Caitlyn Manley will assume the mantle of head softball coach 14 years after she helped lead Willamina to softball gold as an assistant coach in 2010.

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 ...

Ava Hargett is over in Rome playing volleyball thanks to her enrollment in the Rome City Institute.

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 ...

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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, ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##The renovated Hayward Field in Eugene is a sight to behold.

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 ...

Submitted photo##The Hughes sisters were among the very best to compete in their age groups at the Junior Olympic Championships.

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 ...

News-Register file photo##McMinnville softball team s members continue to play club ball during the summer season.

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 ...

Jeremy McDonald/submitted photo##The West team lost 14-6 in the Shriners East-West game on Saturday, July 30.

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 ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Smark races behind Sergio Tapia. Jr, another racer in the AC100 Senior Division. Both racers were jockeying for first place in one of the final races on Sunday, but were both involved in an accident that knocked them out of the race.

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 ...

Leann Alexander/Submitted Photo##Brady Alexander, seen in the blue car in the forefront, races in the All-American Soap Box Derby World Championship in Akron, a place he dreamed of racing in honor of his grandpa.

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 ...

News-Register file photo##Dayton’s Gavin Koch was just one of the countless players and coaches who welcomed me in with open arms and were always willing to speak with me after games.

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, ...

News-Register file photo##Merary Ulloa-Uribe, seen here breaking free for a long try in a May game against Newberg, is one of several Valley Panthers to earn all-star recognition at the state and national level. This week, she and two other Panthers are in England with the USA under-20 Touch Rugby team competing for the Atlantic Youth Touch Cup.

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 ...

Submitted Photo##Serenity Chung and Brooke Johnston bite their medals after qualifying for the National Junior Olympic meet in Eugene next week. They will both be participating in hammer and discus, and Johnston will also throw in javelin.

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 ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##In a close finish for the Kit Car division Riley Mack on the left in lane one edges Teagan Robbins on the right at the finish line.

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 ...