The Taft High defense, one year removed from surrendering 60 points in a 60-29 shootout loss to State-bound Harrisburg, limited the Eagles to just six points Friday to march off with a 14-6 home upset in the Class 3A football opener for both teams.
A brutal schedule is nothing new to the Taft High football team -- but playoff aspirations are -- and confidence abounds as the Tigers prepare to open the season Friday at Voris Field against perennial power Harrisburg.
Optimism runs high as Taft High volleyball coach Kelsey Hart hopes tonight’s home opener against Amity will provide some of the many answers she is seeking for a promising season.
I’ve walked 18 holes stride-for-stride inside the ropes with the greatest golfer who ever lived, shared a hot-air balloon with the sport’s all-time most popular player, and interviewed the game’s most dominant female star at a Las Vegas blackjack table.
But covering the kids is where it's at.
The annual Lincoln City Invitational mushball tournament came to a close Sunday with Portland's Billy Webb's Elks defeating defending champions St. Johns for their first beach title, going undefeated in the process.
Scores of mushball players and their fans descended upon Lincoln City Saturday for the annual two-day Lincoln City Invitational tournament at Kirtsis Park.
Inspired by new Taft High cheer coach Jazmyn Logan and nominated by her camp leader to try out, senior Nicole Sperry has become eligible to participate in London's New Year's Day Parade with fellow competitors who have achieved All-American status at a summer spirit camp.
"I learned how much this game really helped the kids in the Shriners hospital," Fisher said after joining approximately 55 of the state's best small-school athletes for the annual contest as a representative of the West.
Taft High grad and Western Oregon University sophomore Gabe Arce-Torres parlayed his freshman season on the track last spring into being honored Tuesday for his academic success by the U.S. Track and Field & Cross Country Coaches Association.
Like a baserunner stretching a single into a double, Taft High juniors Hailee Danneker and Emma Coulter have been named second-team Class 3A All-State...
