Last February, the Forest Grove Vikings girls basketball team finished strong. The Vikings final record was 9-13 and they finished 5-10 in conference play but they won two of their last three games, outscoring their opponents 131-111. The team returns […]
A year older and a year wiser may be the theme for the Gaston Greyhounds. The 2009-2010 season is looking up for a team that only won two games last season. The program is the most popular it has been […]
Doug Hofmeister, head coach at Forest Grove high school describes his team of four seniors, six juniors and three sophomores succinctly. “We’re awfully young and inexperienced,” he said. The team returns just 57 points and 53 rebounds from last year […]
In Banks, first-year head coach Pat Marlia is about change. “We are trying to make our mark as a defensive team’” Malia said. “We are working on it in practice every day. It’s a big change for the kids to […]
They were nervous. Rightfully so. It’s 2006. The newest members of the Forest Grove varsity soccer team were 14. There were nine of them. All swallowing loudly, biting their nails and re-wrapping their ponytails every five minutes. They were 90 […]
The Gaston Greyhound players aren’t your typical bunch. Greyhound senior Marcos Zamora plays on a team so small that, at times during practice, one coach has to play quarterback and another coach play wide receiver. At a field so dark, […]
This just in: The Banks football team likes to score. A lot. It’s in their eyes. In the tone of their voice when they speak. There must be something in the water. The Braves beat the North Marion Huskies, 42-14, […]
The big hand on a clock behind a steel cage ticks toward 3:20 p.m. Nine girls, all in black socks, gather just inside the door at Mista Kaulia’s Gym at Gaston High School. Maddy Anderson, the varsity volleyball coach at […]
Stepping off the gravel driveway onto the fresh-cut lawn of Anderson Farm, Forest Grove cross country fans couldn’t breathe deeply enough. The air was heavy with moisture but still cool. A hint of chimney smoke hung in the air, but […]
On homecoming night the Forest Grove Vikings unveiled a new mascot but couldn’t rally for the victory. The Vikings (0-3, 1-5) had their losing streak slide to five games with a 41-0 loss to the Newburg Tigers Friday night. “It’s […]