![MORE THAN A GAME. With two diving catches in the outfield, the Lions showed up defensively, aiding in their victory over the Pacers. One catch was made by Atwood, and the other by McGraw. Throughout the game, the Lions knew that it wasn’t just about their victory today. “I think [playing for cancer] makes it bigger than just a game,” McGraw said. “Knowing that you have a bigger impact in this world than just who you are as one person.”](https://wlhsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/I70A1454-1-1200x800.jpg)
![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)
West Linn Varsity Baseball team blows out Hermiston, 13-0
Returning from its annual Spring Break trip to Arizona, the West Linn Lions Baseball team (5-2) took on the Hermiston Bulldogs (5-3) Tuesday evening and had a commanding 13-0 win.
The scoring barrage started in the top of the first when outfielder Colton Cosner, senior, had a two-run triple scoring Will Matthiessen, junior, and Brayden Pene, junior, to put West Linn up 2-0.
Karsen Lindell, senior, had yet another dominating performance; not allowing a runner past second base the entire night and allowed only two hits.
Catcher Cole Kinman, freshman, had his first varsity hit, a two-RBI double, while Nicholas Yokubaitis, senior, Rudy Hughes, senior, Trevor Wells, junior, and Pene all had RBI hits as well. Tate Hoffman had two RBI’s and West Linn put up six runs in the third and added four more in the fourth inning.
The Lions will hope to continue their dominating offensive play at home Friday at 4:30 p.m. against the Mountain View Cougars (3-2).
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Before Walker McCrae, senior, realized his dream of becoming a sports manager, he was faced with one task, one court and one orange leather ball.
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