Peterson First Santiam XC Runner To Qualify For State Since 2007

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com MILL CITY, Ore.–  It’s been since Kara Stair in 2007 that a Santiam Wolverine has made it to the State Cross Country Meet.  Her 20:52 time was good enough for 23rd-place in the 3A/2A/1A State Race.  What’s more interesting, up until this past weekend, Stair was the only Santiam runner to have…

Amity-Dayton Battle In 0-0 Tie

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com DAYTON, Ore.–  Amity was facing a totally different Dayton Girls Soccer team than the one they faced early in the season when the Warriors defeated the Pirates 5-0 on September 8 at Amity High School.  But the two teams looked primed and ready to go for the3A/2A/1A postseason after their 0-0…

Western Christian/Amity Ties With Kennedy 1-1

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.–  The Western Christian/Amity Boys Soccer team didn’t back down against Kennedy Wednesday afternoon for their Senior Night for their two seniors. A rebuilding year of sorts for the Pioneers after several strong seasons in the 3A/2A/1A Classification with a plethora of youth gaining Varsity experience that was going up against…

Dayton Girls Soccer Pushes Unbeaten Streak To Five

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com DAYTON, Ore.–  After a slow, 1-3 start to the year it seemed as if the Dayton Girls Soccer team have turned the corner on the season having gone on a five-game unbeaten streak following their 6-0 win over Gervais/Kennedy on Thursday afternoon.  Taking lessons learned from their first four games to…

Dayton, Blanchet Gridlock In League Matchup 1-1

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.–  The Blanchet Catholic Boys Soccer team took advantage of Dayton’s slow start to get a quick goal in the opening ten minutes before the Pirates settled back down in Wednesday’s 3A/2A/1A Special District 2 match at Blanchet. The goal, by Geovanni Escobar, proved to be the lone goal in…

Amity Extends Unbeaten Streak To Six

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.–  The Salem Academy Girls Soccer team slowed the Amity offense to an absolute crawl Thursday afternoon at Salem Academy High School.  Loading up the defensive half and challenging the Warrior offense while making sure that they were paying attention if the Crusaders sent a lob into the other half…

Blanchet Falls To Delphian/Willamina In League Opener

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– Blanchet Catholic freshman Christian Orozco was called into duty to fill-in at goalkeeper Wednesday afternoon in the Cavaliers 3/A2A/1A Special District 2 league opener against Delphian/Willamina. Despite their 0-4 record, all losses to the top teams in the State of Oregon in Westside Christian,Riverdale, Oregon Episcopal and Catlin Gable, the…

Crusaders, Pioneers Tie 1-1

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.–  Defense was once again the vocal point in the Salem Academy and Western Christian Girls Soccer game Monday afternoon at Salem Academy.   The only hiccups for either defense allowed was a 20th minute goal by the Crusaders Grace Hinkle and a 61st minute goal by the Pioneers Clarie Harris…

Dayton’s Hudson Contributing For Lakers

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– 2022 Dayton-grad Benji Hudson is picking up where he left off when he was a Pirate. His aggressive play was there, using his basketball skills at points to go up against Chemeketa defender Braydon Daliposon, who had about a ten-inch advantage on the Southwestern Oregon Community College freshman.  That…

Warriors Open Season Against Riverdale

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com AMITY, Ore.–  Amity’s Eliza Nisly is going to cause some headaches this year with her playing style coming out of the gate in her first High School game.  Scoring both of her goals Tuesday afternoon in the opening half that saw the Warriors rally back from 3-1 down to tie the…

Upstart Pios Ties With Crusaders 1-1

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.–  Here’s what is interesting about the Western Christian Girls Soccer team.  They return one girl from last year’s co-op team with Amity.  Of their 11 girls they had for Tuesday’s game, seven played Volleyball last year before coming out to revive the soccer program at the school and the…

Quesada Returns To Coach Western Christian Girls Soccer

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.–  2019 Western Christian-grad Leah Quesada has returned home to try to reboot a program that she helped, and was apart of, to reach the 3A/2A/1A State Playoffs three of her four years with the Pioneers.  Joining fellow Western Christian-grads in Seth Williams (2017, Coaching Boys Soccer) and Madi Hull…