Weed varsity softball coach Rob Moser’s choice for the Pepsi of Mt. Shasta Lady Cougar Softball Player of the Week is Jeni Cheffey. Cheffey was in the circle for the Lady Cougars’ 9-4 win over Big Valley last week. She struck out seven batters, gave up two earned runs, two hits, and just one walk. Cheffey also went 2/3 at the plate with an RBI. (more…)

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The first week of high school baseball and softball is in the books, with several local teams turning in strong performances on the diamond. For game scores and stats, check the scoreboard posted earlier.

Softball

The Mt. Shasta Lady Bears are the clear favorites for a 4-peat in the Shasta Cascade League and one of the favorites for an NSCIF D-V title. They showed why at the Anderson Small Schools Tournament this weekend. Mt. Shasta won five straight via shutout, two in Kayla Spini no-hitter style, before falling to defending NSCIF D-IV champion Anderson.

Etna also looked strong at the Anderson tourney under new head coach Harold Bennett. The Lady Lions reached the NSCIF D-V section semi-finals last season, and won the section the prior two years. Etna has finished second to Mt. Shasta in the SCL the last three years and was the last team besides the Lady Bears to win the SCL. This was supposed to be a rebuilding year for the young Lions. Apparently, Bennett has the tools because Etna won their first four games, before finally falling to South Fork.

The Weed Lady Cougars also got off to a good start, taking a pair from Big Valley to open the season on Friday, before losing to last year’s NSCIF D-V runner-up Modoc on Saturday.

Baseball

The Yreka Miners dropped their season opener 10-0 to D-I powerhouse Foothill (8-1), but rebounded with a vengeance in the Etna Marble Mountain Tournament over the weekend. The Miners won all four of their games, by a combined total of 57-2. The Miners (4-1) are one of the favorites to win the Northern Athletic League and the NSCIF D-II championship. (more…)

The Shasta Cascade League held it’s 2011-12 basketball all-league selection meeting on Monday night.

Girls

MVP: Karene Marshall, Weed

All-League

Jeanette Ricci, Mt. Shasta
Janelle Jaegel, Mt. Shasta
Kathryn Andrus, Mt. Shasta
Jillian Neel, Weed
Destinee Jones, Weed
Jessie Eiler, Etna
Maryann Parker, Fall River
Catie Thompson, Fall River
Yadira Contreras, Fall River
Jodi Boudreaux, Modoc
Myisha Carpenter, Burney

Honorable Mention

Tori Hansen, Mt. Shasta
Tyresha Leonard, Weed
Sara Hoyt, Etna
Courtney Knoch, Modoc
Shaina Hoke, Burney

Co-Coaches of the Year: Kirk Andrus & Bob West

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The Tulelake Honkers boys basketball team has won the 2012 PremierWest Bank B-Ball Challenge. The winner of the Challenge is the Siskiyou County team that advances farthest in the NSCIF playoffs. The Tulelake, Happy Camp and Dunsmuir boys all had great playoff runs and advanced to the semi-finals, before being eliminated. Tulelake wins by virtue of the first tie break, overall record.

The Honkers will receive custom made T-shirts by the Sportsmen’s Den/Klamath Board Sports.

Out in semifinals

1. Tulelake Boys 22-4

2. Dunsmuir Boys, 15-9

3. Happy Camp Boys, 8-7

Out in 2nd round of playoffs

4. Weed Girls, 18-6

5. Mt. Shasta Boys, 15-8

6. Mt. Shasta Girls, 15-11

7. Butte Valley Girls 13-12

Out in 1st round of playoffs

8. Tulelake Girls, 19-6

9. Yreka Girls, 11-16

10. Butte Valley Boys 6-14 (more…)

Weed Recreation District and Weed High School are sponsoring the 2012 Youth Basketball Camp for 3rd-8th graders. It will be supervised by Mike Carpine with assistance from the WHS Cougars in the WHS gym. Campers will learn the fundamentals and rules of basketball through fun drills and activities, improving their playing skills during game scrimmages. (more…)

Weed girls varsity basketball coach Bob West’s pick for the Pepsi of Mt. Shasta Lady Cougar Basketball Players of the Week are seniors Jennifer Marshall and Tyresha Leonard for a job well done this season. The Lady Cougars improved from 0-20 last season to 18-6 this year–thanks, in part, to their efforts. (more…)

North-1, Race-6 was held February 27, 2012 at the Mt. Shasta Ski & Board Park.

