Vote for the Athlete of the Week
The first Mid-Valley Sports Awards starts at 6 p.m. June 7, 2016, at the Salem Convention Center, 200 Commercial St SE in Salem, Oregon. Amanda Wiebenga, Cascade Vote on the Statesman Journal Sports...
View ArticleMcNary's Vanessa Hayes signs to Alaska Anchorage
McNary High senior Vanessa Hayes signed a National Letter of Intent to play volleyball at Alaska Anchorage. McNary’ senior Vanessa Hayes has signed to play volleyball at Division II Alaska Anchorage....
View ArticleNorth Salem freshman Taylor Gibson shooting up the charts
Becoming the level of competitor who could reach the National Junior Olympics was a feat for Taylor Gibson. Placing as well as she did at the age of 15 years old in her first time at the event was...
View ArticleHome runs doom Dallas against Lebanon
Dallas’s Ashlee Lichtenberger slides back to third base as the Dragons fall to Lebanon 10-2 in a Mid-Willamette Conference game on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at Dallas High School. Lebanon’s Cassidy...
View ArticleDayton player is athlete of the week
Kylee Hill has been a prodigy ever since she first stepped on the field for Dayton High School’s softball team. A second-team Class 3A all-state player as a freshman and a first-team all-state...
View ArticlePower-hitting Blanchet stays perfect in league
JEFFERSON — The Cavaliers like to work on a different skill in each of their PacWest Conference baseball games. Blanchet Catholic School has built a commanding lead atop the standings and hasn’t...
View ArticleVote for the athlete of the week
These athletes have already earned a ticket to the 2016 Mid-Valley Sports Awards Dallas’ Yasmine El Hato Vote on the Statesman Journal Sports Facebook page by Thursday at noon. Yasmine El-Hato, Dallas...
View ArticleWest Salem's Brody Wittman signs to play college baseball
Stayton’s Kyle Schwarm runs the ball as the Eagles fall to Cascade in an Oregon West Conference game Friday, Oct. 16, 2015, in Stayton. West Salem High senior Brody Wittman signed a letter of intent...
View ArticleEllie Slama, Andrew Eyre go under par to lead GVC
West Salem’s Andrew Eyre putts during the first day of the Greater Valley Conference District Golf Tournament on Monday, May 2, 2016, at Trysting Tree Golf Club in Corvallis, Ore. South Salem’s Ashley...
View ArticleEllie Slama leads South Salem to second straight crown
South Salem’s Ashley Zhu competes during the final day of the Greater Valley Conference District Golf Tournament on Tuesday, May 3, 2016, at Trysting Tree Golf Club in Corvallis, Ore. McNary’s Cammie...
View ArticleSprague sophomore is the athlete of the week
Sprague sophomore Alaena Sullivan Alaena Sullivan is finding her spot. The Sprague High School sophomore girls tennis player improved to 3-1 in singles play this season with a pair of straight...
View ArticleMomentum in Sprague's favor in attempt at record championship
Nate Harder and Jonah Lovell were losing and not exactly happy about it. Sprague High School’s No. 1 doubles team lost the first set of Thursday’s dual meet 6-1 to McKay’s Jason Tran and William Schaap...
View ArticleWest Salem hires boys basketball coach
Travis Myers has been hired as West Salem High School’s boys basketball coach. A graduate of Douglas, he currently is the school’s coach of its boys golf team that placed second at this week’s Greater...
View ArticleSprague's Teagan Quitoriano takes to national stage
Sprague sophomore Teagan Quitoriano competed in the USA Basketball Men’s 3×3 Tournament in Colorado. Photographed on Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at Sprague High School. Since his sophomore season at...
View ArticleVote for the Athlete of the Week
Athletes of the week for 5/9 South Salem freshman Kaia Alexander. Vote on the Statesman Journal Sports Facebook page by Thursday at noon. Kaia Alexander, South Salem track and field: The freshman won...
View ArticleCascade's John Schirmer signs to play college basketball
Cascade’s John Schirmer (11) makes a pass during their game on Friday, Feb. 6 , 2015, in Philomath, Ore. Cascade High senior John Schirmer signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Clark...
View ArticleRegis wins second-straight district championship
GLENEDEN BEACH — It was an accurate assumption that Regis High School’s boys golf team would win the 3A/2A/1A Special District 2 championship for the second year in a...
View ArticleSports officials at short supply in Salem
Finding new people to officiate high school sporting events has become an increasingly difficult challenge. The number of certified officials across the state has dropped at an alarming rate and in...
View ArticleSprague players are athletes of the week
It took time for Jonah Lovell and Nate Harder to come together as a doubles team. Sprague’s Jonah Lovell, left, and Nate Harder compete in a doubles match in the Sprague vs. McKay boy’s tennis meet at...
View ArticleBlanchet thrower's power more than enough to win
Blanchet’s Leilani Salang throw the discus at the PacWest Conference district meet on Thursday, May 12, 2016. Leilani Salang competes a lot against statistics from a computer. When the Blanchet...
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