Want to know why you should subscribe to Miles Vance Sports Journal? Read this. Miles Vance Sports Journal is rolling through its second year covering high school sports at Lake Oswego, Lakeridge and West Linn and you should subscribe by clicking here. As we look ahead to the 2023 winter season — the first games are scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 29 — MVSJ will highlight … [Read more...] about Countdown to Winter: West Linn Boys Basketball
West Linn boys basketball
Winter Previews: New-look Lions hope to challenge
West Linn boys basketball should again be one of the Three Rivers League's best. It’s a brave new world for the West Linn boys basketball team. The 2022-23 Lions were one of Oregon’s best, winning the Three Rivers League title, the Les Schwab Invitational and the Capitol Classic, and holding (briefly) the No. 1 ranking in the country. But that team — which finished … [Read more...] about Winter Previews: New-look Lions hope to challenge
ICYMI Tuesday: Athletes of the Year and more
Check out everything posted to MVSJ over the past month. Since its launch on Aug. 25, 2022, Miles Vance Sports Journal has shared 776 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 … [Read more...] about ICYMI Tuesday: Athletes of the Year and more
On top of the world
Jake Holmes is named MVSJ's Athlete of the Year for West Linn for 2022-23. It was a year like no other. Jake Holmes, a graduated senior from West Linn, led the Lions football team to a state championship. He was a member of the West Linn basketball team that took second in the Class 6A state tournament. And he lifted the Lions baseball team to a second straight 6A title, … [Read more...] about On top of the world
Shelstad, O’Hollaren lead local all-state picks
West Linn senior Jackson Shelstad is named the Class 6A Player of the Year for 2023. The best high school basketball players from West Linn, Lakeridge and Lake Oswego were among Oregon's best in 2023, too. In the recently released Class 6A all-state teams, West Linn senior guard Jackson Shelstad was named Class 6A boys Player of the Year, Lion senior Adrian Mosley was … [Read more...] about Shelstad, O’Hollaren lead local all-state picks