MOUNT SHASTA – The Mt. Shasta Bears soccer team improved to 3-1 in the Shasta Cascade League with a 5-0 win over the Trinity Wolves, last Thursday.

John Holst curved in a corner kick at the 22-minute mark to give the Bears the 1-0 lead. (more…)

CHESTER – A short-handed Etna Lions varsity football team made the long trek to Chester, and came back with a 36-14 win over the Volcanoes.

The Lions racked up over 400 yards in offense (262 rush, 144 pass), and the defense was, as always, solid.

Brothers Alex and Lucas Case proved to be a nearly unstoppable tandem in the back field. Sophomore Lucas Case rushed for 152 yards on 18 carries, and scored a TD. Senior Alex went 65 yards on 19 carries, and registered three TDs.

Quarterback Jordan Pehle-Munson was 9/15 for 144 yards, and rushed for a TD. Seth Jordan led the Lions’ receivers with four catches for 86 yards. Taylor Pehle-Munson pulled in two passes for 40 yards, and Ryan Hicks had two receptions for 29 yards.

The Lions were playing with seven seniors missing, including five starters, due to disciplinary reasons.

Two of the missing starters were from the offensive line, which hurt the Lions in the first half. However, Etna was able to make adjustments in the second half. According to head coach Ken Dysert, there was a “night and day” difference between the first and second halves for the O-line. (more…)

LOYALTON – The Dunsmuir Tigers amassed 608 yards of offense on the way to a crushing 68-0 win over the Loyalton Grizzlies. Dunsmuir scored 32 points in the first quarter, 16 in the second, six in third, and 14 in the fourth quarter.

Cory Knowles accounted for 247 yards—169 rushing and 78 receiving, while scoring three touchdowns and a 2-point conversion.

Nate Gonzlaes also scored three TDs, rushing for 87 yards, and logging 30 yards in receiving. Gonzales also had a 2-point conversion.

LT Hisey scored two TDs and a 2-point conversion on 50 yards of rushing. Hisey also passed for 111 yards, and a TD.

Colton Sordahl racked up 108 rushing yards and a TD. Sordahl also had two 2-point conversions. (more…)

WEED – The College of the Siskiyous Eagles scored two touchdowns in the last 2:10 of the game in an attempt to stage a miracle comeback against the Shasta Knights—a comeback that fell one onside kick recovery short. Despite the late fireworks, the Eagles dropped their third straight game.

Eagle QB Aqura Brown threw two TD passes, one each to Darius Davis and Anthony Young. Raymond Neal rushed for two TDs.

The Knights pooched their opening kick off, and COS inexplicably watched the ball bounce around its own 30-yard-line. Shasta recovered and moved the ball to the Eagle 5-yard-line, where the COS defense stiffened and forced Shasta to settle for a field goal.

On their second possession, the Knights moved the ball from their own 49 to the COS 17. The Eagle defense came up with another stop when Steven Butrick recovered a fumble.

The Eagles took over on their own 15. Eagle quarterback Aqura Brown and Darius Davis hooked up three times for 51 yards of an 85-yard drive scoring drive, capped off by a 13-yard TD run by Raymond Neal. Brown picked up the 2-point conversion on a keeper, giving COS an 8-3 lead, with 2:41 left in the first quarter. (more…)

FORT JONES – On paper, the soccer match between the Weed Cougars and the Etna Lions looked like it should have been a blowout win for Weed. Weed, arguably the best team in the county this season, had knocked off Tulelake, Mt. Shasta and Butte Valley. Etna has one win.

Etna put their emphasis on defense in the first half, with three of their top four players at the defender position. The strategy worked for the first 24 minutes of the match, until Weed’s Jose Luquin blasted a shot through the hands of Etna’s goalkeeper. Luquin’s tally wound up being the only score of the match.

Etna shifted gears in the second half changing their alignment to a more offensive mode. About eight minutes into the second half, it looked like Etna’s strategy might backfire, when Omar Fernandez rang a shot off the post.

The Lions were able to generate offensive pressure in the second stanza, with their best opportunity coming with 17 minutes played. With the Cougar goalkeeper caught out of the net, Lion Juan Castaneda took a shot that appeared destined to find the back of the net. Cougar fullback Ruben Ducoing, however, had his keeper’s back and made the save with a diving header. Etna had other chances, as did the Cougars, but neither team managed to score the rest of the way, and Weed held on to win, 1-0. (more…)

By Sarah Loogman

It’s all in the family when it comes to football for the Pehle-Munson twins. Taylor and Jordan, seniors at Etna High School, follow a family legacy as the fourth and fifth brothers of their family to play Lions’ football. With Jordan as the starting varsity quarterback and Taylor as a hard-hitting outside linebacker, the two make an impressive pair on Friday night’s field.

 “Sometimes it gets a little frustrating,” admits Jordan to playing on-field with his twin. “But the good thing about it is that we kind of know how each other are thinking.”

“I guess we kind of have that twin connection thing,” said Taylor.

Football and family have always been in sync for these brothers. Starting in grade school, Taylor and Jordan share memories of backyard football with older brothers Jared, Kyle, and Ryan. But the fun isn’t limited to just football. A big time hobby revolves a lot around hunting and fishing, too. (more…)

WEED – On Thursday, October 9 beginning at 7:00 pm, The Mount Shasta International Film Festival will hold their annual Gala Party at the Community Center in Mount Shasta to kick off the 5th annual Mount Shasta International Film Festival. Films will be shown October 10 through 12 at the Coming Attractions Theatres in Mount Shasta, and on Sunday, October 12 at the College of the Siskiyous Kenneth W. Ford Theater in Weed. (more…)

McArthur – Last year’s Shasta Cascade League co-champions, the Etna Lady Lions and Fall River Lady Bulldogs, squared off in both team’s SCL opener, on Tuesday. Early in game one, it appeared that that the match would be a battle befitting defending champions, but it quickly turned in Fall River’s favor, with the Bulldogs taking the match 3-0.

