By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com KEIZER, Ore.– Blanchet Catholic did all they could do against the 2A/1A Juggernaut in Kennedy. Slowing the Trojans to seven runs over the course of the game as the little things Kennedy took full advantage of in their 10-0, six-inning State Championship win to go Back-to-back. Going undefeated in the process,…
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Salem’s Withnell Dodgers Wins Season Opener At Sherwood
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SHERWOOD, Ore.– The Withnell Dodgers of Salem came out swinging to open the American Legion Triple-A Season Thursday at Sherwood High School with Withnell scoring nine of their 12 runs in the first three innings against the Sherwood Lobos. Seven of which came in the third inning in the Dodgers 12-1…
The Kennedy Four Signs To Play At Next Level
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com MOUNT ANGEL, Ore.– For Jenna Hopkins, this season was more than she was expecting. Young team once again for the Trojan senior, but they went the distance against Grant Union/Prairie City. Coming close to advancing to the 2A/1A State Finals for the first time since 2019, falling to the Prospectors 5-2, ending…
Practicing On Memorial Day
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– If Football has Thanksgiving practice as the goal, then one could make the argument that Memorial Day practice is the baseball and softball equivalent of it. And on Monday morning, the Blanchet Catholic baseball team is once again one of those teams practicing on this day. A year after reaching…
St. Paul Baseball Continues Historic Season
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com ST. PAUL, Ore.– Clay Smith came into a crucial juncture of the game between St. Paul and Knappa. It was a 1-0 ballgame in the top half of the seventh inning, two outs in the game. The Loggers have pressured the Buckaroos throughout the game, only to see Starting Pitcher Warren Rose…
Stinnett The Team Player
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– Sprague’s Brandon Stinnett’s game-winning home run Wednesday against Sherwood was just him doing his part to help the team. He was leading off, top of the order in the bottom half of the seventh inning and had found his pitch and turned on it to help lift the Olympians…
Blanchet Outlasts Grant Union/Prairie City 3-0 To Advance
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– Blanchet Catholic Head Coach David Winstead called time and walked to the mound. The Cavaliers were one out away from advancing to the Elite 8 of the 2A/1A postseason, but were hanging onto a 3-0 lead on a scrappy Grant Union/Prairie City squad Wednesday afternoon. And the talk was simple…
Blanchet’s Kowalski Signs With Centralia College For Baseball
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– All the hard work, the high work ethic and the passion for what he does had Blanchet’s Spencer Kowalski sitting in the Lee Student Center Tuesday afternoon. He was surrounded by friends, teammates and family, to witness one of the top local small school catchers sign his Letter of Intent…
CVC Baseball League Honors
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com Sprague’s Grant Strother won Central Valley Conference Pitcher of the Year, the Olympians Brandon Stinnett won Player of the Year and South Salem’s Max Price won Coach of the Year in the league this year Here’s the Complete List: First Team Pitchers Cole Weiland-South Salem Carter Nelson-South Salem Eli Lowe- Sprague …
OWC Baseball League Honors
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com Newport’s Markus Everitt won Player of the Year and North Marion’s Dawson Schrenk won Pitcher of the Year and North Marion Head Coach Randy Brack won Coach of the Year Here’s the Complete List: First Team Pitchers Dawson Schrenk- North Marion Jamien Whelden- Cascade Catchers Eli Brown- Stayton Outfielders Markus Everitt-…
South Salem Snaps Central’s Winning Streak At Eight
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– The Central baseball team treated Tuesday’s non-league game with South Salem as a playoff game with their approach. Jumping out to a 4-2 lead after the first inning and making things interesting down the stretch in the Saxons 13-11 home victory at Willamette University. Taking away the lesson in…
Silverton Holds Off Dallas 7-6
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com DALLAS, Ore.– This was one of those games that Silverton had just pieced it all together, clutched up and got the job done Friday afternoon against Mid-Willamette Conference opposition Dallas. Matter of fact, so did the Dragons as the game came down to who would make that last stop for the…
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