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Anyone who follows youth sports in Siskiyou County has likely heard of Paige Finley from Etna High School. What most people probably aren’t aware of is her complete sports resume. It is impressive.

I remember the first time I ever spoke to Paige. It was at a junior high school basketball tournament, and I was taking her picture for a publication I worked for at the time. She was getting what was then the equivalent of the SiskiyouYouth.com Impact Player Award. Paige is the only junior high school athlete to ever get the award.

I told her that it was just one of many awards she would receive during her athletic career. She flashed a shy smile and said, “thank you.”

Paige will be graduating from high school in a couple of weeks with a GPA of 4.0. She’s 16.

Among her athletic honors and achievements are:

College of the Siskiyous female high school Athlete of the Year

MVP of the Shasta Cascade League her junior year for basketball

SCL All-League for basketball as a senior

SCL All-League her junior and senior year for Softball

Pitcher on the NSCIF D-V softball champions her junior and senior year

Point guard on the SCL basketball champions her junior and senior year

Shared pitching duties on the SCL champion Lady Lions softball team her sophomore year (more…)

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COTTONWOOD – Yreka’s Kevin Jorgensen smoked the competition in the 800m race at the North Section CIF championships on Friday at West Valley High School. Jorgensen held a slight lead after the first lap, but pulled a way midway through the second lap, winning in a time of 1:57.04. Red Bluff’s Devin Shoop was second (2:00.80). Jorgensen celebrated with a fist pump upon crossing the finish line, and a huge hug with coach Pam Borg after the medals presentation.

“I was nervous. I thought someone was right behind me. It most have been my shoe laces making noise,” said Jorgensen after being told about his large margin of victory.

Etna’s Emily Loogman and Taylor Lambert from West Valley entered the 300m Hurdles competition as co-favorite. Lambert had the top time in the event for most of the season, but Loogman held the top time early in the season and again part way through. Both runners turned in their best time of the season at the championships, with Lambert prevailing in 46.61. Loogman was second in 47.34. Loogman finished fourth in the 100m Hurdles, turning in a personal best of 16.55. Amanda Menschel of Wheatland won the event (15.84).

Lady Miner Carrie Scott, who received an at large bid to the championships, finished third in the Shot Put at 34-02.50. Shasta’s Jazmin Porter was the winner (39-10.75). (more…)

Attention coaches, parents and other interested parties. High school sports is just about over and there are far too many youth sports throughout the county to keep track of for one person. So, if you want to see your team’s results posted to the SiskiyouYouth scoreboard, please contact me at info@siskiyouyouth.com, or text results to 530-340-0811. Thanks!

Scores

Rodeo
Etna Jr. Rodeo

Saturday, May 29

Rodeo
Montague Junior Rodeo

Babe Ruth
Rain out make up day

Friday, May 28

Track
Yreka’s Kevin Jorgensen wins 800m (1:57.04) @ North Section Championships. Emily Loogman from Etna was 2nd in the 300m Hurdles (47.34)

Babe Ruth
Weed 2 - Stidham 12 (5)
Stidham Stats: Evan Bosinger 4/4, 2B, 3B, 3 RBI; Travis Sutter 2/3, 3B, 3 RBI; Michael Elfgen 2/3, RBI; Christian Charles 1/3, 3B, RBI; Colter Boswell 1/1, RBI. Christian Charles WP, 11 K

Mt. Shasta Siskiyous @ Peter’s Trucking

Thursday, May 27

Babe Ruth
PremierWest Bank @ Yreka Transfer, 6:00 pm

Stidham 14 – Mt. Shasta Siskiyous 4
Stidham Stats: Christian Charles 4/4, 2B (2); Evan Bosinger went 2/3; Michael Elfgen 2/4; Matt Jespersen 2/4; Travis Sutter 1/4, 2B, 2 RBI. Stidham’s record is 7-0.

CLT Logging 3 – Scott Valley Bank 2 (more…)

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Softball

Etna
Paige Finley
Tandy Thackeray
Jennifer Hanes
Andrea Pearson
Kassie Federico- Honorable Mention

Mount Shasta
Kayla Spini-MVP
Tori Weatherford
Sammy Reed
Mackenzie Hanna
Haley Brown
Michaela Martin-Honorable Mention (more…)

The Siskiyou Golden Fair and Capps’ Speakeasy is excited to announce the Capps Chili Butter Challenge. This live cooking competition will take place at the 2010 Siskiyou Golden Fair.

Residents of Siskiyou County are encouraged to submit their best recipe using Capps Chili Butter to the fair office by June 25, 2010. Five chefs will be chosen to prepare their dishes on Saturday, August 14 in the Howard Trivelpiece Ag-Hort building at the Siskiyou Golden Fair. The Chili Butter dishes will be judged by a panel of three judges based on taste, originality and presentation. The winner of the competition will receive a trophy, dinner for two at Capps’ Speakeasy, a case of Chili Butter and a cash prize of $100! (more…)

Oregon Tech head women’s basketball coach Scott Meredith has announced the signing of Crissy Watts, a 5-6 guard from College of the Siskiyous and formerly of Sunset High School in Beaverton, Oregon.

Watts, a 1st team All-State selection at Siskiyous averaged 19.2 points, 4 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game while shooting 45-percent from the floor and 84-percent from the free-throw line. She broke the COS school record for points in a game with 47 and set new school records for consecutive free throws made (22), free throw percentage (84.6) and free throw percentage in conference (94.4). Watts averaged 24.6 points per game during 2009 Golden Valley Conference action.

“Crissy Watts is a dynamic basketball player as her 1st team All-State status in California shows,” said Coach Meredith. “She is a prolific scorer and can generate points in a variety of ways. Her ability to create will give us options and make everyone around her better. We are extremely excited she is bringing her game to Tech”

Watts is the daughter of Mark and Nancy Watts of Beaverton, Oregon. She plans to major in Communications at Oregon Tech this fall.

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From Sunday, June 27, to Saturday, July 3, College of the Siskiyous will be rocking with teenagers (ages 12 to 18) from California and the western states as they gather together to sing and dance under the direction of world famous clinicians at the Mt. Shasta Vocal Jazz and Show Choir Clinic. This is a very popular camp with the students of Siskiyou County who make up about half of the 60 to 80 students who attend each summer.

“They sing, they dance, they bond, and they put on a show at the end of the week that wows audiences year after year,” said Elaine Schaefer, Camp Director. (more…)

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Softball

Ashley Lemos

Beth Franklin – Honorable Mention (more…)

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The Siskiyou Golden Fair 2010 Exhibitor Handbook is now available at locations throughout the county. This is the “how-to” guide on entering exhibits at the fair from photographs to bunnies to prize vegetables.

“We are very excited about our competitive exhibit classes this year,” said Exhibit Representative, Janet Eastlick. “These exhibits are the heart of our fair, from the prize bull to the best apple pie.” (more…)