McKenzie Sports Report – November 6

McKenzie Varsity Sports Schedule This Week

The McKenzie Varsity Fall sports season has concluded and there are no contests scheduled.

Elkton Sweeps League Foes

Eagles Swept By League Foes

Last Friday, at the action at the iconic Wade Thomas Football Field at McKenzie High School, highlighted the “tale of two tales” Elkton (6-0,7-1) the 4th ranked Special District 3 League leader, stamped an emphasis on its 2025 season with a 40-6 good old-fashioned whooping of their host McKenzie. And with the win, the Elks ran the table on their SD3 League compatriots. Elkton’s lone loss this season in six-man football was back on September 12, a 45-6 non-league game to the third ranked Eddyville Charter Eagles representing the Special District 2 League. McKenzie also experienced a streak this season and unfortunately for the Eagles, the Boys of Finn Rock did not win a game. McKenzie wrapped up the Fall Season with a 0-6, 0-9 record and ranked 23 out of 24 Class 1A six-man teams in the State. Times on the local gridiron have proven to be tough for the Eagles. Since the Holiday Farm Fire 2020 and the hand-in-hand Covid pandemic, which the former destroyed the Eagles stadium, concession stand, and storage building, and the latter forced distancing regulations, and together the disastrous events canceled the 2020 and 2021 football seasons. McKenzie has not been able to forge a winning season since. Fact is, the Eagles are 4-21 in League play and 6-27 overall since 2022. With just 4 seniors graduating this season and 11 possible returnees for the 2026 season, there is hope that the Eagles can capitalize on their experience and fashion together a winning season next Fall. As for the Elks, they earned a bye in the 2025 OSAA/OnPoint Community Credit Union 1A(6) Football State Championship Round 1 playoff and will host a State Quarterfinal game on Saturday, November 15, versus the Round 1 winner between 5th ranked Joseph and 12th ranked Spray/Mitchell/Wheeler. Triangle Lake earned the State’s top rank and will host a Quarterfinal game with the Round 1 winner between 8th ranked Dayville/Monument/Long Creek and 9th ranked Crow. Eddyville Charter is the State’s 3rd ranked team and hosts its Quarterfinal game with the Round 1 winner between 6th ranked Sherman and 11th ranked North Lake. And finally, 2nd ranked Harper Charter will host a Quarterfinal game with the Round 1 winner between 7th ranked Jordan Valley and 10th ranked Powers. North Douglas, ranked 7th in the State’s Class 1A 8-man football earned a Round 1 home playoff game designation versus the 10th ranked Lyle/Wishram/Klickitat/Glenwood, a Washington school playing in the OSAA this season. That game will be played at Sutherlin High School on Friday, November 7.

Mt. West League Volleyball Done

No MWL In The State Final Eight Since 2017

The drought continues for the Mt. West League, now extending to eight years since any MWL team qualified for the OSAA State Championship Quarterfinals held in past seasons at Ridgeview High School, in Redmond. This year the Class 1A Championships will travel further North and East and are to be held at La Grande High School. The last Mt. West League team to qualify for the Final Eight was McKenzie, in 2017, when the sixth ranked Eagles fell to the 3rd ranked Crosshill Christian Eagles in four sets, in Quarterfinal play. McKenzie won the MWL in 2017 with a perfect 16-0 league record and 23-7 overall record. This 2025 season, the 14th ranked Mt. West League Champion Triangle Lake Lakers also ran the MWL slate, finishing 16-0 and 20-6 overall. Triangle Lake defeated Powers 3-2 in their OSAA State Round 1 playoff game and advanced to meet 3rd Central Christian, but fell to the Tigers 3-0 on Friday, October 31. Top ranked Crane defeated 32nd ranked Alsea, 3-0, and 23rd ranked Mohawk fell to the 10th ranked Imbler Panthers, 3-0, both matches in Round 1 play, on the road. Thus the volleyball nets come down in the MWL gyms and the teams get an early start thinking about basketball. First official OSAA sanctioned practice date is set for November 17. The 2025 OSAA/OnPoint Community Credit Union 1A Volleyball State Championship Quarterfinal teams have been determined as follows. Crane (1) will play Joseph (9), Umpqua Valley Christian (4) will meet Powder Valley (5), Central Christian (3) toes up to North Lake (6), and Imbler (10) meets St. Paul (15). The Quarterfinals will be played on Friday, November 7 and the Semi-Final, Finals games finish up on Saturday, November 8.

