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  • McKenzie Sports Report - February 23

    Cliff Richardson|Feb 23, 2023

    Eagles Earn Mt. West League Honors Five McKenzie Varsity Basketball players were recognized at the Mt. West League Tournament last weekend. Senior Hailey Prater was selected for the Mt. West Girls All-League Third team. Teammate and freshman Mya Triplett was chosen for the MWL Girls Honorable Mention team. Senior Trent Peek and freshmen Allen Acevedo and Will Meister were selected for the MWL Boys Honorable Mention team. Mt. West League Basketball Tournament State Qualifiers Decided The Mt. West League held its 2023 MWL Basketball Tournament...

  • McKenzie Sports Report - February 16

    Cliff Richardson|Feb 16, 2023

    McKenzie Varsity Sports Schedule This Week The McKenzie Varsity Boys and Girls Basketball 2022-23 seasons have concluded and no contests are scheduled. OSAA has scheduled the first Spring Track and Field practices allowed to begin on Tuesday, February 28. Oh So Close! McKenzie Falls To Eddyville 42-41 That old bit of homespun wisdom reared up again last Thursday, February 9, in the House of the Eagle as in McKenzie. “Close only counts in horseshoes‚” comes to mind following a tough 42-41 loss by host McKenzie from guest Eddyville Chart...

  • McKenzie Sports Report - February 2

    Cliff Richardson|Feb 2, 2023

    McKenzie Varsity Sports Schedule This Week The McKenzie Varsity Boys and Girls Basketball teams travel to Triangle Lake on Tuesday, January 31. The Eagle Boys game will start at 5:30 pm and the Girl's game will follow at 7:00 pm. The McKenzie teams will travel to C. S. Lewis Academy, in Newberg, on Friday, February 3. The Girl's non-league game will start at 5:30 pm and the Boy's game will follow at 7:00 pm. Eagle Girls Drop Two Mapleton 45, McKenzie 19 Mohawk 45, McKenzie 9 McKenzie Girls Basketball Head Coach Jack Devereaux's team dropped a...

  • McKenzie Sports Report - January 19

    Cliff Richardson|Jan 19, 2023

    McKenzie Varsity Sports Schedule This Week The McKenzie Varsity Boys and Girls Basketball teams travel to Siletz Valley Early College Academy on Tuesday, January 17. The Boy's game is scheduled for a 5:30 pm start and the Girl's game follows at 7:00 pm. The McKenzie teams host Crow on Thursday, January 19. The Boy's game will tip off at 5:30 pm and the Girl's game is scheduled for a 7:00 pm start. Eagle Boys Suffer Wolverine Bite The visiting Alsea Wolverines snarled their way into McKenzie’s gym last Thursday, January 12, fed on their Eagle h...

  • McKenzie Sports Report - January 12

    Cliff Richardson|Jan 12, 2023

    McKenzie Varsity Sports Schedule This Week The McKenzie Varsity Basketball teams travel to Gilchrist on Tuesday, January 10. The Eagle Varsity Boys game starts at 5:30 pm and the Girls Varsity game tips off at 7:00 pm. The McKenzie teams host Alsea on Thursday, January 12. The Eagle Varsity Girls game is scheduled for a 5:30 start and the Boys game will follow at 7:00 pm. The Eagles travel to Mohawk on Friday, January 13. The Boys game starts at 5:30 and the Girls game will begin at 7:00 pm. Irish Shenanigans Stymie Eagles There was no gold at...

  • McK Sports Report - December 29

    Cliff Richardson|Dec 29, 2022

    McKenzie Varsity Sports Schedule This Week There are no McKenzie Varsity Sports scheduled for this week. Mt. West League and non-League play resumes after the first of the New Year. The Eagle Boys and Girls teams host Riddle in a non-league contest on Wednesday, January 4, at Finn Rock. The Varsity Boys' game starts at 5:30 pm and the Varsity Girls' game follows at 7:00 pm. Both Eagle teams travel to Eddyville Charter, the next day, Thursday, January 5. The Boys' game is scheduled for a 5:30 pm start and the Girls' game tip-off at 7...

