By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– It’s been a while, since their season-opening game against Sherwood on March 15, that they’ve gone a full seven innings. it’s been since that game too in which they were pushed to the brink. And on Wednesday evening, the South Salem softball team closed the door on a quality…
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Thompson, Saxons Get First Win Of Season
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– South Salem’s Rowan Thompson had been working on her pitching endurance in the offseason and it showed right out of the gate back on Wednesday against Sherwood as she went a full eight innings with 18-strikeouts against the Bowman in the tough 6-5 defeat. Two days later the Saxon…
Sprague-South Salem Lacrosse Opens Season With Win
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– The Sprague-South Salem Lacrosse team survived a lull in Tuesday night’s season-opening win against Tigard. The Tigers were chipping away at an 7-2 deficit and got it to 7-4 going into the fourth quarter before the Olympians pulled themselves together and rebuilt the five goal differential in the final…
CVC Boys Basketball Honors
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com Sprague’s Liam Spencer and West Salem’s Jackson Leach were named Co-Players of the Year. McNary’s Jando Gonzalez was named Defensive Player of the Year. West Salem’s Travis Myers was named Coach of the Year for the Central Valley Conference. Here’s the Complete List: First Team Brody Roth- McNary Jando Gonzales- McNary…
CVC Girls Basketball Honors List
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com West Salem’s Mady Diaz and Lizzy Bennett were named Central Valley Conference Players of the Year. McNary’s Brookelynn Jackson and Sprague’s Carly Skogstad were named Co-Defensive Players of the Year and South Salem’s Adrian Lewis and West Salem’s Katie Singleton were named Co-Coaches of the Year. Here’s the complete List: First…
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…
South Salem Rallies To Win Senior Night Over McNary
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– The South Salem Saxons found that one final gear on their Senior Night against McNary to pull off the 49-44 win over the Celtics. A big win that will help propel the Saxons into the 6A State Playoffs and possibly give them a better match-up in the first round…
SSBC Honorees For February 17
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com The Salem Sports and Breakfast Club honored McKay’s Angelina Paniaqua (Girls Wrestling), South Salem’s Alex Dexrozuc (Boys Wresling), McKay’s Sarahi Chavez (Girls Wrestling), Sprague’s Liam Spencer (Boys Basketball), North Salem’s Mariko Sonis (Girls Wrestling), North Salem’s RJ Chacon (Boys Wrestling), Sprague’s Josh Camillo (Boys Wrestling) and West Salem’s Emma Zuniga (Girls…
South Salem Spoils Sprague’s Senior Night
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– Something just clicked for the South Salem Girls Basketball team to close out the first half of their game with Sprague. With 2:45 left in their 64-49 win over the Olympians, the Saxons led 21-18 on Sprague’s Senior Night. Seemingly making the game into an interesting one before South…
CVC District Wrestling Round-Up: Saxons Decrozuic Wins Title, Sprague Wins Team Title
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– This has been a fun season for South Salem’s senior Alex Decrozuic as he capped off a strong 6A Central Valley Conference District Title run at 220 pounds. Pointing towards his work ethic and taking everything one match at a time, one tournament or meet at a time. All while working on…
Buss, McNary Complete Comeback Against South
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– McNary’s Avery Buss just had one of those games in which it started nightmarish, but at the end of it, it all ended up working out for the good. In the first half of the Celtics 52-50 comeback victory over South Salem, Buss quickly picked up four fouls in…
Chemeketa Seven Falls To Umpqua Community College
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– The Chemeketa Women’s Basketball team have been playing short-handed since the NWAC Crossover Tournament the weekend of December 15, playing most nights with just seven girls dressed down and ready to play. Raising to the occasion as they’ve gone 3-7 over that span with wins over Blue Mountain, Tacoma…
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