Meister 10th At District Championships

Dion 32nd At 3A/2A/1A SD4 Championships

The McKenzie Eagles three senior Cross Country student/athletes ran their last Special District 4 respective races last Thursday, October 30. The District Championship was held at the Valley of the Rogue State Park near the towns of Gold Hill and Rogue River. Meister’s 10th place finish time for the 2A/1A Varsity Boys 5,000 meters race was 18:16.00 minutes, a bit off his Personal Record time of 17:38.0 minutes set the week prior at the Umpqua Invite. Meister needed to finish in the top 7 individual runners not represented by a qualifying team, in order to qualify for the OSAA State Championships held at Lane Community College, Saturday, November 8. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen and barring athletes ahead of him dropping out or experiencing disqualification, the Eagle senior will be watching from the sidelines this season. Meister did qualify for the State Championships last season (2024) as a junior and placed 52nd. Beckett Pahls won the race in 16:02.20 minutes, a Personal Record, for the Bandon Sophomore, which is also the State’s 6th best time this season, all classifications. Beckett’s Bandon teammates dominated the meet, finishing 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 12th, and 23rd. Eighty-four 2A/1A runners participated. Needless to say, Bandon easily won the team race with a low 16 points. Trinity Lutheran finished second with 56 points and McKenzie finished third in the team competition with 91 points. Following Meister, Eagle Cylus Sughroue continued to improve with another Personal Record time of 18:57.10 minutes, earning the freshman a 19th place finish in his first District Championships. McKenzie senior Allen Acevedo finished 21st with a Personal Record time of 19:14.00 minutes, sophomore Liam Acevedo earned a Personal Record time of 19:37.60 minutes good for 30th place, and William Valtinson earned his new Personal Record time of 20:13.70 minutes and a 42nd finish. In the 3A/2A/1A Varsity Girls 5,000 meters District Championship race, Eagle senior Myra Dion finished 32nd out of 73 runners and her time was 22:13.60 minutes. Like Meister, Dion’s Personal Best time of 21:29.6 minutes was set a week earlier at the Umpqua Invite. Teammate, sophomore Zyla Drake, finished in 35th place with a time of 22:35.20 minutes. Coquille’s Ella Henthorn won the individual honors with a time of 18:12.10 minutes. St. Mary’s Adley Damon finished second in 18:41.50 minutes. Both athletes are sophomores. Class 3A Siuslaw won the District team title with a score of 58 points, narrowly beating second place Glide, also a Class 3A team, which finished the day with 63 points.

An Eye To The Future!

McKenzie Middle School seventh grade student/athlete Conrad Drake represented his school all Fall season along with as the lone cross country student/athlete representing the Eagles. And he has accomplished a remarkable season to say the least, sparking a lot of positive interest in his future as an accomplished cross-country runner. Recently, at the Willamette Valley Youth League District Championships, held at Cottage Grove High School, on Saturday, October 25, Drake finished 3rd out of 97 competing athletes, sixth through eighth grade. Drake’s time in the Boys 3,000 meters race was 11:19.30 minutes, a bit off from his Personal Record time of 10:58.0 minutes established on October 16 at the Harrisburg Challenge. Theo Waters of Lowell, a familiar opponent and fellow seventh grade athlete, won the race in a time of 10:28.60 minutes. Lincoln Middle School eighth grader Jose Calvario finished second in 10:30.00 minutes. Capping off his season, Conrad participated last Sunday, November 2, in the Stumptown Youth XC Championship, held at Western Oregon University. The Eagle athlete ran in the Boys 3.000 Meters Super Champs race and finished 125th, finish time of 11:10.0 minutes, out of 312 of the State’s top middle school cross country boys athletes. Kyle Peterson, of Inza R. Wood Middle School located in Wilsonville, won the race in 8:55.70 minutes.