Oregon High School Sports News

ALOHA Everybody knows that Jesuit's boys the 2013 Class 6A state champs - are one of the Metro League's premier track and field teams.

The start of the season has been unkind to Hillsboro-area baseball teams , as no squad is currently higher in the conference standings than Glencoe's fourth-place position.

Given a shot to strut her stuff as Sunset's No. 1 girls singles' player, Nicole Partch did not wane or waver.

But Caufield wasn't going to let his hard work be for nothing - and he wasn't about going to let the victory get away from him.

The Bowmen squads picked up their third straight sweep in conference contests, as they bested Rex Putnam in a Northwest Oregon Conference dual meet held April 16 at Rex Putnam High School.

And he certainly seems to be making up for lost time. Satterwhile, now a senior at Horizon, is enjoying a banner year in the throwing events.

That certainly holds true for the Tualatin High School baseball team, which has rarely found itself on the losing end of a score so far this season.

Mathison is then quick to point out that Conlin holds the edge when it comes to the 100-meter dash.

The focused Tualatin High School softball team wasn't able to let anything, including a persistent Century squad, get in its way of another victory.

Barlow took command of the Mt. Hood Conference's boys and girls track and field team races during a three-way meet Wednesday against St. Mary's Academy and Reynolds.

Rex Putnam's softball team gained a few more believers last week, as the Kingsmen knocked off 2013 state champion Sandy 2-1 in an April 15 game at Sandy.

It all comes down to this, the final weekend of the regular season, for the Southern Oregon University softball team.

There's not as much arm-twisting to perform on JV because points don't count toward the team's hopes of winning.

Already the envy of every potential Lewis and Clark District and 3A enemy with the amount of returning speed back from last year, the Valley Catholic girls' track team has added a swift boon to its swarm of sprinters.

The throbbing in Abby Greer's throat paled in comparison to the pit in the sophomore's stomach as Westview's ace watched her team struggle against Jesuit on April 16. Stricken with a nasty case of strep throat that hindered her against Aloha, and eventually sidelined the hurler versus the Crusaders, it was all the ill Greer could do to not gambol ... (more)

Hillsboro senior Chase Kaplan isn't the only Spartans pitcher who can send batters back to the dugout looking dazed and confused.

Perhaps the scariest aspect of the Banks track and field team is that the best may be yet to come.

Having won three straight games, including a 4-0 win over Century April 14 to start the week, Newberg's positive momentum came to a screeching halt in disappointing losses to McMinnville and Hillsboro last week.

After all, midway through the contest, Vikings starter Andrew Siemiller and the Grizzlies' David Brosius had allowed no runs and practically no offense between them.

Banks isn't the only Cowapa League softball team in the top 10 of the Class 4A state power rankings this season, but the Braves proved last week that they're still the team to beat.