Announcing the Athlete of the Week
Tanner Earhart is the definition of a three-sport athlete. The 6-foot-1, 180 pound senior has proved his skill at wrestling (second place in 5A at 152 pounds as a junior) and baseball (first-team...
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West Albany at South Salem, 7:15 p.m. On the air: Radio on KSHO 920 AM It’s a surprise that West Albany is 2-0, but it’s not a surprise that South Salem (1-1 GVC) came back strong with a 34-29 win...
View ArticleSalem Academy scores first win vs. Blanchet since 2011
Salem Academy quarterback Colton Daniels tucks in the ball and runs for a touchdown in the game against Blanchet on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, at Salem Academy. Daniels’ touchdown late in the fourth...
View ArticleColton Daniels and Skyler Williams come up big for Salem Academy
There’s connection between Skyler Williams and Colton Daniels that is about more than just how long the pair have been playing football together. Yes, the senior...
View ArticleDane McKinney's emergence in backfield key for Sprague
Dane McKinney doesn’t proclaim himself to be the star running back for Sprague High School’s football team, but he’s playing like one. The senior running back rushed for 199 yards and two touchdowns in...
View ArticleSurprising Dallas arrives with 3-0 start, No. 1 ranking
It was supposed to be a struggle to start the season for the Dallas High School football team. The Dragons started the season with a roster depleted due to transfers and three of the team’s starters...
View ArticleSkills honed in the sand come indoors for Sprague's Lindsey Grossman
Lindsey Grossman plays volleyball with rare versatility. As a 5-foot-11 outside hitter for Sprague High School, she probably should be an offensively focused player who combines precision hitting with...
View ArticleAnnouncing the athlete of the week winner
Hassan Ibrahim was already one of the top cross country runners in the state. Now the Jefferson High School junior is establishing himself as one of the elite. The junior who was the state runner-up as...
View ArticleFriday's high school football game previews
Sprague at McMinnville, 7 p.m. On the air: Radio on KYKN 1430 AM and http://www.KLYC.us. McMinnville is the most surprising 3-0 teams in the state. The Grizzlies started the season 0-5 last year and...
View ArticleSprague knocks McMinnville out of the ranks of undefeated
Sprague’s Spencer Plant passes the ball as the Olys take on the McMinnville Grizzlies in Greater Valley Conference game on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016, in McMinnville....
View ArticleSpencer Plant rewarding Sprague for sticking with him through hard times
Over the course of the first four games of the season, Spencer Plant has gone from that guy people had barely heard of to the premier quarterback among the current class of Greater Valley Conference...
View ArticleMcNary receiver lives up to potential in huge win
The track and field speed of Brendan Van Voorhis is translating onto the gridiron. McNary High School’s senior receiver had the kind of breakout performance people have been hoping he would in Friday’s...
View ArticleEllie Slama is named the Oregon Junior Golf Player of the Year
South Salem junior Bridgette O’Connor North Salem senior Alex Vasquez West Salem senior Ahmed Muhumed McNary senior Abigail Smith South Salem senior Ellie Slama has been named the 2016 Oregon Junior...
View ArticleHannah Schanz makes being good at everything look effortless
TURNER Hannah Schanz had a conflict, but she wasn’t conflicted. Last fall Schanz qualified for the OSAA state cross country meet in Eugene – the third time in three years of high school she had done so...
View ArticleOSAA change could put every Tri-River football team in playoffs
When the football teams from Kennedy High School and Regis play every year, the stakes are greater than just the rivalry between the two near-by schools – Kennedy is in Mount Angel and Regis is in...
View ArticleGoing from soccer to football without all the kicking
When Tyler Ballenger first decided to come out for football at West Salem, the last thing he wanted was to be another soccer to football convert who just kicked the ball. So he put his focus elsewhere....
View ArticleAnnouncing the athlete of the week winner
Lost River High School’s football team thought they had figured out how to stop Kennedy: Focus on stopping senior running back Bishop Mitchell. Brett Traeger made them pay for that. The 6-1, 185 pound...
View ArticleToday's high school football game previews
McMinnville at South Salem, 7 p.m. On the air: Audio on http://www.KLYC.us; video streaming on http://www.Clypian.com. This is a critical game for both teams. Both the Grizzlies and Saxons are 2-1 in...
View ArticleCentral knocks No. 6 Dallas from the ranks of undefeated
Dallas' Tanner Earhart (24) vaults over teammate Boe Bray (64) after colliding with Central's Isaiah Abraham (22) at a game on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, at Central High School in Independence. Central's...
View ArticleWhen the injury bug hit Central, Peter Mendazona stood tall
Dallas' Tanner Earhart (24) vaults over teammate Boe Bray (64) after colliding with Central's Isaiah Abraham (22) at a game on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, at Central High School in Independence. Central's...
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