The field in Westwood where Dunsmuir played tonight in a NSCIF D-VI semi-final. There was a foot of snow. Westwood won with 9 seconds left in the game. Photos courtesy of Jenny Hisey from her cell phone and relayed by Lisa Kirch! (more…)

Opinion

The fall soccer season is over for Siskiyou County high school teams (Yreka plays in the winter). So, I thought I’d put together some of my favorite photos from the season in a slide show, as well as share some of the achievements of our local teams and players.

We had two league champions. Mt. Shasta won the Shasta Cascade League (9-1, 11-2) for the fourth straight year, and finished second in the SCL post season tournament. Tulelake (8-1, 9-1-1) won the Evergreen League.

Etna (6-4, 6-7) finished third in the SCL and Weed (2-8, 2-8-1) was fourth, with both qualifying for the post season tourney.

The following are my picks for the best and most improved teams and players for fall soccer in Siskiyou County. These are just my opinions based on what I saw this season. I haven’t included any individuals from Tulelake because I only saw them play once. (more…)

Opinion

Volleyball has ended for all of our Siskiyou County high school teams, but the memories of the 2009 season will remain. I’ve put together some of my favorite photos from the season in a slide show (including a couple of COS photos). In addition to the photos, I want to share some of the achievements of our local teams and players.

We had two league champions. The Etna Lady Lions won the Shasta Cascade League (11-1, 21-13-1) and made it to the NSCIF D-V semi-finals.

The Butte Valley Lady Bulldogs (9-1, 18-7-2) won the Evergreen League for the first time in the school’s history. Butte Valley advanced to the second round of the NSCIF D-VI playoffs. (more…)

YREKA – The Soroptimist International of Yreka club is accepting applications from women in Siskiyou County who are in need of financial assistance to begin or pursue an academic or vocational skills training program and who do not already have an undergraduate degree. The $1,000 cash Women’s Opportunity Award is for women who have the primary financial responsibility for family members other than themselves (either single or married with dependents which can include children, a spouse and/or parents) and has a demonstrated financial need. (more…)

HAMILTON CITY – The Etna Lady Lions volleyball team ran into a buzz saw on Tuesday night, falling to the Hamilton Lady Braves, 3-0, in a NSCIF D-V semi-final match. While Etna (21-13-1) was eliminated from the playoffs, the Lady Lions can take pride in winning the Shasta Cascade League (11-1) and making their first semi-final appearance since earning the section title in 2003.

Fourth-seeded Etna had trouble right from the start with the top-seeded Braves, as Hamilton raced to a 17-3 game-one lead. A side out and an ace by Emily Loogman temporarily stopped the Hamilton freight train, but the Braves quickly got back on track and won easily, 25-10. (more…)

The College of the Siskiyous Eagles put up 483 yards of offense, scoring 38 points. Patrick Lunney ran wild for 218 yards and four touchdowns, setting the COS single season rushing record of 1549 yards (Donnie LaBorde, 1440, 1996). Yet, the Eagles blew a lead in the final seconds of the game for the second straight week, and for the third straight week lost a lead in the final two minutes.

As the fourth quarter began, COS trailed 28-27 and had the ball on its own 6-yard-line. Five Lunney runs in a row, including a 16 yard burst, moved the ball to the Siskiyous’ 40. A couple of more short runs from Lunney and a Josh Hudson to Zach Young pass for 23 yards moved the ball to the Mendocino 26. Lunney went for nine yards to the Mendo 17. After an incomplete pass, Lunney went the final 17 yards to the house for his fourth TD of the day, putting COS up 33-28. Hudson hit Isaac Silafau for the 2-point conversion, making it 35-28. (more…)

Scores

Saturday, November 14

Football

Butte Valley 51 – Loyalton 42
Butte Valley trailed by 5 points with 4 minutes to play. Jeremy Lopez 5 TDs; Caleb Levesque 2 TDs. Butte Valley (5) goes to Hayfork (1) for a semi-final on Friday, November 20. “David is after Goliath,” said BVHS coach Jay Allen

COS 38 – Mendocino 41 (OT)
Patrick Lunney 44 carries for 218 yards and 4 TDs breaks COS single season rushing record

Mens Basketball

COS 75 – Solano 85 @ Cosumnes tourney

Friday, November 13

Football NSCIF playoffs Rd-1

Division-IV

Etna 0 – Hamilton 55

Division-V

Tulelake forfeit to Fall River

Division-VI

Dunsmuir 59 – Princeton 22
Dunsmuir (3) travels to Westwood (2) on Friday, November 20 for a semi-final

Volleyball

COS 0 – Butte 3 (24-26, 24-26, 20-25)

Mens Basketball

COS 59 – Cosumnes 73 @ Cosumnes tourney (more…)

DUNSMUIR – The Dunsmuir Tigers easily defeated the Princeton Eagles, 59-22, in the first round of the NSCIF Division-VI (8-man) football playoffs. Nate Gonzales’ four touchdowns alone were more than enough to secure the victory on Friday night. Dunsmuir also had plenty of other scoring contributions, including a fumble return for a TD by Tiger Mekeel.

