Heartbreaker: Mac falls to Jesuit in state title game
There are tough losses in sports. And then there is McMinnville boys soccer team’s 3-2 heartbreaker in the OSAA 6A state championship game on Saturday. The Grizzlies (15-3-1) led the Jesuit Crusaders ...
Linfield toys with Whitworth on way to 35-7 victory and conference title
Difference makers step up, make plays and — well — make a difference. In Saturday’s 34-7 victory over Whitworth, the whole team, in all three phases of the game made a difference, ...
Mac boys on to state finals
The McMinnville Grizzlies boys soccer team gutted out a 2-1 victory over Grant Tuesday night in front of a raucous home crowd to earn a trip to the OSAA 6A State Championship game. The No. 4 ranked Grizzlies ...
Dayton boys’ season ends with 1-0 heartbreaker
A full hour of vigorous soccer action ended in disappointment for the Dayton High School boys’ soccer team as they lost 1-0 to rival Blanchet Catholic on a goal near the end of second overtime. At ...
Wildcats win 24th straight over long-time rival PLU, looking ahead to Whitworth for conference finale
Linfield University won the 24th consecutive contest against Pacific Lutheran Saturday at Maxwell Field, its defense squeezing the life out of Lutes’ offense like a wringer polishing off a wet rag. The ...
Two to go: Mac boys beat Franklin 2-1; host Grant Tuesday in semifinal match
Magic happened 14 minutes into Saturday’s soccer quarterfinals match when Edwin Cuevas-George put McMinnville on the board. On a Grizzly advance while fending off two defenders, the sophomore midfielder ...
Mac football season ends with playoff loss at Sandy
The McMinnville football season came to an end Friday with a 39-14 loss at Sandy in the first-round playoff matchup. The Grizzlies finished an injury-riddled season 4-6. “It’s frustrating ...
Four Mac cross country runners improve state course times
Mac girls cross country qualified as a team and four seniors earned new personal records for the course at the 6A State championship race on Saturday, Nov. 9 at Lane Community College. Senior runners ...
Pirate football comes up short against No. 1 seed Siuslaw; Y-C ousted by Cascade Christian
The Dayton Pirates (6-4) were neck-and-neck against the No. 1 seed Siuslaw Vikings (9-0) answering touchdown with touchdown, until the fourth quarter when the Viking played down the clock on Friday, Nov. ...
Amity volleyball sweeps Rainier in first round
Amity volleyball’s theme for the 2024 season has been coming together as a team and playing with one mind. What was visible on Wednesday, Oct. 30, was the team’s coalescing towards ...
Dayton introduces new coaches
On Monday, Oct. 28, Dayton welcomed its three newest coaches to the community. Athletic director Frank Baumholtz introduced new girls track and field coach Nancy Moody, new boys track and field ...
Yamhill Carlton sends two harriers to state
Yamhill Carlton will once again be represented at the 3A state championships. At the 3A Special District 2 championship meet at Cheadle Lake Park in Lebanon on Wednesday, Oct. 30, senior Louigi ...
Sports Memory Lane 11/01/24
10 years ago McMinnville senior forward Carlisle Topping was named Player of the Year for girls soccer in the Class 6A Greater Valley Conference. For the boys, five McMinnville players received all-GVC ...
McMinnville's rebound season nets volleyball honors
McMinnville’s turn around season has been recognized by the Pacific Conference all-league voters. The Grizzlies, who missed the playoffs last season and finished fourth in the conference ...
Eliza Nisly, Kaia Fetch share POY honors
Amity junior Eliza Nisly and Yamhill Carlton senior Kaia Fetch were named Co-Player of the Year by the 3A/2A/1A Special District 2 voters. Amity swept through the conference with an 8-0 record, ...
