Regis Completes Sweep Of Monroe

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com STAYTON, Ore.–  Regis battled through the hail, the rain, the wind and the occasional sun break Friday in their doubleheader sweep against Monroe at Stayton High School.  Completing the three-game 2A/1A Special District 3 sweep of the Dragons in the process in their 8-5 and 15-0 wins at home. “Anytime that…

2A All-State Boys Basketball Teams

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com Gold Beach’s Gianni Altman won Player of the Year and Salem Academy’s Ben Brown won Coach of the Year in 2A for the 2022-23 season. Here’s the Complete List: 1st Team Gianni Altman, Gold BeachJackson Oglesby, Salem AcademyEzra Downey SantiamDavid McCallum, VernoniaGator Goodrich, StanfieldEthan Kleinschmit, KennedyJadon Bjornsgard, Mannahouse Chr 2nd Team…

Kennedy Holds Off Regis 5-2

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com STAYTON, Ore.– Kennedy rose to the occasion in their first test of the young season when they were facing a scrappy Regis squad Thursday afternoon on the road.  Ethan Kleinschmit was dealing, picking up where he left off last Spring when he pitched four innings of no-hit baseball with 11 strikeouts,…

Regis’ Eaton Ready To Lead

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com STAYTON, Ore.–  This year might be shaping up to be one of those breakout years for Regis’ Max Eaton.  The pitcher/infielder has gathered the tools to be a major contributor for the Rams this Spring, picking up leadership traits from those around him like Byron Bishop and Tanner Manning.  All the…

Regis Finishes Sixth In 2A

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com PENDLETON,Ore.–   Mannahouse made things difficult for the Regis Boys basketball team, catching the Rams off-guard in the 2A fourth/sixth-pace game Saturday morning.  Thanks to a strong second quarter, the Lions were able to set the tone in an otherwise relatively close game, using the 20-9 quarter to help them takedown Regis 67-54…

Regis Advances To Consolation Finals With OT Win Over Santiam

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com PENDLETON, Ore.–  Thinking this game over, this would’ve been a great placement game or first round game instead of what it ended up being with someone heading home following its conclusion. Thankfully it lived up to the hype despite the cards that both Regis and Santiam were dealt.  Led by Diego Aguilar…

Salem Academy Holds Off Regis In 2A Quarters

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com PENDLETON, Ore.–  Regis threw everything and the kitchen sink at Salem Academy, overcoming any kind of deficiencies that they had and put the Crusader feet to the fire to beat them Thursday evening at the Pendleton Convention Center. They led 26-22 at the halftime break and trailed 42-41 midway through the fourth…

Local Wrestling Round-Up And Placers

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com Here’s a little round-up of the State Wrestling Tournaments up at Veterans Memorial Coliesum in Portland with placers of all the local Salem-area kids from the last three days. Let me know if I left anyone out, I’ll add them on here if I accidentally did. 6A West Salem’s Reese Lawson…

TRC Girls Basketball Honors

By Jeremy Mcdonald Jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com Gervais’ Olivia Boyd won Player of the Year and Cougar Head Coach Enrique Sandoval won Coach of the Year honors for the Tri-River Conference. Here’s the Complete List First Team Olivia Boyd-Gervais Runon Muroya-Western Christian Josie Schultz-Gervais Aly Herber-Salem Academy Izzy Boyd-Gervais Clara Persons-Regis Izzy English-Colton Madi Nicoli-Western Christian Second Team…

Santiam Rallies To TRC League Championship Game

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com MILL CITY, Ore.–  This kind of Santiam team is scary.  Like scary good.  Like Final Four-caliber kind of play Thursday night at home when they took down an equally tough Regis team 64-45. The Wolverines had jumped out 28-10 by the 3:30 mark of the second quarter.  Winning seemingly on every…

Regis Outlast Blanchet In TRC League Playoff Opener

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com STAYTON, Ore.–  This was the most physical and aggressive that the Blanchet Catholic Girls basketball team had played all season.  They pressed, went after the ball whenever they found an opportunity to attack and they played a brand of basketball that kind of caught Regis off-guard in the Tri-River Conference League…

Rams Set Tone In Second Quarter In TRC League Playoff Win

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com STAYTON, Ore.–  It took until the second quarter but the Regis Boys Basketball team finally found their groove against Blanchet Catholic in the opening round of Tri-River Conference League Playoffs Saturday afternoon at Regis High School. The Rams went on to win 68-39 to advance to play Western Christian Tuesday in…