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Tristan Saultz and Jessy Hart were named Most Valuable Runners for the cross-country team at its awards dinner Friday, Nov. 8 at the youth barn at Community Chapel. Coach Kambria Schumacher noted...

Chase Lopez and J.J. Mata were named Most Valuable Players last week during the team's awards banquet, held Nov. 4. Both received all-league honorable mention honors, said Coach Eric Stutzer, and...

Sweet Home's volleyball players finished second in the state 4A championship tournament after sweeping Hidden Valley and Philomath Friday to reach the state final Saturday for the first time in 27...

Sweet Home's volleyball team finished second in the state tournament Saturday night with a 3-0 loss to defending champion Valley Catholic. The Huskies swept the opposition until the final match,... Full story

The Sweet Home High School varsity volleyball team is headed to the final eight Friday and Saturday in Forest Grove after decisively eliminating Marshfield, 25-16, 25-13 and 25-18, in the first round...

J.J. Mata took a shot and scored at home Oct. 29 to give the Huskies a goal on the way out as the they closed out their boys soccer season with a 7-1 loss to Newport. That night, "we were really...

Sweet Home senior wrestler Lexi Schilling on Thursday, Oct, 24, signed to wrestle for the first women's wrestling team at Corban University in Salem. "Today's a very exciting day for us," said Sweet...

Coach Dustin Nichol expected a strong ground game from Estacada in Sweet Home's play-in football matchup in the Rangers' stadium Friday night, Nov. 1. He was right – in spades. Estacada's veer...

Sweet Home's cross-country runners came up short in their quest for berths in this Saturday's state championships, as the boys finished fourth and the girls sixth at the Oregon West district meet Satu...

It hasn't been a great season for Sweet Home's football team. There was that disappointing loss to Sisters. Then another to Stayton. But when push came to shove, the Huskies held firm to outlast Newpo...

Showing improvement across the field, Sweet Home's boys lost to Cascade 8-0 on the road Oct. 22 and Sisters 4-1 at home Thursday, Oct. 24, in soccer. While Cascade scored four goals in the first...

Sweet Home lost 2-1 at home against Cascade Oct. 22 and 3-1 at Sisters Thursday, Oct. 24, in girls soccer. Cascade scored twice in the first half of the game, while Esther Ramsey scored for the...

In its final tune-up for the district cross-country competition, Sweet Home found itself on a brand new course Wednesday, Oct. 23, at the Creekside Golf Course in Keizer. Traditionally, the Huskies...

The Huskies made a significantly better showing against Stayton last week in girls soccer while on their way to a 4-1 loss at home. The last time the two teams played each other, the Huskies lost...

When school district administrators decided this year to add soccer to the list of sports offered by Sweet Home Junior High, the goal was to build a program that would feed the high school's...

Sweet Home's volleyball team swings into its final week of the league season this week after defeating Cascade 25-10, 25-17, 25-11 on Senior Night in front of fans decked out for a Pink Out against br...

Sweet Home lost 9-0 at home in girls soccer against Philomath on Oct. 8. Coach Ramiro Santana said he was down five starters for various reasons going into the game. They included Chloe Fairchild,...

Sweet Home retained its No. 2 state volleyball ranking last week with a 3-0 win over Stayton Wednesday, Oct. 9, after beating Philomath in four games the previous Monday. "It was pretty routine,"...

Sweet Home needed a turnaround after two deflating league losses and it came on Homecoming night for the Huskies, who ran over Philomath 42-3 Thursday, Oct. 10. "We needed a win," said Head Coach...