By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com GERVAIS, Ore.– Sheridan once more showed that they are no easy out as they faced Gervais for the second time over the course of the last seven days Monday night in Gervais. Their physical playing style and aggression defensively creates headaches if done right against their oppositions offense and they did…
Month: January 2022
McNary’s Second Half Push Not Enough Against Summit
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com KEIZER, Ore.– With everything going against them versus Summit, McNary kept in it mentally. Giving themselves opportunities in the second half to possibly make a push against the Storm Monday night looking for their third Mountain Valley Conference win of the season. In the 57-46 Summit win, the Celtics drew the…
Salem Sports And Breakfast Club Honorees For January 28
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com The Salem Sports and Breakfast Club honored Sprague’s Ryder Skogstad (Boys Basketball), West Salem’s Mia Piexoto (Girls Swimming), Sprague’s Josh Camillo (Boys Wrestling), South Salem’s Emma Cordero (Girls Basketball) and North Salem’s DJ Ayers (Boys Basketball) for the Week of January 28. Here’s the press release: The Salem Sports and Breakfast…
Sheridan, Western Christian Focused Up In Thrilling Finish
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com With how the first 16 minutes of the Western Christian-Sheridan game was looking, most would figure the game would side the Pioneers up 47-28. Western Christian were rolling. Jaaron Jenson hit five three’s in the first half, Austin Sladek led the game-high 16 while the Spartans found themselves struggling in what…
Hot Start Propels Warriors to 5-0 League Start
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com DAYTON, Ore.– The Amity Girls Basketball team set the tone from the opening tip against their rival in Dayton Saturday night. Using a 17-7 first quarter that evolved into a 29-16 halftime lead on the Pirates in their 42-34 victory on the road. The hot start was nice. Ideal almost with…
Jefferson’s Big Run On Regis Leads To 15th Win Of Year
By Jeremy Mcdonald Jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com STAYTON, Ore.– It sounds like we’re talking about earthquakes and ‘The Big One’, or in this particular analogy, ‘The Big Run’ and who was going on that decisive run between Jeffferson and Regis in the Central Valley Conference match-up Friday night at Regis. And both teams had their runs in the…
Davis Goes 2-0 On Day For Lions
By Jeremy Mcdonald Jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com JEFFERSON, Ore.– In the final match of the night in the 2A/1A Wrestling Dual between Jefferson and Oakridge, the Lions Ryan Davis had to rally over the course of the last two periods to edge the Warriors Noah Whitney in a 4-2 decision. After giving up an early takedown to Whitney…
Central Sets Tone Early In Win Over South Albany
By Jeremy Mcdonald Jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com INDEPENDENCE, Ore.– Central came out aggressive and were hitting their shots to start the game against South Albany. Using the first 4:06 of the contest to jump out to a 17-4 lead in their 56-21 victory Thursday night. Hadley Craig scored eight of 12 points in the first quarter that saw…
Western Christian Pulls Away From East Linn Christian In Win
By Jeremy McDonald Jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– The thing about a Gary Hull-led Western Christian team is that you’ll have to play a complete four quarters, and well, to have a chance at games end. And for two-plus quarters of the Pioneers 71-44 win against East Linn Christian Academy Wednesday night, the Eagles rose to that…
Saxons Get By Bend For Fourth-Straight Win
By Jeremy McDonald Jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.–Through the injuries and missing a few cruical parts of their rotation recently, the Saxons of South Salem are getting it done following their Mountain Valley Conference opening loss to Mountain View on January 11. Their 53-43 win over Bend Tuesday was their fourth-straight win since that loss, keeping pace…
St. Paul Halts Porter Pirates Second Half Push
By Jeremy Mcdonald Jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com PERRYDALE, Ore.– Perrydale’s Elana Porter created headaches against the St. Paul defense in the Buckaroos 48-32 Casco League win. The senior Porter flew around loose balls defensively and set herself up in the Pirates offense. Scoring ten of her 15 points in the second half as Perrydale suddenly were making St….
Silverton Holds Off CV For 7-0 League Start
By Jeremy Mcdonald Jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SILVERTON, Ore.– The last few minutes of the Silverton-Crescent Valley game was just nothing short of heart and determination to finish the game strong. The Raiders entered the game ranked first in 5A and just took a 46-45 lead midway through the final eight minutes of the Foxes 58-52 win Monday…
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