Madeline Marshall
May 6, 2013
The West Linn Girls Varsity Lacrosse team (9-1,5-1 Three Rivers League) beat the defending state champions, the Lake Oswego Lakers, Friday night, 10-6. Mariah Gatti junior, led with four goals along with Hanna Morford sophomore, and Kayla Bouchard senior, with three goals. “It just felt good to finally... Read more »
Meredith Bowers
April 10, 2013
After Wednesday’s TRL Choir Festival, the WLHS Symphonic Choir is moving on to state. The team competed at Clackamas High School with an 18-minute set in which they scored an 86 average (83 was needed to qualify for state). “We were so loud and confident,” Parker Kilstrom, sophomore, said. “We... Read more »
Kara Ghorbani-Elizeh
March 15, 2013
Both the Women’s Choir and the Jazz Choir placed third in the Clackamas Community College Vocal Jazz Festival on March 14. The Jazz Choir finished just behind West Salem and South Salem and was able to beat out the stiff competition of Sprague High School and South Eugene High School, who have been... Read more »
Lenaya LeBlanc
March 12, 2013
With the loss of 15 seniors last year, the Baseball team looks forward to a fresh season with new players and strategies. With an all around younger team, Kevin Mills, head coach, is confident that the team will come together for a successful season.“We have a good team chemistry, which will help... Read more »
Walker McCrae
March 11, 2013
For the next year, when thinking of the West Linn Boys Varsity Basketball Team, two words will come to mind: State Champions. The West Linn Lions (23-6 8-2 Three Rivers League) defeated the Central Catholic Rams (25-5, 10-0 Mt. Hood Conference) 45-41 to win the 6A State Championship game. The game started... Read more »
Jacqueline DelBene
December 12, 2012
Yesterday afternoon, Steve Forsyth, a resident of West Linn, was one of two people killed at the Clackamas Town Center shooting. Forsyth, 45, was married to Carla Forsyth, father of Alex Forsyth, eighth grader at Rosemont Ridge Middle School and stepfather of Katie Hughes, Class of 2011. On Dec. 11 at... Read more »
Chrisann Kim, Meredith Bowers and Natalie Lin
November 5, 2012
Why should I care: The city council teams up with the mayor to establish city policies, determine land use, enact city codes and work with community groups. City councilors propose bills, hold votes and pass laws to help govern the city. They work together to improve areas of the city which are critical... Read more »
Craig Wright and Sam Maksimov
November 5, 2012
Why should I care: The infrastructure of West Linn is in need of repair. Nearly 50 percent of our roads are rated as fair, while 30 percent are rated as very poor. Our water system is aging and needs repairs as well. The water struggle with Tigard and Lake Oswego ended Thursday night, as the West Linn... Read more »
Mary Earp
October 22, 2012
Music and Arts Partners (MAP) held an event called Evening With Our Stars on Oct. 6 that brought in over $20,000 for the school district. The money will go to different aspects of arts programs in the 16 schools of the West Linn-Wilsonville School District. “One hundred percent of the money we raised... Read more »
Walker McCrae
October 18, 2012
It was a classic west coast style shootout and both offenses were in session with West Linn (2-4, 0-2 Three Rivers League) taking on the Clackamas Cavaliers (4-2, 2-0 Three Rivers League). Clackamas scored just enough to win by a score of 56-49. Clackamas struck first with a one yard touchdown run... Read more »
