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Outdoors
Published: 2/5/2013 3:13:30 PM
The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) will be hosting three free roughstock rodeo camps in the northwest this spring. One will be hosted on March 9 in Lewiston, Idaho; the second in Lynden, Wash.
Molalla Indians
Published: 2/5/2013 3:15:48 PM
League-leading La Salle Prep didn’t let the Molalla Indians even get a chance at an upset, building an early 20-point lead and led by 23 at halftime. The Falcons continued to roll in the third quarter on their way to a 56-36 win at Molalla.
Published: 2/5/2013 3:21:18 PM
The Molalla swim teams hosted Blanchet Catholic High School for a dual meet. Molalla senior Leah Halderman won the 500-yard butterfly in 6:28.94. Full results are not yet available.
Published: 2/5/2013 3:31:10 PM
The Molalla Indians got three-straight wins from Adam Keller (120 pounds), Duke Hebdon (126 pounds) and Jacob Whittrock (132 pounds), but the Indians only won one more match the rest of the way, as the North Marion Huskies took home a win over the host Molalla Indians on Wednesday.
Published: 2/5/2013 3:42:36 PM
For the second time in two weeks, the Clackamas Community College running programs have picked up a commitment from a Molalla High School athlete.Pake Benthin, the decorated senior from Molalla, has signed an NWAACC Letter of Intent with Clackamas.
Published: 2/5/2013 3:48:28 PM
In the far corner inside of the compact and dark gym at La Salle High School stood Ryan Potter. For a second in overtime, the Molalla senior had some breathing room.
Published: 2/6/2013 4:35:31 PM
The Molalla track program is one that keeps on giving. To colleges, that is. For the third time in as many weeks, a local track star has committed to compete in college.
Published: 2/14/2013 3:10:13 PM
Molalla’s Ann Seo competes in La Grande during the District Swimming Meet over the weekend. The girls 200-meter relay team, comprised of Leah Halderman, Raechel Shaw, Megan Penni and Kayla Watkins, took fifth.
Published: 2/14/2013 3:10:57 PM
Thanks to some early foul trouble from their two star players, Ryan Potter and Bradley Hagaman, the supporting cast was thrown into the spotlight Tuesday night against Estacada.
Published: 2/14/2013 3:10:30 PM
The Molalla Indians’ journey to the Tri-Valley Conference tournament just got a little bit harder, as the Indians fell in a pair of league games against Estacada and Madras last week.
Published: 2/14/2013 3:08:35 PM
It was a busy week for the Molalla Indians wrestling team, competing in multiple dual meets and then turning around just three days later for the Tri-Valley District wrestling meet.
Published: 2/19/2013 9:28:06 PM
Despite La Salle Prep’s star big man Sean Hays being limited to just three points, the Falcons’ Jacob McGraw hit a key runner down the stretch and Keeston Smith hit a crucial second-chance put-back off a missed free throw to elevate the visiting third-ranked Falcons to a 44-35 win over the host 10th-ranked Molalla Indians Tuesday night to secure the Tri-Valley Conference crown.
Published: 2/20/2013 1:36:50 PM
If there was such a thing as a moral victory, Molalla’s 47-38 loss to the Gladstone Gladiators Tuesday night might have been one of them.After getting blown out of the water 63-26 just three weeks prior, the Indians (1-7, 7-15) held their own with the 11th-ranked Gladiators (6-2, 13-6) for three quarters, before Gladstone outscored Molalla 8-2 over the final four minutes to secure the win.
Published: 2/20/2013 1:41:42 PM
There are two words that haunt coaches everywhere: trap game.The Molalla Indians were the latest victims of the trap game — a game against a statistically lesser opponent sandwiched between two games against rival teams, and an opportunity for a let down.
Published: 2/20/2013 1:47:09 PM
Lunch breaks are one of the things people often look forward to. Add the Molalla bowling team to that list.After struggling during the morning session, the team took a lunch break and came back rejuvenated as they rolled their way to a district title on Feb.
Published: 2/20/2013 1:51:14 PM
Adam Keller is on a mission. The sophomore from Molalla, who will be taking his talents to the state tournament for the second time in as many years, hopes this year he takes what he learned from his first state trip as a freshman and uses it to his advantage.
Published: 2/22/2013 11:30:29 PM
Published: 2/22/2013 4:38:20 PM
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Published: 2/27/2013 2:57:49 PM
While the Molalla Indians did not have the number of wins they had hoped for at the beginning of the season, a pair of seniors were named to the all-Tri-Valley Conference team Monday.
Published: 2/27/2013 2:58:56 PM
When the all-Tri-Valley Conference teams were announced Monday, there was little surprise whose name would be at the top of the sheet.
Ryan Potter, a senior who averaged 20.
