WEED – Tulelake’s Lexie Greenbank was ripping aces, and hammering kill shots on the opening night of high school volleyball in Siskiyou County, as the Lady Honkers swept the Weed Lady Cougars, 3-0 (25-12, 25-13, 25-23).

Tulelake took command of the match right from the opening of the first set. A kill by Madee Boyd put the Lady Honkers up 1-0. With the score 3-1 in favor of Tulelake, Greenbank rotated to server. By the time she was done, the Lady Honkers had rattled off eight service points, including six Greenbank aces. The score was 11-1.

Late in the first set, another Greenbank ace brought the Lady Honkers to the brink of victory, 24-11. Weed’s Osa Traylor put the celebration temporarily on ice with a block. However, Boyd nailed a kill shot to secure the set-one win, 25-12.

Tulelake led 2-1 on an ace and a kill by Gabby Rascon in the second set, when Geenbank took the serve. In a near replay of the first set, the Lady Honkers scored nine straight points with Greenbank behind the line. Michelle Rupert hammered a kill. Then, Greenbank accounted for seven of the next eight points, with a kill and six aces.

Down 24-11, Weed scored two in a row with Jeni Cheffey serving, including an ace. Rupert ended the second set with a block, giving Tulelake the 25-13 win. (more…)

The North Section Division-I and IV track and field championships were held on Friday. Division-I was at Enterprise High School, with D-IV at West Valley High School. The section championships will be held at West Valley on Friday, May 28.

Division-I
Yreka
Tyler Wolf won the Shot Put with a new PR of 50-09.00. Dylan Weddle took 1st in the Pole Vault (12-06).

Kevin Jorgensen finished 2nd in the 800m (1:58.44), and Dillon Dow took 3rd in the 400m.

Ryan Kennedy was first in the junior varsity Shot Put (48-07.50).

The varsity girls top performances were turned in by Taylor Bruyette with a 4th in the 100m (13.34) , Tina Ballue 4th in the Long Jump (16-03.25), and Carrie Scott 4th in the Shot Put (33-02.50).

Eva Heintz won the JV Discus (102-03) and was third in the Shot Put (33-03.00).

For complete D-I varsity and JV results click HERE

Division-IV
Butte Valley
Kady Porterfield was Butte Valley’s lone champion, winning the Shot Put at 29-04.50. She was also 3rd in the Discus (79-03).

Steven Berengue was tops for the varsity boys, with a 4th place finish in the 200m (26.21). The varsity boys 4×400m Relay Team (Steven Berengue, Fernando Belmontes, Jose Gonzales, Brandon Britton) grabbed a 2nd place medal (4:08.86). (more…)

The Evergreen League and Feather River League held their track championships at Tulelake on Friday. Tulelake, Dunsmuir and Butte Valley will be at the NSCIF D-IV championships at West Valley HS on next Friday.

Tulelake won the boys and girls varsity team competition. Dunsmuir won the JV boys.

Tulelake
Miguel Navarro was 1st in the 200m (24.47) and 2nd in the 400m (54.32)

Logan Herman won the 1600m (5:06.13), 3200m (11:18.72) and 300m Hurdles (51.09)

Dominick Hernandez won the Shot Put (38-09.25) and Discus (116-09)

Ivan Villanueava won the Long Jump (18-10.50) and was second in the Triple Jump (39-04.50)

Maria Chavolla won the Discus (71-00) and was 3rd in the Shot Put (26-10.50)

Laura Plass won the Pole Vault (5-06.00) and was 3rd in the 800m (3:05.41) (more…)

The North Section released the baseball playoff brackets on Wednesday. All games are currently scheduled for 4:00 on Friday, May 14.

Division-II
#3 Yreka (16-13-1) v #6 Gridley (10-13)

Divison-III
#6 Mt. Shasta (10-13) @ #3 Pierce (12-8)

Division-IV
#4 Etna (15-15) v #5 Hamilton (8-10) (more…)

The North Section CIF released updated 2010 softball and baseball playoff points rankings on Sunday.

