By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com KEIZER, Ore.– The West Salem baseball team came out hot with the bats, scoring five first inning runs to take a 5-0 lead into the bottom half of the inning of their Central Valley Conference game against McNary. Challenging the Celtics to battle back against their defense and Carter Lesh on…
Month: April 2024
Santiam Defeats Gervais, Remains Unbeaten In League
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com GERVAIS, Ore.– It’s been since the 2018-2019 season since the Gervais softball team has gotten up above four wins. Their nine wins currently are the most since that 2A/1A playoff season where they won 12 ball games. They entered Monday’s game with Santiam with a four-game winning streak and winners of…
Hemelstrand Duo Sign Letters Of Intent
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com TURNER, Ore.– It was a first for the Crosshill Christian community Tuesday morning in the gym lobby on campus. For the first time ever, the Eagles were hosting a Signing Day event for their athletes. And those signing, twin brothers Kyler and Ben Hemelstrand, shared the moment together as they closed…
Blanchet’s Brown Signs With Linfield University For Football
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– There were so many emotions spilling out of Blanchet Catholic’s AJ Brown as he signed his Letter of Intent to play Football at Linfield University Monday afternoon at the school he’s called home these past few years. All the work that it took for Brown to get here. The late…
Dayton Defeats Taft 9-0
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com DAYTON, Ore.– The duo of Rachel Baumholtz and Charly Upmeyer have been on fire this season and once again stepped up to the challenge Monday against Taft as they pitched their second shutout of the season. Striking out eight and holding the Tigers to five hits as the two helped Dayton…
Track Round-Up
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com Several local teams were at the Amity Invite, Stayton Invite, Portland Christian Invite, Kennedy Twilight Invitational, Dean Nice Invitational and the Rob Allen Invitational. Here’s a round-up Amity Invite Boys Track and Field Cascade’s Josiah Hawkins won the 100-meter dash and was third in the 200-meter dash. The Cougars Jacob Gehley…
Chemeketa Softball Falls To Lower Columbia In Doubleheader
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– The Chemeketa Community College softball team came out swinging against Lower Columbia Saturday in their first game of their NWAC South Region doubleheader with the Red Devils. Jumping out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning off a Jessica Rule (Stayton) single and sustaining the…
Fenske’s Big Game Lifts West Salem-McNary Over Thurston
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– Without a few of their players Friday night game against Thurston, someone needed to help step up and fill the void for the West Salem-McNary Boys Lacrosse team. Enter Micah Fenske. The sophomore football player and eight year Lacrosse player set the tone for the Titans offensively, being responsible with…
Gervais’ Zepeda Signs With SOU
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com GERVAIS, Ore.– The last name of Zepeda carries some weight in the wrestling community. From their father Alex to Alexys on down, wrestling has been a big part of the Zepeda household as now Gervais’ Sariah Zepeda prepares for her next chapter of her wrestling career. All the hard-work with the…
Stayton Holds Off Cascade For 5-4 Victory
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com STAYTON, Ore.– This was a different Stayton team than the one that showed up ten days ago against Cascade. What lacked in that first meeting, the energy, playing as one, came around Thursday strongly. The bats came, capped with a first inning three-run home run by Kenzi Hollenbeck that gave the Eagles…
Scanlan Hits Two Home Runs In Cascade’s 10-0 Win Over North Marion
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com TURNER, Ore.– Malia Scanlan strong performance at the plate continued into Wednesday’s game against North Marion. In the Oregon West Conference game with the Huskies, up 1-0 going into the bottom half of the third inning, Scanlan hit the first of her two home runs in the game. The first one…
Saxons Hand Olympians First League Defeat
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald74@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– The City of Salem seems to show out for South Salem-Sprague, adding to the pressure of the rivalry naturally. And mix in the fact that both teams are ranked Top 4 in 6A that makes the pressure that of the climax of an action movie. And it lived up…
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