Girls' soccer lost to Sisters High School on a snowy field

The girls' soccer team defeated Seaside High School in the regional play-in game. That game was played in rain that blew in sideways during a stormy evening on the Oregon coast. For the first round of the playoffs the girls had to travel to central Oregon to play Sisters High School. During the drive out there a snow storm hit central Oregon and the team was faced with the option of postponing the game, or playing in the snow. The lines on the field were cleared with a blower while some of the fans tried to make large snow men to clear off the grass. During the game the ball stopped as it hit the ground, which forced the girls to adapt to the weather conditions. Unfortunately the strong Sisters team prevailed, but it was a great season for our girls' soccer team.

Varsity Football Defeats Cascade 35-0

The football team is off to a great start this season. In the first week of the season the Falcons defeated Roosevelt. Their only loss so far was to W.F. West, which is a large school from Washington. In week three the Falcons defeated Philomath. On Friday they defeated Cascade 35-0. J.J. Fisher has had several impressive runs this season and the Falcon defense has played very well.

Photos by Kristin Rubalcava

A few more facility upgrades

During the summer construction crews built the new baseball and softball hitting cage. We are currently trenching to bring power to the building. The next step will be to install nets.

The new hitting cage will allow us to take down the hitting cage that is currently in the gym. The net used to hang down over the student section and the wires frequently interfered with volleyball matches.

We also installed a new storage shed for the varsity softball field. 

A generous company loaned us a storage container that is used to store football equipment on one side and soccer equipment on the other.

This week we also were able to purchase two soccer goals that will be used on the JV soccer field. This year we added a JV2 Boys' Soccer team and so we will continue to use the old set of goals and create a fourth location for soccer players to practice.

Changes to the Sheldon fitness center

After four years of hard use and with the addition of two new PE teachers, we felt it was time to make a few changes to the fitness center. We rearranged most of the equipment, hung two new mirrors, added two stations for power cleans and had the floors professionally cleaned. Although the typical person might not notice the differences, the cleaning crew needed to dispose of 100 gallons of dirty water after cleaning the floor. 

Press Box Clean Up

At the end of this summer Eric Hunt spent a great deal of time working on the press box. We threw away many broken chairs and doors, ripped out the flooring, painted the walls and installed some new flooring that was left over from a different school improvement project. It looks MUCH better thanks to Eric's hard work.

Red and Blue Jamboree

On Friday we held the Red and Blue Jamboree. All of the Fall sports teams performed as a final tune-up before the regular season begins on September 2. The Booster Club used the covered hitting facility as an eating area for all of the spectators and participants. 

A few facility upgrades

This winter we installed two new tennis hitting walls, the weather finally cleared and I was able to take a camera outside without getting rained on, so I thought I should share a picture of the walls. The boys and girls used the walls all spring and seemed to benefit from the various drills the coaches added to their practices.

Two years ago we demolished our stadium bleachers and used metal scaffolding to enter our pressbox. This summer we constructed a wooden staircase. Although the hope is to build a new stadium soon, this staircase will get a lot of use until then.

We also recently broke ground on the construction project to build the new covered hitting cage for baseball and softball. It will be located behind the stadium, in between the grass soccer field and the tennis courts. In the background you can see the varsity baseball field.

Finally we also purchased some new pads for our football sleds, a new storage shed for the softball team and some weight lifting equipment for the fitness center.

Girls' Golf 4th in State, Boys' Golf 2nd in State

The boys' and girls' golf teams did very well this year. The boys' won the conference championship and finished second at the state championships in Eugene. The girls finished second at the conference championships and fourth at the state championships in Redmond.