Baseball, lacrosse combo make for fun fall season ender
There were no face offs and not a single pitch high and tight to back a batter off the plate last Friday at Roy Helser Field on the Linfield campus when the Wildcats’ men’s baseball team and ...
Mason Smark takes Oregon kart title
In a great weekend of racing for the Smark family at the Mac Track, under beautiful sunny skies last Sunday, Mason Smark, at right from a race earlier this season, won the main event in the Oregon State ...
PAINFUL losses drive ‘Cats to future wins
There are losses, as the coaches say, you must flush out of your mind, and simply move on. Some, however, stick like a hangover from a weekend beach party, purged solely after an appropriate period ...
A Hire calling: From Linfield to the NFL and back
If football’s your game, statistics indicate a narrow path to the heights of NFL fame. Those numbers indicate it’s a 1000 to one shot to make an NFL team out of high school. From an ...
Smith family rooted in ‘Cats’ football success
By the sixth week of the season, starting 11s are set, team routines established and the ‘Cats are rolling toward another conference title. However, at the halfway point of the 1989 season, ...
Senior bowling scores
Walnut City Lanes Mixed League Senior Citizens League OCT 6 High game scratch: The No Names, 886. High series scratch: The No Names, 2030. MEN High game scratch: Larry Hartman, 210; Dick Munson, ...
Yamhill County's Greatest Games: Amity bests Dayton 20-12 in ‘99 championship
Under the direction of head coach Jeff Flood, Amity won four consecutive Class 2A state football championships from 1998 to 2001. The run of excellence included an exhilarating 45-game unbeaten ...
Mueller, Rutschman and the Seahawks: How the former Linfield QB saved Seattle’s football franchise
Who actually saved the Seattle Seahawks from moving to Los Angles nearly a quarter century ago? To answer that question, we have to visit a Sheraton Hotel in Spokane one Friday night in the spring ...
Buckin’ to Texas Invite set
The fourth annual Buckin’ to Texas Invitational, formerly known as the Buckin’ to Vegas Invitational, produced by the mother-son duo of Kim Cooper and Cooper Cano is set to commence November ...
Senior bowling scores
Bowling Walnut City Lanes Mixed League Senior Citizens League SEP 29 TEAM High game scratch: The No Names, 622. High series scratch: The No Names, 1832. MEN High game scratch: Larry Hartman, 190; ...
Breaking ground: ‘Cats celebrate $1.55M soccer/lacrosse renovation
Fresh off changing its name to Linfield University, the Division III McMinnville school has broken ground on a $1.55 million renovation of its soccer and lacrosse field. While the Wildcat men’s ...
Never say die and the best comebacks in Linfield football history
If you’ve watched a Linfield football game, you know the Wildcat tradition of raising four fingers at the start of the fourth quarter. It wasn’t always the case. This custom dates back ...
Blazing a trail to McMinnville
Portland Trail Blazers star point guard Damian Lillard announced Thursday his co-ownership of the McMinnville Toyota dealership. Lillard infused his style into the facility by overseeing the installation ...
NBA All-Star Damian Lillard buys share of Mac Toyota dealership
Portland Trail Blazers star point guard Damian Lillard announced Thursday his co-ownership of the McMinnville Toyota dealership. Lillard infused his style into the facility by overseeing the installation ...
Yamhill County’s Greatest Games: ‘Coach' claims his final state title
The stakes couldn’t have been higher. In 2002, the Oregon Class 2A state football championship featured longtime rivals Dayton and Amity. On one side, the Pirates lined up with state coaching ...
