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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Mac High School summer youth golf camps
The McMinnville High School golf programs (boys and girls) will host a youth golf camp at McMinnville High School, June 24-26. Wortman Stadium will house the camp. Participants are asked to enter through ...
Calling all 'cranks': Vintage Baseball is back in Yamhill County
America’s pastime, in all its original glory, returns to Yamhill County this Friday with the 10th season of vintage baseball. The McMinnville Gristmillers Vintage Baseball Club of the Yamhill ...
Dinger named Player of the Year, all-star MVP
A cherry on the top of accomplishments Grizzly softball players received this season, Kaylee Dinger was named the 6A All-State Player of the Year for her contributions to Mac’s winning season ...
Wildcats find new head coach in former Whitworth assistant
Linfield University announced the hiring of a new head basketball coach last month with a goal to reset the team on a course of excellence. Over the past two seasons, the Wildcats have won 15 of ...
Mac baseball, softball combine for 10 all-league nods, seven honorable mentions
McMinnville High produced two Pacific Conference Players of the Year this spring sports season.Mac softball had four players named to all-league teams and four received honorable mentions after the Grizzlies ...
Dayton’s Upmeyer named Pitcher of the Year, heads list of 3A league awards
The race for the top of the PacWest, special division 3 conference, in 3A softball was tight in 2025. OSSA ranked No. 1 Scio won the division and finished with a state title and 28-1 record. But ...
Amity sends four to Linfield in joint signing day
Community support can go a long way for the youth who spend time in the world of sports. Athletics builds character, according to numerous coaches and quotes, but character development can only go so far ...
Mac youth baseball player selected to play in prestigious international competition
At home, sitting around computer screen, patiently waiting with family to learn if he was going to be selected to play in one of the highest levels of youth baseball competition in the Americas; this was ...
Pirates embrace second place after tough title game
Amongst a sea of green on the campus of the University of Oregon, two teams, bright in color and spirit, battled each other for the right to be crowned 3A high school softball state champion. The No. ...
YC boys volleyball finishes inaugural season
The Yamhill Carlton boys volleyball team succeeded in their team goal of making it to the playoffs in their inaugural season. “For a first-year team to do that is great,” YC Assistant Coach ...
Dayton’s Garrison, Rosenberg commit for college hoops
In a busy week for Dayton High School athletics, two senior team captains announced their commitments to play college basketball. Clyde Rosenberg, the 3A PacWest Player of the Year, is furthering his ...
Ric Rac combines traditional barbecue with international inspiration
McMinnville native Shelby Wilcox has enjoyed traveling to different regions of the U.S. and other countries — Israel, the Mediterranean, Belize and other parts of Central America. In each location, ...
Winners, surprises at the state track and field championships
The best athletes on the biggest stage. Yamhill County’s finest found themselves at historic Hayward Field in Eugene for the three-day event last weekend that was the OSAA Track and Field Championships, ...
Mac baseball loses 5-1 to Sunset in semifinals
A four-run fifth inning by Sunset was the deciding factor Tuesday, as the McMinnville Grizzlies came up short in its bid for a first state title game appearance in the program’s history. Facing ...
Grizzlies softball ends season short of title game
Only so many reach the pinnacle of success. There are indeed varied levels to how much one can win and definitions vary. For some, there are small victories in the development of a program or player ...
Pirates best Tigers 5-4, advance to first final since 2019
Tuesday’s semifinal game between the No. 2 Dayton softball squad and No. 3 Yamhill Carlton had it all. Unstoppable forces, immovable objects and at the end a championship appearance for one Yamhill ...
King scores three tries, Panthers finish 15s in third
Try, try, try again was the theme on Saturday, May 17, for the Valley Panthers girls rugby club (3-2), who clobbered the joint Canby/Chinook squad 67-15. The Panthers had already secured third place for ...
Mac baseball triumphs in gritty extra-inning win over S. Medford
The McMinnville Grizzlies held off visiting South Medford in a thrilling 5-4 baseball playoff game Friday at their Patton Middle School home field. Tyler Brummitt ripped a two-out single down the third ...
Grizzlies top No. 1 Sunset, advance to semifinals
Often is the case in scholastic team sports when a strong core aids in the success of an entire team McMinnville’s varsity softball team exudes a quiet confidence from its leaders that has resonated ...
Tigers’ Bradfield pitches no-hitter to down Vale
Yamhill Carlton’s junior pitcher Taylor Bradfield struck out 13 of 21 batters, walked none and allowed one hit against the No. 6 Vale Vikings in a Friday quarterfinals 3-0 victory. “Taylor ...
