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Fourth-quarter run lifts Tigers over Vikings
published: 2/2/2010 2:36:10 PM
FOREST GROVE — Newberg outscored host Forest Grove 22-7 Friday in the fourth quarter and earned a 48-36 win against the Vikings. The Tigers (12-4 overall, 5-2 Pacific Conference), who were outscored 17-7 in the second period, closed the game to within three points to start the fourth quarter, then took control as the Vikings (8-10, 2-6) shot 17 percent in the final period.
Bucks rebound for two crucial wins
published: 2/2/2010 2:41:12 PM
The week didn’t start out well for the St. Paul High School boys basketball team, but it ended on a high note. The Bucks struggled offensively in a 59-27 loss at No.
Bruins run by Loggers
published: 2/2/2010 2:42:52 PM
TACOMA, Wash. — Evan Atwater exceeded 1,000 points for his George Fox career and the visiting Bruins outscored the University of Puget Sound 53-31 over the final 16 minutes of the game to take home an 87-75 victory in Northwest Conference action.
No. 6 Bruins fell Loggers for two-game lead
published: 2/2/2010 2:44:11 PM
TACOMA, Wash. — George Fox took a critical 60-51 decision over University of Puget Sound in a battle of nationally-ranked teams Friday evening here at Memorial Fieldhouse.
Three earn titles, Tigers claim third place at Reser’s tourney
published: 2/2/2010 2:47:42 PM
HILLSBORO — Three seemed to be the magic number for the Newberg High School wrestling team this weekend. With three individual champions and a couple of third-place finishers, the Tigers finished third at the Reser’s Tournament of Champions at Liberty High School.
Tigers 7-0 with win against Vikings
published: 2/2/2010 2:48:49 PM
FOREST GROVE — Senior guard AJ Grant scored 22 points Friday to lead No. 4-ranked Newberg to a 68-45 win against Forest Grove. NHS senior guards Jordan Howell and Brett Vernon added 13 points and 10 points, respectively.
Bucks win easily, lose badly
published: 2/2/2010 2:51:51 PM
The St. Paul High School girls basketball got what it needed this weekend — a Casco League win. The Bucks dominated from start to finish Friday in a 73-28 home win against Willamette Valley Christian to keep pace in the race for a Casco League playoff spot.
No. 4-ranked Tigers stunned at home by Cougars
published: 2/3/2010 2:16:10 PM
Canby used stellar fourth-quarter free throw shooting, along with a key defensive game plan, Tuesday to earn a 64-59 upset against No. 4-ranked Newberg.
Watchmen head into stretch run after winning three of last four
published: 2/5/2010 2:06:16 PM
The C.S. Lewis Academy boys basketball team is on a roll. The Watchmen have won three of their past four games, finishing with a 57-26 win Thursday at Oregon School of the Deaf in Salem.
Tony Smith 1A coach of the year, others earn honors
published: 2/5/2010 2:09:14 PM
ST. PAUL — Honors continue to roll in for the state champion St. Paul football team. Six members of the undefeated Bucks squad were first-team all-state selections, while senior Ryan Pierson was named state player of the year and Tony Smith was named coach of the year.
Accolades continue for the Bucks’ Ryan Pierson
published: 2/5/2010 2:12:13 PM
ST. PAUL — Locally, and even around the state, Ryan Pierson has been recognized as the focal point of the high-octane offense that in November carried the St.
Bruins ranked in top 20 in pre-season polls
published: 2/5/2010 2:13:27 PM
Coming off a 36-11 campaign in 2009 that saw them win the Northwest Conference and reach the finals of the NCAA Division III west regional, George Fox has been ranked in the top 20 in both the 2010 Collegiate Baseball and D3baseball.
NHS Tiger cheer team off to state
published: 2/5/2010 2:15:50 PM
PORTLAND — Newberg High School’s varsity cheerleading squad will compete Feb. 13 in the state finals with 12 of the 14-member squad taking the floor at the Memorial Coliseum.
