Check out everything posted to MVSJ over the past week.
Since Aug. 25, Miles Vance Sports Journal has shared 449 unique posts, including team previews, game stories, features, slideshows, the Photo of the Day, the Play of the Day, the ICYMI Monday post, weekly stats and more.
And readers have responded, in the thousands, by coming to the site every day. In case you missed it — thus “ICYMI Monday” — here’s what’s been featured on the site over the past week.
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See the best sports photography for Lake Oswego, Lakeridge and West Linn high schools. In case you didn’t know, you can buy prints or digital downloads of Miles Vance’s sports images at milesvance.smugmug.com. Prints are on sale for as little as $5 each, while digital downloads cost just $20 apiece. Every Lakers, Pacers and Lions team from the Fall 2022 season is already … [Read more…]
Lakeridge girls swim to TRL district crown
LO’s Dylan Gustaff and AnneMarie Vlaic win twice each at the district meet. Strength in numbers. It might just be the unofficial motto of the Lakeridge girls swim team. The Pacers used their numbers to great effect at the Three Rivers League district swim meet, winning two of the day’s three relays and using their depth to win the TRL championship on Friday and … [Read more…]
Lake Oswego boys swim to district title
The Lakers are first and Lakeridge second in the 2023 district meet. The Lakers took the first step during the regular season. The Lake Oswego boys swim team, the reigning Class 6A state champions, went unbeaten in the 2022-23 regular season. They took the second step on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 10-11, winning the TRL district championship meet at Chehalem Aquatic … [Read more…]
Lake Oswego sends two wrestlers into finals
Laker seniors Lusiano Lopez and Liam Dolan take second at district. The Lakers took their shots. And the Pacers did, too. In the end, the Lake Oswego and Lakeridge wrestling teams battled the best in the Three Rivers League district wrestling tournament at Lake Oswego High School on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 10-11. West Linn piled up 399.5 points to win the TRL … [Read more…]
West Linn wrestlers ride to TRL district crown
The Lions crown 10 district champions at Lake Oswego on Saturday. The West Linn wrestling team rode hard. The Lions rode into the Three Rivers League district wrestling tournament, rode over their opponents and rode to victory at Lake Oswego High School on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 10-11. In the end, the Lions piled up 399.5 points to eclipse second-place Tualatin’s … [Read more…]
Slideshow: Three Rivers League district wrestling
See the best images from the TRL district tournament on Saturday at Lake Oswego. Big events make for lifelong memories and — hopefully — great photos, so here’s a slideshow of the best images from the Three Rivers League district wrestling tournament at Lake Oswego High School on Saturday, Feb. 11. To buy prints or digital downloads from this contest, go … [Read more…]
Slideshow: Three Rivers League boys swimming
See the best images from the TRL district meet on Saturday in Newberg. Big events make for lifelong memories and — hopefully — great photos, so here’s a slideshow of the best images from the Three Rivers League boys district swim meet at Chehalem Aquatic Center in Newberg on Saturday, Feb. 11. To buy prints or digital downloads from this contest, go … [Read more…]
Slideshow: Three Rivers League girls swimming
See the best images from the TRL district meet on Saturday in Newberg. Big events make for lifelong memories and — hopefully — great photos, so here’s a slideshow of the best images from the Three Rivers League girls district swim meet at Chehalem Aquatic Center in Newberg on Saturday, Feb. 11. To buy prints or digital downloads from this contest, go … [Read more…]
West Linn boys sprint past Lake Oswego 101-61
The Lions flex their strength in runaway TRL win over Lakers on Friday. Do not — I repeat, do not — tick off the West Linn boys basketball team. The first time the Lions faced Lake Oswego, the Lakers closed within five points in the game’s final minute and pushed West Linn from start to finish. The Lions were determined not to let that happen again in their rematch at … [Read more…]
Slideshow: West Linn-Lake Oswego Boys Hoop
See the best images from the Lions’ win over the Lakers on Friday. Big events make for lifelong memories and — hopefully — great photos, so here’s a slideshow of the best images from the West Linn boys basketball team’s 101-61 win over Lake Oswego at West Linn High School on Friday, Feb. 10. To buy prints or digital downloads from this contest, go … [Read more…]
West Linn’s Destiny Rodriguez wins regional title
The senior takes the latest step toward a shot at her fourth straight state crown. West Linn senior Destiny Rodriguez is right where she wants to be. And Lakeridge freshman Alaina Gates is in a place she never expected. Rodriguez, a senior wrestler for West Linn who’s already a three-time Oregon state champion, took the latest step toward her fourth crown when she … [Read more…]
Lake Oswego dancers shine at DDCA state
Lakers win Class 6A Hip Hop and Jazz categories; Lakeridge grabs fourth and sixth. The Lakers brought it. The Lake Oswego dance team — competing in the 2023 Dance Drill State Championships at Gresham High School on Saturday, Jan. 21 — brought it big-time. In their two performances, the Lakers broke through to win in both Class 6A Jazz and 6A Hip Hop, earning Superior … [Read more…]
A belated but fond farewell to Sandelie
The course will return in some form in the future, but what form that will be is unknown. All right folks. I’m going to start with an admission. I should have written about this back in the fall. But since I quit my 25-year career at Pamplin Media Group at the end of July and launched Miles Vance Sports Journal a month later — followed quickly by the 2022 fall high … [Read more…]
Lake Oswego boys escape Lakeridge upset bid
The Lakers battle past the Pacers in overtime to win 58-55 on Tuesday at Lakeridge. For the first time in a long time, the Lakeridge boys basketball team put the “battle” into the Battle of the Lake. The Pacers, hosting crosstown rival Lake Oswego for the first time in 2023, led by six points midway through the fourth quarter and by two with 13 seconds left in … [Read more…]
Slideshow: Lake Oswego-Lakeridge Boys Hoop
See the best images from the Lakers’ win over the Pacers on Tuesday. Big events make for lifelong memories and — hopefully — great photos, so here’s a slideshow of the best images from the Lake Oswego boys basketball team’s 58-55 win over Lakeridge in the Battle of the Lake at Lakeridge High School on Tuesday, Feb. 7. To buy prints or digital downloads from this … [Read more…]
Lake Oswego’s Payton Cavagnaro takes national honor
LO student-athlete selected to 2023 National Athletic Advisory Council. The National Athletic Advisory Council announced newly elected 2023 council members from a pool of thousands across the country, with Lake Oswego student-athlete Payton Cavagnaro chosen to represent the state of Oregon.Cavagnaro, a junior, competes on the varsity volleyball team at Lake Oswego High … [Read more…]
Lake Oswego boys ski to first win of 2023
The Lakers win slalom on Challenger, beat Lincoln for the first time; Lakeridge grabs third. The Lake Oswego boys ski team checked all of the most important boxes on Sunday, Feb 5. The Lakers, competing in the Three Rivers League slalom on Challenger at SkiBowl on Mt. Hood, won for the first time in 2023. They walked off with the team title, taking the day’s crown by 2 ½ … [Read more…]
Pacer girls ski to victory again
Lakeridge wins for the fourth straight time, while Lake Oswego finishes third. It was another day ending in the letter “y,” and therefore it was another day that ended with a win by the Lakeridge girls ski team. The Pacers won for the third straight time in Three Rivers League action and the fourth time overall on Sunday, Feb. 5, skiing to victory in the TRL slalom on … [Read more…]
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