The Mt. Shasta Bears and Etna Lady Lions sit on top of the Preseason Shasta Cascade League Basketball Coaches Poll. The Bears received six first place votes out of a possible seven. The Lady Lions captured five of a possible six first place votes. Other teams receiving first place votes were the Trinity Wolves and the Mt. Shasta Lady Bears. The Bears and Lady Lions are the defending SCL champions.

The poll is a cooperative effort between Sports Editor Richard Allan at The InterMountain News in Burney and Ray Wolf at SiskiyouYouth.com.

Boys

1. Mt. Shasta – 48 (6)

2. Trinity – 39 (1)

3. Etna – 29

4. Weed – 28

5. Fall River

6. Burney

7. Modoc

Girls

1. Etna - 41 (5)

2. Mt. Shasta – 36 (1)

3. Burney – 25

4. Fall River – 24

5. Trinity

6. Weed

7. Modoc (more…)

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Yreka senior Kevin Jorgensen was the top Siskiyou County runner at the CIF State Cross Country Championships held Saturday at Woodward Park in Fresno. Jorgensen completed the 5K course in 16:09 to finish 13^th in Division-IV. Miner sophomore Eric Neill was 86^th (17:19). Daniel Milechman, a junior from Tamalpais, won the race in a time of 15:37. There were 200 runners in the boys D-IV race.

Mt. Shasta’s Callie Toews, a sophomore, was the best among Siskiyou County girls at the meet, finishing 34^th (20:20). As a team, the Lady Bears finished 13^th in Division-V out of 22 schools that brought teams. Freshmen Ellen Sampson (21:01) and Janelle Jaegel (21:58) finished 62^nd and 94^th. Sophomore Danielle Tognolini was 105^th (22:14). Senior Kristen Bree finished 106^th (22:16). Also running for Mt. Shasta were junior Lisa Shinohara (108, 22:21) and frosh Margot Mattson (133, 23:11). Only the top five runners from each team garner points towards the team score. (more…)

Scores

Saturday, November 28

Mens Basketball

COS 80 – Mendocino 89 @ Wine Country Invitational, Napa

State Cross Country Championships @ Woodward Park in Fresno

Sunday, November 29

Mens Basketball

COS 78 – Napa Valley 83 @ Wine Country Invitational, Napa

Division-I

Paradise 23 – Enterprise 26
Really bizarre ending to game, well worth reading about at the Redding Record Searchlight website

Division-II

Lassen 17 – Sutter 12

Division-III

Trinity 16 -  Colusa 13
Full story at the Redding Record Searchlight website (more…)

Sacramento Valley League

Mt. Shasta

Klayton Davis

Kenny Galten

Mark Maumasi

Tim Jaegel (Honorable Mention)

Bryson Brooks (Honorable Mention)

Dustin Dutra (Honorable Mention)

Brenden Zehsazian (Honorable Mention) (more…)

PremierWest Bank and SiskiyouYouth.com are sponsoring the 2009/2010 Basketball Challenge for varsity basketball teams in Siskiyou County: Butte Valley, Dunsmuir, Etna, Happy Camp, Mt. Shasta, Tulelake, Weed, and Yreka. The winning team’s players and coaching staff will receive custom made “Team of the Year” T-shirts designed by Golden Grotto.

The winner of the challenge will be the girls or boys team that is most successful during the 2009/2010 season, which is defined as the team that advances the furthest in the North Section CIF playoffs. The challenge will end at the finish of the section playoffs and does not include any state playoff games because Division-VI teams (Butte Valley, Dunsmuir, and Happy Camp) are not eligible for state playoffs. Tiebreakers also do not include state playoff games. Games against JV teams do not count. (more…)

The Siskiyou Heat girls softball league will hold its annual board elections on Wednesday December 2, 2009 at the monthly meeting. The meeting is set for 6:30 pm at 1301 S Main Street (Old Gil’s Farm & Garden building) in Yreka. Anyone interested in being a board member or coaching for the 2010 season is invited to attend. If you have any questions regarding the league and the positions available, please contact league president Nick Sinnott at 842-2380. (more…)

Former local high school football stars Patrick Lunney (Mt. Shasta) and Devin Howard (Yreka) were selected for the Mid-Empire All-Conference 1st team, as well as several other College of the Siskiyous Eagles players.