Shielee, team earn Oregon Sports Awards
published: 2/5/2010 2:18:37 PM
BEAVERTON — George Fox basketball alum Kristen Shielee and the 2008-2009 national championship team walked away with top awards Jan. 31 from the Oregon Sports Awards on the Nike World Campus.
NHS girls win, boys lose against Forest Grove
published: 2/5/2010 2:22:17 PM
The last meet of the Pacific Conference regular season was a good one for the Newberg girls, not so much for the boys. The girls team overcame Forest Grove easily, earning 110 points to the Vikings’ 60.
Big second half lifts SPHS to win
published: 2/5/2010 2:23:27 PM
St. Paul limited Falls City to nine points in the second half Tuesday and scored a 39-23 home win against the Mountaineers. The Bucks (13-6 overall, 8-3 Casco League) jumped out to a 14-4 lead after the first quarter, but an improved Mountaineers team (7-10, 4-7) bounced back in the second period to pull within 18-14 by halftime.
Roller-coaster season continues as Bucks win
published: 2/5/2010 2:24:41 PM
Luckily for St. Paul, wins don’t have to be pretty to be effective. A win is simply a win and fortunately for the Bucks, that’s exactly what they earned Tuesday in a 41-21 victory against Falls City.
Tigers struggle against Timberwolves
published: 2/5/2010 2:27:46 PM
TUALATIN — Newberg was held to a season-low 21 points Thursday and suffered a 47-21 loss at No. 8-ranked Tualatin. The Tigers (13-5 overall, 6-3 Pacific Conference) struggled offensively all night, shooting 20 percent (9-46).
Newberg dominates Tualatin for dual-meet conference title
published: 2/5/2010 2:30:53 PM
On paper, Thursday’s dual meet between the Newberg High School wrestling team and Tualatin should have been close. After all, both held 4-0 records in the Pacific Conference, Tualatin was ranked No.
Search for new NHS football coach begins
published: 2/9/2010 2:39:54 PM
Tim Burke is in a bit of unfamiliar territory. For the first time in his career, the Newberg High School athletic director is heading up the search for a football coach.
Tigers prepped for district tournament
published: 2/9/2010 2:43:50 PM
Headlined by 13 wrestlers who are ranked in the state’s top-10, Newberg appears to be the favorite heading into this weekend’s Pacific Conference district tournament at Forest Grove High School.
Mays breaks two of Sherman CST records
published: 2/9/2010 2:45:15 PM
A member of the Chehalem Swim Team has broken a decade-old club record. Catherine Mays, 14, surpassed Mary Sherman’s 2000 performances in the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly at the Coast Range Qualifier in Forest Grove last weekend.
NHS suffers second straight close loss
published: 2/9/2010 2:46:20 PM
Newberg’s team did something Friday it hadn’t done all season — lose its second consecutive game. After a 64-59 home loss to Canby earlier in the week, the Tigers fell 43-40 Friday to Tualatin, a team that has won five in a row and hasn’t lost a game since a 57-50 defeat by the Tigers Jan.
Watchmen head into stretch run winning 3 of the past 4
published: 2/9/2010 2:47:27 PM
The C.S. Lewis Academy boys basketball team is on a roll. The Watchmen have won three of their past four games, finishing with a 57-26 win Feb. 4 at Oregon School of the Deaf in Salem.
Scoring drought hampers Bucks
published: 2/9/2010 2:48:37 PM
PERRYDALE — For a while Friday, it seemed like Jerry Grant was in a dream. The St. Paul coach was watching his squad jump to a five-point lead in a crucial Casco League matchup at Perrydale.
St. Paul beats their nemesis, Perrydale
published: 2/9/2010 2:49:48 PM
PERRYDALE — St. Paul overcame a ragged start to defeat rival Perrydale 60-37 Friday night at Perrydale High School. “It started out like a true rivalry game,” said Bucks coach Vince Drago.
