Junior Emersyn Johnson, one of three team captains for the Vikings team, at the Vale v. La Grande game Aug. 29. (The Enterprise/Yadira Lopez) VALE – Anyone looking for suspense Thursday night should’ve come to the Vale vs. La Grande volleyball match. The Viking ladies lost 3-1 at home in[Read More…]
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Blind Nyssa track star aims for Paralympics
Taylor Talbot soars in the long jump event at the 2019 Arizona Desert Challenge Games held in May. Her performance at the competition for youth and adult athletes with physical, visual or intellectual disability landed her a spot to compete at the Adaptive Sports USA Junior Nationals in Minnesota this month.[Read More…]
Nyssa’s Trujillo selected to prestigious national youth softball squad
Nyssa infielder Syriah Trujillo prepares to make a play during a game against league opponent Irrigon last season. Trujillo will be traveling across Italy this summer as part of an American youth softball team. (The Enterprise/File) NYSSA – Just weeks after finishing her junior year at Nyssa High School, Syriah[Read More…]
Local softball, baseball playoff games set
Vale softball pitcher Demia Hardin throws for a strike in a game earlier this season. Hardin and the rest of her Viking teammates will begin postseason play Friday in Vale. (The Enterprise/File). VALE – Vale Viking and Nyssa Bulldog softball fans can converge on Vale High School Friday for post-season[Read More…]
Vale, Nyssa players set to attack nets at state tennis tourney
The Vale tennis team’s (from left) assistant coach Amy Applegate, Rachel Wolfe, Maycee DeLong, Ricky Leyva, Peyton Kelso, Marco Ramirez, Japheth Carlson and head coach Paul Spivey pose for a picture at regionals. (Submitted photo) The Vale and Nyssa tennis teams will be sending several athletes to the state championship[Read More…]
Malheur County tracksters take on state track and field championships
Runners sprint the 200 meter dash. From left, Adrian’s Wade Bond, Harper’s Morgan Butler and Adrian’s Conley Martin race during the 1A Special District 4 championships held Friday, May 10 at Baker High School. (Submitted photo) Malheur County track and field athletes are in the final stretch for the season, and[Read More…]
Lady Viks clinch perfect league season
Vale’s Gracee Jacobs slides into second base during a home game earlier this season. The Lady Viks finished the league season last weekend with a perfect 12-0 mark. (The Enterprise/File). IRRIGON – What do you know, the Lady Vikings are 12-0. The Vale softball team is now in the driver’s[Read More…]
Vale baseball team drops game to Burns/Crane
Vale’s Jason Ponce surveys the infield during a game earlier this season. Burns/Crane defeated Vale Monday and the Vikings will go on the road this weekend to close out the season in Irrigon. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell). VALE – Burns/Crane defeated Vale, 11-5 Monday in an Eastern Oregon League contest. The[Read More…]
Teams from across the region compete in Nyssa’s Don Walker Invite
Adrian’s Logan Griffin takes to the air in the Triple Jump event at the Don Walker Invitational Friday in Nyssa. Twenty prep track teams participated in the invitational. NYSSA – The Nyssa boys and girls track and field teams both finished second Friday at the Don Walker Invitational held at[Read More…]
Ontario track invitational draws a plethroa of teams
Ontario’s Megan Houston falls after making her mark in the Long Jump event during the Saint Alphonsus Invitational Saturday in Ontario. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell). ONTARIO – Fifteen teams across the region gathered at Ontario High School Saturday to compete in the annual Saint Alphonsus Invitational. In the boys’ competition, Fruitland[Read More…]