WEED – The Weed Cougars and Etna Lions will go at it tooth and nail again later in the season, but for now, the Lions have top cat bragging rights in Siskiyou County. Etna downed Weed 40-26 on opening night of the 2010 high school football season on Friday.

The two teams were picked in a preseason coaches’ poll to finish in the bottom half of the Shasta Cascade League this season. However, both squads served notice that they can put up points in a hurry, and won’t be anyone’s doormat. (more…)

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…)

WEED – The Etna Lion junior varsity’s defense came up with a game-winning safety with 3:19 to play, snatching a 2-0 win over the Weed Cougars on Friday night to open the football season. Both teams showed flashes of offensive ability during the game, but it was defense that ruled for the most part.

Early in the fourth quarter, Weed was in a punting situation, when Lion Preston Munson came to his coaches and asked to be put in the game.

“I can block the punt,” Munson said.

The Etna staff sent Munson into the game. True to his word, Munson broke through the line and blocked the kick. Weed recovered the ball, but Etna took over on the Cougar 14-yard-line on downs. (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

Four dirt bike enthusiasts from Yreka are on a mission—race in as many Hare Scrambles as possible, collect trophies, and have a blast doing it.

“We’re all trying to move up in class and win races, but it’s really all for fun,” said Jeff Strutz, who grabbed a first place finish in the Veterans C-Class at the Big Sky XC Hare Scramble, held at the Big Sky Ski Resort in Montana last weekend.

Strutz wasn’t the lone Yrekan celebrating after the competition. Jeff Green and Dave Schlumpberger also picked up first place awards–Green in the 250cc/2-stroke C-Class, and Schlumpberger in the Open C-Class. Also racing well was Darrel Collins, taking second in the Veterans B-Class.

Collins is the subject of the video above, shot by Strutz. The video shows the start of the Open B-Class race, and some obstacle work by Collins. (more…)

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…)

SiskiyouYouth.com teamed up with The Intermountain News to conduct a Shasta Cascade League Preseason Football Coaches’ Poll. Below are the poll results along with the final 2009 SCL standings.

Poll results

1. Modoc
2. Fall River
3. Burney
4. Etna
5. Tulelake
6. Weed (more…)

“Before I was in this program, it was like I was in a cave. Now I have the whole world opened up to me. I can do all the things I want to do with my life.” Anonymous Student

College of the Siskiyous will be offering a short-term Reading Principles (EDUC 60) class beginning October 7.  The class will also meet October 14 and 21 from 2:00 to 4:50 pm, and is offered via the COS Distance Learning system using videoconferencing.  Students who register for this course may attend class from either the Yreka (#7463) or Weed (#7463) Campus.   This class is for “Learning Coaches” – teachers, instructional aides, or anyone wanting to provide effective reading assistance to others.  If this is of interest to you, plan now to enroll, either online at www.siskiyous.edu, or in person at the Weed or Yreka Campus.  Mary Jane Bolton is the instructor. (more…)

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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