Whitworth too much for GFU
published: 2/9/2010 2:53:33 PM
Whitworth’s Eric Beal scored a game-high 30 points to lead the No. 10-ranked Pirates to a 98-88 win Saturday against George Fox. George Fox fell to 10-11 overall and 7-5 in the conference.
Bruins nab 2 more, stretch win streak
published: 2/9/2010 2:58:48 PM
George Fox held Whitworth to five field goals in the second half Saturday and turned a 10-point halftime lead into a 70-43 blowout. George Fox, ranked No.
Grizzlies hand Tigers third straight loss
published: 2/10/2010 2:14:14 PM
McMINNVILLE — It seemed like everyone for McMinnville was hitting three-pointers Tuesday after the second half. One wasn’t even in a Grizzlies uniform as the Newberg High School boys basketball team suffered its third consecutive defeat, an 84-62 loss at McMinnville.
NHS student will help lead rodeo team
published: 2/12/2010 4:06:53 PM
Newberg High School senior Austin Woods was named last month by the National High School Rodeo Association as co-captain of the Wrangler All-Star Rodeo Team for high school.
Bruins blank Coyotes in new coach’s first match
published: 2/12/2010 4:08:15 PM
BEAVERTON — New George Fox coach Neal Ninteman picked up his first career win in his very first try as the Bruins swept the College of Idaho 9-0 in the season-opening match for both teams Feb.
Bruins picked to finish third in Northwest Conference
published: 2/12/2010 4:09:31 PM
After losing five all-conference hitters from last year’s lineup, but with three all-conference pitchers returning, defending Northwest Conference baseball co-champion George Fox has been picked to finish third in a poll of the league’s nine coaches.
Bucks sweep CSLA, both head to post season
published: 2/12/2010 4:13:24 PM
St. Paul used scoring runs late in the second and third quarters Thursday to conclude the Casco League regular season with a 56-40 home win against C.
Bucks beat Watchmen in league finale
published: 2/12/2010 4:16:42 PM
ST. PAUL — The Bucks had 11 of its 12 players score Thursday as it closed out the Casco League season with a dominant 50-21 home win against C.S. Lewis Academy.
NHS dominates start to finish
published: 2/12/2010 4:24:18 PM
Newberg bounced back from a disappointing loss Tuesday with a dominant 59-29 win at McMinnville.Newberg, which entered the game off a 47-21 loss at Tualatin where the Tigers’ offense struggled all night, had earned a 61-28 win against McMinnville (1-18, 0-10) the last time the teams played, making Tuesday’s score nearly identical to the first matchup.
GFU drops first match under its new coach
published: 2/16/2010 2:33:46 PM
BEAVERTON — George Fox coach Neal Ninteman suffered his first loss, an 8-1 defeat, of the 2010 season Saturday at the hands of Willamette at the West Hills Racquet Club.
Bruins go 2-2 in Arizona tournament
published: 2/16/2010 2:35:11 PM
ANTHEM, Ariz. — George Fox got a so-so start to its 2010 season last weekend, going 2-2 in the Arizona Desert Baseball Classic. GFU bested Occidental and Whittier colleges and fell to California Lutheran University and University of La Verne.
George Fox men face crucial game at home Friday
published: 2/16/2010 2:36:26 PM
There hasn’t been a more crucial game all season than the one looming Friday for the George Fox men. The Bruins (11-12, 8-6 Pacific Conference) won 89-81 Friday at Willamette and fell 74-70 Saturday at Linfield and sit in a tie for third-place in the Northwest Conference with Lewis & Clark College.
Tigers send contingent to state
published: 2/16/2010 2:39:37 PM
McMINNVILLE — Relays dominated for NHS at the Pacific Conference district swim meet Friday and Saturday at the McMinnville Aquatic Center. The Tigers advanced four individual swimmers and several teams to the state championships at Mount Hood Community College this weekend.
Bruins win easily, prep for their final home game
published: 2/16/2010 2:40:58 PM
George Fox improved to 21-2 this season with two more wins during the weekend. On Friday, the No. 5-ranked Bruins earned an 81-42 win at Willamette and followed it up Saturday with an 86-54 win at Linfield.
