Nathan Ecker/News-Register##Yamhill Carlton senior Deegan Tuning glues his eyes to a basketball held by Tigers Head Coach Marty McLaughlin during a lateral drill at a practice session on Monday, Nov. 24, inside the Tiger Dome. Tuning is hoping to lead a team that can mature as the season progresses.

3A/2A Boys Basketball: Future is now for rejuvenated rosters following exodus of senior talent

The 3A PacWest conference will look different for the 2025-26 boys basketball season. Local program Sheridan has moved down to the 2A Tri-River Conference, while Salem Academy (last season’s Tri-River ...

Nathan Ecker/News-Register##Willamina sophomore Bridgette Manley makes an intense bounce pass to a teammate during Bulldogs’ practice at the Willamina High School gymnasium on Wednesday, Nov. 26.

Willamina basketball 'trusting the process' with new girls head Halle Wright

Willamina’s girls varsity basketball team will have a new look this season as a former 4A standout from Cascade High School takes over as the Bulldogs’ head coach. Halle Wright, a four-time ...

Nathan Ecker/News-Register##New Dayton head coach Bruce Moore watches as his players work on defensive and offensive strategy during a practice session at Dayton High School on Saturday, Nov. 22. Moore was ecstatic to return to coaching and has the intention of bringing winning basketball back to Dayton after a lull in success for the girls program.

Hoping for Moore than average: Longtime girls basketball coach wants to rekindle success for Dayton

Nearly two decades after leading the Amity Warriors’ girls basketball team to a record of 82-23 over four years, longtime head coach Bruce Moore is back in the driver’s seat, but this time ...

Nathan Ecker/News-Register##Mac boys Head Coach Tucker Coil addresses the team near the end of practice on Nov. 21. He preached energy, aggressiveness and team work in practices leading up to McMinnville’s opening week of games as Coil wants there to be no surprises when they hit the floor for games.

Grizzlies look to rebuild defensive identity with largest senior class in decade

The McMinnville boys varsity basketball team’s biggest senior contingent since 2015 is expected to provide much-needed experience to the court for the upcoming season. Under second-year Head Coach ...

NWC All-Conference teams named for soccer

Linfield’s men’s and women’s soccer teams combined for eight all-conference awards as the women ended the season third in the Northwest Conference standings and the men placed eighth. The ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register file photo##Luke McNabb scrambles away from pressure during the Wildcats Sept. 6, 2025 game against the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh at Maxwell Field.

Linfield takes most NWC football All-Conference first-team honors

Linfield’s football team extended it’s NCAA all-division leading record of winning seasons to 69 in 2025 while going 7-2 overall and 6-1 in Northwest Conference play. The team’s NWC run, ...

Wildcat Roundup: Swimming wraps fall with 11 career-bests; men’s wrestling makes history; women’s basketball the bigger team in Texas

Linfield men’s and women’s swimming wrapped up the Fall season on Sunday, Nov. 23, competing in the La Verne Winter Invitational at East Los Angeles College. The three-day event saw 11 Wildcats ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register file photo##From left to right: Kathleen Robinson, Josephine McPhillips, Keira Christopherson and Emily Pacheco Segovia run close together during the opening laps of the girls 5,000-meter 6A Pacific Conference Championship race at Joe Dancer Park on Oct. 30. All competed at the NXR Championships in Spokane.

Grizzlies compete at 2025 NXR Regional Championships

Boys and girls from McMinnville High School’s cross country program made the trek to Spokane last weekend to compete at the Nike Cross Country Northwest Regional Championships held at the Spokane ...

Photo courtesy of Mark Blair##Jose “El Toro” Garcia lands a punch to Luis Iniguez’s abdomen during their duel at the Salem Armory on Nov. 1. Garcia won the match via unanimous decision. It was the first time he had won a fight without a knockout, but still made Iniguez wobbly with a strike to the chin in the fifth round.

Jose "El Toro" Garcia improves to 5-0 with a unanimous decision in Salem

McMinnville native and super middleweight boxer Jose “El Toro” Garcia dueled Luis Iniguez in a five-round bout on Saturday, Nov. 1. Garcia entered with an unblemished record to start his young ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Autumn Hayes (left) and Randy Hayes (right) pose for a photo while standing inside of Amity’s refurbished hammer ring. They are holding the USATF Coach of the Year award that was given to them for their outstanding work with track and field athletes in the community. Many local coaches and parents commended the couple for their selflessness as they provide a safe environment for students to become strong athletes and human beings.

Going above and beyond: Randy and Autumn Hayes awarded USATF Coach of the Year honors for excellence in Amity

Standing among one of his greatest achievements, Randy Hayes delightfully showed off an upgraded hammer ring at Amity High School as the sun set on an abbreviated autumn evening. The grounds that house ...

Nathan Ecker/News-Register file photo##Edwin “Isai” Cuevas-George makes Sunset defenders look silly en route to a goal during the Grizzlies’ 4-0 victory in the first round of the 6A State Championship tournament. Isai scored three goals in the contest, marking his fifth and final hat trick of the 2025 season.

Mac Soccer: Grizzlies combine for 19 All-League honors, Adam Howard and Isai Cuevas-George repeat with respective Coach and Player of the Year honors

Wortman Stadium was raucous this season for Grizzly soccer. Both of McMinnville’s varsity squads made the playoffs and impressed on the pitch, catching the attention of opposing players and coaches ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register file photo##Stephan Macias escapes a tackle during Dayton’s first-round playoff game against Douglas on Friday, Nov. 7 at Dayton High School. Macias ran for 51 yards and a touchdown, while securing 14 defensive tackles in what ended up as his final high school football game.

3A/2A Football: District champion Dayton leads list of All-League recipients

The No. 4-ranked Dayton Pirates were unstoppable in the regular season this fall, going 9-0 overall and 7-0 in league play, before falling to No. 13 Douglas in the first round of the 3A State Championship ...

Nathan Ecker/News-Register file photo##From left to right: Dayton High Schooler Kaylinray Pelletier and McMinnville students Ev Hane and Jericka Hoke prepare to scrum down against Summit during the Valley Panthers home tournament at Wortman Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 27. Pelletier and Hane represented the Panthers in Idaho for the 7s Championship.

Valley Panthers learn lessons at rugby 7s tournament in Idaho; former players hit the turf for WOU and Gonzaga

As rugby continues gaining traction in Oregon and across the United States, local coach Christine Bader is hard at work to ensure no momentum is lost during the brief winter hiatus. Picking up where the ...

Wildcat Roundup: Women's basketball starts with dominant win; swimming, wrestling battle in weekend dual meets

Linfield’s women’s basketball team (1-0) started its season on Saturday, Nov. 15, with an 81-63 victory over the NAIA Northwest University Eagles at Ted Wilson Gymnasium. Junior guard Allie ...

Opinion: Linfield snubbed by selection committee

If I am Linfield head football coach Joseph Smith and the Wildcat football team, I would be angrier than Jonah was at God for the injustice the Division III selection committee did to the ’Cats. Left ...

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