By James Day The Silverton High football team just doesn’t like to lose. Since a 13-0 loss to West Albany on Sept. 27, the Foxes have won five consecutive games in dominating fashion, including a 35-0 Class 5A playoff dismantling of Mountain View of Bend on Nov. 8 at McGinnis Field. Silverton (9-1) has outscored its opponents 231-18 since the […]
By James Day The Silverton High football team has picked up just where it left off last season. The Foxes are 4-0 overall and 2-0 in the Mid-Willamette Conference heading into Friday night’s showdown at West Albany after Our Town’s presstime. And Silverton is once again doing it with defense. The Foxes have only allowed four touchdowns in the four […]
By James Day The Kennedy High School cross country program has been one of the best in the state for more than a decade. The Trojans, under Coach Steve Ritchie have qualified for the girls state meet for 11 consecutive years and have gone 14 for 15 on the boys side. This year Kennedy should be in the thick of […]
By James Day The Silverton High School and Kennedy High School football teams are burning the calories in conditioning drills this week, with the first full practices scheduled for Aug. 19. The Foxes are coming off a magical 12-1 season in which they won the Mid-Willamette Conference title and advanced to the OSAA Class 5A semifinals before losing to eventual […]
By James Day After a stellar career as a junior shooter, Silverton’s Austin Cock is taking his game to the next level. A 2013 graduate of Silverton High School, Cock will be competing in college for national powerhouse Jacksonville State of Jacksonville, Ala. Cock, the son of JR and Amy Cock of Silverton, is the reigning U.S. Army junior national […]
By James Day A pair of former Silverton High School softball players were strong contributors for this spring’s Chemeketa Community College team. Taylor Medley, a freshman catcher and outfielder, batted .295 in 32 games, with one homer, 15 RBIs and four stolen bases. Another former Fox, third baseman Jordan Martin, batted .304 in 10 games, with one homer and 11 […]
By James Day There is this familiar NCAA television ad which shows folks in judicial robes playing basketball and people in the garb of other occupations playing other sports. The message the NCAA is trying to deliver is that most people who are involved in sports wind up in careers that have nothing to do with athletics. Which is why […]
By James Day Oops! Make that a double oops! I intended in my column for the June 1 Our Town to wrap up all state championship participation for area high schools. But I left somebody out. And it’s too bad because that somebody is definitely worth writing about. The Kennedy High golf team, led by senior Doug Pomeroy, took home […]
By James Day The Kennedy High girls track and field team, led by sophomore Loghan Sprauer, turned in one of the best performances in school history May 23-24 at the OSA Class 2A State Meet at Hayward Field in Eugene. Sprauer won two events and took second in another to lead Kennedy to a second-place finish with 63 points. It […]
By James Day Nearly 700 runners and walkers participated in Saturday’s Silverton Health Fun Run. Dan Gallogly, 45, was the top men’s finisher in the 5K event in 17:57. Silverton’s Heather Bashor, 38, was the top female finisher and 15th overall in 21:41. A pair of Silverton 10-year-olds took the top spot in the one-mile race for kids. Charles Petrik […]
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 […]
By James Day So how do you get noticed in a microbrew world in which another brewer seems to sprout up daily behind the nearest hop pole? How do you acquire space on the shelves or taps in the taverns when everyone else is clamoring for the same thing? And where do festivals such as The Oregon Garden Brewfest, which […]
By James Day Donald Pettit and Rick Spinrad graduated from Oregon State University in 1978. Spinrad, OSU’s vice president for research, has had a sterling career in private industry and academia. Yet when he introduced Pettit’s appearance Feb. 22 at the university’s LaSells Stewart Center, Spinrad noted he was still at OSU while Pettit “had gone a lot farther.” Farther […]
By James Day The Silverton High boys basketball team concluded a sterling 2012-13 season March 9 by taking home its second third-place state trophy in four years. The Foxes, who finished 23-5, downed Mountain View 66-54 in the third-place game at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene to match its finish of 2010. Both years Silverton lost to Jefferson of Portland […]
Radon Facts What is it: Radon is a radioactive, colorless, odorless, tasteless gas, occurring naturally as an indirect decay product of uranium or thorium. Some radon gas from natural sources can accumulate to higher-than-normal concentrations in buildings, especially in confined areas such as attics and basements. Studies have shown a link between breathing high concentrations of radon and lung cancer. […]
By James Day The Silverton High boys basketball team finished a magical regular season with a 78-41 win Feb. 22 against Lebanon. The victory wrapped up a 14-0 Mid-Willamette Conference regular season for the Foxes. Silverton, which is 20-4 and ranked No. 3 by the OSAA, will host a state playoff game March 1 against an opponent to be determined. […]
Editor’s Note: Kennedy High Football Coach Randy Traeger, founder of the Virtue First program, is receiving the Service to Youth Award at the Mount Angel Chamber of Commerce Community Awards banquet Feb. 25. Here, sportswriter James Day shares impressions of Traeger’s influence. By James Day It was a dismal rainy day. Hot cocoa was flying out of the concession stand. […]
By James Day The Silverton High boys basketball team is picking up right where the football team left off. As in undefeated in Mid-Willamette Conference play and recipient of a lofty state ranking. The football Foxes finished undefeated in league play and advanced to the OSAA Class 5A semifinals before losing to eventual state champion Sherwood. The Silverton boys hoops […]
By James Day It’s been quite a couple of years for girls basketball at Mark Twain Middle School. The Mark Twain eighth-grade girls basketball team finished an undefeated season Jan 17. The Vikings were 11-0 in regular-season games and 6-0 in the jamboree. “The team had 10 girls who were tough players and defense was the strength of the team,” […]
By James Day The best Silverton High School football season in a generation was noticed statewide. Class 5A coaches named three Foxes to the All-State team and Coach John Mannion was selected coach of the year. Mannion, in his third season, led the Foxes to an 11-1 season in 2012 which ended in a 46-19 state semifinals loss to eventual […]
By James Day Just like presidential elections, whether you like it or not, OSAA reclassification comes along once every four years. The goal is to realign the state’s high schools into leagues and classifications in an effort to maintain competitive balance. The classification and districting committee, which includes Silverton High Principal Mark Hannan, has met three times and has come […]
By James Day The Silverton High dance team competed in three events at the Dec. 1 State Categories Championship in Tualatin, which featured 36 teams. The Foxes came home with third-place finishes in two of the categories, lyrical and jazz. The team also completed in hip hop. Coach Emily Sword choreographed the jazz performance and coach Paula Magee choreographed in […]
By James Day The best football season for Silverton High in 21 years ended Nov. 23 in the Class 5A semifinals. The Foxes, who last made it to the state semis during their run to the 1991 Class 3A state title, lost 46-19 to perennial 5A power Sherwood at McCulloch Stadium in Salem to finish 11-1. The Bowmen (12-0) move […]
By James Day The Silverton High football team has a rematch with West Albany set for 7 p.m. Friday at McGinnis Field, with a berth in the OSAA Class 5A semifinals on the line. The Foxes took apart Putnam of Milwaukie 49-0 on Nov. 9 to improve to 10-0 while recording their fourth shutout of the season. West Albany, which […]
By James Day The Kennedy High school girls cross country team captured the District 2 team championship Oct. 25 at Bush’s Pasture Park in Salem. The Trojans scored 49 points, led by district champion Lauren Stokley, who won the 5K race in 20:58.2. Stokley’s old PR, a 21:06, was set on the same course Oct. 18 when the sophomore captured […]
