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Sweet Home swimmers edge Shelton, beat two others at Newport
After missing an extra week after their swim meet at Stayton, scheduled for Dec. 30, was called off due to weather, Sweet Home’s girls got back into the groove Saturday at Newport, coming away with a team win. The boys were third, behind Newport,...
Boys basketball: Tough competition keeps Huskies on losing end
Sweet Home boys basketball (2-11, No. 31 state ranking) lost to two much higher-ranked opponents in two road games last week, falling to Corbett (8-1, No. 13) 61-34 on Jan. 4 and Woodburn (10-2, No. 12) 48-22 on Jan. 7. “We’re getting a lot of...
Girls wrestling: Four Huskies, team win titles at inaugural Linn County girls championships
Sweet Home's girls won the first-ever Linn County women's wrestling championship tournament Friday, Jan. 7, finishing ahead of five other schools. Sweet Home had 13 entrants in the tournament, with...
Boys wrestling: At less than full strength, Huskies beat Tillamook, win county tourney
Sweet Home's boys wrestling team, like just about everybody else, has been dealing with sickness as well as the normal injuries and other hurdles that arise every season. But the Huskies put on a good...
Girls basketball: Sweet Home falls to No. 2 Corbett, No. 8 Woodburn
Sweet Home girls basketball (4-8, No. 20-ranked in the 4A), dropped both contests last week, losing to Corbett (11-0, No. 3) 58-44 at home on Jan. 4 and later falling to league-rival Woodburn (8-2, No. 8) 39-32 on the road. Despite the losses, Head...
See Reser explode: Public invited to watch Friday's implosion of stadium's west side
The public is invited to view a livestream of the implosion of the west side of Oregon State University’s Reser Stadium the morning of Friday, Jan. 7, as part of a $153 million project to complete Reser Stadium. “The implosion of the westside sta...
Husky boys can't find winner's circle in holiday basketball tournament
Sweet Home's boys basketball team came up winless at the SCTC Holiday Classic at Stayton High School last week, in a slate of three games that featured two showdowns against 5A schools. The Huskies,...
Swimming Awards
Sweet Home Swim Club members Mahlia "Josie" Hewitt and Chloe Tyler hold trophies they received at Oregon Swimming's Top-5 Banquet, which honors swimmers with the top-fastest times in the state in...
Sweet Home boys finish sixth behind some of state's top wrestling teams at NW Duals
Sweet Home's varsity boys finished sixth in the 34-team Northwest Duals wrestling tournament hosted Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 29 and 30, by West Albany at the Linn County Expo Center. The...
Wrestling: Girls 4th in 12-team Northwest Duals, a first for many of them
Sweet Home's girls finished fourth out of 12 teams at the Northwest Girls Duals wrestling tournament Thursday, Dec. 30, hosted by West Albany at the Linn County Expo Center. Thurston, which beat the...
Huskies give up halftime lead in loss to Yamhill-Carlton
Yamhill-Carlton (2-6) came back in the second half to upend Sweet Home's (2-6) two-point halftime lead en route to a 46-38 non-league boys basketball victory on Tuesday, Dec. 21. "It was a close game...
Girls improve to .500 in hoops with win over Yamhill-Carlton
The Huskies moved to .500 on the season (4-4) with a win at home on Dec. 21 against 3A Yamhill-Carlton (1-7), 44-37. Despite being down 16-15 at half, the Huskies won the third and fourth quarters by...
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Gracie Olson-Stutzman, pioneer in sport, takes reins of SH girls wrestling
Gracie Olson Stutzman is Sweet Home's new girls wrestling coach, but she's definitely no stranger to the sport. She has lived with wrestling for virtually her entire life. Her older brother Trever sta...
Chafin signs letter of intent to wrestle for Eastern Oregon
Paige Chafin signed a letter of intent Thursday, Dec. 16, to wrestle for Eastern Oregon University, in a ceremony held in the Main Gym immediately before Sweet Home hosted three other teams in a round...
Boys fall hard to Marist, then rebound to defeat Harrisburg
Sweet Home's boys basketball team split a pair of non-league road contests last week, falling to Marist Catholic (4-3) 61-20, but bouncing back to beat Harrisburg (4-3) 46-45. The Husky performance...
Girls struggle against top hoops teams
Still a few weeks from league competition, Sweet Home (3-4) continued a strong non-league schedule, squaring off in road contests against No. 11 Marist Catholic (3-3) on Tuesday, Dec. 14, and undefeated Harrisburg (6-0) on Friday, Dec. 17. The Huskie...
Husky girls swim past La Grande at Lebanon meet
Sweet Home's swimmers got a look Saturday, Dec. 18, at competition they rarely see before they get to state – La Grande and Baker – at the Lebanon Invitational. La Grande's boys showed up with...
Wrestling: Huskies sweep home meet, go 3-1 at Thurston
Sweet Home's boys swept three opponents in a round-robin duals wrestling match at home Thursday, Dec. 16, before moving on to Thurston Saturday, where the Huskies went 3-1, losing to the hosts. Sweet...
Depleted wrestlers take sixth at tough Rose City; girls host first tournament
Sweet Home's boys placed sixth in the 22-team Rose City Championships last weekend, while the Huskies hosted the first-ever all-girls high school tournament in Sweet Home. Sweet Home's finish was...
Girls basketball wins two games on road, falls to No. 3 Junction City
Sweet Home girls basketball (3-2) won two games and lost one – to a top-ranked team – in last week’s action. Playing at Molalla on Dec. 7, the girls won 45-36. Head Coach Michelle Knight noted that her team won every quarter of that game....
Turnovers plague boys basketball as Sweet Home falls to 1-4
Sweet Home boys basketball (1-4) was unable to find the win column last week. On Tuesday they fell 50-25 at home to #14 Molalla (3-2). "We didn't defend, run our stuff or rebound very well," Head...
Swimmers sweep girls meet against Marist, St. Mary's, Salem Academy
Sweet Home's swimmers showed their depth, at least on the girls side, and turned in some quality times Friday as they hosted Marist, Salem Academy and St. Mary's (Medford). "They swam really well,"...
Swimmers open with wins over Stayton, Blanchet, Kennedy
Sweet Home's swimmers got their feet wet for the new season Friday, hosting Blanchet, Stayton and Kennedy in a meet that the Huskies won easily, not just with depth but with top finishes. "We had a to...
Wrestling: Husky girls second at Cascadia tourney; boys team fourth
Seniors Paige Chafin and Kami Hart led the Husky girls to a second-place finish at the 20-team Perry Burlison Girls Tournament, hosted by Cascade Saturday, Dec. 4. Thirteen Huskies scored a total of...
Husky boys open with hoops win over Elmira, hang tough at Gladstone
Sweet Home boys basketball opened their season with a win at home followed by a loss on the road. On Dec. 1, the Huskies prevailed in their opener over Elmira, 44-26. Sophomore Nathan Aker led the...