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Photos by Richard Allan, The Inter-MountainNews.

The 2012 North Section CIF Masters Wrestling Tournament was held at the Redding Convention Center last Friday and Saturday.

Trinity’s Josh Plotzke earned a medal with a fourth place finish in the 120 lb division, going 3-2 in the tournament.

Also bringing home a medal was Etna’s Hayden Kaae, finishing 5th in the 182 lb division. He went 4-2 in the tourney

Tulelake’s Derek Wood went 1-1 in the 138 lb division. (more…)

Three Siskiyou County teams have made it to the semi-finals of the NSCIF playoffs–all from the Evergreen League. Happy Camp advanced on Thursday night, and Tulelake and Dunsmuir won on Friday night. All three teams won on the road.

Remember, the winner of the PremierWest Bank B-Ball Challenge is the team that advances the farthest in the NSCIF section playoffs. The 1st tiebreaker is overall record, which might come into play for the first time this year…just a feeling. The official record for the teams is the one the section uses. To see all the tiebreakers and rules click the link at the end of this article.

The next full update will be after all semi-final games are finished.

1. Tulelake Boys 22-3

2. Dunsmuir Boys, 15-8

3. Happy Camp Boys, 8-6

Out in 2nd round of playoffs

4. Weed Girls, 18-6

5. Mt. Shasta Boys, 15-8

6. Mt. Shasta Girls, 15-11

7. Butte Valley Girls 13-12

Out in 1st round of playoffs

8. Tulelake Girls, 19-6

9. Yreka Girls, 11-16

10. Butte Valley Boys 6-14 (more…)

Weed Lady Cougars Jillian Neel and Karene Marshall could have set up lawn chairs beyond the arc in the first half of their first round NSCIF D-V playoff game in Tulelake on Tuesday night. The duo combined for seven of Weed’s eight first half 3-balls, on the way to a 34-21 halftime lead. The Lady Honkers would finally make an adjustment in the second half, but it was too late. Seven-seed Tulelake was unable to make up the deficit on the 5th ranked, but 10th seeded Lady Cougars who hung on to win 50-42.

Marshall and Neel hit back-to-back treys to open the game, giving Weed a 6-0 advantage. Tulelake came back to tie the contest, 6-6, on a hoop by Cierra Gribble, two freebies from Maria Chavolla, and a bucket by Madee Boyd off a pass from C. Gribble.

The Lady Cougars regained the lead, 9-6, on a 3-pointer from Marshall. A put back by Tulelake’s Rosario Jaime made it 9-8. Jaime then stole the ball and set up Boyd for an easy score, giving the Lady Honkers their only lead of the game, 10-9, with 1:09 left in the first quarter. (more…)

Weed varsity girls basketball coach Bob West’s choice for the Pepsi of Mt. Shasta Lady Cougar Basketball Player of the Week is the entire team.

“My whole team. They all earned it by how hard they work,” said West.

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Race was held Friday, February 17 at Mt. Shasta Ski & Board Park.

Boys Varsity Board GS

Pl Bib Class Team Name Run 1 Run 2 Result

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1 707 1 MTS Neilsen Kevin 51.00 (1) 52.18 (1) 1:43.18 (1)

2 704 1 MTS Cazneaux Christoph 55.49 (2) 57.81 (2) 1:53.30 (2)

3 857 1 WE Feigley Billy 58.63 (3) 1:00.05 (4) 1:58.68 (3)

4 701 1 MTS Hamuck Obie 1:00.87 (5) 59.63 (3) 2:00.50 (4)

5 786 1 YRE Colla Brian 59.00 (4) 1:01.58 (6) 2:00.58 (5)

6 859 1 WE Quigley Brian 1:02.28 (6) 1:01.62 (7) 2:03.90 (6)

7 716 1 MTS Mattson Malcolm 1:03.88 (9) 1:01.44 (5) 2:05.32 (7)

8 798 1 YRE Todd Ryan 1:02.79 (7) 1:03.73 (10) 2:06.52 (8)

9 703 1 MTS Gradel Ben 1:04.13 (10) 1:02.84 (8) 2:06.97 (9)

