ANNIE FOWLER, The CUJ LOWELL — Charlotte Hansell had 17 kills, 16 digs, three aces and one block to lead Weston-McEwen to an 18-25, 27-25, 21-25, 25-21, 15-11 road victory over Lowell. Addy Hall chipped in 11 kills and 12 digs for W-M (4-6), while Reagan Pickard had 13 assists, 11 digs, seven kills, and Mya Bryan had 21 assists,…
ANNIE FOWLER, The CUJ AURORA — Pendleton finished 1-1 at the North Marion Tournament on Saturday, Sept. 20, beating Baker and dropping a match to Burns. The Bucks opened the day with a 1-0-1 record in pool play, beating Tillamook 2-0 and splitting with Philomath. In bracket play, Pendleton beat Baker 25-22, 26-24 before falling to Burns 25-15, 23-25, 15-6. On the…
ANNIE FOWLER, The CUJ COVE — Unforced errors led to Pilot Rock’s downfall in a 25-9, 25-15, 25-21 Old Oregon League loss to Cove on Friday, Sept. 19. “We were inconsistent today,” PR coach Jen Porter said. “We had some great blocks and plays, but too many unforced errors. I changed up the rotation each set, and the third set…
ANNIE FOWLER, The CUJ PILOT ROCK — Perrydale held Pilot Rock scoreless in the second half as they cruised to a 50-14 nonleague win Friday, Sept. 19. Carter VanHouten led the Rockets (1-2) with 172 yards passing and 72 yards rushing. He threw touchdown passes of 15 and 21 yards to Gage Williams. Williams led the way on defense for…
ANNIE FOWLER, The CUJ ATHENA — A’Tish Williams ran for two touchdowns as Weston-McEwen opened Blue Mountain Conference play with a 30-0 win over Grant Union. Wyatt Parsons also ran for a touchdown, while Jonathan Leighty caught a touchdown pass. Jace Dunlap ran for 115 yards. “The defense played well,” W-M coach Morgan Dunlap said. “The boys came together and got…
ANNIE FOWLER, The CUJ WEISER, Idaho — Ty Cobb rushed for 120 yards and two touchdowns to lead Weiser to a 62-14 nonleague win over Pendleton on Friday, Sept. 19.“We have taken our lumps this preseason,” Pendleton coach Erik Davis said. “We are beat up and extremely young, but we will continue to work and prepare for the second half…
ANNIE FOWLER, The CUJ CLARKSTON, Wash. — Avery Brown had 16 kills and five block assists to help Pendleton to a 25-20, 25-16, 21-25, 25-22 nonleague win Wednesday, Sept. 17, over Clarkston.“It was tough traveling three-plus hours today after a match last night, and the gym was really hot,” Pendleton coach Jodi Primus said. “We were not at our top…
ANNIE FOWLER, The CUJ IMBLER — Jeytt Cant had nine kills, and Whitney Haddock handed out 13 assists as Imbler improved to 2-0 in Old Oregon League play with a 24-14, 25-3, 25-13 victory over Pilot Rock on Wednesday, Sept. 17.“Imbler is a solid team,” Pilot Rock coach Jen Porter said. “We played hard tonight in a really fast-paced match.…
ANNIE FOWLER, The CUJ MISSION — When two teams are looking for their first Old Oregon League win, it’s only fitting the match goes down to the wire.Trailing two sets to one, Griswold won the final two sets to rally for a 30-28, 14-25, 17-25, 25-18, 15-11 victory Thursday, Sept. 18, over Nixyaawii.“Our service game was a roller coaster tonight…
ANNIE FOWLER, The CUJ PILOT ROCK — Echo improved to 2-0 in Old Oregon League play with a 25-16, 25-22, 25-18 win over Pilot Rock on Thursday, Sept. 18.“We came out strong tonight, then our offense struggled a little and we were hesitating on defense,” PR coach Jen Porter said. “I have faith we will put it all together in…