High School Sports

   South Albany 35, Willamette 34

Young teams make mistakes, especially with the season just getting started, and improvement is the biggest goal.

SCIO - "I think we're better than last year."

South Albany could have gone for the tie after scoring its final touchdown of the night Friday over Willamette in Eugene.

ADAIR VILLAGE - Brian Kessi threw for 208 yards and five touchdowns as Santiam Christian opened the season with a 47-0 nonconference win at home over Central Linn.

East Linn Christian opened its season at home with a sweep of visiting Jefferson, 25-21, 25-12, 25-14.

Oregon state health officials said Thursday they found no single cause of an illness that struck the McMinnville High School football team last month.

SCIO - The defending 2A football state champions are still loaded and ready for a run at another title.

With 12 wins in the last 14 Mountain View Conference games, most head coaches wouldn't be so open to changing leagues, especially moving into one that has produced a 2A state championship game partici

Thurston at West Albany

ADAIR VILLAGE - Practice hard, play hard.

The PacWest Conference becomes more difficult with the addition three new programs

Jefferson lost a number of starters from its back-to-back state playoff teams

The Eagles are looking to make the postseason for the first time since joining the PacWest

The 2010 offseason has brought a whirlwind of change to the Sweet Home football program.

LEBANON - The 2009 season brought a renewed optimism for the Lebanon football program.

Tony Matta told his players Monday he doesn't want to look back at the upcoming season saying "what if."

Raise the bar high and lofty goals and expectations will follow.

Today brings the start of another high school sports year and some league affiliation changes.

Dustin Nichol takes on the challenge of following longtime coach Rob Younger