based Valley Panthers mixed in with their sometimes-rival Portland Grackles and Summit Storm to compete in a preseason mixed friendly round robin against Washington State s Liberty and the Beaverton Barbarians on Feb. 28 at Delta Park in Portland.

Valley Panthers kick off spring season

Gearing up for spring rugby, Yamhill County’s Valley Panthers traveled to Portland’s Delta Park on Feb. 28, to participate in a pre-season friendly round robin. Panthers Ev Hane, Nayeli Acuna ...

Nathan Ecker/News-Register##Senior forward Brooklynn Summers rises to the hoop in the Grizzlies  77-24 victory over Liberty on Feb. 26.

Mac Girls Basketball: Grizzlies end year in Eugene one shot short of sweet 16

As the No. 21-seed in the 6A Girls Basketball State Championship tournament, McMinnville’s varsity girls basketball team battled with No. 12 Sheldon (20-5, 8-4) on the road in Eugene. The two sides ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Bulldogs’ senior Kisor Savage is embraced by coaches Barry Wilson and Ariah Fasana after his title victory at 138 pounds.

3A Boys Wrestling: Savage, Stanton lead list of Willamina placers as program finishes fifth at state championship

“I don’t care who I’m wrestling, I know they’re going to have to wrestle me,” Adonijah Stanton, Willamina’s 132-pound state champion, told the News-Register ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register## Addison Tuning is consoled by her father and YC assistant coach Billy Tuning after falling in the 4A/3A/2A/1A 155-pound championship to place second. It was not how Tuning wanted to end, but even in defeat she became the first girls state placer in Tiger history.

3A Girls Wrestling: Tuning makes Tiger history

Senior Addison Tuning (155) has stamped her name in the annals of Yamhill Carlton History, earning her name on the wrestling room wall as the first girls state placer, claiming runner-up status at the ...

’Cats historic season ends in home heartbreak to Bruins

One of the best seasons by a Linfield’s women's basketball team was cut short on Friday, Feb. 27, as the Wildcats suffered a Northwest Conference semifinal loss to George Fox University by a score ...

Nathan Ecker/News-Register##Dylan Ferrua finds fellow senior Kaeden Chapman for an embrace prior to their final game. Despite early struggles, the Grizzly seniors were proud of their effort in the season’s final stretch.

Mac Boys Basketball: Seniors find solace in final hoops moments

Three-consecutive wins to end the 2025-26 season was one of the best ways the Grizzlies could have sent out their eight graduating seniors, the most on a Mac boys varsity team since 2015. With a commanding ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Adonijah Stanton emphatically embraces Willamina Head Coach Ariah Fasana after winning the 132-pound title.

3A Wrestling: Willamina's Savage, Stanton claim titles one year after falling short

Willamina senior wrestlers Kizor Savage (138) and Adonijah Stanton (132) fulfilled years-long goals, winning the 2026 OSAA 3A Wrestling State Championship on Saturday, Feb. 28. Stanton led John Henderson ...

Nathan Ecker/News-Register##Mabel Findley, Alex Bates and Ruby Riddle charge off the bench with passion while celebrating a tough made layup by freshman Grace Carlson during Mac’s home win over Liberty on Feb. 26.

Mac Girls Basketball: Grizzly seniors feel the love, end regular season with team-high point total

Senior night celebrations are made by the moments they bring. Whether it’s a long-time starter receiving deserved recognition or a role player seeing the rim for a few extra shots, the night-long ...

Nathan Ecker/News-Register##Xander Gurash shoots a mid-range jump shot with the hand of Liberty’s Brody Brisson in his face during their senior night win on Feb. 26.

Mac Boys Basketball: Bears end 2025-26 campaign with commanding victory over Falcons

Following a blowout of a contest in the girls’ game, McMinnville’s No. 38-ranked varsity boys (10-14, 5-7) practically filled half the floor with friends and family as eight senior players ...

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