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…)