The Mt. Shasta Bears soccer team played a “friendly” against the Foothill Cougars on Tuesday in Palo Cedro, and came away with a hard fought 4-3 victory.

The Bears were first on the board in the 8th minute, with a break away goal by Austin Herrick. The Bears made it 2-0 in the 30th minute on a cross from Herrick to Andrew Campbell, who volleyed it in. The score stood 2-0 Bears at halftime.

The Bears have been able to hold their own in the first half against bigger schools in the past, but ultimately lost. This time it was different, eventually. (more…)

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Friday, August 27

Football
Yreka 24 – Trinity 17

Yreka JV 0 – Trinity JV 0

Mt. Shasta 24 – Modoc 39

Mt. Shasta JV 0 – Modoc JV 25

Weed 26 – Etna 40
Etna Stats: Eric Freckman 2 TD passes, TD run; Robbie Munson 2 TD runs, Travis Parry 2 TD receptions. Nick Hansen 65Y interception return for TD
Weed Stats: Jake West 2 TD passes, Mykeil White 2 TD runs, Cody Beam 2 TD receptions

Weed JV 0 – Etna JV 2 (really it was 2-0)

College of the Siskiyous football starts Saturday, September 11 at home v Santa Rosa at 3:00 pm

College of the Siskiyous volleyball opens at home against Linn Benton on Wednesday, September 1 at 5:00 pm

The Mt. Shasta Bears participated in a football scrimmage last Saturday at Mt. Shasta High School with Yreka, Fall River, and Burney—teams that Bear Coach Mike Dellabona referred to as evenly matched.

Dellabona said in an email interview that he and the Bear coaching staff were pleased with how the team performed at the scrimmage, overall.

“I was pleased that our team did not loose its composure and made good situational awareness decisions when they were presented. We had a few positive spots and we made a few mistakes. We will be addressing those this week, prior to heading to Modoc for our season opener,” said Dellabona

Although Dellabona said that the staff will work to bring out the best of the athletes’ “individual uniqueness,” the emphasis is on strong team play and having fun.

“We have built this new program with a ‘team’ aspect in mind. We have tried to squash the individualism and selfishness,” said Dellabona. “As a team we performed fantastic, but the most important part was that we really had fun! That’s what it’s really about.”

Mt. Shasta struggled last season (3-7), but Dellabona feels that the Bears can come out on top in any of their games this season. However, the team to beat in the Sacramento Valley League is the Trinity Wolves—the defending NSCIF D-III champions.

“In our conference, the team to beat will be our last game of the season, Trinity. Last year they had a running back that was the league MVP as a sophomore. We feel who ever wins that last game will be headed to post season play,” said Dellabona. “It is truly achievable to win every game, but realistically it’s how we play and the character that we posses when we loose.”

Dellabona also expects his team to show sportsmanship and be very aggressive

“We plan on offering an action packed offensive attack and a stop’em, no gain defense. We will be very aggressive,” concluded Dellabona. (more…)

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Etna High School’s Paige Finley and Mt. Shasta High School’s Kayla Spini have been named to the ESPN RISE, Cal-Hi Small Schools All-State Softball Team. The pair were among only 30 players selected for the honor. Finley was picked as a pitcher. Spini was selected as an all-purpose player despite being a top-notch pitcher. Spini was the only sophomore selected to the small schools team.

Finley led her Etna Lion’s team to back-to-back NSCIF D-V championships her junior and senior year. She led the North Section in wins (28-7), and was second in strikeouts (367) in the 2010 season. Finley is headed to Concordia in Irvine, where she will play for the Lady Eagles next spring.

Spini led her Lady Bears team to back-to-back Shasta Cascade League championships as a freshman and sophomore. Her freshman year, Mt. Shasta was the NSCIF D-IV runner up. Spini was second in the section in wins (26-6), and third in strikeouts (361) in the 2010 season . Spini hit .514, eighth in the section. (more…)

The North Lions All-Stars fell to the South, 9-1. Siskiyou C0unty players on the North were Paige Finley, Etna; Sammy Reed, Mt. Shasta; Sierra Skeen, Weed; Beth Franklin, Yreka; Ashley Lemos, Yreka (Not pictured due to an uncooperative camera). (more…)

Each spring SiskiyouYouth.com awards multiple scholarships. The 2010 recipients were each awarded a $200 scholarship.

Winona Croy, Discovery High School

Brent Davis, Etna High School

Michael Dugan, Mt. Shasta High School

Nicolette Neel, Weed High School

Adriana Scala, Yreka High School (more…)

Lions All-Star games

Softball
South 9 – North 1
Paige Finley from Etna had a hit, walked and scored a run for the North. Finley also received a $500 scholarship from the Lions.

Baseball
North 20 – South 2 (7)
Yreka’s Zach Salvestro went 1/2, and was hit by a pitch. Taylor Barlow had a “nice” play at 2nd base, according to assistant coach Jason Freitas (more…)