Shorthanded Bruins open with loss to the Bearcats
published: 2/16/2010 2:42:05 PM
SALEM — Freshman Molly Beaumont won her college debut at No. 1 singles Saturday for George Fox, but the Bruins came up short in the number of players and the score to fall 8-1 to Willamette in Northwest Conference women’s tennis.
Bucks win seventh straight, beat Saints
published: 2/16/2010 2:43:25 PM
PORTLAND — The reason St. Paul won Saturday’s game against North Clackamas Christian might have been because of one person who never suited up or put on a pair of sneakers that night.
NHS ends losing streak, beats Tigard
published: 2/16/2010 2:46:56 PM
TIGARD — By AJ Grant’s standards, the Newberg High School boys basketball team wasn’t good Friday. The Tigers, mired in a three-game losing streak, didn’t get off to a great start.
Tigers win district title
published: 2/16/2010 2:50:04 PM
FOREST GROVE — The NHS wrestling team claimed its second consecutive Pacific Conference district title Saturday by outscoring its nearest competitor by nearly 100 points.
Newberg tightens grip on third-place with win
published: 2/17/2010 1:33:58 PM
The Tigers (15-6 overall, 8-4 Pacific Conference) entered Tuesday’s game against the Vikings off a 49-42 loss last week at Tigard in which starting junior guard Michelle Bromagem fell to the floor with two minutes remaining in the third quarter.
Grant out, but Lutes returns to lead Tigers to win
published: 2/17/2010 1:26:30 PM
Generally, any game that Newberg senior guard AJ Grant misses can spell trouble for the Tigers. That wasn’t the case Tuesday as the Tigers blew out Forest Grove 69-40 at home.
NHS cheer team second in state competition
published: 2/20/2010 12:00:00 PM
Newberg High School’s cheerleading squad came in second this month in state competition — their best finish in more than two decades. The team placed behind Wilson High School in the 6A small division at the Feb.
A new era in track at Newberg
published: 2/20/2010 12:00:00 PM
In less than 48 hours, Brandon Ramey will take a major step in his coaching career. He will step in front of the Newberg High School boys and girls track teams as the programs’ new coach after serving the past two seasons as an assistant coach.
St. Paul denied state playoff berth
published: 2/20/2010 12:00:00 PM
PERRYDALE — St. Paul shot 18 percent from the field Wednesday and suffered a 34-21 first-round Casco League district tournament loss at Perrydale. The loss ended the season for the Bucks, who had one senior on the roster and finished with an overall 14-9 record in coach Jerry Grant’s first season.
Bucks earn a trip to playoffs
published: 2/20/2010 12:00:00 PM
ST. PAUL — St. Paul allowed just two players from Willamette Valley Christian to score Tuesday and coasted to a 44-22 home win in the first round of the Casco League district tournament.
Bruin men’s tennis team blanked by nationally-ranked Whitman Missionaries
published: 2/24/2010 12:00:00 PM
WALLA WALLA, Wash. — A dominating performance in doubles carried over into the singles matches as Whitman College blanked George Fox 9-0 without losing a set Saturday afternoon here in the Bratton Tennis Center.
St. Paul boys take Casco League championship game
published: 2/24/2010 12:00:00 PM
McMINNVILLE — St. Paul avenged a pair of lopsided regular season losses to Country Christian with a 44-38 win Saturday in the championship game of the Casco League tournament.
Reserves lift Tiger boys to road win
published: 2/24/2010 12:00:00 PM
CANBY — When the two leading scorers of any basketball team combine to score less than 10 points in a game, it usually spells disaster. Not so for the Newberg High School boys basketball team.
Bruin men earn NWC playoff spot
published: 2/24/2010 12:00:00 PM
Earning a berth in the Northwest Conference tournament for the first time since the 1997-98 season, George Fox broke a third-place tie with Lewis & Clark College by edging the Pioneers 91-90 in overtime at home Friday.
