Casco League Boys Basketball Honors

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com Crosshill Christian’s Noah Dallum won 1A Casco League Player of the Year and Brian Spaulding won Coach of the Year as the Eagles, St. Paul, Perrydale, Willamette Valley Christian and Falls City/Kings Valley Charter all saw a player named to the first team honors.  C.S. Lewis Academy won the Sportsmanship Award….

Casco League Girls Basketball Honors

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com St. Paul saw six basketball players named to the first-team, including Player of the Year in Stella Koch.  Crosshill Christian’s Skylar Sheffied and Allie Rowzee were named to the first-team as well.  Buckaroo Head Coach Mike Murphy won Coach of the Year and Willamette Valley Christian won the Sportsmanship Award. Here’s the…

Crosshill Christian Boys Basketball Advances To 1A Sweet 16

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com TURNER, Ore.–  Crosshill Christian only got a taste of what is to come in the 1A State Playoffs Wednesday night when they held off Mohawk 38-34 to advance to the Round of 16. The loud crowd was there.  The Eagles home crowd made their presence known while the Mustang that made…

Jefferson Advances In 3A Playoffs

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com CRESWELL, Ore.–  History nearly repeated itself for the Jefferson Girls Basketball team when it came to the postseason and it hasn’t been a nice one either for the Lions program. Over the course of the program’s history, they’ve never won a playoff game.  They came close in 1989 in the then 3A…

Cascade Holds Off Philomath For Oregon West Conference Title

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com PHILOMATH, Ore.–  Philomath and Cascade each had that one phrase stuck in their minds of ‘Don’t Quit’ in their Oregon West Conference finale Monday Night at Philomath High School. What was at stake this evening was a lot.  The OWC Title, the Warriors looking for their fair share being Co-Champions with…

PacWest Conference Boys Basketball League Honors

By Jeremy Mcdonald Jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com Dayton’s Boston Hodges won Player of the Year and the Pirates Ron Hop won Coach of the Year honors in PacWest Conference play for this season. Here’s the complete list:First TeamMichael Freeborn- DaytonColby Nyseth-AmityHunter Courtney- JeffersonLucas Ashley-DaytonBen Bourne- Santiam ChristianBoston Hodges-Dayton Second TeamCamden Carley-Santiam ChristianTrent Carton-AmityCesar Casillas-SheridanEvan Berkey-AmityJacob Yenchick-Santiam ChristianTrae Wall-Dayton…

PacWest Conference Girls Basketball League Honors

By Jeremy Mcdonald Jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com Santiam Christian’s Tayla Yost won Player of the Year and Jed McMullen from Amity won Coach of the Year. Here’s the Complete List: First TeamSara Grove- AmityAlyssa McMullen- AmityMaddie Fields- Santiam ChristianGretchen Orton-JeffersonHaley Ayala- SheridanTayla Yost-Santiam Christian Second TeamMya Haarsma- AmitySienna Lillebo- TaftRenika Oliveira- DaytonAdie Nisly- AmityEliza Nisly-Amity Honorable MentionLeah Warner-…

Wrestling Round-Up: Dallas Wins MWC District Title, Cascade Runner-Up

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com Cascade finished District Runner-Up to Sweet Home while Dallas won the Mid-Willamette Conference Title by 213 team points with the State Wrestling Tournament starting this week at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland. Here’s a round-up: OSAA 4A Special District 2 Cascade’s  Trenton Wymore (145), Blake Perlichek (195) and Nicholas Lopez (285) won District Titles for…

SSBC Honorees For February 17

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com The Salem Sports and Breakfast Club honored McKay’s Angelina Paniaqua (Girls Wrestling), South Salem’s Alex Dexrozuc (Boys Wresling), McKay’s Sarahi Chavez (Girls Wrestling), Sprague’s Liam Spencer (Boys Basketball), North Salem’s Mariko Sonis (Girls Wrestling), North Salem’s RJ Chacon (Boys Wrestling), Sprague’s Josh Camillo (Boys Wrestling) and West Salem’s Emma Zuniga (Girls…

Dayton Takes PacWest Conference League Playoff Title Over Amity

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com INDEPENDENCE, Ore.–  It didn’t take long, but once they got into their groove, the Dayton Boys Basketball didn’t look back against rival-Amity in the PacWest Conference League Playoff Title Game Saturday night at Central High School. Trailing in ultimately their 53-31 victory over the Warriors 11-10 all the way back in the…

Jefferson Girls Basketball Playoff Bound For First Time Since 2018

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com INDEPENDENCE, Ore.–  The Jefferson Girls Basketball team edged Taft to lock-up the third and final Automatic Qualifier out of the PacWest Conference following their 37-31 win over the Tigers.  Marking just the second time since 1993 and second time since 2018 that the Lions have qualified for the State Tournament. Led…

Kennedy Holds Off Santiam For TRC League Playoff Title

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com MILL CITY, Ore.–  Man, one run decided this one for the Tri-River Conference League Playoff Championship Game between Kennedy and Santiam. A 10-2 run to start the third quarter put the Trojans into the driver seat against the Wolverines Saturday afternoon, turning a 26-24 halftime lead into a 36-26 lead with…