MVSJ published its 400th post on Friday; now we just need more subscribers. Four hundred. Four, zero, zero. 400. It’s a big number no matter how you stack it. Why do I mention it today? Easy, because this post — West Linn girls roll past Tigard 62-52 — which went live on the website late on Friday, Jan. 20, marked the 400th post to Miles Vance Sports Journal … [Read more...] about Celebrating ‘400’ at Miles Vance Sports Journal
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West Linn’s Leavitt, Eagle top all-state honors
QB Sam Leavitt is offensive POY while Jon Eagle is named Coach of the Year. To the victors go the spoils. In this case, the victors were the West Linn Lions — winners of the 2022 Class 6A state championship. And the spoils are these — senior quarterback Sam Leavitt, a Michigan State commit who was previously named the Oregon Gatortade Player of the Year and Three … [Read more...] about West Linn’s Leavitt, Eagle top all-state honors
West Linn’s Sam Leavitt named Gatorade POY
The senior quarterback previously led the Lions to a state championship. There was no one better. West Linn senior quarterback Sam Leavitt proved it in spades in 2022, leading the Lions to the Class 6A state championship, being named first team all-state, and now, selected as the Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year. "It feels great," Leavitt told Spartans Illustrated … [Read more...] about West Linn’s Sam Leavitt named Gatorade POY
West Linn’s Sam Leavitt commits to Michigan State
The senior QB drops announces his move to MSU on Thursday, Dec. 15. West Linn senior quarterback Sam Leavitt is a travelin' man. Leavitt, a four-star QB who played his high school football at Westview High School, Pleasant Grove High School in Utah, and finally, at West Linn, made his latest move on Thursday, Dec. 15. Leavitt, a 6-foot-3, 200-pounder, de-committed from … [Read more...] about West Linn’s Sam Leavitt commits to Michigan State
One more time
West Linn's Jaydon Grant preps for Las Vegas Bowl with OSU football. For a player who spent such a brief time on the football field at West Linn, former Lion Jaydon Grant has made sure that his Oregon State career lasted as long as possible. Grant, a 2016 West Linn graduate who’s now a 6-foot, 195-pound redshirt senior defensive back at OSU, is in his seventh season with … [Read more...] about One more time