Nathan Ecker/News-Register##Dayton freshman Owen Clark jumps into the embrace of his teammates (Brody Douthit and 	Mason Perez, 18) while celebrating his first varsity home run, a two-run shot well past the 320 marker on Yamhill Carlton’s left field wall. Clark pumped his fists and shouted all the way around the bases with what was the deciding swing in the Pirates’ 9-3 win over the Tigers at YCHS on Friday, May 8.

3A Baseball: Dayton's Clark leads Pirates to first victory over Tigers in eight years

No Dayton Pirate had hit a home run since 2023 until Owen Clark sent a blast over the evergreen trees at Yamhill Carlton High School on Friday. The freshman had connected with plenty of pitchers already ...

Photo courtesy of Mia McCormack##Mada Lee (first-year) competes in the triple jump at the Pacific Northwest Invitational at Oregon State University. She ranks eighth all-time in program history in the triple jump.

Gallery: The future is bright for Linfield Women's Track and Field

This season, the Wildcats recorded seven top-10 performances in program history, with six marks set by first-year athletes. At the Northwest Conference Championships, four Wildcats earned podium finishes, ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##McMinnville sophomores Beckett Marksbury Page and Parker Williams shake hands after a point earned versus Newberg in No. 4 doubles play at Cowls Courts on Tuesday, March 5. The pair secured one of three match victories against an undefeated Tigers team, winning 2-6, 6-1, 6-3. Mac lost 3-6 as a team, but is hopeful about their positioning entering the district tournament on May 14.

Mac Tennis: Teams carrying high expectations into respective district tournaments

The common thread linking McMinnville boys and girls varsity tennis this season has been all about strong mindsets. Win or lose, the respective boys and girls Head Coaches Doug Barsotti and Lily Studer ...

Bears break records in final tune-up for conference championship

A slew of McMinnville runners burned rubber at the Garden City Invitational on Friday at Silverton High School. The Grizzly girls placed first out of 10 competing teams, beating out Silverton (2nd, 114.33) ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Grizzly seniors Aaron Rolfe and Tyler Brummitt are welcomed back to the dugout by Cam Hyder during their home contest versus Liberty on Wednesday, May 6. Though dropping the game, all three upperclassmen were crucial on the bump and at the plate in beating the Falcons twice on their own turf.

Mac Baseball: Grizzlies win first series of season with help from senior bats

McMinnville’s No. 17-ranked varsity baseball team (11-10, 5-7) won its first series of the season on Friday, and it felt good. “It feels like it should feel,” Head Coach Todd ...

Nathan Ecker/News-Register##The Grizzlies crowd around home plate to welcome Ava Fleischman home after a home run versus Century. Fleischman hit another on Friday and leads the team in RBI with 24 while hitting .435.

Mac Softball: Grizzlies offense awakens, walks-off high-ranked Glencoe

Little stood in the way of victory for the No. 13-ranked Grizzlies (11-10, 5-4) during their most recent week of Pacific Conference play. A 7-4 loss to No. 3 Forest Grove (19-3, 8-1) on Wednesday was ...

3A Softball: Tigers, Pirates, Bulldogs holding onto playoff bids

After a redeeming 4-0 victory over Dayton to close the month of April, Yamhill Carlton’s No. 3-ranked Tigers (20-3, 12-1) have continued their winning ways to possess what is now an 11-game winning ...

Linfield softball to host regional tournament

Linfield’s Northwest Conference Champion softball team will host its fourth consecutive four-team NCAA Division III regional playoff tournament starting on Thursday, May 14, at Del Smith Stadium. ...

Linfield Baseball: ’Cats fall short in NWC title game

The Wildcats, up 7-5 over Northwest Conference regular-season champion Whitworth University, were nine outs from the NWC tournament trophy until the Pirates mounted a comeback in Spokane on Friday. A ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##David Manriquez, Frankie Lopez, Del Rayo and Kevin Donato share in a few hardy laughs while standing under their championship banner from ‘06. The four were joined by more than a dozen former players and agreed on one key point; it took a village to ensure the team’s success.

Gallery: Remembering good times

On Saturday, May 2, Maile Keliiheleua (1995-99), Chris Haddeland (2007-2011), Spencer Payne (2008-13) and the Grizzlies 2006 Boys Soccer Team were officaly inducted into the McMinnville High School Sports ...

Nathan Ecker/News-Register##Wyatt Hurley taps helmets with Jackson Bui after crushing a home run in his final plate appearance as a Wildcat at Roy Helser Field on May 3 during the team’s senior day.

Linfield Baseball: Former foes turned teammates help ’Cats to conference tournament

When Wildcat seniors Wyatt Hurley and Ely Kennel faced off in high school — Hurley a star at Yamhill Carlton and Kennel at Santiam Christian — neither thought their baseball careers would end ...

Nathan Ecker/News-Register file photos##Yamhill Carlton native and ‘Cats second baseman Lexiss Antle celebrates an extra-base hit versus Puget Sound on April 26. In Linfield’s three NWC games, Antle was 5-for-10 with three RBIs.

Linfield Softball: Wildcats claim eighth straight conference title

For the eighth consecutive season, Linfield’s No. 7-nationally ranked softball team are Northwest Conference champions. The Wildcats earned their title on Sunday at the home of Pacific Lutheran ...

Nathan Ecker/News-Register##Katrina Huff (left) lends Lily Olivares (right) a helping hand after completing the girls’ 100-meter. The two West Valley natives are close off the track, taking lessons from each other into competition.

Trio of up-and-coming track and field stars learning from each other with state dreams in mind

The future of Yamhill County track and field is bright and approaching fast, literally. Amity’s Ella Hatch, Delphian’s Lily Olivares and Willamina’s Katrina Huff — members of the ...

Photo courtesy of McMinnville Golf##From left to right: Isobel Rudolph, Mabel Findley, Maria Burke, Ben Heuberger, Amelia Duryee and Gabby Diamond pose with the Pacific Conference trophy after their title winning team match at Chehalem Glenn Golf Course on Tuesday, May 5. Three players hit personal bests to topple Sherwood and earn an automatic berth to the State Championship on May 18-19.

Mac Golf: Grizzly girls win conference, boys send Slaughter to state

For the second consecutive season, McMinnville’s girls varsity golf team will be forgoing its regional tournament. That is because on Tuesday at Chehalem Glenn Golf Course in Newberg, the ...

McMinnville Community Tennis Association offering adult clinics

Beginning Thursday, May 21, the McMinnville Community Tennis Association will offer adult clinics at the Linfield University tennis courts. Clinics will beon Thursdays through August 20 and will be taught ...

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