Gray wins national title in shot put.Byline: The Register-Guard WALNUT, Calif. - Javan Gray of Emerald Valley Track Club won the youth boys shot put competition Saturday at the USATF USATF United States of America Track and Field (governing body for T&F, Race Walking & Distance Running) National Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships. REGIONAL ROUNDUP The 14-year-old, who will be a freshman at Thurston High School Thurston High School is located in Springfield, Oregon in Lane County. Their mascot is a black colt. Shooting On May 20, 1998, student Kipland "Kip" Kinkel killed his parents, William and Faith, both Spanish teachers at local high schools. , posted a personal-record mark of 48 feet, 8 1/4 inches to win the event. On Friday, the national record-holder in the youth boys javelin at 189-6 1/2 finished second in the event with a best of 179-8. He will compete in the discus today. Astoria, West Albany meet for state title Astoria and West Albany will play for the championship of the State Junior Baseball Division I tournament today after semifinal victories Saturday. Astoria reached today's 2 p.m. final at Marist High School by beating North Salem North Salem is the name of several towns in the United States:
Willamette and Marist will meet at 11:30 a.m. at Marist in the fourth-place game. Willamette stayed alive by beating North Marion 16-7 and Marist downed Lake Oswego Lake Os·we·go A city of northwest Oregon, a residential suburb of Portland. Population: 35,800. 14-4. The 11:30 a.m. fifth-place game at Pleasant Hill matches Beaverton and Scappoose. Beaverton beat Sprague 11-1 to advance, and Scappoose defeated Southridge 4-2. Willamette Valley The Willamette Valley (pronounced [wɪˈlæ.mɪt], with the accent on the second syllable) is the region in northwest Oregon in the United States that surrounds the Willamette River as it proceeds northward from its falls in semifinals NAMPA, Idaho - Idaho Falls defeated the Willamette Valley All-Stars 10-2 on Saturday to eliminate the Eugene-area team from the 12U Babe Ruth regional baseball tournament. Joe Schindler had two doubles and two RBIs and Kyle Watson had three singles and scored a run to lead the All-Stars, who finished 4-1 in the tournament. Idaho Falls will meet Black Hills of Olympia, Wash., for the title today. In a quarterfinal game earlier Saturday, Willamette Valley defeated Eastmont, Wash., 10-5 behind a combined five-hitter by Brett Nielsen, Schindler and Jordan Thompson. Wyatt Swick smacked a three-run homer to put Willamette Valley up 7-3 in the fourth inning, Matt Evans had two RBIs and Watson had a single, double, triple and an RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in . Scott Kuvaas added a double and an RBI single. Leunen scores seven in Pan Am Games win RIO DE JANEIRO Rio de Janeiro, city, Brazil Rio de Janeiro (rē`ō də zhänā`rō, Port. rē`  thĭ zhənĕē`r - The University of Oregon's Maarty Leunen had
seven points and two assists in 22 minutes of the United States'
84-58 victory over the U.S. Virgin Islands on Saturday at the Pan
American Games Pan American (Sports) GamesQuadrennial sports festival. The games, conceived in 1940 as an event for the nations of the Western Hemisphere, were first held in 1951. . Leunen made 3-of-6 shots from the field, including 1-of-3 three-pointers, as the U.S. team (2-2) advanced to face Panama (2-2) in the fifth-place game today. Indiana's D.J. White had 22 points and 13 rebounds for the Americans. Three Rivers, Salem to play for area crown ALBANY - Steven Blum was 4-for-5 with a three-run home run to lead Salem Post 9 to a 12-1 victory over the Three Rivers Sandblasters in the Area 3 American Legion baseball American Legion Baseball is a variety of amateur baseball played by teenage boys in 45 states in the USA. Purpose According to the American Legion, the purpose of American Legion Baseball is to give young men "an opportunity to develop their skills, personal fitness, league playoffs Saturday. Travis Anderson had two hits for the Sandblasters. Cole Skriver singled in Shane Rose for Three Rivers' only run. The same two teams will meet today at 7 p.m. for the Area 3 championship. |
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