  • McKenzie Sports Report - December 22

    Cliff Richardson|Dec 22, 2022

    McKenzie Varsity Sports Schedule This Week There are no McKenzie Varsity Sports scheduled for this week. The next scheduled Basketball games are set for January 4, 2023. Eagle Girls/Boys Teams Sunk By Sailors, Swamped By Lakers, And The Saints Marched On! The McKenzie Girls and Boys Basketball teams dropped three games apiece last week, as the Eagles finished up their 2022 part of their basketball season. The next contest for both teams is scheduled for January 4, next year. Last Monday, December 12, McKenzie welcomed the visiting Mapleton Sail...

  • McKenzie Sports Report - December 8

    Cliff Richardson|Dec 8, 2022

    McKenzie Varsity Sports Schedule This Week The McKenzie Varsity Basketball teams travel to North Lake High School, Friday, December 9, to participate in the 2022 North Lake Holiday Tournament. The Eagle Varsity Girls tip off versus North Lake on Friday at 5:00 pm and the Varsity Boys follow with North Lake at 6:30 pm. Both teams will conclude Tournament play Saturday versus either Gilchrist or Yoncalla. McKenzie will host Mapleton on Monday, December 12, with the Girls starting at 5:30 pm and the Boys starting at 7:00 pm. Eagle Boys Drop 2022...

  • McKenzie Sports Report

    Cliff Richardson|Oct 13, 2022

    McKenzie Varsity Sports Schedule This Week The McKenzie Varsity Cross Country teams travel to Harrisburg on Wednesday, October 12, to participate in the Harrisburg Gatorade Challenge, held at Harrisburg High School. The Varsity Girls 5K race will start at 5 pm and the Varsity Boys 5K race starts at 5:30 pm. The McKenzie Varsity Volleyball team hosts Eddyville Charter on Thursday, October 13. The match time is set for 6 pm. This is the last home match of the season for the Eagle team and Senior Athletes and their families will be recognized....

  • McKenzie Sports Report

    Cliff Richardson|Sep 29, 2022

    McKenzie Varsity Sports Schedule This Week The McKenzie Varsity Volleyball team travels to Alsea on Tuesday, September 27, to participate in a three-way match with Alsea and Siletz Valley. The first match is scheduled for a 5:00 pm start versus Alsea and the second match will start at 7:30 pm against Siletz Valley. The Eagle Volleyball team will host Crow on Thursday, September 29, and the match is scheduled for a 6:00 pm start. The McKenzie Volleyball team is scheduled for a doubleheader at Mapleton on Monday, October 3. The first match will...

  • McKenzie Sports Report - Sept. 15

    Cliff Richardson|Sep 15, 2022

    McKenzie Varsity Sports Schedule This Week The McKenzie Varsity Volleyball match versus Mannahouse Academy, scheduled for Wednesday, September 14, has been canceled. The Eagle Varsity Volleyball team travels to Eddyville Charter on Tuesday, September 20, for a 6:00 pm contest. The McKenzie Varsity Six-man Football team travels to Mapleton, Friday, September 16. Kickoff is slated for 7:00 pm. Eagle, Wolf Contest Thrown A Red Flag! Hot, dry, low humidity, high East Winds, and power shut off throughout the region to protect from fire starts. The...

  • McKenzie Sports Report

    Cliff Richardson|Sep 1, 2022

    McKenzie Varsity Sports Schedule This Week The McKenzie Varsity Volleyball team hosts Alsea, Tuesday, August 30. Match time is 6:00 pm in the New Gymnasium. The Eagle Varsity Volleyball team travels to Siletz Valley on Thursday, September 1 for a 6:00 pm match. The McKenzie Varsity Football team also travels to Siletz Valley, Thursday, September 1; with kickoff set for 7:00 pm. McKenzie Varsity Volleyball travels to Crow on Tuesday, September 6 with match time set for 6:00 pm. Spikes, Digs and Friday Night Lights Eagle Fall Athletics Return Fal...

