http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126785680306231500 2010-03-05 22:26:43 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126785680306231500 en-us BEAVERTON – Southridge's girls basketball team wasn't going to leave anything to chance. The third-ranked Metro League champion Skyhawks (23-2) blasted out to a 19-2 first-quarter lead against Portland Interscholastic League runner-up Grant (19-7) on Friday and kept the hammer down the rest ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126781465140195400 2010-03-05 00:00:00 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126781465140195400 en-us The Valley Times' scoreboard is now online. Click here for the Sports Scoreboard for March 3, 2010. ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126781421595222200 2010-03-05 10:36:55 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126781421595222200 en-us The Valley Catholic Charisma dance team earned second place at a competition at Parkrose High School on Feb. 20, after being narrowly edged out for first place by Scappoose. Astoria placed third in the division which combined teams from the 3A and 4A classifications. The Charisma achieved another ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126781270833716400 2010-03-05 00:00:00 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126781270833716400 en-us PORTLAND — Just one week after getting knocked off by Southridge in the Metro League district tournament, Aloha’s wrestling team went back to work. Back to the wrestling room. Back to the weight room. Back to the hard work and humility that have made the Warriors one of the ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126781287904285900 2010-03-05 00:00:00 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126781287904285900 en-us PORTLAND – It was tough sledding for most of the Metro League’s teams at the Class 6A state wrestling tournament. Outside of Aloha’s 10th-place finish (for more on that, see the story on Page A13), the Metro League’s four other teams managed eight placewinners among them, ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126781367927952900 2010-03-05 10:27:59 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126781367927952900 en-us CEDAR MILL – The Sunset boys basketball team believes that it is playoff-ready. And the Apollos looked it in their regular-season finale, racing past Beaverton 64-46 last week to wrap up third place in the ever-competitive Metro League. The win lifted Sunset’s Metro record to 8-7 ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126781347752078300 2010-03-05 10:24:37 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126781347752078300 en-us OREGON CITY – At the start of the year, if you would have predicted that the Westview girls basketball team would finish the 2009-10 season in the playoffs facing top-ranked Oregon City, no one would have believed you. No one, that is, except the Wildcats themselves. Westview, which opened ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126781335613854400 2010-03-05 10:22:36 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126781335613854400 en-us BEAVERTON – It was just one game. It didn’t affect the Metro League standings. It didn’t impact seedings to the state tournament. It didn’t decide a season series. But c’mon — when Southridge and Jesuit’s girls basketball teams step onto the court, it ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126781320660021100 2010-03-05 10:20:06 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126781320660021100 en-us CORVALLIS – There were only two things that went wrong in Valley Catholic’s Class 3A girls state basketball playoff opener. Tayla. Woods. Woods, a senior wing on the Santiam Christian girls team, poured in 33 points on Friday to help her team race past VC 58-42 at Santiam Christian ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126781308179145000 2010-03-05 10:18:01 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126781308179145000 en-us SALEM – The Beaverton girls basketball team may have been a distant third in the 2010 Metro League, but that doesn’t mean much to West Salem. The Titans found out the hard way that the Beavers can play. Beaverton (15-11) stepped up big-time in its Class 6A state playoff opener on ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126781229499237200 2010-03-05 10:04:54 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126781229499237200 en-us BEAVERTON – Hammer down. Jesuit’s girls basketball team did just that in its Tuesday Class 6A state playoff opener — racing past South Salem 71-37 at Jesuit High School – and the Crusaders would love to repeat that feat again on Friday. The Crusaders (19-6), the Metro ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126716839826403900 2010-02-25 23:13:18 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126716839826403900 en-us The Valley Times' scoreboard is now online. Click here for the Sports Scoreboard for Feb. 25, ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126712683649849800 2010-02-25 11:40:36 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126712683649849800 en-us CEDAR MILL – Sunset’s girls basketball team knew it had no margin for error. The Apollos, after losing six straight games in late January and February, had fallen to fifth place in the Metro League and saw their playoff hopes move to life support. But now, after winning two of its ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126712668257774000 2010-02-25 11:38:02 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126712668257774000 en-us BEAVERTON – The playoffs are looming and the Jesuit boys basketball team is right where it wants to be. The Crusaders clinched the 2010 Metro League title on Tuesday night with a 77-47 wipeout of Sunset at Jesuit High School, a victory that marked the team’s second straight Metro crown ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126712647274447000 2010-02-25 11:34:32 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126712647274447000 en-us GRESHAM – One. That covered the number of swimmers the Valley Catholic girls team sent to the Class 4A/3A/2A/1A state swim meet at Mt. Hood Community College on Friday and Saturday, but that one swimmer – freshman Julia Anderson – made her appearance count. Anderson did her best ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126712614804809700 2010-02-25 11:29:08 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126712614804809700 en-us GRESHAM – A week ago, the Valley Catholic boys swim team proved itself the best in District 2. Now, the Valiants can lay claim to the title as one of the state’s best. Competing in the Class 4A/3A/2A/1A state swim meet at Mt. Hood Community College on Friday and Saturday, Valley ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126712581011002700 2010-02-25 11:23:30 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126712581011002700 en-us GRESHAM – There was a serious case of déjà vu going on for the Metro League’s best girls swimmers at the Class 6A state meet on Saturday. There were so many Metro stars in Saturday’s championship races — held at Mt. Hood Community College – it almost looked like a ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126712548284786500 2010-02-25 11:18:02 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126712548284786500 en-us SHERWOOD – Wins have consequences. So do losses. Valley Catholic’s girls basketball team found the latter to be true the hard way on Saturday when the Valiants dropped a 44-42 decision to Willamina at Sherwood High School in a West Valley League playoff for the league’s top seed ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126712529554496400 2010-02-25 11:14:55 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126712529554496400 en-us BEAVERTON – It wasn’t long ago that the Aloha wrestling team was celebrating, in enemy territory, their first dual victory over Southridge in school history. Just one week after that emphatic celebration, Aloha’s unblemished 2010 Metro League season and reign as defending Metro ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126712242451924100 2010-02-25 10:27:04 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126712242451924100 en-us GRESHAM – There would be no state title this time around for the Westview boys swim team. The Wildcats, 2009 Class 6A state champs, came into the 2010 season with high hopes — and legitimate ones at that — of a repeat. Those hopes suffered a major blow when the Wildcats saw their ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126712172344817800 2010-02-25 10:15:23 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126712172344817800 en-us GRESHAM – Westview’s Steven Ung stepped into the light. OK, leaped in. Splashed in. Grabbed the light with both hands and cranked on it until it finally turned his way. Ung, a senior sprinter on the Westview boys swim team, capped his star-studded high school career in memorable ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126712146678426700 2010-02-25 10:11:06 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126712146678426700 en-us GRESHAM – Jesuit’s girls swim team knew what was on the line. Awaiting the start of the final event at Saturday’s Class 6A state swim meet at Mt. Hood Community College, the Crusaders trailed Lakeridge by 2½ points and knew they’d probably have to win the 400-yard freestyle ... http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126712118855985600 2010-02-25 10:06:28 http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126712118855985600 en-us BEAVERTON – In the aftermath of Saturday's district wrestling meet, one Southridge wrestler's voice rose above the commotion as he gestured towards the banners hanging from the Southridge High gymnasium's rafters. Looking at the years that Southridge had won Metro district wrestling titles, ...