By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com TURNER, Ore.– Cascade just found one last gear against their rival in Stayton Wednesday afternoon in the Oregon West Conference battle. The de facto Championship Game as the two squads split the first two games of the series out in Stayton, giving the other their lone defeat in OWC Play. So…
Willamina’s Big Third Inning Lifts Bulldogs Over St. Paul 14-4
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com ST. PAUL, Ore.– The Willamina softball team brought the energy Tuesday afternoon to kick-off a grueling six-game in five day stretch. By the end of the third inning, they led St. Paul 11-0, coming off the heels of an eight-run second inning and Laney DeLoe had a no-hitter going and the…
Cravenho’s Big Game Lifts Sprague-South Salem Lacrosse On Senior Night
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– On Sprague-South Salem’s final game of the regular season, on their Senior Night, sophomore Alex Cravenho was going to make sure his senior teammates were going to walk out of Olympic Stadium with a win. Of the 15 goals that the Olympians scored on this night to close out…
St. Paul Baseball Holds Off Willamina 3-2
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com ST. PAUL. Ore.– The Willamina baseball team had one of its best outings of the season Tuesday against a Top 4 team in St. Paul. The focus was there and so was the execution to challenge the Buckaroos throughout in St. Paul’s 3-2 victory in 2A/1A Special District 1 action. And…
Lebanon Pulls Away From Dallas 7-3
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com DALLAS, Ore.– Both the Dallas and Lebanon Baseball programs entered Monday’s Mid-Willamette Conference series finale tied for fourth in the conference with identical 7-6 records to their names. The Warriors jumped out first, the Dragons responded, eventually leading 2-1 going into the fifth inning of the game. Bennett Cresswell went the…
Track Round-Up: Jeannine James and Toledo Invites
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com Gervais, Willamette Valley Christian, McKay, Jefferson, Sheridan and Dayton had strong showings in their final Meets before the District Meets this upcoming weekend, Here’s a little Round-Up: Jeannine James Invitational Boys Track and Field Gervais’ Gotti Ramon won the 100-meter Dash and Triple Jump. Willamette Valley Christian’s Aaden Ackley won the…
Heidt’s Game-Winner Lifts West Salem-McNary In Double Overtime
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– Regulation wasn’t enough for the West Salem-McNary and Corvallis North Valley Conference game Saturday afternoon. Even then a single overtime wasn’t enough as it went to double overtime. The Titans were hosting their senior night in their last regular season home game. West Salem’s Trask Heidt and Josh Duncan each…
The Kennedy Javelin Duo
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com STAYTON, Ore.– The Kennedy duo of Elijah Traeger and Issac Berning have returned. And the duo once again put in work Friday at the Regis Community Twilight, going one-three in the Javelin throw in the meet. Traeger won the event with a throw of 151-feet-10-inches, Berning wasn’t too far off with…
Regis’ Hernandez Wins Hurdle Events
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com STAYTON, Ore.– Daisy Hernandez has been a fixture in the Regis hurdle events. Having gone to State in the 100-meter and 300-meter hurdles every, single year and helping the Rams Girls Track and Field program win the Covid-Shortened season State Title as a freshman. Now as a senior, in her final…
Butenschoen Gearing Up
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com STAYTON, Ore.– In her first race of the year in the 1,500-meter race, Stayton’s Haley Butenschoen did some damage. Coming off an injury from basketball season, the Eagle junior started the race off just being the leaders at about fourth or fifth-place. By the backstretch of the third lap, Butenschoen was already looking…
Davidson’s Motivation
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com STAYTON, Ore.– St. Paul’s James Davidson came a centimeter from going to the 1A State Track and Field Meet for the Shot Put as a junior last Spring. Now a year later almost, on the eve of his last District Meet at the Regis Community Twilight Meet Friday afternoon, the Buckaroo…
Finding The Confidence
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com STAYTON, Ore.– Salem Academy’s Celia James has been building her confidence this season. The struggles in finding the perfect start and finding the perfect fit. And now, as a junior, things have begun to piece together for the Crusader mid-distance runner coming off a fourth-place finish in the 400-meter race at…
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