Lincoln City Sports News | Taft Tigers Sports Coverage

Local youth cheer program grows in numbers, community support

Cheerleading

Lincoln City Youth Sideline Competition Cheerleaders will represent the Taft 7-12 middle-school football team at 4 p.m. Wednesday against Willamina at Voris Field. Eleven participants...

Taft cheer team to host mini-camp for spirited youngsters

Cheerleading

Boys and girls kindergarten through sixth grade interested in rooting on the Taft High football team at its Oct. 11 game against Clatskanie can...

Hindman, Lundstedt, Ellis pace Taft at prestigious Prefontaine

Cross Country

Lucas Hindman placed 28th and Hunter Lundstedt 34th Saturday to lead the Taft High boys, while fellow senior Autumn Ellis finished 25th to pace...

Tigers cut Loggers down to size with 24-6 home football win

Football

Junior running back JJ French rushed for over 100 yards and two touchdowns, and senior wide receiver Jordan Hall added another Friday to lead Taft High to a 24-6 nonconference football victory over visiting Knappa.

Goalie’s sudden injury leaves Taft shorthanded in girls soccer defeat

Soccer

You know you’re in trouble when you lose your starting goalkeeper to an injury just prior to a key league home match, but during...

Tigers get downright defensive in back-to-back boys soccer shutouts

Soccer

The first-place Taft High boys soccer team improved to 4-0 with back-to-back 4-0 league victories over Blanchet Catholic and Yamhill-Carlton this week.

Spirited Tigers seek to turn tide in return home against Loggers

Football

Shake out the pom poms, strike up the band. The Taft Tigers return home Friday night with hopes of revisiting the winning feeling of a big victory to open the season following a difficult road loss last week.

Jin scores first goal but visiting Tigers fall to Blanchet Catholic

Soccer

Taft's junior midfielder Veronica Jin scored her first high school goal Monday off a pass from Senior Autumn Ellis in a 1-4 league loss at 16th ranked Blanchet Catholic.

Four Tigers take top finishes into Cape Kiwanda Challenge

Cross Country

Four Taft High athletes will be coming off top-10 performances when the Tigers return to cross country action Thursday at the Nestucca Cape Kiwanda...