http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/sports/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121800624632475000 The first-ever “Viking Vengeance” 5K, a fund-raiser for the Forest Grove High School cross country team, attracted 87 runners and walkers last Thursday. Coach Sue Fleskes proclaimed the event – which also featured a kids fun run, a success. “We were really happy with the ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121800618705128600 A team from Seattle's Amy Yee Tennis Center crept to within one game of Forest Grove in the USTA Pacific Northwest Sectionals at Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation Tennis Center July 27. And when the dust cleared, the Forest Grove tennis team had qualified for the U.S. Tennis Association national ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121800608572159400 You can never have too much pitching. Forest Grove learned that lesson the hard way two weekends ago, as a scorching summer screeched to a halt at the OIBA Olin and Pesky Division tournament at West Linn High School. Forest Grove rode a dominant pitching staff to 22 wins and a league title this ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121800595947287500 The Forest Grove Rampage atoned for last year’s disappointing showing at the ASA 16A National Softball Championships, winning six straight games to open the tournament and eventually taking 17th place out of a record field of 144 teams. “It was a great experience,” said head ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121737423081140400 Golf and rock n’ roll peacefully coexisted at The Reserve Vineyards and Golf Club in Aloha July 27 and 28 in an event designed to support Pacific University’s 20-sport athletics program. The second annual Legends Golf Classic, hosted by Pacific Board of Trustees member and lead KISS ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121737416019234600 A four-person relay team anchored by Forest Grove’s Kevin Van Dyke won the men’s masters division of the 2008 Race Across Oregon July 20, finishing the grueling cycling challenge in 30 hours, 50 minutes. The team, called Old Goats 4 CycleOne, broke the previous course record for that ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121737363170722000 Every Sunday, Yesenia Olvera meets up with four of her cousins – Briseida Olvera, Magdalena Galvan, Maritza Salinas and Vianca Campuzano – for a morning of togetherness. They eat, watch boys and trade stories, as teenage girls are apt to do. But there’s one aspect of the family ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121737328353202600 Long time teacher, coach and mentor Jerry Mettee has taken the reins as Gaston High School’s new athletic director. “I’m really happy that Jerry got the job and that he’s going to be around for a while,” said former athletic director Tim Olietti, whom Mettee replaced. ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=121678979527194500 To many, it’s an obscure sport enjoyed during company outings. To some, it’s a hobby and to others, it’s a passion. To Jerry Miller, it’s a living. Disc golf, often called “the fastest growing sport that no one’s heard of,” is similar in basic form to ...