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Boys win 2 of 3 to open basketball campaign
Ken Roberts For The New Era Playing their third game in four days Monday night in their home…
Swimmers get off to good start at Philomath
Sweet Home’s swimmers won 12 of the 13 events they entered Thursday, Dec. 4, at the Philomath Swim…
Girls open hoops season on learning curve
Ken Roberts For The New Era After a full week of four games with no full practices between…
Wrestlers win two of three in season opener
Sweet Home’s wrestlers opened their season Friday with a four-team tournament in their own gym, beating South Umpqua…
Mat Club on the move
This group of 34 fourth- through eighth-graders competed in the Harrisburg Wrestling Tournament on Nov. 22 for the…
Local fighters on Saturday card in Springfield
The Bully Gang mixed martial arts team will send two fighters to Brass Knuckles Emerald City Cage Fights…
Start new Thanksgiving tradition: turkey hunting
Thanksgiving may be over but it’s a good time to start planning for next year. Think about hunting…
SH cheer member tops in all-state competition
Sweet Home’s Abby Rice placed first in the state Nov. 22 at the Oregon Cheerleading Coaches Association All-State…
Huskies rank up there in 4A grades
Several Sweet Home athletic teams have been recognized for achievement in the classroom as well as on the…
Swimming: Girls are green but boys are going for gold
Scott Swanson Of The New Era With three state place-winners returning from last year’s state runner-up boys swimming…
Girls basketball team seeks to build with new coach
Ken Roberts For The New Era For the girls basketball team, the retooling of the program continues under…
Huskies aim for state wrestling trophy
Scott Swanson Of The New Era The Sweet Home wrestling team is once again aiming for the top…
Husky boys bring new look to basketball court
Dick Oglesby and Sean C. Morgan Of The New Era New coach Konstanty Knurowski is feeling optimistic as…
Eighth-grade volleyball goes 14-8
The eighth-grade team went 14-8 this year. “It was really good,” said Coach Kim Armstrong of the season.…
Jr. high boys soccer finishes 8-0
The junior high-aged boys soccer team played in the Valley League in Eugene this year. The team finished…
Jr. high girls Soccer wins 2-1
The junior high-aged girls soccer team started slow against the stiff competition in Eugene’s Valley League. The team…
Eighth-grade football sweeps competition
The eighth-grade football team showed promise of things to come, finishing the season with a solid 6-0 record…
Local driver back on track after 30-plus years
Sean C. Morgan Of The New Era It’s been decades in the making, but Tim Theodoroff finally got…
Outdoors: Elk hunters’ success varied
Results aren’t in yet from the general Rocky Mountain bull elk season, which started Nov. 8. But considering…
Seniors lead water polo winners
The Sweet Home water polo team this year went from zero to the state playoffs, which, Coach Craig…
Santana is boys soccer MVP
Alex Santana was named the Husky boys soccer team’s Most Valuable Player Thursday night. Isaiah Blake received the…
Zane Wise named football’s Most Valuable Player
Lineman Zane Wise was named Most Valuable Player at the Sweet Home football team’s awards dessert Thursday. Wise,…
Volleyball leader Niemi named Outstanding Player
Paige Niemi, the lone senior on a very young Sweet Home volleyball squad, was named the team’s Outstanding…
New coach takes reins of girls basketball
Sean C. Morgan Of The New Era John Barnes of Sweet Home has been named the new varsity…
Alex Hawk named most valuable girls soccer player
Alex Hawk was named the girls soccer team’s Most Valuable Player and Defensive Player of the Year. Sarah…