After 33 years in wrestling room, Tim Boatwright takes off proverbial shoes
Scott Swanson It’s a tradition in Sweet Home for senior wrestlers who have finished their last home match…
Wrestlers open season in reloading mode
Scott Swanson Sweet Home’s wrestling program has had an almost unprecendented run of success in the last five…
Depth is back for girl swimmers but boys’ ranks still thin
Scott Swanson Last year Sweet Home’s girls swimming team had what was for them a bit of a…
AD plans to address parents on Sweet Home sportsmanship
Scott Swanson Athletic Director Steve Brown plans to address the issue of sportsmanship in a all-winter-sports parents meeting…
Katie Virtue signs letter to play softball for Oregon Tech
Scott Swanson Katie Virtue signed a letter of intent Thursday, Nov. 14, to play softball at Oregon Institute…
Kids spruce up vets memorial
Scott Swanson Some stormy fall weather did little to deter Hawthorne School fifth-graders who spent half a day…
WWII vet: Safe return due to mom’s ‘prayers’
Scott Swanson Sheridan Arnold grew up in harsh conditions on the North Dakota prairie on a farm that…
Hiett third, Rasmussen sixth in state cross-country
Scott Swanson There wasn’t a lot of drama for Jakob Hiett and Nicole Rasmussen Saturday at the OSAA…
Siuslaw slams brakes on Huskies’ football playoff hopes
Scott Swanson Sweet Home’s football team ended a difficult season Friday with a 49-21 loss to No. 6-ranked…
Era ending: Triple twins on Husky girls soccer team
Scott Swanson For the past two years, opponents have lined up against Sweet Home’s girls soccer team and…
Honor Flight takes WWII vet to Washington, D.C.
Scott Swanson Les Stiles had never heard about the Honor Flight program until he saw a newspaper report…
Huskies clinch playoffs berth with win over JC
Scott Swanson With three running backs out with season-ending injuries, it would be an optimum time for the…
Green and gold mixes with South Albany red and gray
Scott Swanson South Albany Head Coach David Younger and his assistants may be wearing red and gray, but…
OSAA finalizes redistricting plan, raises ire with other proposals
Scott Swanson Sweet Home athletes and coaches will see new faces on the other side of the courts…
Kindred spirit marks Little Promises leadership switch
Scott Swanson After 30 years as director of Little Promises Preschool, which she founded, Anita Hutchins needed to…
Moving Day: Down to the wire, local loggers provide equipment, expertise to relocate depot
Scott Swanson With groundbreaking at the future Bi-Mart site waiting to happen, local logging contractors provided the proverbial…
Local couple says small-engine LP gas conversions can benefit SH
Scott Swanson A Sweet Home couple is launching a new business enterprise that they say will provide local…
High school students, teachers focus on school pride, responsibility
Scott Swanson Sweet Home High School Principal Keith Winslow made sure he had the undivided attention of all…
After a year away, Colleen Henry back at SHJH ‘ as principal
Scott Swanson Colleen Henry loves junior high students. It’s pretty obvious. The enthusiasm in her voice rises noticeably…
Storm slams Sweet Home
Scott Swanson Lightning struck near a local school and buildings flooded Thursday, Sept. 6, as a rare late-summer…
Enrollment up, superintendent says, as Sweet Home kids return to school
Scott Swanson Despite a day without computers that ended with a freak storm, which knocked out power to…
School board chooses former member Ellis
Scott Swanson Sweet Home School Board members on Monday chose one of their former colleagues to fill a…
Gill signs to wrestle at SOU after deciding to forgo football
Scott Swanson Southern Oregon University’s wrestling program now has four Sweet Home alums on its roster after Zach…
Linn Shuttle offering new schedule, new bus connections
Scott Swanson In response to increased demands for local bus service, Linn Shuttle is adding routes and synch-ing…
SH football taking new direction
Scott Swanson Sweet Home’s football program, now in its fourth year under Coach Dustin Nichol, is looking to…