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South wins All-Star baseball series
Colton Smith, left, and Nate Virtue hold plaques commemorating their team’s victory in the annual All-Star Baseball series June 15-16. Their team, the South, who signed the jersey , bottom, lost...
Doug Peargin named swimming Coach of the Year – for 7th time
Sweet Home Coach Doug Peargin was named this year’s Coach of the Year for 4A-3A-2A-1A girls swimming at the Oregon Athletic Coaches Association banquet in May. Peargin’s girls swimmers won their...
All-League Huskies
These athletes are among those who earned All-League or All-State – or equivalent – honors for spring sports. In front, from left, are Sunhee Bitter, Softball, First Team All-League Infielder; Hon...
Local elementary athletes show their stuff at All School Track Meet
Dillan Davis of Oak Heights wins the fifth-grade boys 100-meter final as Ben Perry, left, also of Oak Heights, chases him to the finish line during the All School Track Meet May 10, which included...
Colton Smith named baseball MVP after record-setting year
Colton Smith was named the baseball team's Most Valuable Player, Offensive Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year during the team's annual awards banquet held Thursday, June 6. Offensively, the se...
JBO Baseball
Bradley Marks slides into third base. He later scored a run against Corvallis in seventh- and eighth-grade senior national baseball. At right, pitcher Brandon Elder tries to catch a Corvallis runner...
Savannah Hutchins named Husky softball MVP
Sophomore Savannah Hutchins was named the high school softball team's Most Valuable Player award during the Huskies' annual awards dessert June 3. Hutchins went 23-74 at the plate this season with a...
Lance Hanson, Kate Hawken, Noah Dinsfriend sign to compete in college
By Scott Swanson Of The New Era Three Sweet Home athletes have signed letters of intent to compete in track and field at the college level. Lance Hanson signed last week with George Fox, and Kate...
Noah Dinsfriend, Kate Hawken named Husky track MVPs
Seniors Noah Dinsfriend and Kate Hawken were named Most Valuable track and field athletes Friday evening, May 31, during the teams' awards dinner. Coach Dakotah Keys noted that this year's team...
Marissa Kurtz, Nate Virtue named top Sweet Home athletes
Nate Virtue and Marissa Kurtz were named the Booster Club Boy and Girl of the Year in Sweet Home High School athletics Sunday evening at the annual senior sports banquet held at the Sweet Home Elks...
Golf teams finish season
There were no individual honorees at the golf team’s awards dessert Wednesday evening, May 22. That’s because everybody who played golf for Sweet Home deserved honors, Coach Pat Davis told a crowd of parents and friends who attended the event....
Huskies pull out baseball playoff win at La Grande, fall to Astoria at home
Sweet Home ended its baseball season with a second-round 8-1 playoff loss to Astoria at home after beating La Gande 2-0 in the first round. On the road at La Grande on May 22, Colton Smith went the...
Huskies snatch softball victory in upset before losing to No. 1
Sweet Home snatched a victory from the proverbial jaws of defeat in a 5-4 first-round state softball playoff win May 22 in Gladstone before losing a tight 2-1 contest at top-ranked La Grande in the...
Baseball and softball move to second round in state playoffs
The Huskies move forward to the second round of state playoffs in baseball and softball Friday, May 24, after beating Gladstone 5-4 in softball and La Grande 2-0 in baseball, Wednesday, May 22. The ba... Full story
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One championship, three seconds give boys fourth at state track meet
It had been nearly a decade since Sweet Home last brought home a team trophy in boys track and field, but the Huskies broke that drought Saturday, May 19, at the state 4A championships with a...
Baseball team shuts out Elmira; to face La Grande in playoffs
The Huskies shut out Elmira in a pickup game Friday afternoon, May 17, on the road in preparation for a trip to the first round of state playoffs at La Grande. Elmira finished second in the Sky-Em League, said Coach John Best. “We picked them...
Softball 10U team wins tournament
A Sweet Home Softball Association 10U team coached by Clint Sieminski won four straight games in a weekend tournament at home. The team beat the Albany Redhawks 13-7, the Dallas Dragons 15-5 and 16-9 and Eugene Lightning 12-7....
Softball team will face Gladstone in playoffs
The Sweet Home High School softball team is headed for Gladstone Wednesday, May 22, in the first round of the playoffs. Game time is 5 p.m. Ranked ninth in the state, the Gladiators finished first in the Tri-Valley Conference with a 13-2 record in...
Day 2 a better round for Husky girls in state golf
Sweet Home's girls finished at the bottom of the leaderboard May 13-14 in their first-ever state tournament. The Huskies showed definite improvement on the second of the two-day event, shooting 485,...
SH qualifies for state track in 10 events, boys 3rd at districts
Sweet Home wound up its first Oregon West Conference district track last week with a third-place finish by the boys and state qualifiers in 10 events – six for the boys and four for the girls. The...
Huskies finish second in baseball race with losses to Newport
The Huskies baseball team snagged a sixth-inning lead to win its second game May 8 at home against Newport last week, making its final game Thursday on the road the league championship – whichever...
Huskies finish 2nd in OWC softball
Sweet Home lost 6-5 at home to Newport Thursday in softball to finish the season second place in the Oregon West Conference. Philomath is the league champion. The loss followed an 11-0 shutout at Sisters on May 8. The finish sends the Huskies to the...
Girls' first day at state golf tournament not stellar, but it's historic
Sweet Home's golfers made history this year by becoming the first Husky girls team to make the state tournament. The girls finished third May 6-7 in the Special District 3 tournament at Rogue Valley...
