By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com AURORA, Ore.– This was a special moment for the North Marion Girls Basketball as they closed out their first first league win of the season, defeating Sweet Home 54-39 to do so in Oregon West Conference play Tuesday evening at North Marion High School. Snapping a league losing streak at nine…
Month: January 2023
Corban Wrestling’s Local Ties
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– The Corban University Wrestling team has an interesting twist with their program with five grapplers coming from nearby Salem schools. Six if you include Blake Runion from Amity as the former Warrior is joined by Sprague’s Brayden Boyd, Bo Davis, Michael Murphy and Yasyf Sorensen as well as McKay-grads…
Santiam Keeps Pace With Salem Academy With Kennedy Win
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com MOUNT ANGEL, Ore.– Santiam has been just absolutely locked ok this season after their slow start to start it, and their Tri-River Conference play has shown just that as they picked up their tenth league game of the year. Defeating Kennedy for the second time this year to keep pace with Salem…
Gervais Improves To 10-0 In TRC Play
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com COLTON, Ore.– Communication was a big point of emphasis for the Gervais Girls Basketball team Monday night on the road at Colton High School. Communicating on defense had helped the Cougars turn their five-point, 11-6 lead after the first quarter into an 29-12 halftime lead that they built upon going into…
SSBC Honorees For January 27
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com The Salem Sports and Breakfast Club honored McNary’s Ali Martinez (Girls Wrestling), West Salem’s Mika Oprea (Boys Swimming), South Salem’s Elijah Buswell (Boys Swimming) and Blanchet Catholic’s Abby Weber (Girls Basketball) for the week of January 27. Here’s the Press Release: The Salem Sports and Breakfast Club Les Schwab Athlete of…
Wrestling Round-Up
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com A lot of tournaments happened this past weekend that featured a lot of local Salem-area teams. Here’s a rundown on how they did: Golden Yam Willamina’s Zoe Brewer won the 100-105 pound bracket with North Marion’s Bethany Nunn finishing second. The Bulldogs Kisor Savage (113), Austin Johnson (152), Rhyne Nelson (220) all won their…
Perrydale Falls On Road To Elkton
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com ELKTON, Ore.– It was just one of those games that they wished they had a do-over. Perrydale knew they were better than how they played on the road against Elkton, but just the little things of the game caught up to them. The Elks zone defense created turnovers and threw the…
Jefferson Girls Basketball Holds Off Sheridan For 11th Win
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com JEFFERSON, Ore.– Sheridan’s Haley Ayala put her team on her back in the second half against Jefferson Friday night. The Lions had just taken a 34-28 lead after the Spartans were ahead 28-24 in the third quarter of the PacWest Conference game and, for the senior, knowing what was at stake…
Woodburn Outlast Central For 9-0 Start to MWC Play
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com INDEPENDENCE, Ore.– Woodburn came prepared for this Mid-Willamette Conference game Thursday night against Central. Sitting at 8-0 entering the contest, knowing that the Panthers were two games behind them in the standings, they tried to simulate the crowd noise, the band noise as they jumped out to a 12-4 lead in…
Crosshill Christian Sets Tone In Casco League Win Over WVC
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com TURNER, Ore.– Crosshill Christian did Crosshill Christian things Wednesday night against 1A Casco League opposition Willamette Valley Christian. They hit the shots, free throws and played sound defense against the Warriors, turning a 17-13 first quarter lead into a sound 33-19 lead at half of their 65-38 win over the Brooks-based…
Chemeketa Seven Falls To Umpqua Community College
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– The Chemeketa Women’s Basketball team have been playing short-handed since the NWAC Crossover Tournament the weekend of December 15, playing most nights with just seven girls dressed down and ready to play. Raising to the occasion as they’ve gone 3-7 over that span with wins over Blue Mountain, Tacoma…
Regis Rally By Blanchet For 73-61 Victory
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– The Regis Boys Basketball team just brought the heat and kept it dialed up against Blanchet Catholic Tuesday night on the road, defeating the Cavailers 73-61 in the process. And the biggest point of interest, the momentum swing, came in the second quarter in what was neck-to-neck game coming…
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