Stayton’s Butenschoen Wins 4A 800-Meter State Title

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com EUGENE, Ore.–  Stayton’s Haley Butenschoen picked one heck of a time to PR with it coming in the 4A State 800-meter finals and resulting her winning the State Title Saturday afternoon at Hayward Field.  Finishing the event in 2:19.99 and pulling away from La Grande’s Cecilia Villagomez Edvalson in the final lap to…

Stayton’s Aguilar Signs With Chemeketa For Basketball

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com STAYTON, Ore.–  Jace Aguilar had a homecoming of sorts coming back to Stayton to finish up his High School studies and to play with several friends he made before entering High School a few years ago. It was like a closing of a chapter of his early years as Aguilar signed…

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-…

Stayton Pulls Away From Willamina To Close Out Regular Season

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com STAYTON, Ore.–  Willamina rose to the occasion against their 4A opposition in Stayton Wednesday afternoon in the Eagles 8-3 victory to close out the regular season. The 2A/1A Special District 1 League Champion and the fourth-ranked team in the classification found themselves in a game down 1-0 to the third-ranked team…

Stayton Pulls Away From Cascade In Series-Clinching Win

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com TURNER, Ore.–  Stayton made the adjustments at the plate when they needed to in order to separate themselves from their rivials in Cascade Thursday afternoon at Cascade High School.  Defeating the Cougars 6-2, spoiling the home team’s Senior Day and taking the series two games to one.  This coming three days after…

Cascade Stuns Stayton 5-2

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com TURNER, Ore.– There were some nerves for Cascade’s Zac Rife coming out for the seventh inning in his complete game victory over Stayton Monday afternoon.  He was staring down an Eagle team that had been slowly chipping away at him and his defense since the third inning in the Cougars 5-2…

Stayton’s Bridge Cracks Five Minute Barrier In Twilight Win

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com STAYTON, Ore.–  Hope Bridge cracked the five-minute mark in the 1,500-meter race at the Regis Community Twilight Meet Friday afternoon.  Finishing the event in 4:56.62, a PR, and pulling away from Elmira’s Alyssa Johnson to close out the final lap of the heat they were in. “I was kind of slowing…

Stayton’s King Eyes State Return

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com STAYTON, Ore.–  Stayton’s Travis King is eyeing another State appearance after his eighth-place finish as a junior in the 100-meter dash and fifth-place finish in the 200-meter dash as his senior year is drawing to a close on the Track for the Eagles. At the Regis Community Twilight Meet Friday, King…

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…

Stayton’s Borde Signs To Play Football At George Fox University

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com STAYTON, Ore.–  Ty Borde’s transition from McNary to Stayton halfway through his freshman year was a smooth one.  He was welcomed in as a fresh face to the school and the community just as the Covid Pandemic was just striking, but he adjusted to his new community in Stayton and had…

Stayton Starts Fast Against Newport

By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com STAYTON, Ore.–  The bats of Stayton didn’t waste any time in coming alive in the wet Spring weather Thursday afternoon at Stayton High School.   With Newport and Cascade tied for second in the Oregon West Conference at 3-2, two games behind the OWC-leading Eagles at 5-0, Stayton plated 15 runs in…