Sports

State champ junior Ariyah Abdullah won the 200 freestyle, the 100 butterfly and the 200 medley relay. Photo by Myan Bui

Girls and boys swim teams sink Central Catholic at dual meet

The girls and boys swim teams handily defeated Central Catholic at home on Dec 4. The girls won 129-33 and the boys won 138-27.

Boys basketball played hard in a jamboree exhibition against Cleveland, Lakeridge and Woodburn on Dec 3, winning one of their three games.

Senior Luke Reeves goes coast to coast for a layup in a 12-11 victory against Lakeridge Photo by Felix Locker

The cheer team started their winter season on Dec. 6 with a total of 22 JV cheerleaders joining the season.

Junior Amaziah Brown takes his opponent to the mat with a headlock. Photo by Chloe Mills

The team defeated Parkrose easily, aided by forfeits, and then edged out Mountain View

Sophomore Faysal Ibrahim ran fifth at State in cross country, setting a new Douglas 5K record of 15:23.99 (4:57 per mile). Photo by Grant Collins

Girls soccer and boys and girls water polo teams made state playoff appearances, and boys cross country’s Faysal Ibrahim placed 5th in state

After staying neck and neck for the majority of the game, Douglas couldn't keep up in the end

Freshman Shyanne Winfield drives to the hoop in a loss to St. Mary’s 54-45 Claire Hay

For almost the whole third quarter, neither the Scots nor the Mustangs scored a point

Lack of ball control and too many turnovers led to boys soccer losing 4-1 to McMinnville at home on Sep 30

That burst of energy didn't last long though, Gresham coming back strong

His time is only 5 seconds behind the school record of 5:24.9

Players and coaches from both teams gathered and knelt down on the field to see Santilanes off

"I'm extremely happy with the way they played tonight" said head coach Carl Tuma. "They lost to this team by 8 in a tournament previously"

The crowd erupted with shouts from both sides during the final minutes