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More than 100 cyclists rolled through Sweet Home off and on all day Saturday, Aug. 9, competing in the Swift Summit Northwest 200/100 cycling race. The event, which started and finished at Conversion...

Sweet Home Swim Club's Chloe Tyler and RJ Abbott swam on Oregon's all-star team in the Oregon Swimming Western Zone Championships last week at Mt. Hood Community College. Tyler, who will be a sophomor...

Sweet Home star swimmer Megan Hager competed over the weekend in U.S. Swimming's 2019 Futures Championships at Mt. Hood Aquatic Center in Gresham, coming away with one personal best and just missing...

Of The New Era Casey Tow finished third in the decathlon last week in the USATF Hershey National Junior Olympic Track & Field 17-18 Championships in Sacramento, Calif. Competing in his fourth...

Of The New Era Lucie Davis' sophomore year as a swimmer at Boise State University started with a low. Her coach quit, suddenly, right before summer workouts were supposed to begin. Davis had won four...

Sweet Home finished third in the state Senior American (grades 7-8) tournament held Friday through Sunday in Oregon City. The team also won the Sportsmanship Award. The team beat Roosevelt 12-8 but...

Wyatt Calkins slides into second base against Beaverton during the JBO Senior National (grades 7-8) state tournament. Sweet Home finished fifth in tournament, held Friday and Saturday at Central High...

Lucie Davis of Sweet Home, right, now swimming for Boise State and the Bronco Swim Club, qualified for the 800 meter freestyle in the Olympic Trials after winning the evnet in the USA Swimming Senior...

Sweet Home High School graduate Nate Virtue will play in the annual East West All-Star Football Game Aug. 3 in Baker City. The Shriners host all-star football players from the 1A through the 4A each...

Sweet Home hosted the 19th annual Santiam Wrestling Camp July 6-9, drawing some 130 wrestlers of all ages, left, including girls this year, from around the state. The camp also served as training...

Sweet Home faced off last weekend against Stayton, the defending state champion in JBO Senior American baseball, grades seven and eight. The two teams met in the district tournament held Saturday in...

Sweet Home No. 1 won the district tournament Saturday and Sunday at Central High School in Monmouth-Independence. Sweet Home 1 beat Harrsiburg 11-1 and then Newport 16-1 to advance to the district...

The Jaguars of Modesto, Calif., face off against the Portland Blue Crush at the eighth annual TruWest Oregon Open Water Water Polo Tournament held July 8-11 at Lewis Creek Park on Foster Lake....

Editor’s note: Typically, The New Era runs these photos as they become available, as soon after the sports seasons they represent as possible. However, this year, due to various complications, we...

Editor's note: Typically, The New Era runs these photos as they become available, as soon after the sports seasons they represent as possible. However, this year, due to various complications, we...

Members of this past year’s Tigers track and field team include, in front, from left, Rylie Hooley, Lydia Wright, Chris Kurtz, Tyrell Barron, Ashton Swanson, Colton Welch, Mark Wolthuis, Stephanie...

The Sweet Home Senior American team, ages 13-14, shut out West Albany 16-0 July 2 on the high school varsity field. Coach Tim Holly said the team went on to beat Crescent Valley 22-4 Monday evening,...

Sweet Home is hosting 32 water polo teams from all over the West this week at Foster Lake for the eighth annual TruWest Oregon Open Water Water Polo Tournament hosted by Willamette Valley Water...

Of The New Era Sweet Home’s Casey Tow is following in the footsteps of his coach, Dakotah Keys, winning the decathlon at the USATF Region 13 Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships July 4-5 at...

Of The New Era When Luke Perkins lined up his final arrow at this year’s Wapiti Bowmen Bonanza Safari Shoot on Richardson Gap Road on June 15, it was the culmination of a journey. It had been a bit...