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The Yreka Miners varsity football squad began the 2010 campaign with a come-from-behind 24-17 win over the Trinity Wolves at Miner Stadium on Friday night via a Shafer to Dow TD pass with 1:58 to go.

The defending NSCIF D-III Wolves were first on the board. After stopping an early Miner drive at their doorstep, the Wolves posted a touchdown on a 97-yard run by Luke Curran.

Trevor Daugherty booted a 37-yard field goal for Yreka. The Miners went to the locker room down 7-3 at the half. (more…)

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 Yreka Miner varsity football team is looking to rebound from a less than stellar 2009 season (2-8), and appears poised to do so in 2010.

Yreka participated in a scrimmage with Mt. Shasta, Fall River, and Burney last Saturday in Mt. Shasta. Over the weekend, SiskiyouYouth.com did a short interview via email with Head Coach Orlyn Culp to get his take on the scrimmage and upcoming season. The questions and answers, as well as Yreka’s schedule and last year’s Northern Athletic League final standings are below.

Q: How do you feel the scrimmage went overall?

A: Overall, I felt like we saw what we needed. We had a lot of players fighting for the chance to “get on the grass” against Trinity (Yreka’s season opener), and we got to film them and see them in a competitive environment.

Q: What were you pleased with?

A: Defensively, I felt like we played well…we had a couple of breakdowns that can be easily fixed. Our players hustled to the ball and we played with contact all evening.

On offense, I thought we showed that when we played with discipline, we ran the ball effectively. And, I thought we showed improvement in the passing game.

Q: What needs more work?

A: Defensively, it will all come down to physical play and staying disciplined. (more…)

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One of the biggest athletic and administrative changes over the summer was Chris Harris leaving Yreka High School to become the new principal at Jackson Street Elementary, and the hiring of Steve Van Ert as the new athletic director and assistant principal at YHS.

Harris did a fantastic job at YHS and I was sad to see him move on. But, I was also very happy to see Van Ert move into his spot. My experience with Van Ert while he was at Dunsmuir was always positive, and I think he’ll do a great job at YHS.

Below are the questions and answers from an interview we did via email that should shed some light on Van Ert’s beliefs and way of doing things, as well as provide some background information for those who don’t know him.

Q: Where did you grow up/spend your youth?

A: Redding; Enterprise High grad

Q: Colleges attended and degrees earned?

A: Bachelor of Science in Biology from Chico State /teacher credential, admin credential and Master of Arts in Education from Simpson University

Q: Coaching background, where, what, and when?

A: 6 years Head Track Coach, 5 years in football (JV 1 yr, V Off. Coord 1yr, 3 yrs Head Coach: 17-16 after an 0-10 first year of rebuilding) at Dunsmuir High School. (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…)

So, here’s the story. Way back in the fall of 2009, after Kevin Jorgensen won the Northern Athletic League varsity 5,000m cross country race and was third in sections, I gave him an Impact Player Award—sort of. I gave him his T-shirt, but never did the story. Believe it or not, I was waiting to get a photo of Kevin, and eventually so much time went by that it seemed a good idea to wait for track season.

I told Kevin that when he won the league in track, I’d do the Impact story. I was actually expecting him to come up big in the 1600m or 3200m. That would make sense for a cross country champ, right?

Nope, instead he wins the NAL 800m title and the North Section crown, apparently preferring to get his races done a bit quicker.

At sections, Kevin didn’t just win, he dominated. His time of 1:57.04 was nearly four seconds faster than the second place finisher. As impressive as that was, Kevin did something even better. (more…)