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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Grizzlies win first two against No. 3 Sherwood, overtake conference lead

Cameron Hyder pitched his first complete game of the season Wednesday, a 5-0 shutout, as McMinnville took the first two of the series against No. 3 ranked Sherwood that likely will decide the Pacific Conference ...

Mac completes comeback victory against Sherwood

A winning mojo filled the streets on Wednesday as the OSAA ranked No. 6 McMinnville varsity softball team (17-7) defeated their league rival, No. 3 Sherwood (21-3), with a 5-4 come-from-behind home victory. ...

 
County teams top of 3A softball food chain

Competition has brought the best out of four of Yamhill County’s five 3A varsity softball teams as they battle for a trophy that only one can take home. As of May 15, OSAA ranked No. 2 Dayton (20-2, ...

Tigers flag football falls in first round of playoffs

Yamhill Carlton flag football finished the season with a 9-6 overall record after falling to 4A Crook County 19-13 on Wednesday in the first round of playoffs. YC was the number 13 seed and Crook County ...

Panthers lose rematch against Summit; poised for third place

Almost everything went wrong for the Valley Panthers at the May 10 playoff match against Summit in Bend, as they were down players and competed at altitude. The Panthers were short eight players due to ...

 
‘Cats crush NWC competition

Domination. That’s the word that comes to mind after Linfield University’s Wildcat softball team (38-5) pounded out a trio of wins over the weekend in the Northwest Conference tournament, ...

 
Mac athletes wrap up regular season

McMinnville track and field hosted a four-team conference meet Thursday that provided some possibly previews to the Pacific Conference Districts meet next week, May 21 and 23, at George Fox University. In ...

 
Amity falls to Tigers in first of two-game series

Amity Baseball (2-14, 2-11) fell 16-3 to the Yamhill Carlton Tigers (12-10, 8-7) on Friday in league play and will face the Tigers again on Monday. The Tigers jumped to a 4-0 in the first. Warrior Paden ...

Mac baseball sweeps Liberty with league title in sight

The McMinnville varsity baseball team (15-6) completed their second straight series sweep on Friday with a 7-1 team victory at home over the Liberty Falcons (5-18). Mac’s win pushed them up to No. ...

Licking wounds, Grizzlies swept by Glencoe

A lack of energy and consistency was the downfall of the McMinnville varsity softball team (15-7) on Friday as they lost their second game in a row to 6A OSAA ranked No. 8 Glencoe (16-6) by a score of ...

 
McMinnville softball team’s confidence high after challenging back-to-back

Domination and fatigue characterized back-to-back contests for the McMinnville varsity softball (15-6) team this week as the Grizzlies split two games against league opponents on Tuesday and Wednesday. ...

YC flag football qualifies for playoffs

The Yamhill Carlton flag football team has qualified for the 16-team state-wide playoffs, claiming second in league with a 9-5, 7-2 record. On Wednesday, the Tigers downed the 5A Hillsboro Spartans in ...

Findley takes conference girls golf crown

Mabel Findley secured the Pacific Conference individual title Monday with a 77 at Ghost Creek at Pumpkin Ridge. Findley needed a good round as her nearest competitor, Forest Grove’s Trinity Johnson, ...

3A softball roundup: Pirates hand Loggers first loss of season

Preparation triumphed over dominance on Monday as the OSAA 3A ranked No. 2 Dayton varsity softball team (18-2) handed No. 1 Scio (18-1) their first loss of the season in a tightly contested 3-1 victory ...

Grizzly bats get hot in wins over Falcons

The OSAA ranked No. 12 McMinnville varsity baseball team (14-6) took the first two games of a three-game series against No. 39 Liberty (5-15) with ease this week, scoring 28 runs and allowing five hits ...

 
YC rebounds, Dayton dominates in 3A play

Friday marked a Yamhill County softball eclipse as Yamhill-Carlton (11-7) shut out Willamina (14-4) 9-0 at home and Dayton (16-2) dismantled Sheridan (1-13) on the road 29-0. The Tigers were able to stop ...

School records tumble as Mac track and field nears districts

With a final competition Thursday before next week’s Pacific Conference Districts meet (May 16), the McMinnville track and field athletes continue to improve their times and marks with sights set ...

Aggressive Grizzlies blowout Tigers in Stephens’ standout performance

An aggravated McMinnville varsity softball team (14-5) blew the doors off Newberg (5-10) on Friday, run-ruling the Tigers 18-3 in four innings while improving to 4-2 in league play. The Grizzlies were ...

Grizzlies sweep Vikings in preparation for final stretch

The McMinnville Varsity baseball team (12-6) pulled off its first inter-conference series sweep of the season on Friday, defeating Forest Grove (9-10) 5-4 in a back-and-forth contest. The win marked the ...

 
Brewer claims All-American honors, Oregon wrestling triple crown

Willamina senior Zoe Brewer added to her Bulldog wrestling legacy this month by winning a national tournament and completed a “triple crown” as the state level On April 5, Brewer topped the ...