Check out everything posted to Miles Vance Sports Journal over the past week.
Since Aug. 25, we’ve shared 239 unique posts, including team previews, game stories, features, slideshows, the Photo of the Day, the Play of the Day, the ICYMI Monday post, weekly football 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…]
Pacer boys, LO’s Cook pace TRL boys at state
Lakeridge’s boys place 12th at state after winning the TRL district crown. The Three Rivers League’s best took their best shots at the state’s best at the Class 6A boys state cross country meet. In the end, Lakeridge’s boys — the three-time reigning TRL district champions — ran to a 12th-place finish at the state meet, held Saturday, Nov. 5, at Lane Community College in … [Read more…]
West Linn girls edge Lincoln 2-1
The second-ranked Lions win their way into the state semifinals. The West Linn girls soccer team has cleared every hurdle put in its way this year. First, the Lions went unbeaten in their non-league schedule. After that, they went unbeaten through the rugged Three Rivers League season and took the TRL title. And they’ve been just as good in the playoffs, most recently … [Read more…]
Lake Oswego girls upset Sunset 2-1
The Lakers get payback on the Apollos from the 2021 state playoffs. Lake Oswego wanted it. The Laker girls soccer team, after getting knocked out of the state quarterfinals by Sunset a year ago, got a chance at redemption this year and made the most of it. Lake Oswego, tied with the Apollos late in their Class 6A quarterfinal, got the game-winning goal from senior … [Read more…]
Slideshow: Class 6A girls cross country
Big events make for lifelong memories and — hopefully — great photos, so here’s a slideshow of the best images from the Lake Oswego, Lakeridge and West Linn girls cross country team’s efforts at the Class 6A state meet at Lane Community College in Eugene on Saturday, Nov. 5. To buy prints or digital downloads from this game, contact photographer Raleigh Emerson at … [Read more…]
Lake Oswego’s Ana Peters wins 6A cross country
The sophomore wins her first state crown, leads Lakers to seventh as a team. Lake Oswego’s Ana Peters saved her best for last. Peters, a sophomore on the Lake Oswego girls cross country team, ran the best race of her life in the biggest race of her life, winning the Class 6A state meet at Lane Community College in Eugene on Saturday, Nov. 5. Peters, already the Three … [Read more…]
Slideshow: West Linn-Lincoln Girls Soccer
Big events make for lifelong memories and — hopefully — great photos, so here’s a slideshow of the best images from the West Linn girls soccer team’s 2-1 victory over Lincoln on Saturday, Nov. 5. See the complete game story from this contest by clicking here. Images from this slideshow were provided by Joseph Murphy. Follow him on Instagram at @jmurphyshots. … [Read more…]
Pacers drop 2-0 shocker to Westview in OT
No. 2 Lakeridge comes up short to the Wildcats in the state quarterfinals It wasn’t supposed to end like this. Not for the Lakeridge boys soccer team. Not like this. While playoffs lead to state championships for some teams, they make for hard endings, too, and that’s what happened to the Pacers on Saturday, Nov. 5. No. 2 Lakeridge, hosting No. 7 Westview in the … [Read more…]
Slideshow: Lake Oswego-Sunset Girls Soccer
Big events make for lifelong memories and — hopefully — great photos, so here’s a slideshow of the best images from the Lake Oswego girls soccer team’s 2-1 win over Sunset in the quarterfinals of the Class 6A state playoffs at Sunset High School on Saturday, Nov. 5. See the complete game story from this contest by clicking here. To buy prints or digital downloads from … [Read more…]
Slideshow: Lakeridge-Westview Boys Soccer
Big events make for lifelong memories and — hopefully — great photos, so here’s a slideshow of the best images from the Lakeridge boys soccer team’s 2-0 overtime loss to Westview in the quarterfinals of the Class 6A state playoffs at Lakeridge High School on Saturday, Nov. 5. To buy prints or digital downloads from this game, go to milesvance.smugmug.com. … [Read more…]
West Linn football crushes Grant 59-0 in playoff opener
The Lions use their running game to power past the Generals on Friday. There’s nothing, it seems, that can stop the West Linn football team these days. Not any of the teams in the Three Rivers League. Not playoff foe Grant, that’s for sure. And not even the wild weather that highlighted the Lions’ postseason opener on Friday, Nov. 4. Indeed, while Friday’s driving rain … [Read more…]
Slideshow: West Linn-Grant Football
Big events make for lifelong memories and — hopefully — great photos, so here’s a slideshow of the best images from the West Linn football team’s 59-0 victory over Grant on Friday, Nov. 4. To buy prints or digital downloads from this game, go to milesvance.smugmug.com. … [Read more…]
Vance: A critical look at the 6A football playoffs
