The Taft High boys golf team overcame wet playing conditions that included casual water on some fairways, greens and bunkers to place second Monday in an 18-hole West Valley League match near Lebanon.
Considering his status as leadoff hitter and team captain, who better to set the stage for the Taft High baseball team’s undeniable success than senior shortstop Josh Salsbery.
Taft High senior sprinter Gabe Arce-Torres captured the 400-meter dash Saturday at the 32-team Prefontaine Rotary Invitational at Marshfield High School.
Starter Caleb King surrendered just one hit over six innings and fellow senior Jack Stempel collected three hits and four RBIs Saturday to lead the Taft High baseball team to a 10-1 non-league victory at Pleasant Hill.
Brayan Mateo won both sprints, Austin Winters won the 1,500, Joshua Ruiz won the shot put and Kaden Hindman won the javelin to lead Taft to the boys title Wednesday in a West Valley League middle school track and field meet at Amity.
Ella Knott won two events and Autumn Ellis one for the girls, while Preston Nightingale, Gabe Arce-Torres, JJ French and Logan Mclendon won individual titles for the boys to lead Taft High to both team championships Tuesday in a track and field meet at Voris Field.
They say a win is a win is a win, but you’d never know it from Taft High softball Coach Sandy Stuart despite her team’s 5-4 extra-inning league home victory Tuesday over Santiam Christian.
They have a 10-run mercy rule in Oregon high school baseball for a reason -- and that reason might be pitching ace Jack Stempel and the players supporting him at the plate and in the field for the Taft High baseball team.
