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-…

OWC Softball League Honors

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com Stayton’s Jessica Rule won Pitcher and Player of the Year and the Eagles Ryan Borde won Coach of the Year in the Oregon West Conference. Here’s the Complete list: First team Infield Jessica Rule- Stayton Isabelle Trevino-Stayton Kenzie Hollenbeck-Stayton Malia Scanlan- Cascade Cassidy Crabtree-Cascade Outfield Christine McCants-Stayton Brooke Morley-Stayton Kelsei Rush-…

North Marion Pulls Away From Stayton In Big OWC Match-Up

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com STAYTON, Ore.–  Both North Marion and Stayton showed grit, fight and determination in their Oregon West Conference series opener Monday afternoon at Stayton High School.  And for good reason as the traveling North Marion Huskie squad took the opening game 10-5 on this day. With both teams having one more series left…

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…

North Marion’s Swanson Signs With Linfield For Soccer

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com AURORA, Ore.– This past Fall was a great way to wrap up a High School soccer career, it was more than North Marion’s Saylor Swanson could have asked for.  Team Captain, First-Team All-State in 4A, Player of the Year and first teamer in the Oregon West Conference and leading scorer for her…

North Marion Pulls Away In 7-1 Win Over Crook County

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com AURORA, Ore.–  Third game in and the North Marion baseball team may have etched out a groove for them to build from moving forward into the 2023 season. Donning their new-school version of the old retro Huskie uniform, their defense was there with intensity.  Dawson Schrenk went five innings, striking out…

OWC Girls Basketball Honors

By Jeremy Mcdonald Jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com Cascade’s Maddie Dustin won Oregon West Conference Player of the Year honors, and Nick Randall won Coach of the Year Honors in his first year as Head Coach of the Cougars program. Here’s the Complete List: First Team Brooke Burke-Sweet Home Abigail Brown-Philomath Meah Carley-Cascade Kenzi Hollenbeck-Stayton Emily Taunislla-Philomath Second Team…

OWC Boys Basketball Honors List

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com North Marion’s Cole Hammack won Player of the Year, Philomath’s Blaker Ecker and Cascade’s Justin Amaya were named Co-Coaches of the Year. Here’s the Complete List: First team Cole Hammack- North Marion Landon Knox- Cascade Cole Beardsley- Philomath Ty May- Philomath Garrett Callsen- Styaton Specner Horner- Cascade Second Team Gavin Berning- Stayton Sam…

North Marion Advances In 4A Playoffs

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com AURORA, Ore.–  Although it took North Marion a quarter, the Huskies did Huskie-like things in their 4A State Play-In game with Cottage Grove.  They overall just executed well after their sluggish start that saw them lead by four in their eventual 87-55 home victory after the first quarter. Perhaps nerves played…

North Marion’s Lader Signs With Bushnell

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com AURORA, Ore.–  Known for her aggression on the field, North Marion’s Adrie Lader has looked to the sport of soccer as a way of anger management.  To help her have a piece of mind as soon as she steps off the pitch. Yet again, Lader points, as soon as she steps off…

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…

Cascade Keeps North Marion At Bay In Win

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com AURORA, Ore.–  The North Marion Boys Basketball team has shown in the last two games, Thursday’s 53-52 defeat to Philomath and Monday’s game with Cascade, that they are able to compete with some of the best of the best in 4A after how the first loop through Oregon West Conference play…