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It’s a story that began 40 years ago with a group of teenage football players from Colton High School who went on to be the only team in school history to win the state championship. Recently, Colton celebrated that state title with a reunion. Long-time Colton School District teacher and coach Greg Adams said the idea for the championship football team reunion was months in the making. He made connections...

What a difference a year can make. Senior quarterback Mason King finished with 137 total yards rushing and passing while throwing 7-for-10 to lead Molalla over La Grande 20-7 on Friday, Sept. 22, in a non-conference matchup. King's performance comes 364 days since Molalla football traveled eastbound and loss to La Grande on the road 47-0. ...

LAKE STEVENS, Wash. - When they met last season, West Linn (OR) and Lake Stevens (WA) were two football programs on the rise, searching for state championships in their respective states. The Lions won convincingly. Well, the rematch Friday was between state champions - West Linn in the Class 6A ...

When Molalla’s Colten Strohmeyer was in his freshman season of cross country, things looked a bit different. For starters, Strohmeyer and hundreds of runners across the state had to compete and run in the standard 5K with masks on. The season concluded in April and not November, and Molalla’s boys and girls teams were severely depleted. The numbers were dwindling, and there just wasn’t much interest from Molalla students. The...

Wilsonville continues to look like the team to beat in Class 5A this season after knocking off Summit 35-20 in a rematch of last year’s title game. Wildcats’ QB Kallen Gutridge gave his team the early edge when he bought some extra time in the backfield before finding Mark Wiepert for the short touchdown throw and a 14-6 lead.

Kallen Gutridge scored five total touchdowns and Wilsonville held the Summit offense scoreless in the first half as the Wildcats beat the Storm 35-20 in a rematch of last season’s 5A state championship game on Friday. “The crowd’s excited, the boys are excited,” Wilsonville head coach Adam Guenther said. “The shining lights came out in our favor this week, so it’s a great night.” In front of a packed home...

The recent Big Playback showcased a number of game results, ranging from thrilling wins to heavy losses. Among the highlights was the highly-anticipated rematch of Summit and Wilsonville, past contenders for the state championship. This time Wilsonville won the game against Summit with a score of 35-20, reversing their previous championship loss.

Last Friday, Jesuit football fell to 0-3 when they suffered a 43-14 road loss to the defending Oregon state champion West Linn, and the Crusaders’ tough non-league schedule isn’t done. The Lions scored a season high in points against Jesuit, clicking on offense with ease throughout the entire...

In the final game of the season pitting Oregon’s best vs. Washington’s best, the West Linn Lions drove up north of Seattle and returned with a 49-30 win over Lake Stevens on Friday night. Continuing to play running back by committee, the Lions scored five rushing touchdowns against...

Lippert is a junior on the West Linn High School varsity cross country team, and Henderson is a junior flyer on the varsity cheer squad. Representing West Linn High School in cross country and cheer, junior athletes Ryan Lippert and Paige Henderson have been named Athletes of the Week for the week of September 20th. At the Meriwether Classic, Lippert finished 15th overall with a time of 16:52.61, leading the...

Let the clarion call go forth to all thrill-seekers, nature lovers and those ready to embrace the literal “wild” side. The inaugural PNW Survival Games will arrive next month to provide adventures aplenty. For those with an inclination to test themselves against the wilderness, and their own limitations, something very interesting is about to spring up in Molalla. The Pacific Northwest Survival Games will be held Saturday and Sunday, Oct....

After winning their respective league openers in convincing fashion, two Mt. Hood Conference foes will square off in Week 4 in the KOIN 6 Blitz Game of the Week.

Madras attacked the Estacada goal all night, Steve Gonzalez scored a hat trick, and the White Buffalos opened Tri-Valley Conference play with a 3-0 home win over Estacada. Gonzalez broke a scoreless tie with 4:45 left in the first half. He controlled the ball on the right side with a defender battling him, then got it fifteen yards in front of the goal and drilled a left-footed kick to the right of a diving goal-keeper to give Madras a lead. ...

The Hangar at Oaks Park was packed for a Sunday afternoon, a testament to the popularity of roller derby and the strength of the derby community in the Portland metro area. It’s called “a game of brutal beauty.” The junior skaters, making their way around the rink for the Sunday, Sept. 17 bout between the Bleeding Hearts and the Death Scar Derby Droids, barely noticed that, to the inexperienced eye, roller derby looks intense. ...

Madras scored it first goal of the season, had its first lead, but eventfully fell to the Gladstone Gladiators Thursday, Sept. 21 6-1. The struggling White Buffalos fell to 0-6 on the season and have been outscored 38-1 in those games after playing a tough pre-league schedule, which included games against 5A Mountain View and Redmond and 4A power Henley. That first goal came at the 18:53 mark in the...

14 players from last year’s roster are returning. After finishing last year by losing in the first round of the playoffs, the mens varsity soccer team believes continuity is the key to success. Miles Miller, junior, is a defender for the team. “It’s a lot different compared to this...

Bybee is a junior midfielder on the Wilsonville High School girls’ varsity soccer team, and Grant is a sophomore on the varsity cross country team. Representing Wilsonville High School on the soccer field and cross country course, athletes Brooklyn Bybee and Brady Grant have been named Athletes of the Week for the week of September 20th. In the Wildcat’s first match of the year, Bybee helped secure a 2-0 victory...

Bump. Set. Spike. The ball sailed back and forth across the net. The crowd cheered loud as they shook the bleachers in the Brick Oven. La Salle varsity volleyball was playing Wilsonville High School. Wilsonville won the first set. La Salle won the second. Wilsonville came back to win the...

If you thought the only place you could catch a wave around here was at the coast, think again. Thanks to a unique combination of a derelict boat ramp’s placement at Clackamette Park in Oregon City and late summer/early fall tidal flows, a strong current forms twice a day in the Clackamas River at that location.

The Dalles High School boys cross country team was the top finishing Class 4A team at the Oregon City Invitational meet Sept. 16. The Dalles was eighth among the 23 scoring boys teams in the meet. Most of the schools were from Oregon’s larger Class 6A and 5A ranks.