Rusty Rae/News-Register##Amity senior Trenton Ruston (left), Mac senior Kason Elkins (center) and Delphian junior Oli Beauregard (right) reach for the finish line in heat one of the boys 100-meter sprint. Elkins looks to be one of the Grizzlies top short-distance runners, placing first in the event with a time of 11.28. Beauregard, a gold medal winner in 2025, finished second (11.28) and Rustin placed sixth (11.73).

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 ...

Nathan Ecker/News-Register##From left to right: Gabby Chupp, Bella Lopez, Charly Upmeyer and Lou Auvil share ritual pre-inning high fives during Dayton’s 5-2 victory over 4A Cascade on Friday, March 20, at Jim Connelly Field. Along with Rachel Baumholtz at first base, the Pirates infield was lock down behind Upmeyer in the win.

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 ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register file photo##Grizzly junior Ariel Glynn hurls a pitch to the plate in Mac’s 20-1 home win over 5A Lebanon on Wednesday, March 18. Glynn continued her quality work with a shutout over Roseburg on Saturday, March 21.

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 ...

Nathan Ecker/News-Register##Linfield’s Casey Struckmeier meets his catcher, junior Cole Snidow, for a hand to glove fist bump while excitedly walking back to their dugout following a clean inning in the team’s 2-1 loss versus No. 1 Denison on Saturday, March 21, at Roy Helser Field. Struckmeier lowered his season ERA to 3.26 with one run over four innings in the start.

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 ...

Wildcat Roundup: Baseball sweeps Pacific; tennis earns victories at Willamette; golf perfect in Salem

Baseball Leading into a three-game set with NCAA Division III No. 1, the Wildcats baseball club (12-4, 7-2) found its first Northwest Conference sweep as they took a trio of contests from Pacific University ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register file photo##Jackson Vaughan embraces his daughters Hallie, Reese and Finley after the Wildcats Super Regional victory over the Central College Dutch on May 24, 2024, to advance to the NCAA DIII Championship tournament. When they’re not busy with their own sports, Vaughan’s kids are by his side with their mother, Shelly, as his loudest supporters.

Linfield's Jackson Vaughan recounts familial ties to university, town while reaching career milestone

In 25 seasons as Linfield’s head softball coach, Jackson Vaughan has done more winning than nearly anyone in the sport. On top of helping Linfield football qualify for the NCAA Division III playoffs ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##The Grizzlies crowd around home plate to greet Dakota Mitsche following her opposite field grand slam versus Lebanon. Junior Juliet Pesina-Wade (No. 11) also homered in the contest, crediting pitch-to-pitch adjustments for her blast. Meanwhile, Mitsche made changes to her mentality and attacked the first pitch in her home run at-bat after striking in her first.

Mac Softball: Bears bash Warriors in 20-1 opening day rout

Near-perfect weather and a still breeze crept over the Baker Street fields on Wednesday afternoon, but even if 20-mile-per-hour wind gusts blew in from the west, it wouldn’t have been enough to keep ...

Mac Basketball: Summers becomes fourth straight Grizzlies POY

McMinnville’s girls basketball season was full of growth, but one constant as the team clawed through league play to earn itself a playoff berth was Brooklynn Summers. The 6-foot-1 senior forward ...

Nathan Ecker/News-Register##Yamhill Carlton junior and prospective starting shortstop Porter Carden chases down fellow junior Liam McGuire during a rundown drill on a soggy March afternoon at Yamhill Carlton High School. In practices, the Tigers are having fun, which players and coaches are interested to see translate into regular season games.

3A Baseball Preview: Tigers hopeful playoff experience will make for stronger club in '26

As much as those in Tigers’ black and orange would like to forget how their 2025 season ended, it served as a prudent lesson for a Yamhill Carlton baseball team that hopes to return to the playoffs ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register file photo##Rylie Hedgecock (left), Frank Baumholtz (center) and Charly Upmeyer (right) look toward their home dugout during their 5-4 semifinal win over Yamhill Carlton on June 3, 2025. This season, having graduated leaders like Hedgecock and Lillie Brooks, the Pirates shift their gaze to younger roster whose championship experience may pay dividends.

3A Softball Preview: Pirates looking to repeat, Tigers exuding confidence

Following a loss in the title game to Scio last season, Dayton Head Coach Frank Baumholtz and the Pirates feel they have all the pieces for a return to Jane Sanders Stadium and another chance at glory. But ...

Nathan Ecker/News-Register##Linfield junior second baseman and Yamhill Carlton High School alumnus Lexiss Antle rocks on as the Wildcats roll through Willamette University in a doubleheader set at Del Smith Stadium on Saturday, March 14. While going just 3-for-11 at the plate in the four games versus the Bearcats, Antle possessed a .389 batting average with 14 hits and seven RBI on the season as of March 15.

Linfield Softball: ’Cats outscore Willamette 22-1, sweep four-game set at home

Linfield’s softball team scored 22 runs and allowed just one in a two-day, four-game sweep of the Willamette Bearcats at Del Smith Stadium on Saturday, March 14, and Sunday, March 15. Day one of ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Amity seniors Alyssa McMullen (left) and Kylie Wilson (right) share smiles while celebrating their 47-44 championship victory over Vale at Marshfield High School on Saturday, March 7. The win marked two consecutive basketball titles and the group’s third in 13 months along with a soccer championship in the fall of 2025.

State Champs: Amity athletes reach end of an era, send three-time champion seniors out on highest note

Less than 24 hours after winning the program’s second championship, the Amity girls’ basketball team arrived home, greeted by blaring sirens from the Amity Fire Department and crowds of proud ...

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