http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132813953545190100 2012-02-01 15:38:55 http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132813953545190100 en-us The Scappoose High swim teams finally got a home meet this season and they celebrated with school records in two relays. Scappoose swims at the Eisenschmidt Pool in St. Helens and they hosted Tillamook, Rainier, and a small Neah-Kah-Nie team last Tuesday. The Tribe girls were victorious in their ... http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132813931128328100 2012-02-01 15:35:11 http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132813931128328100 en-us It may have been just a bit too easy for the St. Helens boys’ swim team last week, but it looks like they had a lot of fun in beating Wilsonville. The boys mixed up their line-up a bit, but still cruised past Wilsonville, 114-33. The Lions won every relay, took second in all three, and ... http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132813905997797000 2012-02-01 15:30:59 http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132813905997797000 en-us The Lady Indians’ basketball team kept pace for a while against Tillamook last week, but never got things going against Banks in two Cowapa League losses. The Tribe was tied with Tillamook after the first quarter, but slipped to a six-point deficit by halftime. They only managed two field ... http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132813843012351900 2012-02-01 00:00:00 http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132813843012351900 en-us The Scappoose Indians stayed tied for the Cowapa League lead last week with convincing wins over Tillamook on Tuesday, Jan. 24 and Banks on Friday Jan 27. “We played really tough against Tillamook, everyone competed,” Scappoose coach Rahim Tufts said. “We stuck to our game plan ... http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132813880058118100 2012-02-01 15:26:40 http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132813880058118100 en-us The St. Helens Lady Lions won their first Northwest Oregon Conference basketball game this season at Sandy on Friday and it was just their second NWOC win ever. The squad got good guard play and most of their scoring from Jillian Ross, Michelle Sass, Nicole Harcourt, and Haley Twilleager in the ... http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132760122153289800 2012-01-26 10:07:01 http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132760122153289800 en-us The St. Helens Mid School 8th grade basketball team came home from the Dallas Basketball Tournament with four wins and the tournament championship. The team spanked North Albany 84-17 and then beat Dallas 58-46 in a much closer game. They followed with a 66-20 rout of Newport, and a 49-16 win ... http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132759779046313200 2012-01-26 09:09:50 http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132759779046313200 en-us The St. Helens boys basketball team dropped two games on Friday and Monday against Liberty and Sherwood, respectively, bringing its record for the year to 8-7 (1-4 in league play). The team headed to Milwaukie on Tuesday to face the 7-7 Rex Putnam Kingsmen, and are scheduled to square off later ... http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132759752739986300 2012-01-26 09:05:27 http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132759752739986300 en-us The St. Helens Lady Lions looked like an improving team that wasn’t quite sure how to handle success on Friday night. The squad hustled and found a way back from an early deficit against visiting Liberty. The team trailed by just two at halftime and dominated much of the third period. St. ... http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132759729410368600 2012-01-26 09:01:34 http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132759729410368600 en-us Considering the draining effects of the week, the Scappoose Lady Indians did a good job posting a 29-25 win over visiting Astoria on Friday night. The game came just 24 hours after a make-up game loss to Yamhill-Carlton on Thursday night. The Scappoose girls had been up until midnight the night ... http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132759689504246600 2012-01-26 08:54:55 http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132759689504246600 en-us One thing I’ve always liked about living in a relatively small community is that you get the chance to meet a lot of people. It seems there really aren’t strangers, just friends you haven’t met yet. That point was driven home to a jaded old sport reporter last week during our big ... http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132759663128038000 2012-01-26 08:50:31 http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132759663128038000 en-us The St. Helens Lions picked up a Northwest Oregon Conference dual wrestling match win on Thursday, topping Parkrose 45-28. All but two bouts in the match were decided by pin or forfeit. The Lions got the best of the mat, coming from down four points at 170 pounds to win the last four ... http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132759622602697000 2012-01-26 08:43:46 http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132759622602697000 en-us The Indians finally opened league play on