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SiskiyouYouth.com has a Facebook page where you can get updates of postings on SiskiyouYouth and interact with other “Fans.” The page can be accessed at: www.facebook.com/pages/SiskiyouYouthcom/205400520118

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The Butte Valley Lady Bulldogs have won the PremierWest Bank B-Ball Challenge for the 2009-10 season.

The Lady Bulldogs are the only Siskiyou County team to advance to the section finals. Butte Valley (22-0) will play for the NSCIF D-VI championship at Chico State on Friday at 2:30 pm against Hayfork (19-7).

The Lady Bulldogs will all receive custom made PremierWest Bank “Team of the Year” T-Shirts designed by Golden Grotto in Yreka.

Butte Valley advanced to the section finals via a 66-39 win over Loyalton on Wednesday night. The Etna Lady Lions (21-7) and Dunsmuir Tigers (11-14) were eliminated in the semi-finals on Tuesday  night. (more…)

DURHAM – While it certainly wasn’t the way the third-seeded Etna Lady Lions wanted to end their season – a 67-42 loss to the second-seeded Durham Trojans – the team still accomplished a lot this year.

The Lady Lions had their first 20-win season since 04-05 (22-7 in 04-05 and this season), and made it as far as the semi-finals for the first time since 04-05. For the second straight year, Etna also captured at least a share of the Shasta Cascade League championship.

As for the final game, let’s just say the Durham Lady Trojans must have thought Thanksgiving came early, as they carved up Etna’s zone defense and dished out a healthy serving of points in the paint. At the other end, Durham played in-your-face defense that seemed to frustrate Etna.

The game was competitive through most of the first three quarters, and Etna showed signs that it might be able to rally. But, Durham was just too well coached, too disciplined, and too fundamentally sound for the Lady Lions to handle. (more…)

The Soroptimist International of Yreka club is accepting applications from students in the Yreka Union High School District and other northern Siskiyou County high schools including Butte Valley, Etna and Happy Camp.

One academic and one vocational scholarship are available, worth $1,000 each for just Yreka High School. One academic and one vocational scholarship are also available, worth $1,000 each, for just all northern Siskiyou County High Schools (Butte Valley, Etna, Happy Camp and Yreka). Applications can be obtained through the counselors at the individual high schools. The application deadline is April 30, 2010. (more…)

Yreka – The Soroptimist International of Yreka club is accepting applications from women in Siskiyou County who are in need of financial assistance to attend College of the Siskiyous. One academic and one vocational scholarship are available, worth $1,000 each. Applications can be obtained through the College of the Siskiyous financial aid office. (more…)

Results of Red Bluff 2010 District 1 Shootout, the Interdistrict Rodeo of
California High School Rodeo, Red Bluff CA, February 27-28, 2010.

Thanks to the generous sponsors, Red Bluff – Tehama County Chamber of
Commerce, Red Bluff Bull and Gelding Sale, Seven Hills Ranch, Anselmo
Vineyards, the all around winners received saddles, reserve all-arounds
received silver stirrups, each event winner received a buckle, and first
place in each go round was wearing a 2010 Shootout jacket.

All Around Cowboy: Jordan Spears, Redding
Reserve All Around: David Iverson, Oakdale

All Around Cowgirl: Chelsea Hannink, Oakdale
Reserve All Around: Ashley Heinrich, Klamath Falls, OR (more…)

Kenyon caught it, while being pressured by Robert Gonzalez. He would be the man to shoot it….

‘No one in this gym works harder than Gene shooting the basketball,’ said (Bear Coach Kirk) Andrus. ‘He shoots over and over – he shoots that shot over and over. It was fitting that he had the ball in his hands. No one deserves it more.’

Kenyon stepped back, he stepped forward, he let it fly…GOOD!

That’s how SiskiyouYouth.com contributor and KCWH radio station owner/broadcaster Rick Martin described the final seconds of regulation in the Mt. Shasta Bears’ win over the Weed Cougars to secure a share of the Shasta Cascade League championship. Martin would go on to write about Kenyon also making the lay up that gave the Bears the lead for good in overtime.

I rarely base my Impact Award selections on statistics. Usually, I’m aware that the player has good stats, but I don’t really know them until I look them up. The funny thing is that the stats almost always are good enough to say,” Hey, this is one of the best players.”

And so it is with Kenyon. He was second in scoring on the Bears (9.5 ppg). First in field goal percentage, including 3-pointers (54%). And, first in free throw percentage (64%) among the starters. You could say he’s a sharpshooter. He also had the second lowest number of turnovers among the starters. A low amount of turnovers is a good thing because, in basketball, no one likes a baker.

I had texted Coach Andrus sometime after the game against Weed, and about 12:30 in the morning (or night, if you prefer), I received a text back “Are you still awake?”

“For about 10 more minutes,” was the reply.

Fifteen minutes later, Andrus called. Forty-five minutes later, we said good night. About 40 of those minutes were spent on Kenyon hitting the shot to send the game to OT. (more…)

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