By Vince Teresi Sean Aker is the new principal at Kennedy High School. He was previously the middle school principal in Scio for four years. He also taught math and served as a basketball and assistant track coach. Aker worked in the Dallas school district as an assistant in the English Language Development curriculum and as a coach for the […]
By James Day Silverton High lost a ton of talent off of last season’s Class 5A runner-up squad, but sixth-year coach John Mannion has another strong batch ready to make a run at a third Mid-Willamette Conference title in four years. “Our goal is to win the league title and go from there,” Mannion told Our Town after a practice […]
By James Day Sharpshooting basketball standout Jacob Axmaker continues to shine at the national level. Jacob, an 11-year-old at Sublimity Elementary School, shot his way to the national Elks Lodge hoop shoot championships at the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. Jacob, who was representing the Silverton Elks Lodge, No. 2210, finished second in his age division at […]
By James Day The Kennedy High school girls track and field team finished tied for sixth May 22 at the OSAA Class 2A championships at Hayward Field in Eugene. The Trojans, last year’s champions, scored 38 points, tied with Grant Union after two days of competition. Union won the girls title with 62 points, six more than East Linn Christian. […]
By Kristine Thomas As they head to Eugene, Portland and McMinnville to attend college in the fall, Kennedy High School seniors Mariah Pranger, Joseph Wright, Hannah Kloft and Helen Canchola are grateful for their roots. Living in a small town has taught them how to follow their dreams and the importance of contributing to their community, they said. The four […]
By Vince Teresi It’s a milestone in a teenagers’ life when they receive a high school diploma on graduation day, confident they are prepared for the next challenge of succeeding in college and career goals. Helping to provide that confidence, Mt. Angel School District announced Kennedy High School will introduce a “readiness system” in the 2015-2016 school year curriculum to […]
By James Day Kennedy and Silverton participated in district track and field competition this week, with the Trojans hosting their meet Thursday and Friday at their newly remodeled facility and the Foxes competing Wednesday and Thursday at Western Oregon University. Heading into districts Kennedy athletes led the Tri-River in six events, including Taylor Brown (long jump and triple jump), Loghan […]
By James Day For Cole Chandler it came down to familiarity – and a bit of an educational pull. The Silverton High School quarterback, who led the Foxes to a 32-4 record in three years as a starter, plans to play college football at Pacific Lutheran in Tacoma, Wash. Chandler had considered Linfield, but picked PLU because his favorite target […]
By James Day Kennedy High has the honor of hosting the combined Tri-River/PacWest District Track and Field Championships May 14-15 at its newly remodeled facility. “All of us are very excited about having this meet on our home track and we are already working hard to make this a great meet for all the competitors,” veteran Trojans Coach Steve Ritchie […]
By James Day This is turning into an historic school year for the Silverton High athletic program. The Foxes’ football team won the Mid-Willamette Conference title and advanced to the championship game of the Class 5A tournament before falling to Hermiston, 34-12. Coach John Mannion was named Mid-Willamette coach of the year and quarterback Cole Chandler and linebacker Sam Kuschnick […]
By James Day The Silverton High boys basketball team has won the Mid-Willamette Conference championship. The Foxes took a hard-fought 57-54 overtime win Feb. 20 at Central High School to improve to 11-1 in league play, three games in front with just two games to play. It was the second overtime win of the season for the Foxes against the […]
By James Day The Silverton High boys basketball team turned in perhaps its most complete performance of the season Tuesday night, taking a convincing 64-37 Mid-Willamette Conference win at Crescent Valley High School. The win moved the Foxes, ranked No. 3 in Class 5A by the OSAA, to 9-0 in league play, heading into a crucial stretch of the season […]
By James Day “The wrestling team started out the year with high numbers and a lot of enthusiasm,” Silverton Assistant Coach Jesse Davis told Our Town. “We have a young team with lots of potential. We are now in the part of the season that has become known as the ‘grind.’ Practice will get harder and competition will increase. The […]
By James Day The Silverton High boys basketball is ranked ninth by the OSAA in Class 5A heading into Mid-Willamette Conference play. “I feel like we’ve made a lot of progress in the last two weeks,” Coach Steve Roth told Our Town. Roth is back as the head coach for the first time since 2002 after serving as an assistant […]
By James Day Hannah Deede, the former two-sport standout at Silverton High, earned honorable mention all-Great Northwest Athletic Conference volleyball honors in her senior season at Western Oregon. The 6-2 Deede, who transferred to WOU after spending her freshman season at Gonzaga, led the Wolves in kills (224), kills per set (2.41), total points (265.5), points per set (2.85), and […]
By James Day Timing can be everything. The Silverton High School football team is one win away from the school’s first state title since 1991. But because of the Our Town publication schedule we were not able to publish the results of Saturday’s Class 5A title game between the Foxes and Hermiston. The Foxes won their third consecutive playoff game […]
By James Day Silverton High football just keeps rolling along. The Foxes blasted Pendleton 54-6 on Nov. 7 to move into the Class 5A quarterfinals. The 10-0 Foxes, seeded No. 2, faced No. 10 Ashland (8-2) on Friday, Nov. 14 after Our Town’s presstime. It was the fifth game this season in which a running clock was used after the […]
By James Day The Kennedy High cross country team took home the top individual honors at the Tri-River Conference district meet Oct. 23 at Bush’s Pasture Park in Salem. Junior Adrian Parra won the boys race in 16:31, tying the course record for a Kennedy runner. Meanwhile, freshman Kaylin Cantu of the Trojans won the girls race by 30 seconds […]
By James Day The Silverton High boys basketball team has a new head coach, but Foxes fans will see a familiar face on the sidelines when they open play in December. Steve Roth, a 1982 Silverton graduate and former head coach of the Foxes, has taken over for Darren Shryock. Shryock, who led Silverton to a pair of third-place finishes […]
By James Day Silverton High’s football team is off to a 3-0 start and is ranked No. 2 in the state heading into Friday’s Mid-Willamette Conference game at Crescent Valley. Sam Kuschnick has been a workhorse in the backfield, with 66 carries for 509 yards and six touchdowns. The 6-1, 205-pound senior is averaging 7.7 yards per carry. He has […]
By James Day The Silverton High School cross country teams swept the varsity team titles at Wednesday’s Silver Falls Oktoberfest Invitational, which was held on the “monster” course at Silver Falls State Park. A record 40 schools and 700 runners participated in the event, which is co-hosted by the Foxes and Kennedy. Silverton junior Maddie Fuhrman won the girls title […]
By James Day The Silverton High School football team has lost three games in the past two seasons, all of them to the eventual OSAA Class 5A state champions, and momentum seems to be riding the Foxes’ way in year five of coach John Mannion’s tenure. “I like where the program is at now,” Mannion told Our Town. “The kids […]
By Vince Teresi Kennedy High School’s new principal Craig Swanson brings an energetic, positive and visionary outlook for the 2014-15 school year. As part of a small high school, he said he “looks forward to knowing our students on a first name basis as we share our daily time together at Kennedy.” Displayed on his desk is the word […]
By James Day Joe Panuke is the new head football coach at Kennedy High. A health and physical education teacher, he has been an assistant football and baseball coach the past six years. Panuke, who served as an assistant coach at Marshfield of Coos Bay and Regis, replaces Randy Traeger, who is moving on to a new position at Willamette […]
By James Day It looks like Kennedy High School will be losing football coach Randy Traeger. But it doesn’t appear as if he will be going far. Traeger, a 1975 Kennedy graduate who has coached the Trojans for more than 25 years – including the past eight years as head coach – is close to accepting a position as an […]
