By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com NEWBERG, Ore.– After receiving first team All-Conference as a sophomore in the 2A/1A Special District 3 league, Jefferson’s Nayeli Hart has been back at it this Summer in preparation for her junior season as Hart played the Summer with the West Salem Titans 16U squad. Sunday was their final game of…
Month: July 2022
Saxons Takemoto Prepping For Strong Senior Year
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– It was just another day at the office for South Salem’s Tyler Takemoto. Out at McKay High School, going through Offensive Line and Defensive Line drills at the U.S. Bowl Try-Outs Sunday afternoon, Takemoto is wrapping up a hard-working preseason that featured camps like a Top 200 Camp in…
West’s Zachary Finding Her Rhythm
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com NEWBERG, Ore.– West Salem’s Mia Zachary has been on a rail this Summer as the Titan softball player has finally come around as a left-handed hitter. Finding her groove for both the Oregon Rebels 18U and the West Salem Titans 16U squads the past few weeks. Pointing towards this past big…
Ferguson’s Dedication
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– South Salem-grad Noah Ferguson definitely put pen to paper, finishing his bachelor’s degree in Finance with a minor in Economics in a mere three years. All while playing baseball at Pacific Lutheran University over that span. A remarkable feat considering he steadily picked up innings along the way the…
Woodburn’s Zamora Ready For Another Year At Chemeketa
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– It’s been nearly three years since Woodburn’s Carla Zamora battled through injury and showed her grit in the Bulldogs first-ever State Championship back in 2019 when they defeated Marist 1-0. Playing slightly more than 66 minutes with five saves and was awarded Player of the Game honors for Woodburn…
Building Momentum For College Ball
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.- West Salem-grad Brody McMullen had himself a good summer with the Salem Withnell Dodgers going into his freshman year with Linn-Benton Community College. A Summer of pitching that featured an 89-pitch, nine strikeouts against Fairfield of California in June and had a six-and-a-third innings of work against the Hillsboro…
Chemeketa Duo’s Return
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– It wasn’t the year that former Lebanon soccer player Alyssa Hoffman had hoped for with the Chemeketa Community College Women’s Soccer team last Fall. Six games into her season, the former Warrior and eventual North Marion-grad back in 2020, tore her ACL and had sidelined Hoffman for the remainder of…
Elmore Enters Year 2 For Storm Women’s Soccer
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– Injuries unrailed a promising Chemeketa Community College Women’s Soccer team last Fall as the Storm finished 2-10-2 overall and tied for sixth in the NWAC South Region at 2-8-2 under first-year Head Coach Steve Elmore. But entering the first week of practice next week, the Storm are looking to…
Dodgers Closes Out Season In Roseburg
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com ROSEBURG, Ore.– The Sprague young guns of Brady Muth and Hayden Laudette had themselves a game against the Sherwood Lobos Monday afternoon as the Salem Withnell Dodgers closed out the season Monday afternoon. For Muth, the incoming senior had the two extra base hits for the Dodgers with a bases-loaded triple…
Crushers End Season Against Challengers
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmai.com ROSEBURG, Ore.- It was a tough way to end the season, but at least they broke the playoff drought. Playing three-straight days of high intensity baseball is tough and fatigue had sunk in for the Post 58 Crushers against the defending State Champions in the Emerald Challengers Sunday morning in one…
Sprague’s Rogers Walks It Off For Withnell In Playoff Opener
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com ROSEBURG, Ore.– Sprague’s Chris Rogers bases loaded single capped one of those ‘Welcome to State’ games as the Salem Withnell Dodgers weathered the storm of the Emerald Challengers to start the American Legion Triple-A State Opening round Saturday. And to little surprise between the two great squads at Bill Gray Legion…
Crushers Fall In Playoff Opener
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com ROSEBURG, Ore.– The Post 58 Crushers had the daunting task of taking on a Hillsboro Barbers team that had only lost eight times in 39 games and are front-runners for the American Legion Triple-A State Title going into the Field of eight Saturday morning. But even with that kind of pressure to…
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