![Students in the National Art Honor Society work on the Mount Hood mural on the window of SouthLake Church. The students brought a variety of paints and mixed their own custom colors. “Instead of brushstrokes, we’re doing more dabbing, because it gives [a] better impression of tree foliage, rather than looking like actual brush strokes, because if we’re painting trees, we need it to look like trees,” Crawford said.](https://wlhsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG_2397-1200x900.jpg)
![Main Street said farewell to summer on Aug. 30 through the second annual Chalk Walk Art Festival. Ruth Offer, Chalk Walk organizer, brought this tradition from Wyoming in an attempt to make use of the renovated sidewalks of Willamette Falls Dr. “[This is] a community event for the kids,” Offer said.](https://wlhsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/image-12-1200x803.png)
West Linn rolls over South Eugene 81-59, in state semifinal
The West Linn Boys Varsity Basketball team (24-4, 13-1 Three Rivers League) is one step closer to its third straight state title with a 81-59 win over the South Eugene Axemen (21-8, 12-2 Southwest Conference) at the University of Portland’s Chiles Center.
West Linn started off hot with a 24-13 lead at the end of the first quarter and extended it further with a 43-25 lead at halftime. The Axemen defense could not contain the Lions offense, as Payton Pritchard, junior, led the team with 20 points. At one point in the second half the West Linn led by 28 points, which helped them cruise to a 81-59 victory.
With the win, the lions advance to the state championship game for the third year in a row. They will play the Jesuit Crusaders (24-4, 14-0 Metro League) in the state championship game, Saturday at 3:15 p.m. at the Chiles Center. If West Linn is victorious, they will be the second team in Oregon history win three state championships in a row with the other being Jesuit.
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