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Grizzlies’ depth, pitching staff give team hopes for another postseason appearance
Making a return to the playoffs last season, McMinnville lost a disappointing 2-1 home game to Sandy in the first round of the OSAA State Baseball Playoffs. Key pieces to that run are gone with the graduation of seven seniors, but there is enough of talent returning and several new players who showed their mettle this summer to make another postseason push possible.
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Dayton grad wins NAIA wrestling title at Southern Oregon
Southern Oregon University’s Barry Johnson, a 2005 Dayton graduate and a four-time state champ, battled his way to an NAIA national championship last weekend in Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Grizzlies ready to start new softball era
Despite losing a half-dozen seniors from last year’s squad — among them the Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year, pitcher Anna Bertrand — McMinnville softball coach Larry Nichols doesn’t expect this year’s young team to miss a beat.
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Blazers hanging on to playoff hopes
The up-and-down Portland Trailblazers, while they’ve maintained a winning record all season, look like a first or second round-and-out playoff team at best.
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Pirates sunk at state
"These guys did a great job of putting themselves in a good spot and it’s unfortunate we didn’t win. But hopefully we can build on this for next year. They can look forward to next year. It’s not going to help them tonight. Someone had to lose tonight and unfortunately it was us.”
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Willamina girls snag fourth-place finish
Bounced from the championship bracket on the first day of the tournament, Willamina made sure to make the best of the cards it had been dealt. The Bulldogs used a big first quarter Saturday morning to edge out top-ranked Coquille 51-48 in the fourth-place game of the OSAA 3A Girls Basketball State Championships at Willamette University in Salem.
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WVL teams earn state playoff spots in Sherwood
Sheridan on Saturday swept Westside Christian in a pair of third-place games today, earning a spot in the state playoffs. Willamina girls and Dayton boys win big in title matchups.
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Dayton leads area contingent at district
With a strong regular season now complete, the Dayton High School wrestling team has continued its dominance in the district tournament in Amity. The Pirates have moved an impressive 12 wrestlers into today’s semifinals, where a win guarantees a spot at the upcoming state tournament.
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Cowapa champs ready for state
“We’re talking about breaking down everything, getting back to the fundamentals, putting in some new things and keeping them fresh. But we’re very focused on one singular goal right now and that’s one basketball game, that’s one possession ... And mentally and physically for the next two weeks, we want to put them through hell.”
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Pirates push forward
Dayton coach Ron Hop couldn’t help but roll his eyes and chuckle after his team’s Friday night West Valley League playoff. Not exactly what you’d expect from the winning coach.
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