The New Era - All about Sweet Home since 1929

Wildlife officials captured a 25-pound snapping turtle found wandering through a Harrisburg pasture on Apr. 28. The invasive species, which poses a threat to native fish and wildlife habitats, not to...

It wasn't a record-setting meet for the Sweet Home boys, but the 4A State Championships certainly weren't an embarrassment for the Huskies, who came away with two placings and a bunch of experience....

At Sweet Home baseball's end of season awards banquet at Husky Field on May 24, senior catcher Lewis Conn won Team MVP. "This young man is very deserving," Head Coach John Best said. "Not only did he...

Sweet Home has athletes going to the state track and field championships in four events this Friday and Saturday, at Hayward Field in Eugene, following a fourth-place finish for the boys in the...

Kelsie Rush may not have been thinking long-term when she asked Coach Steve Thorpe in the summer of 2021 about the possibility of participating in the inaugural women's-only wrestling camp to be held...

Sweet Home softball pulled off an upset win against No. 8 Hidden Valley (19-8) on the Mustangs' home field in a play-in game on May 20. It took the Huskies one extra inning to knock off the favored...

Sweet Home's baseball team lost to Newport twice in its final two games of the season last week, falling to the Cubs 3-1 on the road on Wednesday and then losing 17-9 to their coastal competitors at h...

The Sweet Home softball team won its last two games of the regular season in emphatic fashion, beating North Marion 13-0 on the road on Wednesday and then besting Philomath 11-1 at home on Thursday....

Sweet Home's girls didn't place at the 4A/3A/2A/1A Special District 2 golf championship held May 8-9 at the McNary Golf Club. But Huskies Abby Logan and Hanna James, both rookies to competitive golf,...

Jacob Sieminski signed a letter of intent Tuesday, May 4, to wrestle at Southern Oregon University. As a crowd of family, teammates, friends and coaches watched, Sieminski committed to the Raiders,...

Sweet Home won both the boys and girls competitions Tuesday, May 2, as they hosted Stayton and Central Linn in the last regular-season track meet for the Husky varsity athletes before they host...

The ball finally bounced in the Sweet Home baseball team's favor last Thursday, as the Huskies beat a Cascade team that they had previously lost two games to that week by a score of 12-9. The win was...

The Sweet Home softball team (6-13) lost two home games to the top two squads in the Oregon West Conference last week, falling to Cascade 10-6 on Wednesday and Stayton 9-3 on Thursday. Of the game aga...

Sweet Home finished its golf season last weekend, placing fifth in the 4A-Special District 2 tournament held at the Tokatee Golf Course in McKenzie Bridge. The Huskies finished with a score of 789...

Sweet Home's wrestlers had their best performance ever at the Oregon Wrestling Association's Freestyle and Greco State Championships April 22-23 in Central Point. Sweet Home's wrestlers finished with...

Sweet Home softball (5-10) notched a pair of convincing conference wins last week at home against Newport (10-9) and North Marion (1-12) before falling on the road in a close one-run game to Cascade....

Sweet Home faced a Stayton team that is undefeated in the Oregon West Conference on back-to-back days last week and came out on the losing end, falling to the Eagles 11-1 on the road on Wednesday and...

Some seasonal weather seemed to put some spring into Sweet Home's top track athletes Saturday, April 22, as most posted personal bests in the Meet of Champions, one of the premier meets in the state...

By Jennifer Moody Orange Media Network Student broadcasters at Oregon State University were looking for sportscasting opportunities. Linn-Benton Community College wanted to improve streaming for its...

Sweet Home High School senior Jacob Sieminski has been honored by the Oregon Army National Guard as the state's Most Valuable Teammate in boys' wrestling. Sieminski finished the 2022-23 wrestling...

Sweet Home's softball team trounced league rivals Philomath (3-12) and North Marion (1-9) last week, beating the Warriors 18-8 at home on Wednesday , April 19, and then destroying the other Huskies...

The Sweet Home baseball team still finds itself winless this season after a tough slate of games against two teams undefeated in the Oregon West Conference, North Marion and Stayton. On Friday, April...

A raft of personal-bests, some new faces and some great weather all combined to give Sweet Home's boys a win over 11 other teams Friday at the North Marion Twilight meet in Aurora. "The kids did...

Sweet Home's golfers have played three tournaments since Spring Break and the Huskies are establishing themselves as an up-and-coming team, as they've consistently scored under 100 since March 31,...