Etna jumped out to a 4-0 lead in game-one, behind a pair of kills from Claire Pynes and an ace by Annaleisa Nadig. The Bulldogs came back to tie the score at 4-4, and the teams exchanged short lived leads, until the squads were tied at 6-6. Then, Fall River went on a 15-4 run to go up 21-10. The Bull Dogs went on to win 25-15.

Etna started strong in game-two, leading most of the game up to a score of 18-15. But again, the Bulldogs went on a big run, 10-0, to win 25-18.

It was Fall River that started quick in game-three, leading by as many as three points. However, the Lady Lions fought back to tie the game at 14-14, on a Nadig ace. The Lions went up 16-15 on a kill by Pynes, and again 17-16 on a Nadig kill. Fall River, once again, made a run, 8-1, to take a 24-18 lead. Etna climbed back to within three points, on two kills and a block by Pynes, but the Bulldogs got the final point to win 25-21. (more…)

WEED – The College of the Siskiyous is inviting all community college students, and the public, to attend College and Career Day on Monday, September 24, from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. College and Career Day will be held in the COS Gym at the Weed Campus.  There is no admission fee and all interested persons are invited to participate. (more…)

The Mt. Shasta Lady Bears played almost well enough to sweep their volleyball match against U-Prep. Instead they lost all three games by the narrowest of margins (24-26, 23-25, 25-27), last Thursday.

“All three were good games. We just could not put them away. We had the lead several times. Like in game-2, we were 16-16 when they went ahead 22-17. Taylor Hansen served to 23-22, and then we lost 25-23,” said Lady Bear Coach Greta Jones. “Amanda Amesbury had a great match with 10 kills on the night. Hollie Acord did a good job setting and serving.” (more…)

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Big Valley may have come to Dunsmuir expecting to easily hand the Tigers their first loss of the season. When the Tigers fumbled on their own 30-yard-line, and Big Valley scored three plays later, it looked like it was going to be a long night for Dunsmuir.

But the Tigers moved the ball down the field and Nate Gonzales scored on a 2-yard keeper. The 2-point conversion was denied.

Dunsmuir stuffed the Cardinals at their own 30-yard- line on the kick off, and held the Cardinals to a three-and-out. DHS senior Cory Knowles took the BV punt back 28 yards but a penalty kept it to a gain of only 18. Gonzales had his apparent second TD called back due to a penalty. The Tigers then turned over the ball on downs.

The Tigers defense picked up a Cardinals fumble but the Tigers were unable to move the ball. BV wasted no time in scoring with a 65-yard pass. The 2-point conversion was no good. With 2:00 min remaining in the first quarter, it was Big Valley leading 14-6. (more…)

Yreka Union High School has to announced the “Students of the Month” for August and September 2008.
The entire department based on recommendations by individual teachers chooses “Students of the Month.” The criteria for selecting students are outstanding academic achievement, good study habits and dedication to academic achievement.

Students of the Month

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Alana Hall 11
Caitlin Trinca 11 (more…)

The first District-1 California High School Rodeo Association rodeo of the 2008-09 season took place in McArthur, CA, last Sunday. Also held was the first Jr. Wrangler rodeo of the season.

HS Results:
All Around Cowboy: Dean Autry, Fort Jones, 60 pts
Reserve AA: Daniel Ferreira, Fort Jones, 59
2nd runner up: Jordan Spears, Redding, 51
3rd runner up: C J Cash, Grenada, 41
4th runner up: Casey Loverin, Cottonwood, 39 (more…)

TULELAKE – The Etna Lions rebounded from a tough overtime loss to Bonanza the previous game by thrashing the Tulelake Honkers 41 -22, last Friday.

Etna’s six touchdowns came from brothers Alex and Lucas Case, Taylor Pehle-Munson, Travis Whittaker, Devin Franco and Andrew Peluso.

Head Coach Ken Dysert saw considerable improvement in his offense over the previous week.

“From the week before where we had probably our worst offensive game since I’ve been there, as far as execution, to one of the better ones. It all came down to confidence from the quarterback. Execution was like night and day from the week before,” said Dysert.

Dysert was also pleased with the way his defense played, as was Defensive Coordinator Greg Hanna.

“First-team-D played really well, and we got an opportunity to get a lot of guys in on defense,” said Hanna. “Lucas Case has been playing unbelievable. Alex Case is a rock. Alex is the heart and soul of our defense.” (more…)

MOUNT SHASTA – The Mt. Shasta Invitational was held last Friday at Shastice Park, with about 500 junior high and high school runners.

Yreka’s Kevin Jorgenson was the top local runner, finishing fifth in the Men’s Varsity 4,000 meters (14:06.00). Other locals in the top 20 were Yreka Miners Chris Lopez in twelfth (14:21.00) and Aiden McKee in fourteenth (14:23.00).

Jarod Salinas-Dick was Mt. Shasta’s top finisher in thirty-ninth (15:39.00). Daniel Bohling from Weed was eighty-second (17:01.10). Javier Hansen was Etna’s top runner in the 4,000 at ninety-eighth (17:54.00).

Jilinda Franklin from Etna HS was the top local in the Women’s Varsity 4,000 meters in twelfth place (17:19.00). Cynthia Laiacona was tops for Mt. Shasta in fifteenth (17:32.00), followed closely by Yreka’s Carrie Turner in sixteenth (17:34.00). Weed’s Hillary Vancil finished seventy-sixth (23:16.00). (more…)