Lunney set the COS all-time single season rushing record with 1549 yards this season, scoring 12 touchdowns in the process. He averaged 5.5 yards per carry. Howard was tied for first on the Eagles in sacks (7), second in tackles for a loss (11.5) and fourth in total tackles (47). He also recovered two fumbles.

1st Team

RB – Patrick Lunney 5′8″ 185lbs

WR – Zach Young 5′9″ 175lbs

OL – Nate Goodwin 6′3″ 285lbs

OL – Brooks Abel 6′6″ 305lbs

DT – Devin Dyer 6′1″ 295lbs

DE – Devin Howard 6′3″ 240lbs

DB – Myron Johnson 6′2″ 200lbs

Punter – Donavan Quackenbush-Ramsdal 5′10″ 180lbs (more…)

Each department at Yreka High School, 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.

AG/NATURAL RESOURCES

Brianna Clapham 9

Brandon Cone 12

APPLIED TECHNOLOGY

Jaylene Phillips 12 ROP Yearbook

Racheal Greenman 12 ROP Yearbook

Ashley Lemos  12 ROP Wood

Lizzy Stone 12 ROP Wood

Rena McBride 11 Computer Applications

Emily Andrus 9 Exploration in Technology (more…)

Opinion

Here’s the best of Siskiyou County high school football 2009 slide show, plus a couple COS shots. Performance wise, we had three teams make the section playoffs.

Dunsmuir (10-2) and Butte Valley (9-3) each made it to the Division-VI (8-man) semi-finals before being eliminated. Etna (4-6) exited in the first round of the Division-IV playoffs.

The following are my picks for the best teams and players. Remember, these are just my opinions based on what I saw this season. (more…)

Left to right: Sammy Steyart, Hunter Stock, “little Dutton”, Zach Dutton, Bennet Zwetsloot, Miki Dutton.

Submitted article and photo

Local competition for the 38th Annual Elks Hoop Shoot, the national free throw shooting contest for youngsters age 8 through 13, was held by the Mount Shasta Elk’s BPOE 2333 in the Sisson Gym on Saturday, November 21.

This year’s local winners are:

Girl’s age 12-13:  Sammy Steyart with 7 free throws

Boy’s age 12- 13:  Bennet Zwetsloot with 10 free throws

Boy’s age 8-9:  Hunter Stock with 16 free throws (more…)

Evergreen League

Butte Valley will be announced later

Shasta Cascade League

Etna

Brent Davis (Defensive MVP)

Erik Anaya

Tanner Schaefer

Juan Castaneda (honorable mention) (more…)

Evergreen League

Butte Valley will be announced later

Dunsmuir will be announced later

Northern Athletic League

Yreka

Olivia Duncan

Jessany Munoz (honorable mention) (more…)

The North Section CIF volleyball championships were held on Saturday, November 21 at Red Bluff High School

D-II

Pleasant Valley 3 – Red Bluff 2 (26-28, 16-25, 25-18, 25-20, 15-12)

D-III

Foothill 3 – Enterprise 1 (24-26, 29-27, 26-24, 25-15)

D-IV

West Valley 3 – Sutter 0 (more…)

Scores

Saturday, November 21

Womens Basketball

COS 60 – DeAnza 54
COS Scoring: Amber Franko 15, Michelle Hoehn 11, Natalie Smith 11

Mens Basketball

COS 64 – Marin 81

Friday, November 20

Football NSCIF playoffs

Division-VI

Dunsmuir 22 – Westwood 30
Westwood scored with 9 seconds left to win

Butte Valley 8 – Hayfork 52

Mens Basketball

COS 76 – Butte 63 @ Mendocino Invitational

Womens Basketball
COS 65 – Chabot 67
Chabot wins at buzzer
COS Scoring: Alanna Stevens 20, Amber Franko 15, Dijana Topalovic 11

Thursday, November 19

Mens Basketball

COS 62 – Cuesta 70 @ Mendocino Invitational (more…)