Softball
D-IV
Mt. Shasta (23-3-1) has dropped from 3rd to 5th, behind Live Oak (18-2) and ahead of Wheatland (16-10). Yreka (14-13) has dropped from 7th to 8th, behind Winters (13-8) and ahead of Anderson (10-7).

D-V
Etna (24-6) is tied for the number-one ranking with of Hamilton (18-5). Weed (4-11) is 15th.  Tulelake (4-13) is 17th.

D-VI
Dunsmuir (5-8) is ranked 9th. (more…)

The Dave Allen Twilight Invitational meet was held on Friday, May 7 at Mt. Shasta high School.

Top Siskiyou County varsity performers

Butte Valley
Kady Porterfield – 1st Shot Put (28-08.75)
Arturs Vorobjous – 1st Triple Jump (39-01.75), 2nd 400m (54.81)
Boys 4×100 Relay Team, 3rd (47.99)

Dunsmuir
Katie McIntyre – 2nd 100m (13.81), 3rd Shot Put (27-02.50)
Nate Gonzales – 2nd Triple Jump (38-08.50)
Girls 4×200m Relay Team, 1st (2:03.91)
Girls 4×100m Relay Team, 3rd (58.32) (more…)

ETNA – The Tulelake Honkers baseball team came into Friday’s double dip with the Etna Lions tied with Fall River for first place in the Shasta Cascade League at 9-3. A sweep of the Lions meant at least a share of the SCL crown for Tulelake in its first year in the league. It didn’t happen.

Instead, the Lions came from behind to win the first game, 7-6. Tulelake won the second game, 7-3, but the game one loss coupled with Fall River’s (11-3) sweep of Burney (2-12) knocked the Honkers out of contention. (more…)

ETNA – The Etna Lady Lions softball team took a pair from the Tulelake Lady Honkers on Friday, 15-1 and 8-0.

Etna jumped on top in the bottom of the first inning of game one with 10 runs. Tandy Thackeray doubled, singled, drove in a run and scored a run in the inning. Tessa Burrone walked twice and scored twice.

The Lady Lions upped their lead to 11-1 in the second inning. With one out, Jennifer Hanes singled, stole second, and scored on an Andrea Pearson base hit.

Tulelake broke the shutout in the top of the third inning. Juanita Garcia led off with a walk. Alma Vidrio reached on a fielder’s choice, that erased Garcia at second base. Michelle Rupert ripped a base hit to left field, scoring Vidrio to make the score 11-1. (more…)

MOUNT SHASTA – The Tulelake Honkers came into Tuesday’s double header trialing the Mt. Shasta Bears by a game in the Shasta Cascade League standings. By the end of the day, the Bears (8-4) trailed Tulelake (9-3), and Fall River (9-3) by a game, after the Honkers swept the twin bill, 5-2 and 9-6.

For the Bears it was a day of miscues and missed opportunities. Unofficially, Mt. Shasta left a total of 12 runners stranded in the two games, had nine errors, and at least four base running blunders.

For Tulelake, it was the land of opportunity, as they took full advantage of the gifts. (more…)

Yreka’s Kevin Jorgensen won the 800m race at the Sterling Bank Invitational held on Saturday at the Oregon institute of Technology, in Klamath Falls. Jorgensen won in a time of 2:00.75. He was also 5th in the 3000m (9:50.64).

Tyler Wolf finished 2nd in Shot Put for Yreka (48-05.00). Eric Neill was 4th in the 1500m (4:20.91).

For the Lady Miners, Carrie Scott finished 2nd in the Discus (102-09). Tina Ballue was 4th in the Long Jump (15-10.05). Taylor Bruyette finished 4th in the 100m (13.31).

Etna’s Emily Loogman was a photo finish 3rd in the 300m Hurdles with a time of 48.09. Her time is the best among California North Section athletes. Loogman finished 4th in the 100m Hurdles (16.62). (more…)