Thursday night with a win at Yamhill-Carlton. The game had twice been postponed from Tuesday due to snow. The Tribe trailed by four points going into the fourth period, but broke open the close game with a 19-5 run in the fourth for the 61-51 ... http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132759547971689300 2012-01-26 08:31:19 http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132759547971689300 en-us Scappoose’s Zach Smith took early control of Friday’s basketball game with Astoria and the Indians cruised to their second-straight Cowapa League win on consecutive nights. Smith was just unstoppable in the first half. He would finish the game with 25 points, 18 of those coming in the ... http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132682828409185800 2012-01-18 00:00:00 http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132682828409185800 en-us Sometimes it just all comes together for an athlete, and that’s what happened to Blake Updike, the Scappoose senior wing/guard on Tuesday, Jan. 10 with 42 points against Estacada. Updike just flat outgunned the visiting Rangers in a 69-57 win. Among his accomplishments were: 16 first-quarter ... http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132683109556503600 2012-01-18 00:00:00 http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132683109556503600 en-us The Scappoose Lady Indians probably should have picked up two wins this past week, but they’ll have to settle for lessons learned in two close contests. Scappoose would give up an eight-point lead and let the Rangers come back to post a 44-42 victory in a game that went down to the wire. But ... http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132682906707976000 2012-01-18 00:00:00 http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132682906707976000 en-us The St. Helens Lions dropped two Northwest Oregon Conference matches in the last two weeks, one a close loss to Wilsonville, and the other a not-so-close loss to Sandy. St. Helens coach Mike McCoy looked at the defeat to Sandy as an eye-opener for district. “Several guys wrestled well, but ... http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132682957247751700 2012-01-18 00:00:00 http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132682957247751700 en-us The Scappoose High wrestling team had absolutely no problems downing Astoria and Seaside in a double dual match at Seaside last week. The Indians picked up eight wins by forfeit against Astoria, and recorded five pins–two of them in less than 30 seconds for a near-perfect 78-3 victory over ... http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132682946598990800 2012-01-18 00:00:00 http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132682946598990800 en-us The St. Helens Lions swim team didn’t go all out at Liberty last Thursday, but they did manage the meet well enough for a 94-76 win. The squad won all three relay events for 26 points, and also got several individual firsts and seconds in the meet. Jonathan Prevish won the 100 fly, took ... http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132682930853497800 2012-01-18 00:00:00 http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132682930853497800 en-us The Scappoose High swim teams flexed their aquatic muscles last week, winning three of four dual meets with Astoria and Rainier. It was a great meet overall from top to bottom,” a very pleased coach David Richmond said. The girls dominated, easily winning both duals, and taking victory in ... http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132682890966858200 2012-01-18 00:00:00 http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132682890966858200 en-us The St. Helens Lady Lions have upped their offensive game in the past week or so, but it hasn’t quite been enough in games against Wilsonville and Parkrose. Tuesday, St. Helens fell behind Wilsonville in the early going, and while they played them even for the last three quarters, they ... http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132682869025607400 2012-01-18 00:00:00 http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132682869025607400 en-us The St. Helens Lions split last weeks action on the basketball court, falling to Wilsonville, but picking up their first league win of the season at Parkrose. The Lions had just a slim lead over Parkrose at halftime, but added to it in the second half and pulled away at the end for a 52-44 win. ... http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132682849377541700 2012-01-18 00:00:00 http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132682849377541700 en-us The Scappoose Indians had a pretty good three days on the mat during their trip to Redmond for the Oregon Wrestling Classic. The Indians wrestled some of the best teams in the state, going 2-3 in dual matches at the tournament. “We wrestled pretty well,” Scappoose coach Jim Jones ... http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132622426695068500 2012-01-11 00:00:00 http://www.spotlightnews.net/sports/story.php?story_id=132622426695068500 en-us The Scappoose High swim teams didn’t go all out at the Tillamook Cheese Relays on Friday, preferring to take it a little easy in their first meet back from Christmas break. “You’ll see a lot of exhibition results from our teams, especially on the boys side,” Scappoose coach ...