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Rose City Roundup: Lincoln, David Douglas girls soccer on win streaks
Welcome to another Sunday in the high school athletics calendar. It was another busy week of action with a handful of local squads continuing hot streaks to open the season, big-time matchups and the start of league play in football already. Down below you’ll find stories and photos from
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Friday Night Lights Week 3: Central Catholic downs Jesuit, Lincoln moves to 3-0
We’re already three weeks into the high school football season and league play began around the city on Friday. Specifically, the PIL kicked things off with three matchups between league foes. Parkrose and David Douglas also both began 5A Special District 1 play against Gresham and Milwaukie, respectively. Meanwhile
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Jefferson football airs it out in 46-6 victory over Franklin to open PIL play
HUMBOLDT – Everyone knew Jefferson High School football had the weapons to be a scary offense in 2025. The question was: Who was going to give it to them? After a 46-6 victory over Franklin in Week 3, that’s no longer a question as sophomore quarterback AJ Kightlinger threw for
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Rose City Roundup: McDaniel boys soccer ties Jesuit, Franklin and Central Catholic cross country excel
We’re now two full weeks into the high school sports season and action is going on all across the city in football, soccer, volleyball and cross country Each Sunday, we’ll take a look back on the week that was and highlight some of the things you might have
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McDaniel football comes up short, falls to Century 26-24 in home opener
SOUTH MADISON – Though the McDaniel High School football team was able to erase a 12-point deficit in the fourth quarter against Century on Friday, Sept. 12, the Mountain Lions couldn't overcome a slew of mental errors and late penalties, losing 26-24. "Towards the end of the game,
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Meet Parkrose football's tuba-playing trenchman, Kimball 'Juni' Napaa
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Parkrose football rolls to first season-opening win since 2014 with 32-12 victory
PARKROSE – There’s no way around it: Parkrose High School football has had some tough years on the gridiron dating back to the 2010s. First-year head coach Paris Penn is hoping to turn that around, and he got the first big milestone out of the way early. Thanks to a
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Rose City roundup: Franklin football wins in double OT, Lincoln wins on the road
Week 1 in Oregon high school football provided the usual fireworks that come with fun, nonleague matchups. And the same was true for teams around Portland. Franklin opened the year with a double overtime victory against crosstown foe David Douglas, Parkrose took down Cleveland for its first opening win since
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Here are 30 high school football players to watch in Portland for 2025
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Welcome to Portland Preps
After landing my first job out of college in 2018 covering high school sports, I quickly discovered that this level of athletics is where my heart lies. I graduated from Colorado State University in 2018 and a couple weeks later was working for the Pueblo Chieftain newspaper in Pueblo, Colorado
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