  • "Three Sisters Meadow"

    Cliff Richardson and Brandi Ferguson|May 5, 2022

    Last Wednesday, April 26, a celebration gathering was held on the parcel of land known as the Jones or Seneca property. The 16-acre parcel was generously donated to the Blue River Community by Becky, Jody, and Kathy Jones, owners of The Seneca Family of Companies, and daughters of Aaron and Marie Jones. The Jones sisters donated the land at the end of 2021 with the proposed stipulation that with acceptance of the gift, the Community would collaborate on a plan for revitalization and development...

  • McKenzie Sports Report - April 28

    Cliff Richardson|Apr 28, 2022

    McKenzie Varsity Sports Schedule This Week The McKenzie Varsity Track and Field teams travel to Mapleton on Tuesday, April 26, to participate in the 1A-SD2 League Meet, held at Mapleton High School. Field events start at 4:00 pm and the Track events begin at 4:30 pm. Ten teams are entered: Alsea, Crow, Eddyville, Mapleton, McKenzie, Mohawk, North Douglas, Riddle, Triangle Lake, and Yoncalla. Sunny Skies Shine Saturday On MWL Middle School Track Meet Sun and smiles, both, were in abundance last Saturday, April 23, at Aaron and Marie Jones...

  • McKenzie Sports Report - April 21

    Cliff Richardson|Apr 21, 2022

    Remember When??? My how times fly when you're having fun!!!! Or, perhaps, you might say, “where in the heck has the time gone!!” So we're going to talk ten years past and well, in light of all our more recent, collective life events that do indeed seem a speck in time in the way back. One winter, athletics at McKenzie High School were heating up gymnasiums and headlining Sports pages around the State. The 2011-12 Eagle Varsity Girls Basketball team embraced the new season enthusiastically and you might say, sported a 'grudge' attitude. The Lad...

  • McKenzie Sports Report - April 7

    Cliff Richardson|Apr 7, 2022

    Laker Girls Dominate At 1A – SD2 Track and Field Meet McKenzie sophomore Levi Lockart captured three individual event first-place finishes at the 1A-SD2 League Meet held Saturday, April 2, at the Aaron and Marie Jones Community Track. Six Class 1A Boys and Girls Track and Field teams, representing Crow, Mohawk, Mapleton, Triangle Lake, Paisley, and McKenzie, competed on another beautiful Spring day in the upper McKenzie River Valley. The McKenzie Community Track and Field sponsored the meet and thanks go out to the many volunteers that wor...

  • McKenzie Sports Report - March 31

    Cliff Richardson|Mar 31, 2022

    McKenzie Sports Schedule This Week The McKenzie Varsity Track and Field teams will travel to Mapleton this Wednesday, March 30, to participate at the 1A-SD2 League Meet. Teams participating include Crow, Glendale, Mapleton, Riddle, Triangle Lake, and McKenzie. Field events start at 4:00 pm and Track events begin at 4:30 pm. The Eagle teams will participate in the 1A-SD2 League Meet held at the Aaron and Marie Jones Community Track venue on Saturday, April 2. Field events start at 11:00 am and Track events will begin at 12:00 pm. Teams...

  • McKenzie Sports Report - Jan. 13

    Cliff Richardson|Jan 13, 2022

    McKenzie Sports Schedule This Week The McKenzie Boys and Girls Varsity Basketball teams host Mohawk on Tuesday, January 11. The Eagle Girls tip-off at 5:30 pm and the Boys game starts at 7:00 pm. The Eagle Varsity teams host Triangle Lake on Wednesday, January 12. The Varsity Girls game is scheduled for a 5:30 pm start and the Varsity Boys will follow at 7:00 pm. The McKenzie Varsity teams travel to Mapleton on Thursday, January 13. The Eagle Varsity Girls game will begin at 5:30 pm and the Boys Varsity contest tip-off is scheduled for 7:00...

  • McKenzie Sports Report - Jan. 6

    Cliff Richardson|Jan 6, 2022

    McKenzie Sports Schedule This Week The McKenzie Varsity Girls Basketball team hosts Crow on Tuesday, January 4th, with tip-off set for 5:30 pm. The Eagle Varsity Boys will follow versus Crow with a 7:00 pm game time scheduled. The Eagle Varsity Girls host Alsea on Thursday, January 6th, and that game will start at 5:30 pm. The McKenzie Varsity Boys will host Alsea and tip-off at 7:00 pm....

