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…
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Salem Academy Brings Home 2A State Championship
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com PENDLETON, Ore.– That dang ‘Salem’-chant had a lot of energy to it this evening as the Salem Academy Boys Basketball team brought home the 2A State Title in dominant fashion Saturday night against Western Christian. The squad won its first boys basketball title since that Covid-shortened season Championship a few years…
Underdog Western Christian Reaches 2A State Title Game
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com PENDLETON, Ore.– The underdog Western Christian Boys Basketball team once more proved that they are not going anywhere as they defeated Heppner 43-38 to clinch their fifth State Final appearance since the 2017-2018 season in their 18th-straight trip to Pendleton. “We’ve done a really great job. At the start of the season, we…
Gervais Snaps Pendleton Drought
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com PENDLETON, Ore.– It’s been since the Covid-Shortened season since Gervais last won a final site game and first time since 1994 that they won at Pendleton. They’ve achieved both Thursday afternoon against Western Christian 38-28 to advance to Friday afternoon’s semifinals against Monroe/Alsea with a shot at the 2A State Title at…
Gervais Advances To TRC League Finals With Win Over WC
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com GERVAIS, Ore.– It was supposed to be a rebuilding year for the Western Christian Girls Basketball team, but here they were in the second half hanging with one of the State Favorites to reach the State Title Game in Gervais with an opportunity to reach the Tri-River Conference League Playoff finals. …
JuCo Round-Up: Chemeketa Basketball Splits With Mt. Hood
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com The Chemeketa Women’s Basketball team entered Wednesday’s game with seven total players when they hosted the Mt. Hood Saints in NWAC South Region play. But despite having two subs, the Storm rolled out to an 11-point halftime lead, leading Mt. Hood 35-24. A lull in the third quarter allowed the Saints…
Western Christian Girls Pull Away In Second Half
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– Blanchet Catholic held up the Western Christian offense pretty fantastically in Friday’s Tri-River Conference game at home. Studying film and the Pioneers plays through that to identify how they were going to get the ball to their shooters for points at the end of the possession. Normally a second half…
Hodges Leads Dayton To Crusader Classic Championship Win
By Jeremy Mcdonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– It was one of those games where nothing was falling, nothing was going Dayton’s way and were faced with a 29-22 deficit to Western Christian in the Crusaders Classic Boys Green Bracket Championship Game at Salem Academy Friday night. Momentum was against them as the young Pioneers squad, led…
Western Christian Holds Off Willamette Valley Christian
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.–It wasn’t a pretty win, but Western Christian found a way in getting it done to get the win at the end of the day. Defeating Willamette Valley Christian 53-48 in the process as they shook off the cobwebs of not playing in 12 days. But with the 1A Warriors…
Young Western Christian Looking To Make Their Move
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– As a freshman, Lucas Zook played an important part in helping the Western Christian Boys Basketball, contributing a point and a rebound in the second overtime period of his nine points,four rebound and two steal performance in the win. A win, still crazy to think about nearly a year…
Hull Returns To Western Christian
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– 2017 Western Christian-grad Madison Hull was part of some successful Pioneer squads over her four-years in the program. Finishing second twice, third once and won State her sophomore year in 2015. The graduate points towards some great players like Jenna Christensen and Emily Nye that she played with that…
Chemeketa Men’s Basketball Gearing Up For Season
By Jeremy McDonald jeremymcdonald73@gmail.com SALEM, Ore.– South Salem-grad Kieran Pruett stepped up as a leader for the young Chemeketa Community College Men’s Basketball team Wednesday evening during their practice, by joining the shirtless team to give the squad some energy during the last few minutes of practice. One of the few returners on the young…
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