Rework, rebuild: Graduation and transfers deplete Irish basketball team
Posted: Friday, Nov 20th, 2009
For the Waldport boys' basketball team to experience success this season, a number of younger players must step up to help out seniors Adam Clark and Eric Nyhus, along with juniors Chris Fisher and Travis Bales.
The Irish lost six players to graduation - Axel McQuaw, Perry Moore, Aaron Bales, Alex Weron, Ben Wilkinson, and Riley Prest - and two ...more
Warriors emphasize working together
Posted: Friday, Nov 20th, 2009
New coach has Siletz girls basketball motivated and looking ahead
After a 5-14 season, including a 3-13 league record, last year, the Siletz Valley girls' basketball team is primed for better results this year under new Head Coach Emily McMillin, a English substitute teacher at the school.
"I know they're motivated, they want to win, and they're ready to ...more
All eyes on wrestling titles
Posted: Friday, Nov 20th, 2009
Siletz squad grows, coach looks toward state champs
With eight wrestlers on the roster after taking just three to districts last season, the Siletz Valley Warriors team features members that have Coach Tony Blomstrom thinking one, two, even three individual state championships this season.
The coach has a potential title in mind for senior Loy Marthaller, the No. 1-ranked ...more
On The Sidelines
Posted: Friday, Nov 20th, 2009
NHS Blue-White scrimmage scheduled
Newport High School's Blue-White basketball scrimmage starts at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Spangler Court.
Admission is $2. The freshmen boys start the evening with one quarter of action, followed by one quarter for the junior varsity (JV) girls, one quarter for the JV boys, and two each for the varsity girls and varsity boys.
For more ...more
Boomers bounced: Clatskanie ousts Toledo in first round
Posted: Wednesday, Nov 18th, 2009
The Clatskanie Tigers knew that the best way to slow down the potent Toledo offense was to keep them off the field completely.
Using an effective running game, the Tigers were able to do just that to come away with a 21-6 victory over the Boomers on Saturday in the first round of the OSAA Class 3A state playoffs.
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Netters playoff run ends at Lane
Posted: Wednesday, Nov 18th, 2009
Cubs squad goes above and beyond their goals in a successful season
Although the Newport volleyball team didn't win at Lane Community College on Friday against Cottage Grove in the quarterfinals or against Henley on Saturday in the consolation semifinals, the team still met its goals this season.
The Cubs talked about making it to Lane as one ...more
Pleasant Hill ends Newport’s football season
Posted: Wednesday, Nov 18th, 2009
Case, Dunmore lead late charge in muddy gridiron battle
Most of Newport's white jerseys were caked with mud at the conclusion of the team's first round OSAA playoff game at Pleasant Hill on Friday, which is probably just how the team felt after the game that ended their season.
Newport found its offensive rhythm a little too late, falling ...more
On The Sidelines
Posted: Wednesday, Nov 18th, 2009
Donkey basketball set for Saturday
The Lincoln County Shrine Club is presenting Donkey Basketball at 2 p.m. Saturday at Newport High School.
Doors open at 1 p.m. Admission is $6. For children less than 3 years of age, admission is free.
Contact Joe Cars at 270-1040 for more information.
Cross country running series begins
A winter cross ...more
Playoff Pigskin Preview: Cubs look to offense
Posted: Friday, Nov 13th, 2009
Newport fights for right to play against Astoria
The Newport Cubs football team enters its game with Pleasant Hill, scheduled for a 7 p.m. kickoff today (Friday), with a pair of common opponents, as well as results throughout the season that almost mirror what the Billies have done.
The Cubs started the season 5-0. The Billies started 4-0. ...more
Playoff Pigskin Preview: Boomers are back
Posted: Friday, Nov 13th, 2009
Toledo takes on Clatskanie after a playoff hiatus
After missing the 3A state football playoffs last year, the Toledo Boomers aren't happy just being back in the playoffs this year. They plan to do some damage.
"Our goal was to get into the playoffs with the idea that we could win some games," Toledo co-Head Coach Bruce Marthaller said. ...more
Runners fare well at state
Posted: Friday, Nov 13th, 2009
County harriers place high in league
Waldport's Marisa Dean had the highest finish of Lincoln County's seven runners in the Nov. 7 state cross country championships in Eugene.
Dean finished 28th in the 3A/2A/1A girls' race with a time of 21 minutes, 47 seconds - a season-best for the sophomore, who also qualified for state last year, ...more
Cubs squad fired up for quarterfinals
Posted: Friday, Nov 13th, 2009
Newport volleyball squad ready to play Cottage Grove
Newport's volleyball team is fired up and ready to take on Cottage Grove in the state quarterfinals at 4 p.m. today (Friday) in Eugene.
The teams met at the Cascade Tournament in mid-September. They played two games in pool play, with Cottage Grove winning 25-15, 25-13, and two games in ...more
On The Sidelines
Posted: Friday, Nov 13th, 2009
Some coastal mussel harvesting reopens
The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announce the reopening of recreational mussel harvesting from Bastendorf Beach near Charleston to the mouth of the Columbia River. Shellfish samples taken recently indicate levels of paralytic shellfish toxins (PST) have dropped below the alert level.
The entire coast had ...more
THREE DOWN THREE TO GO: Cubs checking off their list as they advance
Posted: Tuesday, Nov 10th, 2009
Beat Central. Check.
Win the Val-Co League title. Check.
Go to Lane. Check.
The Newport High School volleyball team completed its mission to get to the state playoff quarterfinals at Lane Community College by outlasting Siuslaw, three games to two, in the second round of the 2009 OSAA 4A Volleyball State Championships at Spangler Court on Saturday.
"We did ...more
Father-son football duo says goodbye
Posted: Tuesday, Nov 10th, 2009
Newport onto playoffs after beating Taft in the Wilkinsons' final high school game
The final game of Taft Coach Jack Wilkinson's 28-year career featured plenty of action, both on the field and above it.
In a game delayed by lightning for more than an hour with just under six minutes to go, sophomore Oshay Dunmore ran for 151 ...more
Boomers rising, Irish at an end
Posted: Tuesday, Nov 10th, 2009
County rivals meet and part ways with Toledo onto playoffs
Toledo's match-up against Waldport on Friday involved a pair of teams going in opposite directions. The Boomers are rising, while the Irish faced the end of a disappointing season.
Heading into the contest between county rivals, Toledo had won two straight, and four of five, scoring 48 or more ...more
Warriors vs. Eagles: a tale of two halves
Posted: Tuesday, Nov 10th, 2009
Eddyville soars after back-to-back forfeits, but Siletz rallies
Coming off back-to-back forfeits because they didn't have enough players to field a full team, due to illness, the Eddyville Eagles soared to a 6-0 halftime lead over Siletz on the Eagles' home field Friday. But the Warriors re-grouped, clipping the Eagles wings with 38 unanswered points in the second half ...more
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