Dunsmuir opened the game with a successful onside kick and moved the ball to the Princeton 35, but put coughed up the pigskin, temporarily delaying the upcoming scoring onslaught. (more…)

By Anna Austin

WESTWOOD – The Butte Valley Lady Bulldogs (7) traveled to Westwood last Thursday to take on the Lumberjacks (2) in the second round of the NSCIF D-VI volleyball playoffs. Butte Valley fell to Westwood 3-0.

The first game started out with the Lady Lumberjacks (Jacks) taking a commanding lead over the Lady Bulldogs.  The Lady Jacks took control with their hard serving and spiking, getting the Bulldogs off their game. The Bulldogs fought back and eventually regained control of the ball, after a killer spike by Bulldog Kady Porterfield.  After a few tough volleys the Lady Jacks regained control and won the match 25 to 13. (more…)

ETNA – Carl Smith Gym was rocking as the Etna Lady Lions rode a crescendo of support to a come-from-behind win over the Durham Trojans on Thursday night. With the win, fourth-seeded Etna (21-12-1) advances to the semi-finals of the NSCIF D-V volleyball playoffs against the top-seeded Hamilton City Braves (34-5).

While it was Etna that prevailed over fifth-seeded Durham in the match, the upset minded Trojans took game one, 25-19. The game was tight early, but with the score tied 16-16, Durham went on a 9-3 run for the win. (more…)

DORRIS – The Butte Valley Lady Bulldogs came back from a game-one thumping at the hands of the 10^th seeded Champion Christian Mustangs (13-11), to win 3-1 in their NSCIF D-IV first round volleyball match. With the win, 7^th seeded Butte Valley improved to 16-6-2 for the season and will travel to 2^nd seeded Westwood (15-5) this Thursday. Westwood dominated Princeton, 3-0, in its first round contest.

Things started well enough for the Lady Bulldogs in game one against Champion Christian, with Kady Porterfield hammering a kill to open the match. However, with Butte Valley leading 3-2, the Lady Mustangs inexplicably went on a 23-2 run to toast the host, 25-5. (more…)

WEED – In celebration of the opening of the holiday season, the College of the Siskiyous Performing Arts Series once again will present, The Nutcracker performed by the Eugene Ballet Company (EBC), on Saturday evening, November 21, at 7:00 pm, at the Weed Campus Kenneth W. Ford Theatre. A timeless tale for the Christmas season, the ballet brings an evening of enchantment in a fairytale setting that has delighted thousands of children and adults of all ages.

The Eugene Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker features sets and costumes created by Disney designer Don Carson. The Eugene Ballet travels with a full company of 24 dancers and annually presents 50-75 performances and programs for regional touring and outreach. The production will also feature Siskiyou County youth performing various roles in the performance.

Nuria Llovet, owner, director and choreographer of Nuria’s Dance Academy in Mt. Shasta has been working with the children on a weekly basis since the beginning of October. Siskiyou County youth performing in this year’s production are: Hannah, Makeda, Shawni, Lacey, Darby, Shannon, Taylor, Rosie, Isabelle, Alia, Jordan, Sydney, Hailey, Camaria, Angela, and Angelica. Many of the young ladies will be featured in more than one role. (more…)

WEED – College of the Siskiyous invites the public to view the work of Weed resident and College of the Siskiyous photography student, Stacey Davasher, beginning November 16 in the Learning Resources Center Art Gallery.

“Markings,” a series of new black and white silver photographs from various locations in Siskiyou County, will be on display for public viewing November 16 through December 11. The public is invited to attend an artist reception on Thursday, November 19, 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm, in the Gallery. Regular gallery hours are 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Thursday, and 9:00 am to 2:00 pm on Friday.

For more information, contact instructor James Gilmore by sending an email to gilmore@siskiyous.edu The Weed Campus may also be reached by calling toll-free, (888) 397-4339.

Results of Jr Wrangler Division of District 1 California High School Rodeo Association, rodeo 5 in Redding, CA on  November 7, 2009

All Around Cowboy – tie at 21 pts
Cameron Jones, Cottonwood and Dalton Cash, Grenada
Reserve AA: tie at 20 pts
Steel Humphry, McArthur & Matthew Jespersen
Runner up: Colby Chambers, Chico  17

All Around Cowgirl: Chelsey Bushnell, Red Bluff 44 pts
Reserve AA: Emily Clendenen, Cottonwood 27
2nd runner up: Amy Brown, McArthur 18
3rd runner up:  Taylor Herman, ?  17
4th runner up: tie at 16, Paige Porterfield, ?  & Jenna Nichol, Cottonwood (more…)