Bruins finish weekend at 1-2 after losses to Cavaliers, Pilots
published: 2/24/2010 12:00:00 PM
George Fox split two games with NAIA Division II Concordia-Portland and lost a tight game to NCAA Division I Portland over the weekend. Transfer Sam Stahl went 3-for-5 and rookie right-hander Clay Gartner picked up his first college win as George Fox rallied past Concordia 6-4 Sunday at the University of Portland.
Tigers sweep Cougars, clinch seed
published: 2/24/2010 12:00:00 PM
CANBY — Newberg fended off a tough Canby press in the closing minutes to hold on Friday for a 68-60 victory against the Cougars. With the Tigers nursing a slim four-point lead and the game, the Cougars slapped on a physical full-court press that surprised Newberg.
Newberg boys second in state
published: 2/23/2010 2:45:21 PM
GRESHAM — The Newberg boys swim team finished a close second in the state swimming championships held Friday and Saturday at Mount Hood Community College.
Siciliano an easy bet
published: 2/24/2010 12:00:00 PM
If NHS coach Neil Russo is a betting man, hopefully he’s saved all of his money for Saturday. The wager? Whether senior Tommy Siciliano will win his fourth straight state title Saturday at the OSAA Class 6A state wrestling championships at Memorial Coliseum in Portland (the tournament begins Thursday).
Fox earns another perfect NWC season
published: 2/24/2010 11:59:00 AM
George Fox concluded its second consecutive perfect Northwest Conference season Saturday with a 60-41 win at Pacific Lutheran in the regular season finale for both teams.
Newberg holds off Tualatin; will play for conference title Thursday
published: 2/24/2010 2:01:06 PM
TUALATIN — Senior guard AJ Grant hit two free throws with two seconds remaining in the game Tuesday to lift the Newberg High School boys basketball team to thrilling 41-39 win at Tualatin.
George Fox opens track season today at home
published: 2/27/2010 8:00:00 PM
Opening its 2010 men’s and women’s outdoor track and field season with a home meet, George Fox will welcome co-Northwest Conference members Linfield College and Lewis & Clark College to the Frank Haskins Double Dual Meet today (Saturday) at Colcord Memorial Field.
Bruin women fall to the Raiders in home opener
published: 2/26/2010 2:48:23 PM
After posting a victory at No. 1 doubles to open the match, George Fox could not sustain the effort and dropped an 8-1 non-conference decision to Southern Oregon Feb.
Bruins blister the nets in NWC tournament win
published: 2/27/2010 12:00:00 PM
Led by a record-setting three-point show by Arianna Mohsenian, No. 5-ranked George Fox scored a season high in a 98-57 rout of Lewis & Clark in a Northwest Conference tournament semifinal Thursday in Newberg.
One wrestler’s tough senior season
published: 2/27/2010 12:00:00 PM
Jacob Kaufman isn’t particularly looking forward to tonight and that’s not something he’s experienced before. For the past three years, the Newberg High School senior has taken his spot in the finals of the Class 6A state wrestling tournament, which concludes tonight at Memorial Coliseum in Portland.
NHS third in Pacific, will host playoff game
published: 2/27/2010 12:00:00 PM
With its postseason future already determined, Newberg concluded the regular season with a loss Tuesday at Tualatin and Thursday’s home win against McMinnville.
Bruins stun the Wildcats
published: 2/27/2010 12:00:00 PM
McMINNVILLE — Making the most of their first Northwest Conference tournament appearance in 12 years, third-seeded George Fox stunned second-seeded Linfield 76-66 in a semifinal game Thursday to advance to the title game Saturday in Spokane.
Tigers win conference outright
published: 2/27/2010 12:00:00 PM
The Newberg High School boys basketball team sure doesn’t make it boring. With its hopes of a Pacific Conference title hinging on two games during the week, the Tigers earned a 41-39 win Tuesday at Tualatin and followed it up Thursday with a 61-60 home win against McMinnville.
