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The Ridgeview Ravens fly their way to first place in the IMC with series win over Mtn. View
On Tuesday, the Ridgeview Ravens took on the Mountain View Cougars in the first of three games. Ridgeview proved why they are a top offense in 5A, scoring 10 runs en route to a Game 1 win. On Wednesday, the Ravens popped out to an early lead, but the Cardiac Kids of Mtn. View came back. In the seventh, the Ravens tied the game, then finished it out in the eighth to take the series. They sit in first place in the IMC with a 9-2 record, and control their own destiny with four games remaining.
Bulldog softball nearly gets first league win
The Culver Bulldog softball team came ever-so-close to picking up its first win versus a varsity opponent this season but fell 19-18 to Central Linn April 23. The Bulldogs, playing with heavy hearts after the death of their teammate Jorja Nelson April 8, were to play a doubleheader against Santiam on the road April 26, but the games were canceled. The Bulldogs will play six of their final eight at home, beginning with a doubleheader against East Linn Christian Wednesday, April 30, with game one starting at 3 p.m. East Linn Christian is 1-5 in league and Culver 0-6. East Linn beat the Dawgs on April 4 20-12.
Wednesday track meet is senior night for MHS
Madras will host Tri-Valley Conference rivals Crook County and Estacada, along with La Pine, in a track and field meet Wednesday, May 1, and it will be senior night. League power Crook County is not expected to send its top athletes, though, according to MHS coach Mike Dove. With district nearing — Friday and Saturday, May 10-11 — many programs are lightening their competition loads. Madras was scheduled to be...
Madras girl tennis hosts Steve Rankin Invitational
The Madras High School girls tennis team hosted the Steve Rankin Invitational on Saturday, April 27. The eight-team tournament is played in a round robin format with each of the eight schools’ No. 1 singles playing seven games against each other, with No. 2 singles players facing each other and No. 1 and No. 2 doubles doing the same. Players earn a point for each game they win, with the...
MHS golfers get eady for district
Eli Boyle had one of his best rounds of the year Monday, April 22 at the Running Y Ranch Marshfield Invitational. Boyle matched his season low 91, featuring a 41 on the back nine, to lead the Buffalo squad to an eighth-place finish among 12 squads. A 20-foot putt for birdie on the 18th highlighted the round. MHS coach Johnny Wilson said Boyle had two bad holes, 8 and 9,...
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