It was a home victory for the Dragons boys cross country team on Thursday, Sept. 28. The Delphian School hosted the Conquer the Hill cross country invitational with high school teams competing from Delphian, ...
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Toliver's Toss: A throw for the ages
Byron Toliver was not one for the spotlight. But on the biggest stage, he had his brightest day. The teenage farmhand was not much of a track and field athlete growing up. Toliver was a hard-nosed center ...
Mac Golf: Grizzlies reach halfway point
McMinnville’s varsity boys golf team continued to climb past Pacific Conference foes with a total team score of 315 to finish third behind Newberg (302, 2nd) and Sherwood (294, 1st) at Chehalem Glenn ...
3A Baseball: Dayton handles Amity, look to improve in hopes of a playoff run
It can be difficult to flip an off-speed pitch into the strike zone when you can’t feel your fingers, so Dayton senior Carter Webster relied on his heater on a cold, rainy Wednesday. “When ...
3A Softball: Bulldogs, Tigers on winning trail
April 13 Yamhill Carlton 6 Stayton 4 The No. 4-ranked Tigers (8-2, 3-1) travelled to the home of Class 4A No. 11 Stayton (4-5) on Monday and never looked back after taking a 2-0 lead before the home ...
Mac Baseball: Grizzlies tag Tigers with first loss of season, split first two of three-game series
April 13 McMinnville 7 Newberg 5 The first of three games between No. 6-ranked McMinnville (7-4, 1-1) and No. 5 Newberg (11-1, 4-1) began as a pitchers’ duel at George Fox University’s Morse ...
Mac alumna wins second career CUSA Player of the Week for Liberty
Brynn McManus — a senior at NCAA DI Liberty University and 2022 graduate of McMinnville High School — has had a hot bat for the Flames as of late, earning her second career Conference USA Softball ...
Haddeland: Master of the mound
Everything Chris Haddeland does is with pinpoint precision. The 2011 graduate of McMinnville High School was an ace on a staff with two other Grizzly standouts in Zev Egli and 2025 MHS Hall of ...
Gallery: Gravel, Pavement and the Beauty of Yamhill County
The Sasquatch Duro is an annual gravel-and-road bicycle race hosted by Mudslinger Events. In its second year in Yamhill County, it takes participants on one of two courses: a 45-mile loop or a 67-mile ...
Sights and scenes from the 2026 Vic Downs Invitational
The 2026 iteration of McMinnville’s annual Vic Downs Invitational was minutes away from completion before thunderstorms and heavy rain cleared Wortman Stadium. However, many Yamhill County track ...
Mac Softball: Grizzlies tire Lakers with patient at-bats, expert gloves
Not all has been sunshine and rainbows for the No. 14-ranked Grizzlies varsity softball team (6-6), but they did everything right in the first inning of their outing against No. 15 Lake Oswego (9-2) on ...
Mac Tennis: Girls ready for next steps following first victory over Sherwood in five years
When McMinnville’s varsity girls tennis team meets at the beginning of each season, there is one goal above the rest that gets reiterated; defeat Sherwood. The last time the Grizzlies (6-1) beat ...
Mac Baseball: Grizzlies fall too far behind Lions despite spectacular defensive plays
McMinnville and West Linn have a history that extends far beyond their matinee meeting that occurred Thursday at Patton Middle School. Grizzlies Head Coach Todd Peterson was just a teen with baseball ...
Mac Golf: Findley stays atop conference, boys lower team scores
Meriwether National Golf Club, along the Tualatin River in Hillsboro, was the venue on April 6-7 as the Grizzlies’ golf teams took on Pacific Conference foes. Mac’s boys approached the par-72 ...
Wildcat Roundup: Softball, Baseball lead NWC; golf seeks DIII championship berth
Softball Catball has been at an all-time high, currently holding onto a 20-game win streak with its last loss coming on March 8 at George Fox. Linfield (26-2, 14-2) was ranked third in the most recent ...
3A Softball: Dayton defends home field, executes early to beat YC 4-2 in first meeting of season
Two PacWest softball powerhouses squared off on Monday at Jim Connelly Field in Dayton, as the No. 3-ranked Pirates (9-2, 3-0) and No. 4-ranked Yamhill Carlton Tigers (6-2, 2-1) met for the first ...
Payne: Making MHS hall of fame ‘was always a goal of mine’
If there was an athletic challenge at McMinnville High School, Spencer Payne was one of the first ones in line. The Class of 2013 alumnus was a standout in everything he did, whether it be on the gridiron, ...
Grizz, Pirates, ’Dawgs take on Oregon Relays
More than 200 schools from the West Coast met at Hayward Field in Eugene on April 3-4 for the Oregon Relays. Among the fray were three Yamhill County participants in 6A McMinnville, 3A Willamina ...
Valley Panthers take advantage of friendly weather, hold scrimmage while state rugby club numbers fluctuate
On Saturday, April 4, the Valley Panthers Rugby Club had to improvise because the Canby club didn’t have enough girls to compete and cancelled the match. “They’ve never really ...
3A Baseball: Tigers trounce Bulldogs twice, look to continue healthy habits during league play
Both squads had hoped for more competitive matchups when the No. 21-ranked Yamhill Carlton varsity baseball team (6-5, 2-0) faced No. 41 Willamina/Sheridan (0-8, 0-2) for a two-game home-and-home set, ...
Mac's Lewis breaks 64-year-old hurdles record
McMinnville senior Brian Lewis set a new school record in the boys’ 110-meter hurdles on Wednesday, April 8, completing the event with a first-place finish of 14.85. The Grizzlies’ previous ...
