Jessica Sloan/Submitted Photo##The Duniway boy’s 4x400-meter relay team of, from left to right, Isaiah Carpenter, Garret Kuchta, James Cartee and Brice Marsteller, set a new school record and took second at the Middle School Meet of Champions in Corvallis with a time of 3:48.22.

Paving the way: Duniway track program setting high school standard

In late May, the Duniway Middle School track team headed to Corvallis, where they competed in the Middle School Meet of Champions. A middle school equivalent of a state meet, several runners from Duniway ...

Oregon falls in Super Regionals

Despite a historic comeback to take game one, the Oregon Ducks lost games two and three of the Eugene Super Regional, ending their season one game shy of Omaha. Oral Roberts walked off with a comeback ...

News-Register file photo##Madelyn Powell, pictured here in a 2022 McMinnville game, won one of the inaugural NAIA Gold Glove Awards after posting a .980 fielding percentage in 50 games for the College of Idaho.

Powell wins NAIA Gold Glove

McMinnville alum Madelyn Powell was one of the nine inaugural recipients of the 2023 NAIA Rawlings Gold Glove Awards, as chosen by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association. A left fielder at the College ...

News-Register File Photo##Abby Carsley was named the 6A Player of the Year after she set a 5A/6A record with 20 home runs and 65 runs batted in.

Five Grizzlies earn All-State honors

The McMinnville Grizzly softball team was well represented in the OSAA All-State Awards, as five Grizzlies earned state-wide recognition. After a record-setting season, Abby Carsley was named 6A Player ...

News-Register File Photo##Kaili Saathoff earned second-team All-American honors from the NFCA.

'Cats earn national honors

Several players and coaches on the Linfield softball team earned national recognition for their stellar seasons. Tayah Kelley, Katie Phillips, Claire Seats and Kaili Saathoff were named to the National ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Willamina’s Paige Baker is tagged out trying to advance to third base during Willamina’s semifinal loss to Weston-McEwen. The Bulldogs’ inconsistency on the base paths made it difficult to string a rally together.

Running into trouble: Baserunning woes doom Bulldogs in semifinal loss

Willamina’s best season in over a decade came to an end in the 2A semifinals, as the Bulldogs lost 7-2 to Westen-McEwen on Tuesday. Coming off an upset of previously unbeaten No. 1 North Douglas, ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Cecelia Petraitis is welcomed home by her teammates after blasting a game-tying two-run home run against Burns. Petraitis was down 1-2 in the count, but dropped the head of the bat on an offspeed pitch and lifted it over the left field wall.

Y-C falls to Burns in semis

Off the bat, it looked like it might go. Down a run in the bottom of the sixth, the Tigers needed it to. Cecelia Petraitis had already cleared the fence two innings earlier, driving in the Tigers only ...

Kelly Bird/Linfield Athletics##Umpire Todderick Davis calls Trine’s Scarlett Elliot safe after a close play at second base.

As one: Linfield's historic softball season comes to a sudden end

It happened in the blink of an eye. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Tayah Kelley’s 1-0 pitch sailed over the head of catcher Ashley Sutton, and Trine’s Emma Lee dove beneath Kelley’s ...

Next Column Up: Short but sweet

After the Milwaukee Bucks’ season-ending loss in late April, Giannis Antetokounmpo stepped to the podium for his final postgame press conference of the season. The top-seeded Bucks, who ended the ...

Tigers, Bulldogs earn all-league honors

The Yamhill-Carlton Tigers and the Willamina Bulldogs were well represented in their respective all-league selections. Five Tigers were named to 3A’s SD2 first-team, including Linfield commit Lexiss ...

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Y-C, WIllamina fall in state semifinals

The Yamhill-Carlton Tigers and Willamina Bulldogs fell in their state semifinal matchups. In the 2A semifinals, No. 4 Willamina fell 7-2 to No. 8 Weston-McEwen, the Cinderella of the 2A tournament that ...

Brandon Bomberger/News-Register##Peyton Justice went 2-for-3 with an RBI in McMinnville’s season-ending defeat to Sherwood on Friday.

Mac falls to Sherwood in quarterfinals

A five-run Sherwood sixth inning propelled the No. 5 Bowmen over the No. 4 McMinnville Grizzlies on Friday, ending the Grizzlies’ softball season in the quarterfinals. Mac struck first in the bottom ...

Brynn Kleinke/OSAA##Willamina’s Hallee Hughes won her second straight javelin state title on Thursday, recording a mark of 139-04, more than 20 feet further than any other 2A competitor. The Nevada commit leaves Willamina as a five-time state champion (three in javelin, two in discus).

State track: Hughes wins two; Vrell, Brewer and Hedgecock among other standouts

Willamina senior Hallee Hughes capped her high school career with state titles in both the discus and javelin at the OSAA Track and Field Championships in Eugene. Her javelin throw of 139-04 was more ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##The ‘Cats rush the field and dogpile near home plate to celebrate their Super Regional championship, one that gives them a spot in the D3 National Championship.

'Cats advance to DIII Championship

Led by Tayah Kelley’s dominant pitching, the ‘Cats only needed two runs to win the McMinnville Super Regional at Del Smith Stadium and advance to the Division III Softball Championship in Marshall, ...

Willamina advances to semis

The No. 4 Willamina Bulldogs advanced to the 2A softball semifinals with a 7-5 victory over No. 5 Blanchet Catholic in the quarterfinals on Friday. The Cavaliers threatened late, putting the tying runs ...