As the Crescent Valley High football team gathered one last time this season after a game, Scott Sanders had everyone but the seniors take a knee.
He then asked those kneeling to carry the seniors off the field.
The No. 7 Raiders had just suffered a tough 40-27 loss to No. 3 Sherwood in the OSAA 5A [...]
There are no moral victories for the Crescent Valley football program anymore.
The Raiders could have been happy after battling back and getting closer than any other Mid-Willamette Conference team has come to beating West Albany in conference play.
Instead, they left the Field of Dreams on Friday night knowing they let one slip away.
Three muffed punts, [...]
Kyle Gardner was a little surprised when his dad knocked on his bedroom door Thursday night.
Gardner’s dad told him they had an early Christmas present for him and wanted him to head to the family room to get it.
When Gardner entered the room he was presented with his Crescent Valley letterman’s jacket.
Gardner thought that was [...]
The tears that Corvallis High senior Annie Spiegelberg tried to hold back were just one example of what Tuesday and Wednesday night meant to soccer in Corvallis.
Spiegelberg was in net as her CHS teammates earned an emotional 3-2 victory over Crescent Valley on Wednesday at Taylor Field.
Prior to the start of the game, her final [...]
Just call them the cardiac kids, I guess.
The Crescent Valley High football team apparently likes to keep games interesting until the final minutes.
The Raiders won a 7-6 thriller against Lebanon on Oct. 8, then dropped a tough 21-19 decision to Glencoe last Friday when they had their two-point conversion try come up short.
On Friday, in [...]
For a running back, there’s nothing like that long touchdown run with the defenders chasing you to the end zone.
Corvallis High’s Dominic Wooten was about to score on what would be a 55-yard run on Friday night when out of nowhere a Silverton defender tripped him up two yards short of the goal line.
Instead of [...]
The Lebanon Warriors announced their presence in the race for the Mid-Willamette Conference football title on Friday night.
The Warriors used physical play up front and a strong running attack to knock off Corvallis 29-15 to move to 2-0.
That puts the Warriors, who edged South Albany last week 27-21 with a last-second touchdown, in a tie [...]
Crescent Valley High football fans might want to thank Mark Geniza for Friday night’s thrilling 29-26 Mid-Willamette Conference victory over Silverton at the Field of Dreams.
Sure, Geniza kicked three extra points, but that wasn’t his biggest contribution.
No, it was Geniza who told fellow receiver Eric Aust to change his pattern with less than 45 seconds [...]
There’s not a whole lot the Crescent Valley football team has to apologize for.
Sure, their schedule hasn’t been the most difficult around, but they have played two of their three games on the road.
The Raiders blew out Eagle Point, then routed Cleveland last week.
On Friday, the Raiders spotted Woodburn a 10-0 lead before rebounding to [...]
Got a chance to head out to Crescent Valley on Tuesday to watch a little soccer and catch up with the football team as they prepare to play their first home game of the year.
Check out my story on the soccer team’s 1-0 win over Beaverton.
I was impressed with the number of quality chances the [...]
