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At La Salle, junior Halia Richter enjoys Ms. Carie Coleman’s Intro to Design Thinking & Tools class. “It’s a lot of fun, and it’s nice to have a creative outlet when you have a lot of other harder classes [like] Honors French III,” Richter said.

Athlete of the Week: Halia Richter

Maiyan Job, Staff Reporter April 20, 2022

Junior Halia Richter has been playing softball for 10 years. Currently, she plays competitively as a catcher for the La Salle varsity softball team and the Northwest Mayhem club team.  Richter was...

Hurdling Towards Success: Seth Wobigs Track Journey

Hurdling Towards Success: Seth Wobig’s Track Journey

Lukas Werner, Media Editor April 13, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed68WqXcmBw Senior Seth Wobig has participated in track at La Salle since he was a freshman, but before that, he ran for track in middle school. “I’ve thoroughly...

The team watched from the dugout as senior Aidan O’Brien went up to bat.

La Salle’s Varsity Baseball Team Falls to Wilsonville 5 to 9

Madeline Obuchowski and Maddie Burns April 13, 2022

On Friday, April 8, La Salle’s varsity baseball team took on Wilsonville, and after seven innings, the team fell with a final score of 5 to 9.  During the game, senior Aiden McGuire hit a home...

Portash has been immersed in the world of softball since kindergarten.

Athlete of the Week: Layne Portash

Natalia Gonzalez, Assistant Editor April 13, 2022

Ever since she played T-ball as a child, sophomore Layne Portash has been immersed in the world of softball. Portash started playing T-ball in kindergarten and then moved up to Little League when T-ball...

March Madness this year was intense. Let’s take a look at how it all went down.

St. Peter’s Headlines the Maddest March in Years

Brooks Coleman, Staff Reporter April 13, 2022

Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, which forced the cancellation of that year’s March Madness tournament just days before it started, fans around the globe have been waiting for sports to...

“When we were traveling to different areas, we all just packed into one van and people weren’t even sitting on seats,” junior Finbar O’Brien said.

Varsity Baseball Looks Ahead to League Play After an Exciting First Few Weeks of the Season

Will Ceballos, Staff Reporter April 5, 2022

The varsity baseball season is in full swing, as the team has already played in eight non-league games in the first few weeks of the season.  In one of the non-league games on March 31, the team lost...

The La Salle Equestrian Team Takes Home 24 Medals and 6 Qualifiers for State

The La Salle Equestrian Team Takes Home 24 Medals and 6 Qualifiers for State

Fia Cooper, Assistant Media Editor April 5, 2022

From April 1-3, the La Salle equestrian team competed in their last meet before their state competition. This is the first year that the team has been able to go to state in person because of COVID-19...

Senior Anna Dethlefs favorite thing to do is “go hang out with my goats, alpacas, horses, cows, chickens, dogs, and cats,” she said.

Athlete of the Week: Anna Dethlefs

Noemi Skovierova, Staff Reporter April 5, 2022

Senior Anna Dethlefs has been surrounded by Lasallian legacies her entire life, and as the last member of her family to cross the threshold of La Salle, she has proven herself to be a powerful asset on...

Balancing schoolwork and tennis isn’t usually a problem for freshman Kennedy Harris, she said.

Athlete of the Week: Kennedy Harris

Natalia Gonzalez, Assistant Editor March 30, 2022

Freshman Kennedy Harris has been playing tennis since she was five years old, first picking up a tennis racket nine years ago. She started playing competitively three years ago at a tennis academy.  A...

The dancers performed two routines, one with and one without the seniors.

Dance Team Presents Two Routines in Preparation for State Competition

Nicholas Hounton, Staff Reporter March 16, 2022

On March 16, 2022, the dance team held a showcase in the gym to perform their state routines to the La Salle community. “I’m very proud of this team and all the hard work that’s gone into...

Sophomore dancer Izzy Sulloway Ferreras has been dancing for 12 years, and has been dancing with La Salle’s dance team for two years.

Athlete of the Week: Izzy Sulloway Ferreras

Jasmine McIntosh, Staff Reporter March 16, 2022

Sophomore Izzy Sulloway Ferreras has been dancing for 12 years, starting with ballet at the age of three.  Her mom was the first person to get her interested in dance. “My mom, when she was little,...

While participating in track does cut down on his time for homework, senior Murphy Schuster said that “keeping up my physical well-being definitely helps me focus better on homework when I get back home.”

Athlete of the Week: Murphy Schuster

Brooklyn Chillemi and Avery Rush March 9, 2022

Senior Murphy Schuster has been surrounded by family and friends his entire life. After attending St. Ignatius School in Portland, Oregon, where many of his cousins, uncles, and aunts attended, he discovered...

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