By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– Their hard work, their grind and their effort has gotten them to this point of the season: The Postseason. For the third time in the last three years, the Chemeketa Storm have qualified for the NWAC Postseason, entering the playoffs as the 14th-seed with a 17-25 record. What’s even more…
South Salem Holds Off Mountain View For 8-6 Win
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– The energy was there for the South Salem Baseball team Tuesday afternoon, and they just fed off of it in their 8-6 win over Mountain View at Gilmore City Park. And it came in handy during the middle innings where the Saxons turned a 2-2 tie going into the…
North Marion Softball Ends Season With Win
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com AURORA, Ore.– For North Marion seniors Ava Shaffer and Emersyn Alvord, the two longtime friends who embraced one another after Shaffer’s ninth strikeout that ended the 7-4 victory, capping a four-year ride as Huskies with one last victory. Not too many seniors get to say they get to walk away from…
Banks Pulls Away From North Marion 10-5
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com AURORA, Ore.– Monday afternoon was just another opportunity to get better. To take that next step with the playoffs on the horizon for both baseball programs in Banks and North Marion, who both entered the non-league game ranked in the Top 3 in 3A and 4A respectively. Wyatt Hesselman for the Braves…
Track Round-Up: Blanchet Sweeps 2A Special District 2 District Titles
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– The Blanchet Girls Track and Field team won their 14th-straight District Championship as they pulled away from East Linn Christian with 177 team points to the Eagles 147;5; East Linn Christian led briefly 25.5 to 25 in the team points. The Cavailer Boys Track and Field team also won the District…
SSBC Honorees For May 10
By Jeremy Mcdonald Jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com The Salem Sports and Breakfast Club honored McNary’s Carter Hawley (Baseball), West Salem’s Kali Parks (Softball), Blanchet’s Jackson Mucken (Boys Track and Field), North Salem’s Jackie Bier (Girls Track and Field), Sprague’s Bella Morrow (Girls Golf) and West Salem’s Makai DeBerry (Boys Track and Field) for the Week of May 10….
Amity Breaks Two District Records Saturday
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com AMITY, Ore.– The Amity Track and Field team broke two 3A Special District 3 Meet records Saturday. The first one came way of the 4×100-meter girls relay team of Adie Nisly, Eliza Nisly, Alyssa McMullen and Mya Haarsma when they ran a 50.28 time in the relay meet to take the relay…
Returning To State
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com AMITY, Ore.– Jefferson’s Holly Gay has steadily improved throughout this season and PR’d in her second-straight 3A Special District 3 District Championship in the Pole Vault event Saturday. PR-ing with a jump of 8-feet-4-inches and came close in adding to that at 8-feet-7-inches after locking up the Title. \For the senior, she…
Dayton’s Chinchilla Finishes District Runner-Up in Hurdles
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com AMITY, Ore.– The sport of Track and Field has brought Dayton’s Erick Chinchilla to where he is today. Something about sports and proving to himself that he can do it has helped the sophomore reach the 3A State Meet in Eugene at Hayward Field after finishing second in the 110-meter and 300-meter…
Sheridan’s Ayala Finishes Second In 100-Meter Dash
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com AMITY, Ore.– Sheridan’s Chole Ayala knew how tough the field was in the 100-meter dash going into the 4A Special District 2 District Tournament. She got to the finals on Day 2 on Saturday and as they came down the stretch, the last 20-30 meters of it, Ayala was up front with…
Scio Takes Defensive Battle From Cascade 1-0
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com TURNER, Ore.– Let me ask you a question. How often have you seen a one-hitter? Maybe at least once or twice in your life and maybe more often if you watch a ton of games over a course of a season or two. Now let me ask you this next question. …
Regis Wins Tripleheader Of Games Friday
By Jeremy McDonald jeremycdonald73@gmail.com STAYTON, Ore.– Regis freshman Ethan Emch didn’t see the field much at all before his lone at-bat in the trilogy of games that the Rams played on Friday. But the frosh made the most of the opportunity as he singled in the third game of the day for the Rams, driving…
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