Yreka Union High School has announced the Students of the Month for August/September. Each 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.

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YREKA – The sophomores didn’t even need an offense to take out the frosh in Wednesday’s Powder Puff football game. Their defense scored enough to do the job.

Just over midway through the first quarter, sophomore Katie Martinez picked of a pass and was off to the races for a 95-yard touchdown, giving the sophomores the lead 7-0. Martinez would also swipe another pass later in the game.

On the first play of the frosh’s next drive, Whitney Schack intercepted a pass and returned it 55 yards for a TD, upping the sophomore lead to 14-0, with 1:40 left in the first quarter. (more…)

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Mighty Mites

The Yreka Chargers Mighty Mites knew this last weekend’s game against Orland would be a big challenge, and a challenge it was. While there were no extraordinary plays to mention, the Yreka Charger Mighty Mites held their own against their fierce competitors.

Makayla ten Berge had a few good tackles and gained her team positive yardage when running the ball. Offensively, the Yreka Charger Mighty Mites struggled from one quarter to the next. Defensively, the Yreka Charger Mighty Mites put everything they had on the field giving the Orland team something to fight for. The Charger defensive line of Skylar Conrad, Wesley Ward, Randall Hughes, Jai Case, Jake Peterson, Travis Hedin, Antonio Fernandez, Brayden Mauch and Travis Arwood were in full force.  (more…)

YREKA – The Yreka senior Powder Puff team easily handled the junior squad on Wednesday evening at Miner Stadium. Senior quarterback Jaylene Phillips finished out her stellar Powder Puff career with four touchdown passes. Ali Andreas hauled in three of Phillips’ tosses, and Lizzy Stone grabbed one.

Phillips connected with Andreas for a 15-yard strike as time expired in the first quarter, putting the seniors up 7-0. With 4:40 to in the fist half, Phillips hit found Stone for another TD of about 15 yards, making it 14-0. (more…)

ETNA – The Etna Lady Lions hosted the Fall River Lady Bulldogs on Tuesday night and picked up a big win to start the Shasta Cascade League season. After dropping the first game of the match, 25-21, Etna won three straight hard fought games for the victory (26-24, 26-24, 25-23).

Claire Pynes led the Lion attack with 10 kills, four aces, and four blocks. Fireball server Annaleisa Nadig notched 11 aces and had four kills. Abby Travis, who is emerging as a force at the net, had six blocks and four kills. Tandy Thackeray had 13 assists, and Emily Loogman had seven helpers. (more…)

FORT JONES – The Etna Lion heads were hanging and their tails were tucked after the Fall River Bulldogs scored two goals in about a minute to lead 3-1, late in their soccer match on Tuesday. Five minutes later, the Lions got a break that started a streak of three unanswered goals in a span of seven minutes.

The teams were tied 1-1 at the half. Fall River scored first at the six-minute mark. Lion Juan Castaneda tied it at 16 minutes, with an assist from Junior Zavalza. (more…)

REDDING – The Mt. Shasta Bears soccer team finished second in Division-II at the U-Prep soccer tournament last weekend. The Bears went 3-2, with their only losses to the eventual champion Shasta JVs 1-0, and to Portola 3-2.

Mt. Shasta beat U-Prep 1-0 in its opening match on Friday. The Bear goal came just one minute into the contest, when Liam O-Hara headed in a corner kick by John Holst. James Palmer picked up the shutout in goal. (more…)

Yreka Miner Kevin Jorgensen finished second in the boys varsity 2.2 mile race at the Mt. Shasta Invitational cross country meet last Friday. Jorgensen’s time of 12:37.00 was three seconds behind the time of winner Eric Gelfi of Redding Adventist (12:34.00). Jorgensen was tied for second with Chico’s Tom Dowdin.

Matthew Buchanan was Mt. Shasta’s top varsity runner in 24^th place with a time of 14:38.00. Ryan Coates was Weed’s best in 38^th (15:18.00). (more…)

PRINCETON – The Dunsmuir Tigers made the long drive to Princeton to take on the Eagles in what Tiger Coach Steve Van Ert referred to as “sweltering heat.” The drive home likely seemed quite a bit shorter and cooler, as the Tigers torched the Eagles to move to 3-0 on the season.

The Eagles mounted a clock-eating touchdown march on their opening drive for a brief 6-0 lead. After that, it was all Tigers. (more…)

By Craig Kay

The Siskiyou Knights traveled to Willows on Saturday to take on the Coyotes. The first two games were in the morning where fans were treated to football played by six through nine year olds. The Mighty Mite and Junior Pee Wee levels are truly instructional but very exciting to watch as these Knights continue to learn the game.

Things began to heat up in the afternoon—both the football and temperature. The Pee Wee game was a hard fought defensive battle. Both sides held each other scoreless throughout most of the game and you knew it was going to come down to the end. The Knights fell short 6-0 when Willows scored the only points of the game with 1:10 left to play. (more…)

WEED – The Tulelake Honkers junior varsity football team put up 26 points in the first half against the Weed Cougar JVs and then cruised to victory, on Friday night.

As he would do throughout the game, Tulelake’s Gonzalo Lujano boomed the opening kickoff into the end zone. Weed started its first possession on the 20-yard-line and quickly turned the ball over to the Honkers, when Lujano picked off a pass. (more…)

Offside Position:
Attacker is nearer to opponent’s goal line than the ball and the second to last defender (last but one)

Player can NOT be offside if he:

* is in own half of the field

* is level (even) with second to last opponent (more…)

WEED – The Weed Cougars won their 11-man football game against the Tulelake Honkers without even playing. The Honkers were unable to field a viable 11-man team due to multiple players suffering from illness. The result was a forfeit win for the Weed Cougars. However, the squads did crack helmets in a 9-man game. Weed won the on-field contest 21-6. The 9-man game was unofficial, but you wouldn’t have known it by the play on the field. (more…)