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DALLAS - The Dallas High School girls basketball team started the week off in the trenches against the Corvallis Spartans Tuesday night, dropping the game by 71-37. 

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INDEPENDENCE - The Central High School girls basketball team wanted to win so badly, and came close to that victory. 

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CORVALLIS — The Central High School wrestling team came away with a win and a loss after a grueling Mid-Willamette Conference meet at Corvallis on Dec. 11.

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CORVALLIS — Working with a skeleton crew, the Dallas High School wrestling team battled Corvallis and reigning 5A state champion Crescent Valley high schools on Dec. 11 in a Mid-Willamette Conference meet.

DALLAS — The Dallas High School boys basketball team split games this week to open up the season.

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INDEPENDENCE — The Central High School boys basketball team is starting from the ground up this year.

INDEPENDENCE – On Saturday, the Panther Pit was filled with students wearing weight-lifting belts and the clatter of heavy weights falling to the floor, followed by raucous bellows and cheers.

DALLAS — Toby Ruston ran 700 miles this summer.

PERRYDALE — Josh Crawford’s final season of high school football was eventful, to say the least. 

DALLAS — The look on Chris Smyth’s face when he found out he was the I-O’s Athlete of the Year for Boys Soccer was one of genuine surprise.

DALLAS — Having one player sidelined due to injury is tough, but what happens when the entire team is afflicted with injuries?

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INDEPENDENCE – What makes a team successful?

PERRYDALE – One touchdown.

EUGENE — Toby Ruston of Dallas High School clinched an eighth-place podium finish at the state championship cross-country meet on Saturday at Lane Community College to finish out his 2019 cross-country season.

CORVALLIS —— The Central Panthers cross-country season wrapped up on Saturday at the Mid-Willamette Conference district meet at Crystal Lake Sports Park.

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CORVALLIS — Toby Ruston wanted the win on Saturday at the Mid-Willamette Conference cross-country district meet.

PERRYDALE —— The Perrydale Pirates volleyball team is headed to the state championships this weekend at Days Creek Charter School, following a 3-0 victory at Mohawk on Saturday.

DALLAS — The Dallas Dragons football team snapped a six-year losing streak to Central High School on Friday night, when the team clinched a 56-17 Polk County rivalry victory against the Panthers.

INDEPENDENCE – The Central boys soccer team has faced its share of adversity this season.

ALBANY — The Central Panthers cross-country team competed against three other teams in the final regular league meet of the season at Timer Linn Park on Oct. 23 before the district league meet on Sat.

The Panthers football team played against the Corvallis Spartans on Friday night and fell 28-21. Battling a 21-7 score at halftime, the team fought to make up the margin. This Friday is the annual Polk County rivalry at Dallas High School. Kick-off is set for 7 p.m.

INDEPENDENCE — Over the weekend, the Perrydale Pirates volleyball team secured its spot in playoffs after a 3-1 victory against CrossHill Christian and a 3-0 loss to St. Paul on Saturday at Central High School.

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PERRYDALE – The last volleyball game of the season for the Perrydale Pirates wasn’t competitive.

SILVERTON – The Panthers girls soccer team was full of smiles after its final game of the season at Silverton High School on Tuesday night.

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DALLAS — The Dallas Dragons football team has secured its spot in the playoffs after Friday’s 35-7 victory against McKay High School.

INDEPENDENCE — Playing into overtime in the third set, the Dallas Dragons volleyball team managed to break away in the nick of time and claim the 30-28 set and 3-0 victory at Central High School on Oct. 17. Senior Hailey Van Well, of Dallas, (10-12 overall, 6-8 Mid-Willamette Conference) dug…

SALEM — Helping senior AJ Shafer of Dallas get a personal record for the first time this season was the goal for Wednesday’s cross-country meet at Bush Park in Salem.

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DALLAS — Failing to find a consistent pace on the court, the Dragons volleyball team suffered a week of marginal losses as it closed out its first half of the season.