The Silverton High Athletic Hall of Fame banquet is returning Oct. 7 at The Oregon Garden. The event, which includes dinner, a silent auction and the induction ceremony, costs $50 and you can make reservations at silvertonfoxes.com soon, if not today. Organizers tell me they are on a “short timeline” this year so please bear with them if the signup mechanism is […]
A team of Silverton middle-schoolers has come home with a state baseball title. Silverton’s JBO Senior Federal team outlasted Beaverton 11-9 in the July 23 title game at Central High in Independence. It was the third meeting of the tournament between Silverton and Beaverton. Silverton won the first contest 12-10 on Friday, July 21, before falling 7-6 to the Beaverton […]
By James Day The Silverton Runners Club is turning 40, and organizers are planning some new events to boost participation in the club, which works to support running programs in Silverton and Mount Angel. The club, which was organized in 1982 by Silverton resident Amy Castle, is taking over management of the 5-kilometer and 10-kilometer runs associated with the Mount […]
By James Day The annual Homer Classic run/walk is set for 9 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 4. The event, which benefits track and field and cross country programs at Silverton and Kennedy high schools, include an 8-kilometer run and a 2-mile run-walk. Both races start and finish on the track at the Silverton Schlador Street campus. The courses are flat […]
Runners who are suffering from a case of the blahs caused by too much running on the road or track might find Saturday’s Silver Falls Challenge an intriguing change of scenery.
No one participating in or cheering on the runners at the Homer’s Classic 8K on Aug. 8 will be surprised that there are women running in the 27th annual edition of this Silverton road race. In recent years, females as young as 8 and as old as 80 have participated in the Homer 8K, a distance just under 5 miles.