  • McKenzie Eagles Sports Report - Dec. 30

    Cliff Richardson|Dec 30, 2021

    McKenzie Sports Schedule This Week No McKenzie sports contests scheduled this week. Have a Happy and Safe New Year. McKenzie Drops Hoops Openers At Siletz Eagle Athletes Earn Honor McKenzie has enough athletes to field both a Girls and Boys Varsity team. That’s a big deal! Thanks to the disastrous Holiday Farm Fire and Covid double whammy, Eagle Hoops was not a foregone conclusion this Winter Season. It doesn’t take long to look down the rosters, eight girls and seven boys on their respective teams thus far. Jack Devereaux is coaching the McK...

  • McKenzie Sports Report - Dec. 2

    Cliff Richardson|Dec 2, 2021

    McKenzie Sports Schedule This Week The McKenzie Middle School Girls Basketball team travels to Crow on Monday, December 6, for a 4:30 pm tip-off. The team will host Siltetz, on Wednesday, December 8, game time also set at 4:30 pm. And Then, Fifty And Sixty The Fall of 1971 on the McKenzie had all the feel of another State Championship opportunity in the offing. The Eagles, led by Head Coach Wade Thomas, had run the table in 1969, finishing that outstanding season 11-0 to bring home McKenzie’s first Football State Championship. The next s...

  • Eagle Sports Report

    Cliff Richardson|Nov 25, 2021

    McKenzie Sports Schedule This Week There are no McKenzie Athletic events scheduled this week. Remember Again? Do you recall the Fall of 1991? Maybe you tagged a nice buck or hooked and boated a fat salmon. Perhaps the vibrant autumn colors bordered your photo of the Three Sisters on a brisk early morning hike. Fall season in the McKenzie Valley always offers opportunities for memorable moments. The Fall, thirty years back, was one to remember for McKenzie High. The Eagle Boys Cross Country team coached by Head Coach Jeff Sherman ran away with...

  • McKenzie Sports - Nov. 11

    Cliff Richardson|Nov 11, 2021

    McKenzie Sports Schedule This Week McKenzie Middle School Girls Basketball will travel to Eddyville on Wednesday, November 10, for a game scheduled for a 4:30 pm tip-off. The McKenzie Athletic Department will host its annual Fall Sports Awards on Wednesday, November 10, in the High School Cafeteria, at 6:00 pm. The Eagle Middle School Girls Basketball team will host Triangle Lake on Monday, November 15, and that game will start at 4:30 pm. North Douglas Claims Class 1A Volleyball Title North Douglas traveled over the Cascade Mountain Range,...

  • Sports Report - Oct. 21

    Cliff Richardson|Oct 21, 2021

    McKenzie Sports Schedule This Week The McKenzie Middle School Volleyball team travels to Mapleton on Wednesday, October 20. Match time is set for 4:30 pm. The Eagle team hosts Triangle Lake on Monday, October 25, and that match starts at 4:30 pm. McKenzie Middle School Cross Country Results The Eagle Middle School Cross Country teams traveled last Thursday, October 14, to sunny Corvallis to participate in the NW Middle School XC Showdown, held at Avery Park. Eagle sixth grade runner, Claire Weiss, finished 20th out of 157 runners in the Girls...

  • Sports - Oct. 14

    Cliff Richardson|Oct 14, 2021

    McKenzie Sports Schedule This Week The McKenzie Middle School Volleyball team hosts Siletz on Wednesday, October 13, with match time set for 4:30 pm. The Eagle's Middle School Football team follows on the same day, kicking off against Siletz at 5:00 pm. The McKenzie Middle School teams travel to Avery Park in Corvallis on Thursday, October 14, to participate in the Northwest Middle School XC Showdown. The MS Girls 3,000 meter race starts at 3:30 pm and the MS Boys 3,000 m. event follows with a...

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