By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com ADAIR VILLAGE, Ore.– Blanchet Catholic came in with some house money after stunning the top-seeded Cascade Christian Challengers on Friday. But this one still hurts. History. They made it. This was the first time a Blanchet Catholic team has ever reached the Semi-Final round, having reached the 2A/1A State Quarters in 2008…
Month: May 2022
Mid-Willamette Conference Softball League Honors
By Jeremy McDonald Jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com Dallas’ Brandi Jackson was Co-Coach of the Year with Lebanon’s Mardy Benedict as the Dragons, Silverton and Central all fielded athletes on the first-team of the Mid-Willamette Conference League Honors. North Salem had three on the Honorable Mention list. Here’s the Complete List: Mid-Willamette softball awardsPlayer of the year: Trinity Holden,…
Mid-Willamette Conference Baseball Honors
By Jeremy Mcdonald Jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com Dallas’ Owen Hess and Silverton’s Cole Mucken were named to the First-Team for the Mid-Willamette Conference honors. North Salem’s Jackson Pearce was second-team pitcher with Central’s Will Merritt second team catcher. Lebanon and West Albany picked up Player of the Year, Coach of the Year and Pitcher of the Year honors….
Walls Stepping Up To The Challenge
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com DALLAS, Ore.– It’s been a crazy year for Dallas freshman Grace Walls. At the beginning of the year, the frosh was down on the JV level of the Dragons softball program and adjusting to the grueling task of adjusting to the High School game while being apart of one of 5A’s top…
Fighting For A Spot
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com STAYTON, Ore.– It was a strange, unfortunate way for Jefferson junior’s Haden Gough’s season to end this year, seeing his season canceled about halfway through.his third season of playing High School baseball. Gough, since the season was canceled shortly after their April 1 doubleheader with East Linn Christian, has been hitting…
SSBC Honoree’s For May 27
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com North Salem’s Demari Thompson (Track), McNary’s Heather Ebner (softball), Sprague’s Summer Melena (Softball) and Blanchet’s Addison Bennett were honored by the Salem Sports and Breakfast Club for May 27. Here’s the Press Release: The Salem Sports and Breakfast Club Les Schwab Athlete of the Week, from North Salem Track and Field,…
Going Out Strongly
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com STAYTON, Ore.– Owen Stalnaker and the six of the other seniors on the Western Christian baseball team knew they had some big shoes to fill this past season after they lost three crucial seniors from 2021. It was nice, losing our three big seniors. It was definitely a change, losing three…
Enjoying The Game
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– The rain was slowly creeping into Salem and Wallace Marine Park Saturday afternoon as the Summer Travel Softball season kicked off the 16A/18A Memorial Day Salem Invitational. West Salem soon-to-be-grad Meaghan Boyles stopped by the Oregon Bombers 16A team, waiting for her team the Salem Aftershock, to roll on…
Quick Turnaround For Summer Ball
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– Barley 12 hours after their High School seasons ended, Silverton’s McKenzee Petersen, Greyson Glivinski, Hannah Houts and Paisley Rains were back on the diamond, putting away their bittersweet 3-1 defeat to Dallas Friday with a 6-1 win with their Summer Club team called the Oregon Bombers 16A. A Salem-based…
Cascade Holds Off Estacada For Semi-Final Appearance
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com TURNER, Ore.– The playoffs can be a strange time of year. Sometimes you’re comfortably ahead, then a few minutes later it’s a tied ball game and chaos is just surrounding you like a mosh pit. Some teams crumble, other’s rise to the occasion and let it play out. And for Cascade on…
Scio Advances To First 3A Semi’s Since 2018
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SCIO, Ore.– After a four-year hiatus, the Scio Loggers have returned to the 3A State Semi-Final round following their 11-6 win over Harrisburg/Mohawk Friday evening. The young crew used two home runs by Myleigh Cooper and a home run by Meagan Trissel to help lift the Loggers over a tough Eagles…
OWC Softball League Honors
Cascade’s Hannah Walliman (Pitcher of the Year), Kailee Bode (Player of the Year) and Head Coach Marty Jeppsen (Coach of the Year) swept the major Oregon West Conference honors in 2022. Here’s the complete list First Team All Conference InfieldCrystal Campbell – Senior – Cascade Isabell Trevino – Junior – StaytonMalia Scanlan – Freshman –…
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