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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Linfield Football: ‘Cats enter ‘26 season with more confidence after incremental improvements in 2025
Although a 7-2 record was nothing to turn their nose up at, the 2025 season for Linfield University football included reality checks. The Wildcats missed the NCAA Division III playoffs for ...
3A Football: Amity, Dayton, Yamhill Carlton enter fall with varying goals while becoming part of reformatted district
The ever-changing classification landscape across Oregon high school football has led to Yamhill County teams jumping in and out of contention with one another other over the years. Yamhill Carlton High ...
2A Football: Willamina aims to get back on track with committed group of upperclassmen
Willamina High School sits on an island in the hills of the West Valley that Head Coach Dan Oswald takes the utmost pride in helping flourish. Oswald enters his sixth consecutive year leading the Bulldogs ...
Schedules: What's on the docket in Yamhill County
With the 2026-27 scholastic year fast approaching, it is time to look at what athletic events will be the talk of the town this fall. With the Oregon School Activities Association reformatting districts ...
Sheridan eliminates sports fees
Sheridan School District students will be able to participate in district-sponsored athletics without paying sports participation fees during the 2026-27 school year. At its meeting on Wednesday, August ...
Maxwell Field gets makeover with new turf ahead of football season
Maxwell Field has a new look this fall for the first time since 2014 with the installation of new artificial field turf. FieldTurf was responsible for the replacement, as they were with the change from ...
Sports Memory Lane: August 8, 2026
10 Years Ago • Former McMinnville High School QB Gage Gubrud lit up the scoreboard and the stat sheet Saturday during an inter-squad scrimmage of the Eastern Washington University football team at ...
County Class 3A schools see most overall success in team sports over previous year
Based on overall win-loss records for team sports, Dayton High School saw the most success of any scholastic athletic program over the 2025-26 season with a combined win percentage of 66.77%. Four Pirate ...
Mac soccer standout near top of national competition
Edwin “Isai” Cuevas-George, a senior at McMinnville High School and two-time Class 6A Pacific Conference Player of the Year in varsity boys soccer, is in the running to be named the Youth Athlete ...
Mac Cross Country: Grizzlies aiming for back-to-back state appearances
In Matt Dressel’s third year as the head coach of McMinnville High School’s cross-country teams, the program has continued to grow. Dressel expects to have more than 70 kids running this fall, ...
Mac Football: Brothers finding balance
McMinnville High School football did not see the success it wished in 2025. A 1-8 record left the Grizzlies looking for answers by the season’s end, but they’ve seemed to have found some this ...
3A Volleyball: Pirates learning to play for each other
Dayton High School’s varsity volleyball team found a surge of passion at the end of their 2025 season that they hope carries into another successful fall. After going undefeated (16-0) in league ...
Linfield baseball camp a chance to make lasting impressions
While the Linfield University campus began bustling with life and jets cruised the skies above McMinnville, Roy Helser Field became a temporary home for the future of college baseball. The Wildcats’ ...
How Mac's Hendricks helped lead a historic Grizzly girls' tennis season
McMinnville’s varsity girls tennis team had one of its most successful seasons this past spring. Six individuals made advanced to the OSAA 6A State Championships, the most in program history. The ...
Photo Gallery: Monsters in Mac!
Roars permeated McMinnville’s north side on Saturday, Aug. 8, as the Monster Truck Nitro Tour descended on the Cascade Arena at the Yamhill County Fairgrounds. Event organizers offered afternoon ...
Sports Memory Lane: August 14, 2026
10 Years Ago • McMinnville High School’s Brian Barnes has accepted a scholarship offer to compete as a wrestler in the Big 12 Conference as a member of the University of Northern Colorado (UNC). Barnes, ...
Linfield's Johnson, Johannsen named preseason All-Americans
Linfield University’s football team has a pair of preseason first-team All-Americans, as named on Wednesday as part of D3football.com’s annual talent recognition. Seniors Kenyon Johnson and ...
MSC U14 team goes on scoring frenzy to win Mt. Hood Challenge
McMinnville Soccer Club’s U14 boys’ red team outscored its opponents 17-2 on its way to winning the Mt. Hood Challenge on Sunday, Aug. 9, at Tualatin High School. The Mt. Hood Challenge is ...
Bike show fundraiser on tap at WVMC
Baker Creek Harley Racing Team will host Bikestock No. 2 on Sunday, Aug. 23, to raise funds for baby cribs at the Willamette Valley Medical Center in McMinnville. The cribs will be dedicated to education ...
Willamina wrestling champion looks to bolster growing Linfield program
College was never on the radar for 2026 Willamina High School graduate Kisor Savage, but a promising career in a ruthless sport helped spark interest in the former Bulldog. Though he decided on his commitment ...