Published: 2/27/2013 2:51:54 PM
For the first time in Molalla High School history, the bowling team went to the state tournament.
And they returned with some hardware.
Molalla cruised through the 16-team state tournament en route to a state championship.
Local Sports
Published: 2/20/2013 1:52:54 PM
Numbers are a big part of Linda Phillips’ life. As a part-time math teacher at Molalla High School, she makes her living off of numbers.Now she’s ignoring one.
Country Christian Cougars
Published: 2/22/2013 11:33:17 PM
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Published: 2/27/2013 3:19:52 PM
For 16 minutes, 14th-ranked Country Christian
hung with the undefeated and top-ranked Horizon Christian (Hood
River) Haws Wednesday afternoon.
But eventually the Hawks — specifically Matt Totero — became
too much for the Cougars to overcome in the OSAA 1A Boys Basketball Tournament
at Baker High School in Baker City, Ore.
Published: 2/20/2013 1:44:43 PM
The lead was slipping away. The shots weren’t falling for Country Christian, yet the Jewell shots — many coming in transition of Cougar turnovers — were starting to fall.
Published: 2/5/2013 3:39:34 PM
The 14th-ranked Country Christian Cougars kept their spot at the top of the Casco League after taking down the Jewell Blue Jays Tuesday night. Country Christian jumped out of the gate hot, knocking down shots from all over the floor — including Cooper Nofziger’s layup off the top of the backboard — to build a five-point lead at the end of the first quarter.
Published: 2/20/2013 1:31:17 PM
Admittedly, Jordan Syphard had not played anywhere close to his best in either of the two previous meetings with the Perrydale Pirates.But Saturday night, Syphard provided a spark coming off the bench to lead the Country Christian Cougars to the Casco League tournament title before a raucous crowd at McMinnville High School.
Published: 2/15/2013 1:13:24 PM
Despite a late push from Jewell, the Country Christian Cougars held off the Blue Jays 44-36 in the Casco League third place game at McMinnville High School Thursday night.
Published: 2/14/2013 3:11:34 PM
No matter what happened Thursday, Country Christian would get at least a share of the Casco League title. Selfishly, they had no intention of sharing with Perrydale, their final league opponent of the season, who was looking for that co-champion title.
Published: 2/14/2013 3:08:56 PM
Country Christian, sitting 23rd in the 1A OSAA polls, knew that they had a big week in store. Coming to town were two top-12 teams: Lowell and Perrydale.
Published: 2/5/2013 3:54:21 PM
Despite shooting just 32 percent from the floor and turning the ball over a whopping 30 times, the Country Christian Cougars were able to top visiting Lowell, 65-52, on Monday night.
Published: 2/5/2013 3:34:34 PM
The Cougars used a 7-0 run in the third quarter to run away with a Casco League victory over the visiting Blue Jays. Freshman Kennedy Nofziger scored a team-high 13 points on 6-of-12 shooting, scoring most of her points down the stretch in the fourth quarter to seal the game.
Published: 2/27/2013 2:55:43 PM
With the clock momentarily stopped for a timeout inside the muggy City Christian gymnasium late Wednesday night, Russ Halverson issued his team a challenge.
Colton Vikings
Published: 2/5/2013 3:36:38 PM
Who knew that the Colton Vikings are such a fan of Willamina High School?That’s because, in order for the Vikings to make the playoffs, they will need some help: Willamina needs to upset Gervais Tuesday to give the Vikings a chance.
Published: 2/5/2013 3:09:29 PM
It was a tale of two games last week.Wednesday night the Colton Vikings cruised to an easy 40-11 win at Horizon Christian-Tualatin. It was a balanced attack that beat the Hawks.
Published: 2/5/2013 3:12:43 PM
The Colton Vikings wrestling fell 60-23 to the Gervais Cougars Thursday. Colton also fell 46-36 to Scio. Calvin Hayes did manage to place fifth in a recent tournament, pinning Harrison Hunt from West Salem to take fifth place in his weight class.
Published: 2/14/2013 3:09:19 PM
While the Colton Vikings defense held tough, their offense performed a disappearing act in the second half of their showdown with Gervais Friday night.
Published: 2/14/2013 3:11:14 PM
Anthony Basargin put his hands on his head and looked to the ceiling of the Gervais High School gym.“Oh my gosh,” the freshman guard said in disbelief.
Published: 2/20/2013 1:48:13 PM
While the team results might not have been what the Colton Vikings wrestling team were looking for during the dual section of the season, the individual results are starting to pile up.
Published: 2/22/2013 4:34:56 PM
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Briefs & Roundups
Published: 2/20/2013 10:41:47 AM
We wanted to have a little fun with the OSAA State Basketball Tournament, so we are projecting how the pairings will go in our own version of “Bracketology.
