
Heading for home
Caitlyn Manley is heading home.The Willamina High School alumna and Bulldog softball veteran is returning to the place where she played her high school ball and was a program assistant, this time as the ...
Sports Briefs
Basketball camp in Keizer“See Ya Later” Foundation is partnering with the Salem Capitals professional basketball team in Salem to put together a two-day skills clinic at McNary High School ...

Hargett heads to Rome
One of Dayton’s own will make the leap into the ranks of post-secondary athletics, but in an unusual way.Dayton grad Ava Hargett leaves for Europe to attend the Rome City Institute in Rome, Italy ...

Mac’s Chitty ties for 68th at nationals
When one door closes, another opens. For Alexander Chitty, the new pathway led him to the sport of golf. Chitty, 10, of McMinnville, recently competed at the US Kids Golf World Championships in Pinehurst, ...
This ain’t your father’s Hayward!
Being a photographer often times gives you a bird’s eye view of places that many only see from afar. Such was the case last spring when I attended the OSAA state track meet at Hayward Field, a part ...
Willamina’s Hughes sisters find success at Junior Olympics
Willamina’s track and field future looks bright even as one of its stars and school record holders graduates. Graduated senior Hallee Hughes and incoming freshman Hadley Hughes competed at the USATF ...

Mac softball carries on in summer tournaments
The softball season never ends, not really. After the McMinnville softball team was ousted by league rival Sherwood in the quarterfinals of the state tournament, the team turned its attention to the highly ...
Yamhill County duo compete in Shriners East-West game
At the annual Oregon East West All-Star Shrine Football (sic) game Saturday, July 29, a pair of Yamhill County football players competed with some of the best in the state. Yamhill-Carlton lineman Kaden ...

Honing his craft
Mason Smark has always loved racing. He tried other sports when he was younger, but none of them seemed to spark a true passion. Until he got behind the wheel of a kart. Once that happened, he ...

Alexander’s journey to Akron is complete
It didn’t end with a world championship, but Brady Alexander accomplished what he had set out to do. Last week, Alexander and his family made the trip to Akron, Ohio for the All-American ...

Next Column Up: Nothing but thanks
Since the News-Register moved out of its downtown building in January, my desk at the new location has, for the most part, been bare. It had the essentials, of course, things like a telephone, ...

Panthers earn national and state nods
The Valley Panthers rugby team sent four players to the state all-star team, the Oregon Redhawks, to play at the Sasquatch Invitational Tournament in Pendleton last month. Aaliyah Resendez and Britta ...
Oregon announced as host in AFL reboot
As part of its ongoing reboot, the Arena Football League announced 16 team locations for the 2024 season, a list that included Oregon. While the AFL announcement didn’t list a specific city for ...

Mac Track sends seven to Jr Olympics
Seven McMinnville track athletes will join Amity and Willamina athletes at the National Junior Olympic Championships next week in Eugene after qualifying in the Region 16 meet earlier this month. Six ...

Local racers compete in annual Soap Box Races
Yamhill residents, community members and derby racers returned to Beulah Park on Friday and Saturday for the 70th annual Derby Days Festival. Among the action included the annual soap box races, which ...