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Silverton's Maggie Buckholz named All-American
Silverton’s Maggie Buckholz has been named to MaxPreps’ Sophomore All-American Team. Silverton High School athlete Maggie Buckholz is photographed for the Mid Valley Sports Awards on Wednesday, May 18,...
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Alvin Berroa a not-so-subtle weapon for Central
Alvin Berroa is a senior running back for Central High School football and one of the state’s top rushers. INDEPENDENCE It’s hard for a 1,600 yard rusher to go overlooked, but somehow Alvin Berroa’s...
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Bruce Myers keeps his profile low key at McNary
KEIZER — Bruce Myers is still a virtual unknown in the Mid-Valley. Bruce Myers is the new girls volleyball coach at McNary High School. Myers is No. 13 on the state’s all-time wins list, but he is one...
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New addition, new focus elevate Sprague cross country
Sophomore Ginger Murnieks, left, and junior Kaylee Mitchell, cross country runners, stand for a portrait at Sprague High School in Salem on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. A year ago Ginger Murnieks and...
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Brooklynn Petterson brings mental focus to soccer pitch
Cascade High School junior Brooklynn Petterson is a center forward for the school’s soccer team. But she also competes with Cascade’s wrestling team, placing sixth in the 106-pound weight class at the...
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Announcing the Preseason ALL-USA Mid-Valley football team
Blanchet’s Nicholas Orlandini (24) runs the ball on Friday, Oct. 16, 2015, in Salem, Ore. There are lots of high school football players who have made their mark on the world, and their teams expect...
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GVC football title could be decided on opening night
The Greater Valley Conference league championship could be determined on the first Friday night of the football season. A South Salem High team that won the past two conference championships hosts a...
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Friday's high school football preview capsules
McNary at North Salem, 7 p.m. On the air: Radio on KYKN 1430 AM; television on CCTV2 at 7 p.m. Saturday. This is a battle of playoff teams from a year ago. McNary’s defense will get a test in this...
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Sprague handles South Salem in season opener
Players from Sprague and South Salem warm up Friday. High school students may have short attention spans, but they have long memories. There wasn’t a player on Sprague High School’s football team who...
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Huge night for Bishop Mitchell leads Kennedy to win
Bishop Mitchell made a huge impact for Kennedy in its first game of the season. The 5-foot-9, 175-pound senior running back rushed for touchdowns of 40, 21, 50 and 60 yards and returned a punt 95 yards...
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West Salem takes charge of GVC with win vs. South Salem
West Salem’s Kasey Campbell celebrates after a the Titans are awarded a point in a game against South Salem on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016, at West Salem High School. The West Salem Titans won the match...
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Silverton to debut new turf field Friday
Redmond at No. 9 Silverton, 7 p.m. When the Silverton High School was setting its football schedule for this fall, a buffer before any home games was built in because of its new turf field being...
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Sprague athlete voted the athlete of the week
It was on the basketball court on which Teagan Quitoriano built his reputation. Teagan Quitoriano The 6-foot-6, 218 pound junior from Sprague High School build a reputation as a versatile player who...
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Friday's high school football game previews
West Salem at Sprague, 7 p.m. On the air: Radio on KBZY 1490 AM; television on CCTV2 at 11:59 p.m. Sprague (1-0 GVC) demonstrated its defensive prowess in the first week by limiting South Salem to 22...
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Homegrown new faces come up huge for West Salem in win vs. Sprague
Sprague’s Nathan Rediger tries to take down West Salem’s Keonte McMurrin in a Greater Valley Conference game on Friday, Sept. 9, 2016, at Sprague High School. The...
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Pick the high school athlete of the week
Clockwise from top left: Tanner Earhart, Stuart Aeschliman, Sebastian Ruelas, Brianna Anaya Vote on the Statesman Journal Sports Facebook page by Thursday at noon. Tanner Earhart, Dallas football: The...
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Gavin Baughman becomes latest South Salem hoops player to star in football
South Salem’s football team has done it again. In both of the previous two seasons, the Saxons brought in a standout basketball player with little to no football experience and turned them into a...
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Philomath cancelling football season impacts Oregon West
The decision by Philomath’s school board on Thursday to cancel its varsity season following an alleged hazing incident over the summer will impact the rest of the Oregon West Conference. Stayton was to...
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Return of Benje Orozco Jr. bolsters West Salem in undefeated start
West Salem’s Benje Orozco Jr. (12) runs up to meet Brennan Johnson (13) as Grant High School makes an attempt on goal late in the game on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016, in Portland, Ore. The West Salem...
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Work ethic, approach put Blanchet's Emily Collier above all others
Five soccer balls dot the top of the 18-yard box in a perfect line and Emily Collier moves with a ruthless efficiency to put each one in the goal. She wasn’t satisfied with her targeting in shooting...
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