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Taft wrestlers treat home crowd to memorable farewell showing

Taft High prepped for its bid to challenge for Special District 1 supremacy and goal of qualifying a school-record six wrestlers for the Class 3A State championships Thursday in its final home match of the season.

Taft senior wrestlers make final home stand Thursday

Eleven Taft High seniors will take to the mat for their final home appearance Thursday in the high school gym.

Taft falls as seniors suit up for last time before home fans

Taft High's basketball programs bid farewell to several players competing in their final home game Tuesday, with the boys falling to Clatskanie 52-47 and the girls playing in the late game.

Taft girls push Rainier to edge before falling; boys lose to league leaders

The Taft High girls basketball team moved to the brink of its first league victory of the season Friday before falling 40-33 at Rainier...

Taft girls stand strong before bowing out at State qualifier

Taft High senior Autumn Barela and freshman Kadence James made their presence felt against formidable odds Friday at Thurston High School in Springfield before...

Departing Taft High seniors make most of ‘Last Chance’ swims

Led by five departing seniors, 19 of Taft High’s 22 participants took Thursday’s “Last Chance” home swim meet to heart by posting their season-best times in preparation for next weekend's District championships.

Taft gets mat lesson in wrestling road match at Tillamook

Saying his team “went toe-to-toe with a wrestling machine,” the Tigers fell 63-15 to Tillamook, the state’s top-ranked Class 4A team, but experienced a “super fun night.”

Taft boys roll, girls fall in home league basketball games

Jordan Hall scored a team-high 13 points to help the Taft High boys basketball team snap a three-game losing skid Tuesday night with a 47-33 Coastal Range League home victory over Warrenton.

Taft freshman Sam Cortes dives deep into local swimming lore

On the surface, Taft High’s Sam Cortes has been a fixture in local swimming circles for nearly a decade now. Dive deeper and you’ll learn much more about the personable teenager who is earning the distinction of being among the school’s most dominating freshmen athletes ever.

Taft swimmers splash down third against bigger schools in Salem

Taft High senior Joram Hoff won two events, and senior Lydia Prins, junior Hunter Lundstedt and freshman Sam Cortes one each Saturday to lead the Tigers to third-place finishes at the Blanchet Invitational swim meet in Salem.

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