It’s an interesting year for our area. A lesson in sports psychology. Teams seem to be littered with young, talented players but teams are still struggling. Of course, experts will say, winning young rarely happens. And it’s true. It takes […]
The Gaston girls basketball team is doing something it hasn’t done in years – winning. The Lady Greyhounds have won six of their last eight games and are looking down on the Northwest League standings instead of up. Two weeks […]
PORTLAND – Andrew Hutchins scored 12 points but the Forest Grove boys basketball team lost its final non-conference game of the season Monday night, falling 57-51 to David Douglas in the Rose Garden. Both teams entered Monday’s game with eyes […]
PORTLAND – Playing on an NBA court is a special treat for most high school players – at least until the tape measure comes out. The Forest Grove girls basketball team enjoyed a rare opportunity to play at the Rose […]
Don’t look now, but Gaston’s girls basketball team – a program that is averaging three wins a season over the last five years – is now 7-1 after taking out Neah-Kah-Nie and Vernonia over the weekend to win the Gaston […]
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 […]