The new format essentially punishes better teams and rewards lesser teams. The Oregon high school state football playoffs are set to open tonight. I have thoughts. Particularly about the rearranged Class 6A playoff format, which ditched the longstanding 32-team bracket in favor of two 16-team brackets. Regarding that “longstanding” 32-team bracket for Oregon’s … [Read more…]
Lakeridge girls drop 1-0 playoff decision to Cleveland
The Pacers push the Warriors end to end, but fail to score in playoff loss. It ended too soon for the Lakeridge girls soccer team. The Pacers, hosting Cleveland in the second round of the Class 6A state playoffs on Wednesday, Nov. 2, pushed the Warriors from start to finish before finally dropping a 1-0 decision at Lakeridge High School. “It was a very close game. It … [Read more…]
West Linn girls slip past Barlow 1-0
The Lions girls soccer team beats Barlow on late goal by Kylee Schreck. The dream is alive for the West Linn girls soccer team. The Lions, already Three Rivers League champions and the second-ranked team in the state, won for the second straight time in the Class 6A state playoffs on Wednesday, Nov. 2, rallying past Barlow 1-0 at West Linn High School. “(It) was a hard … [Read more…]
Lake Oswego girls beat Forest Grove 2-1
The Lakers turn back the Vikings’ challenge in the second playoff round. The clock was winding down. Forest Grove had tied the game and taken over possession. And everybody — e-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y — knew that this game was headed to overtime. Everybody, that is, except the Lake Oswego girls soccer team. The Lakers, hosting the Vikings in the second round of the Class … [Read more…]
Slideshow: West Linn-Barlow Girls Soccer
Big events make for lifelong memories and — hopefully — great photos, so here’s a slideshow of the best images from the West Linn girls soccer team’s 1-0 victory over Barlow on Wednesday, Nov. 2. Images from this slideshow were provided by Joseph Murphy. Follow him on Instagram at @jmurphyshots. See the complete game story from this contest by clicking here. … [Read more…]
Slideshow: Lake Oswego-Forest Grove Girls Soccer
Big events make for lifelong memories and — hopefully — great photos, so here’s a slideshow of the best images from the Lake Oswego girls soccer team’s 2-1 victory over Forest Grove on Wednesday, Nov. 2. To buy prints or digital downloads from this game, go to milesvance.smugmug.com. … [Read more…]
Lakeridge boys survive Glencoe threat in OT
The Pacer boys soccer team beats Glencoe 3-2 in the second round of the playoffs. It isn’t always how you win that counts. It’s just that, no matter how it happens, you do win. The Lakeridge boys soccer team can attest to that like no one else after being pushed into overtime before beating Glencoe 5-3 in the second round of the Class 6A state playoffs on Tuesday, Nov. … [Read more…]
Slideshow: Lakeridge-Glencoe Boys Soccer
Big events make for lifelong memories and — hopefully — great photos, so here’s a slideshow of the best images from the Lakeridge boys soccer team’s 5-3 overtime victory over Glencoe on Tuesday, Nov. 1. To buy prints or digital downloads from this game, go to milesvance.smugmug.com. … [Read more…]
Lake Oswego girls race past Willamette 7-0
The Laker boys team pushes Grant to the end in 3-2 playoff defeat. Lake Oswego came to play. In the first round of the Class 6A state playoffs, in both girls and boys action, the Lakers showed that they were ready. The Lake Oswego girls team opened its playoff season with a 7-0 win over Willamette at Lake Oswego High School on Saturday, Oct. 29. The LO boys, meanwhile, … [Read more…]
West Linn routs OC 55-13, wins Three Rivers League
The Lions look unstoppable with the Class 6A state playoffs ahead on Friday The West Linn football team is on a roll. And on Friday, Oct. 28, the Lions rolled over Oregon City 55-13 at Pioneer Memorial Stadium to notch their seventh straight win and wrap up sole possession of the Three Rivers League championship in head coach Jon Eagle’s first year at the helm. West … [Read more…]
West Linn volleyball bows out in second playoff round
The Lions battle talented Nelson before falling 26-24, 25-13, 25-22 There was no quit in the West Linn volleyball team. There was no quit, no fear and no sadness. The Lions, the 2021 Class 6A state champions, saw their title defense come to an end on Saturday, Oct. 29, in a 26-24, 25-13, 25-22 loss to Nelson in the second round of the Class 6A state playoffs at Nelson … [Read more…]
Slideshow: West Linn-Nelson Volleyball
Big events make for lifelong memories and — hopefully — great photos, so here’s a slideshow of the best images from the West Linn volleyball team’s 3-0 loss to Nelson on Saturday, Oct. 29. See the complete match story from this contest by clicking here. To buy prints or digital downloads from this game, go to milesvance.smugmug.com. … [Read more…]
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