By James Day Kennedy High’s track and field teams both finished in the top 10 at the Class 2A state meet May 19-20 at Hayward Field in Eugene. The boys squad finished ninth with 29 points and the girls team was 10th with 22.5. It was the sixth consecutive top 10 finish for the Trojans’ girls squad. “I was very […]
By James Day Silverton High student Haile Stutzman, 16, scored an impressive victory May 7 in the 5K race at the 33rd Silverton Health Fun Run. Stutzman ran 17:02, a 5:30 mile pace, and bested runner-up Eric Jeffers, 33, by 33 seconds. Stevie Hutzler, 22, finished 18th overall and was the top woman finisher in 21:02. Cohen Mulick, 10, captured […]
By James Day The Silverton High basketball teams won pair of back-to-back high-pressure games against Corvallis and changed the complexion of both Mid-Willamette Conference races. For the girls, Tuesday’s 40-31 win at Corvallis gave the top-ranked Foxes some breathing room. Silverton rallied from an early 7-0 deficit, and used a 20-3 run to take tenuous control of a game that […]
By Steve Ritchie Only in cross country can a coach lose his team before the race even starts. For the last 15 years, my Kennedy High School team has joined 80 or 90 other teams at the Seaside Three Course Challenge. Held at sprawling Camp Rilea, each of the six races puts 300, 400 or even 500 runners on the […]
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 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 The Academic All-State awards are in for spring activities, with both Kennedy and Silverton high schools placing well in multiple areas. Kennedy finished best in its class in two sports, baseball and softball. The Trojans’ baseball team, which won its fourth consecutive Tri-River Conference title, turned in a cumulative 3.69 grade point average. Kennedy’s softball team, which […]
By James Day Sheyenne Brusven, Silverton High’s all-Mid-Willamette Conference goalkeeper, will be playing college soccer close to home at Corban University. Brusven signed her letter of intent on April 28. “Her body of work in the 2013-14 season was monstrous,” Foxes Coach Fred George told Our Town. Brusven set school records for most saves in a match (22), most saves […]
By James Day This could be a special season for Kennedy High track and field. The Trojans’ girls team returns athletes who scored 45 of Kennedy’s 63 team points at last season’s OSAA Class 2A meet, in which the Trojans finished second to Portland Christian. Loghan Sprauer won the high jump in a state-meet record 5’-6’, won the 200 in […]
By James Day The Silverton High wrestling team qualified eight wrestlers for the OSAA Class 5A championships while finishing fourth at the Feb. 21-22 Mid-Willamette Conference championships. Four Foxes finished second in their weight classes: Tristan Lanier (106); Austin Reed (113); David Horsey (170) and Cameron Clokey (285). Boston Merrifield (106), Ben Griesenauer (138) and Cody Gubbels (220) took third […]
By Tanner Russ The old adage the more things change, the more they stay the same certainly holds true for Silverton’s long-distance phenomenon, Morgan Anderson. Once an ardent Ducks supporter as the daughter of a University of Oregon alum, she wound up studying and running at Oregon State. Once the leader of the pack at Silverton High School, she had […]
By James Day Silverton cross country: Maddie Fuhrman finished third in the sophomore race and Jonathan Sisley took 16th in the senior race as the Silverton High cross country team opened its season with a meet Aug. 29 at Wilsonville High. Fuhrman took second and Sisley fourth on Sept. 4 at the Tualatin Invite. Foxes Coach Erik Cross said he […]
By James Day Sometimes I need some help to pull this thing off every other week. This edition’s column benefited greatly from Our Town correspondent Steve Ritchie, the track and field and cross country coach at Kennedy High School in Mount Angel. Ritchie, who really knows his stuff, forwarded some information on track and field exploits of area athletes, so […]
