Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Sheridan junior heavyweight Joseph Trammell finished fourth in the 3A bracket.

STATE WRESTLING: McMinnville boys finish 33rd

The high school wrestling season culminated with the various state tournaments held at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland Feb. 22-24. For McMinnville’s boys, the state wrestling tournament was ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Amity sophomore Eliza Nisly finished the second round playoff game against Horizon Christian, Tualatin with 20 points.

Amity girls crush Hawks to advance to Coos Bay

With a lopsided 65-37 victory over Horizon Christian of Tualatin on Saturday, Feb. 24, the Amity girls basketball team will head back to Coos Bay with title aspirations front of mind. The Warriors have ...

Tanner Russ/News-Register##Yamhill Carlton’s Cayden Hill handles Harrisburg’s PJ Machacek in his 6-0 semifinal win.

Yamhill Carlton boys wrestlers finish 11th at state

Despite dealing with injuries, Yamhill Carlton boys wrestling made their presence known at the 3A state championships on Thursday, Feb. 22 and Friday, Feb. 23. The Tigers finished in 11th place out of ...

Tanner Russ/News-Register##Senior point guard Andrew Grove scored 24 points, including 17 in the second half, to power Amity past Warrenton in playoff action.

Amity boys trounces visiting Warrenton; Andrew Grove leads with 24 points and 3 blocks

Amity stamped its ticket to the second round of the 3A state playoffs in emphatic fashion. The 15-seed Warriors trounced 18-seed Warrenton 61-36 after 32 minutes of play in front of a raucous home crowd ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register file photo##Yamhill Carlton boys basketball coach Marty McLaughlin called Kyle Slater one his team’s leaders over the course of the season.

YC boys fall to Creswell in the first round

Yamhill Carlton’s late-season resurgence finally came to an end. In the first round of the state playoffs, the Tigers boys’ basketball team lost to Creswell 68-52 on Tuesday, Feb. 20 at Creswell ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register file photo##Dayton’s Boston Hodges was voted the PacWest Conference Player of the Year by the conference’s other coaches.

Dayton’s Hodges earns PWC Player of the Year

Dayton and Amity boys were solidly represented in the PacWest Conference all-league awards. The Pirates, who went 12-0 in league play and defeated Amity for the No. 1 seed out of the conference heading ...

Courtesy of Tracy Brandt##McMinnville’s cheer team won its third championship, and second in a row, by edging Tualatin on the judges’ scorecards. Mac also earned fifth place at nationals.

McMinnville earns second straight cheer championship

McMinnville’s cheerleaders earned their third overall cheer championship with a first-place finish in the 6A/5A Coed Traditional category. The Grizzlies locked up the trophy with an overall score ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register file photo##Amity sophomore Eliza Nisly (12) earned first team all-league honors.

Amity girls grab five all-league honors

Amity girls basketball earned five all-league awards for its strong play through the PacWest Conference, which resulted in an 11-1 record and a share of the league title. The first team all-league awards ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##McMinnville’s 200-yard freestyle relay team took fourth place in the state finals at Tualatin Hills Recreation Center on Saturday, Feb. 24 with a time of 1:35.13. Jace Zemlicka, pictured here diving into the pool, was the third leg of the team.

Mac boys swimming bags sixth at state meet, finishes with 42 points overall

McMinnville’s boys swim finished sixth place at the state swim meet on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 16-17. The Grizzlies took sixth place with a team total of 42 points, thanks in large part to the ...

Tanner Russ/News-Register##Willamina’s Zoe Brewer gets her hand raised after her district championship victory.

Willamina’s Brewer leads 4A/3A/2A/1A Special District 1 girls wrestling state qualifiers

Girls wrestling districts have finished, and the 4A/3A/2A/1A Special District 1 state qualifiers are set. Willamina junior Zoe Brewer leads the qualified girls for Yamhill County’s smaller schools, ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Yamhill Carlton’s Tiearra Braithwaite hands YC’s first cheer trophy to athletic director Brad Post on Friday, Feb. 16 in an assembly.

YC’S first cheerleading title result of perseverance

Yamhill Carlton’s cheer team joined the pantheon of Yamhill County cheerleading state champions with its win in the 3A/2A/1A Traditional category. The Tigers, who won the first cheer championship ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##McMinnville’s Ian Morris was one of a handful of boys wrestlers to qualify for the state tournament.

Mac boys wrestling takes fourth at districts

McMinnville boys wrestling fell squarely in the middle of the Pacific Conference pack with a fourth place finish and 215 points to its name. The juggernaut of the conference, Newberg, ran away with the ...

Courtesy of Ashley Watkins##Ashley Watkins and her son Hunter pose in their respective football jerseys. Watkins plays for the semi-professional team Capital Pioneers, based out of Salem. The team is a part of the third division of the Women’s Football Alliance.

Sheridan’s Watkins, Newberg’s Lampley gear up for tackle football season with WFA’s Capital Pioneers

For Ashley Watkins, the choice to take up football in the year 2020 was something she had been coming towards for a long time. The Sheridan resident, former collegiate athlete at Willamette University ...

Courtesy of Shannon Biamonte##6th grader Dylan Walters prepares to make his way back to his feet. Walters is part of a thriving McMinnville Middle School wrestling program.

Middle school wrestling part of thriving Mac grappling community

Community engagement has helped mold the McMinnville middle school wrestling program. Not only from McMinnville proper, but the wrestling communities built around the high school program, the youth program, ...

Linfield unveils 10-game 2024 football schedule

Linfield football will make history in the fall of 2024. This time, however, it is not about extending ‘The Streak’ to 68 consecutive winning football seasons, though the Wildcats certainly ...

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