BHS grapplers finish in top 20 at Rollie Lane

January 10, 2024January 10, 20240

Hayden Cornell pins Omar Vega from Vale. With over 85 teams competing at the Rollie Lane Invitational, held at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa, Idaho, on Friday-Saturday, Jan. 5-6, the BHS wrestling team fought their way to a 17th place finish, third best finish from an Oregon school. Minico took home

Crane boys win the Crusader Classic

January 3, 2024January 3, 20240

Photo by Dally Zander The Crane Mustang basketball team won the Crusader Classic, finishing the three-day tournament 3-0. Held at Salem Academy High School on Thursday-Saturday, Dec. 28-30, the Mustangs took down Trinity Lutheran, Amity, and Dayton to end the year 10-1, and start the 2024 year with the No. 1

Hi-Desert Mat Club wrestling results from the Cowboy Challenge

December 27, 2023December 27, 20230

Photos courtesy of the HI-DESERT MAT CLUB The Hi-Desert Mat Club took part in the 2023 Cowboy Challenge held at Crook County High School on Saturday, Dec. 16. Heyzen Sykes received the Outstanding Wrestler award in the 12U 74-pound weight class. Skyes pinned all three opponents to take home first place. Hadley Gunderson

Hilanders take down Oakridge, Lakeview in Harney County Crossover

December 20, 2023December 20, 20230

Photos by NOLAN GRAHAM Jaxon Hoyt scored 10 points in the game against Lakeview on Saturday, Dec. 16. The boys Hilander basketball team finished the weekend with wins over Oakridge and Lakeview during the Harney County Crossover, which was held Friday and Saturday, Dec. 15-16. On Friday, Dec. 15, at Crane Union High

Hilander wrestling finishes fifth at Muilenburg Tournament

December 13, 2023December 13, 20230

Photos by DARBIE KEMPER Joe Weil goes for the pin and places fourth at the Muilenburg Tournament. The Burns Hilander wrestling team took fifth place at the Muilenburg Tournament held at La Grande High School on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 8-9. Thomas Winn took home first place in the 120-pound weight class and

Hilander boys start basketball season off 4-0

December 6, 2023December 5, 20230

The Burns Hilander boys basketball team started off the first week of the basketball season with four wins in four nights. The Hilanders hosted Sisters on Wednesday, Nov. 29, to kick-off the 2023-24 year. Burns got off to a fast start, as they took down the Outlaws 62-48. Zane Perry-Kozeni, last year’s

Mustangs come up short in title game against Lost River

November 29, 2023November 28, 20230

Photos by DEBBIE RANEY Tommy Jack Rose (No. 11 ) and Trenton Potter (No. 30 ) tackle Lost River’s running back in Saturday’s game. The Crane Mustang football team fell to the No. 1 Lost River Raiders 30-20, in the 2023 OSAA/OnPoint Community Credit Union 1A Football State Championship held at Caldera

Mustangs hold off Bobcats 26-22, face Raiders for 1A state title

November 22, 2023November 22, 20230

Photos by DEBBIE RANEY Eli Maley and Brady Otley blocking on the offensive line. With the rain coming down and temperatures in the high 30s, the Crane Mustang football team staved-off a second-half Myrtle Point Bobcat surge for a 26-22 win and a date with the Lost River Raiders in the state

Doman named Player of the Year in HDL

November 15, 2023November 15, 20230

Photos by DEBBIE RANEY The Mustangs finished as league champions with a perfect 6-0 in league play and captured their first state title. Back row from L-R: Assistant Coach Andi Nichols, Head Coach Maddye Wester, Elaia Idoeta, Kara Goss-Bodily, Kaitlyn Siegner, Ava Bowen, Kortney Doman, Shayn Miller, Taya Nelson, Talina Friedrichsen,

Mustang volleyball routs St. Paul for first state championship

November 8, 2023November 7, 20230

Photos by DEBBIE RANEY The Crane Mustang volleyball team poses with their first-place bracket and trophy. Crane defeated St. Paul in the championship game, to win their first-ever 1A state title! Back row from L-R: Assistant Coach Andi Nichols, Head Coach Maddye Wester, Elaia Idoeta, Kara Goss-Bodily, Kaitlyn Siegner, Ava Bowen,