10 708 1 MTS Dorsey Kenji 1:04.65 (12) 1:02.89 (9) 2:07.54 (10)

11 715 1 MTS Laracona Dominic 1:04.43 (11) 1:03.81 (11) 2:08.24 (11)

12 800 1 YRE Bruhns Spencer 1:03.01 (8) 1:09.80 (15) 2:12.81 (12)

13 851 1 WE Anderson Brandon 1:05.52 (13) 1:07.65 (12) 2:13.17 (13)

14 797 1 YRE Gutierrez Dylanger 1:07.51 (14) 1:08.80 (13) 2:16.31 (14)

15 858 1 WE Stenmark Spenser 1:10.28 (17) 1:09.15 (14) 2:19.43 (15)

16 796 1 YRE Bigelow Thomes 1:09.99 (15) 1:10.56 (16) 2:20.55 (16)

17 793 1 YRE Pollack David 1:10.25 (16) 1:16.11 (18) 2:26.36 (17)

18 792 1 YRE Sweet Jack 1:15.61 (18) 1:11.47 (17) 2:27.08 (18)

19 790 1 YRE Atkinson Tanner 1:39.66 (19) 1:49.46 (19) 3:29.12 (19)

Girls Varsity Board GS

Pl Bib Class Team Name Run 1 Run 2 Result

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1 848 1 WE Schnack Marielle 59.20 (1) 1:01.29 (1) 2:00.49 (1)

2 844 1 WE Stensaas Elizabeth 1:03.07 (3) 1:05.22 (2) 2:08.29 (2)

3 717 1 MTS Margot Mattson 1:03.13 (4) 1:05.63 (3) 2:08.76 (3)

4 846 1 WE Stenmark Giordan 1:02.18 (2) 1:07.23 (4) 2:09.41 (4)

5 845 1 WE Stensaas Johanna 1:11.61 (6) 1:10.21 (5) 2:21.82 (5)

6 787 1 YRE Restine Zoe 1:11.05 (5) 1:14.06 (6) 2:25.11 (6)

7 782 1 YRE Derra Brianna 1:39.38 (7) 1:33.87 (7) 3:13.25 (7)

8 712 1 MTS Thomas Emily 2:27.79 (8) 2:15.73 (8) 4:43.52 (8) (more…)

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The Mt. Shasta Bear and Weed Cougar boys junior varsity teams came into Friday night’s game tied at the top of the Shasta Cascade League JV standings, at 8-1. Weed had defeated Mt. Shasta earlier in the season at Mt. Shasta, and Weed had lost in Fall River.

Like their first SCL meeting, the Bears and Cougars played a highly competitive contest that came down to the final seconds.

With 5:01 to play in the game, the squads were knotted at 37-37. Aidan Hagarty put Weed in front, 39-37, with his trademarked spin move in the paint. Two from Cesar Gonzalez drew the Bears even, 39-39, with 3:38 to go. (more…)

Truly, I don’t know where to begin with this story. But, I’ll start by saying that the game tonight between the Mt. Shasta Lady Bears and the Weed Lady Cougars is a great example of why I would rather watch high school hoops than the NBA.

There were no multi-million dollar players, no billionaire owners, just two teams of girls that played their hearts out for the championship of a league that very few people outside of the CIF North Section even know exists. No, ESPN wasn’t there, nor FOX. Heck, even the Redding Record Searchlight wasn’t there.

But, those that were there witnessed a great small school girls basketball game. Mt. Shasta won 32-31, but don’t let the low score fool you. This wasn’t one of those chuck up a shot with 20 seconds on the shot clock, miss, and go do the same thing at the other end type of games. It was intense in-your-face defense by both squads that kept the score down. Every shot was contested, every loose ball had multiple players diving on the floor. Every screen was for real. There was no jogging back on defense.

The intensity was for good reason. The Lady Bears came into the game knowing they already had a share of the Shasta Cascade League title. However, in order to ensure a home game for the first round of the NSCIF D-V playoffs, they needed to win the crown outright.

The Lady Cougars needed a win to grab a share of the SCL crown, and a win to ensure that they would receive the seeding they deserve in the playoffs.

Weed led the game almost the entire way, by as much as eight points. Mt. Shasta led twice, 30-29, with 1:07 to play in the game. And, 32-31 with :00 on the clock. (more…)

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