North Salem may move down in classification
The latest proposals the OSAA’s Classification and Districting Committee released Tuesday would move the sports teams from high schools like North Salem, Woodburn, Gervais, Chemawa and Jefferson down a...
View ArticleSprague beats West Salem to take first place in GVC
Sprague's Kaiden Flanigan looks for an open teammate in a game against West Salem on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, at Sprague High School. Sprague beat West Salem 71-65 to take first place in the Greater...
View ArticleNorth Salem petitioning OSAA to play down a classification
North Salem takes the field before the McKay vs. North Salem football game at North Salem High School on Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. North Salem High School has asked the governing body for Oregon high...
View ArticleAnnouncing the winner of the Athlete of the Week
Marie Tolmachoff, a Silverton High School freshman swimmer, on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. Natalie Bock at a practice for the Sprague High School girl's basketball team on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. Matthew...
View ArticleGervais' Peter McKinley has gone from homeless to hero
A year ago Peter McKinley was homeless. At the time, he was a junior at Gervais High School who had gone from being consistently suspended while in junior high to being a chapter president of the...
View ArticleSilverton records school-best second place finishes
Silverton High School’s boys and girls swimming teams had program-best days Saturday. The Foxes placed second in both the boys and girls in the Mid-Willamette Conference district swimming meet at...
View ArticleWest Salem earns back district championship
West Salem’s Alaina Otterstrom competes in the 100 yard butterfly during the Greater Valley Conference swimming championships at the McMinnville Aquatic Center on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017. South...
View ArticleWest Salem's Micah Masei is No. 1 seed for state
West Salem senior Micah Masei is the No. 1 seed for this weekend’s OSAA Class 6A state swimming meet in the 50 freestyle with a time of 21.22. South Salem’s Tyler Cook, left, and West Salem’s Micah...
View ArticleJailen Hammer makes an impact on basketball court
Sprague’s Jailen Hammer shoots a free throw in a game against West Salem as the schools face each other for first place in the Greater Valley Conference on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, at Sprague High...
View ArticleSouth Salem upsets McNary again to move into fourth in the GVC
South Salem basketball warms up before a game against McNary on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. South Salem won the home game 81-71 over McNary. McNary junior varsity basketball coach Jordan Graneto helps the...
View ArticleSouth Salem turns rebuilding year into something amazing
As of a month ago, most people had written off South Salem High School’s boys basketball team as being in a rebuilding year. Starting the season 4-9 after placing in the state tournament the prior...
View ArticleThe Athlete of the Week winner is announced
Hannah Bodkin’s strategy of racing first and letting the times come to her has paid off. West Salem's Hannah Bodkin accepts her silver medal for the 200 yard individual medley in the during the Greater...
View ArticleSprague junior rises seven sports to No. 2 in state swimming prelims
Sprague junior Colby Evenson jumped up seven spots to No. 2 in the 500 freestyle with his performance Friday in the preliminary round of the OSAA Class 6A state swimming meet at Mt. Hood Community...
View ArticleSports Awards Fall Finalists: Who has a ticket - All Player of the Year...
West Salem's Hannah Bodkin accepts her silver medal for the 200 yard individual medley in the during the Greater Valley Conference swimming championships at the McMinnville Aquatic Center on Saturday,...
View ArticleSilverton relay team earns first state meet medal for boys
GRESHAM — Silverton’s boys finally brought back some hardware. The Foxes 200 medley relay team of junior Jason Orr, junior Ross Mackinnon, senior Jaiden Davis and freshman Blake Doerfler placed fifth...
View ArticleSouth Salem earns first state tournament trophy since 2001
GRESHAM — South Salem High School’s boys swimming team brought four swimmers to the OSAA Class 6A state swimming meet. Those four swimmers left the state meet with something South Salem has been...
View ArticleSalem Academy sophomore places third in the state
The girl's 200 yard medley relay during the OSAA Class 4A/3A/2A/1A Swimming State Championships at Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. Salem Academy competes in the 200...
View ArticleSalem Academy boys take first state meet trophy
GRESHAM — Prior to the meet-concluding 400 free relay, Salem Academy coach Maria Robertson delivered a simple message that bypassed all the math, the emotion and the pressure. “I basically told them...
View ArticleSalem Academy's Sydney Brown is the player of the year
Coach of the Year: Ben Brown, Salem Academy Salem Academy’s Sydney Brown has been named the PacWest Conference girls basketball player of the year. Player of the Year: Sydney Brown (Jr), Salem...
View ArticleNominate an athlete for Comeback Player Award
Regis’s Josh Scrocca receives the Comeback Player Award during the Mid-Valley Sports Awards banquet on Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at the Salem Convention Center. It’s one of the most universal experiences...
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