SSBC Honorees For April 28

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com The Salem Sports and Breakfast Club honored West Salem’s Colin Paine (Boys Tennis), Salem Academy’s Addi Bennett (Softball), South Salem’s Chloe Kolb (Girls Track and Field), South Salem’s Rowan Thompson (Softball), South Salem’s Griffin Haider (Boys Track and Field), and Blanchet’s Griffen Mucken (Baseball) were honored for the Week of April…

Yamhill-Carlton Defeats Dayton 11-2

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com DAYTON, Ore.–  The Yamhill-Carlton softball team bookend their 11-2 win with two separate four-run innings.  Starting the first inning with it as they led 4-1 after the initial inning and again in the seventh inning to close out the win, turning a then 7-2 game into what would’ve been the final result going…

Silverton Falls To Corvallis 4-1

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SILVERTON, Ore.–  Corvallis’ Holland Jensen and Silverton’s McKenzee Petersen had themselves a good little defensive battle against one another in Saturday’s Mid-Willamette Conference midday game at Silverton High School. Coming off a tough loss to Dallas Friday, Jensen started the game with a no-hitter through six innings that kept the Foxes…

Saxons Rally From Eight-Down To Defeat Sprague

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.–  Cue any ‘Back From The Dead’ memes that are out there and you can think of because that’s what South Salem had done Friday evening against their rival in Sprague.  Closing out the Central Valley Conference series with a larger than life comeback probably of the year, coming back…

Stayton’s Borde Signs To Play Football At George Fox University

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com STAYTON, Ore.–  Ty Borde’s transition from McNary to Stayton halfway through his freshman year was a smooth one.  He was welcomed in as a fresh face to the school and the community just as the Covid Pandemic was just striking, but he adjusted to his new community in Stayton and had…

VanVleck, North Marion Rebounds For Win Over Newport

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com AURORA, Ore.–  North Marion’s Will VanVleck started his complete game performance a tad shaky against Newport Thursday night, but settled down after a slow start as him and his Huskie defense held the Cubs to two runs in the 8-2 Oregon West Conference victory.  Focusing on the positive through those negative moments as…

West Salem’s Zachary Signs With St. Martin’s For Softball

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.–  It’s a crazy moment for West Salem’s Mia Zachary.  The hours of work she put in going back three-or-so years now to get to this point with her signing her Letter of Intent to play softball at St. Martin’s University in Lacey, Washington has been incredible to say the least….

DeLoe, Willamina Holds Off St. Paul 8-3

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com WILLAMINA, Ore.– Laney DeLoe was doing Laney DeLoe things Wednesday afternoon against St. Paul in the 2A/1A Special District 2 match-up at Willamina High School. The junior Bulldog started the game with 12-straight strikeouts.  13 included the first out in the fifth inning before the Buckaroos Frankie Lear (reached on error)…

Blanchet Defeats Regis 11-1 In Game 1 Of Series

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com STAYTON, Ore.–  Blanchet showcased their bat strength and basepath speed in their 11-1 2A/1A Special District 3 series opening win over Regis Tuesday afternoon at Regis High School.  The Cavaliers offense produced ten hits and forced the Rams to commit an unusual five errors in the process to hand Regis a…

Hot Start Propels Sprague Over South Salem 7-3

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.–  The Sprague Baseball team came out with all sorts of energy to start the game leading 7-1 on their rival South Salem Monday afternoon at Willamette University after the second inning.   They were patient at the plate, taking advantage of six walks, a hit batter and an error to…

Dallas Takes Down Silverton In Defensive Battle

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com DALLAS, Ore.–  This matchup lived up to the billing between Dallas and Silverton Softball Monday afternoon. Both squads entered the Mid-Willamette Conference game at Dallas High School sitting undefeated in league, the Dragons sat ahead of the Foxes in the standings just because Dallas played one more game than their Silverton…

Silverton’s Buckholz Enjoying The Moment

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.–  Silverton-grad and Oregon Institute of Technology senior Maggie Buckholz has certainly been leaving everything out on the field this year.  Enjoying every moment she’s getting to play the game that she loves so much as an outfielder for the Owls, who are currently sitting 37-6 and 25-1 in the…