By: Ian Gerig sports editor
Cross Country
With Morgen Anderson's leadership the Silverton Lady Foxes earned a 4th place finish, up from 7th a year ago.The Boys cross country team also did well, earning a 5th place finish.“The future looks very promising for both the girls and boys teams,” Head coach Erik Cross said, “even with graduating the strong leadership and performances of our seniors.”
Boys Soccer
The Silverton Foxes boys’ soccer team experienced some major growing pains this year, finishing 3-11 overall and 2-5 in league. This was not due to a lack of talent, Head Coach Mark Jorgenson said with sophomore J'Rrett Baker earning second team all-league honors and sophomores Kellan Tracy and Patrick Doyle receiving all-league honorable mentions.“The team has a lot of young talent, which means we will win a lot more games in the coming years,” Jorgenson said. “The biggest battle we face right now is removing the losing mentality that has plagued this program for years.” “There is still a lot of room for improvement, but there is no doubt that the team that takes the field next year for Silverton High School will be the best the school has seen in a very long time.” Jorgenson said.
Girls Soccer
The Silverton Lady Foxes soccer team finished 8-7 overall with a 4-3 league record that earned the team a 4th place finish in the conference standings. Though the Lady Foxes pulled together mid season to win six matches in a row, they lost four out of their last five matches to end the season, including a play-in loss to Bend High school who was ranked #3 in the state. “I’m extremely happy with how the team worked together,” senior captain Madison Stadeli said, “we were supposed to be matched against a more comparable team, but the team had fun and scored three goals on one of the best team in state!”On her future soccer plans Madison says she plans to play intramural soccer as a way to, “keep my foot on the ball while maintaining my studies”
Volleyball
The Silverton Foxes volleyball team finished the year 6th in league with a 7-12, (6-8 league), record. The lady foxes lost their last game of the season on November 1st in a play-in game against Churchill. “We all worked really well together and had an overall enjoyable season,” junior Olivia Dahl said, “I can’t wait till next year!”
Football
The Silverton Foxes football team has inspired much passion in the Silverton area this season winning five games by a touchdown or less. Led by senior wide receivers Torrey Rogness and Julian Canda, the Foxes are in the OSAA 5A playoffs after a 8-2 season capped with two straight home upsets of #1 ranked teams Corvallis and Lebanon."This is unbelievable," Canda said. "We just came to battle, like we always do. This is what you want in your senior year."The Foxes won their play-in game on Nov. 4 with a 26-21 win against the Eagle Point Eagles. Their first playoff game is Friday Nov. 11 at Ashland High school. No results were available as of this deadline.After defeating Eagle Point Silverton Head Coach John Mannion had this to say, "I'm thrilled with how we've battled this year. We have a great group of guys who are fun to coach. And right now, it's just week to week.”
