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Pepperdine Beach Volleyball Secure Dominant 2-0 At Pepperdine Dual
Senior McKenna Thomas jumps for an attack against Hope International University on April 18 at the Pepperdine Beach Courts. Duo Thomas and senior Kate Clermont secured two series wins at the Pepperdine Dual, one against Oregon State University and one against Hope International. Photos by Guinevere Hesse Sitting at 13-13 on the season, Pepperdine Women’s […]
Sitting at 13-13 on the season, Pepperdine Women’s Beach Volleyball is rapidly approaching the finish line and the WCC Championships.
Before then, the Waves host two final tourneys, the Pepperdine Dual and Dual Days, both at the Pepperdine Beach Courts.
Pepperdine opened the Pepperdine Dual on April 18, hosting the University of Oregon and Hope International University. This was Pepperdine’s first season matchups against the Ducks and the Royals.
To open the tournament, the Waves came out with force.
The Waves started down 0-1 after redshirt freshman Deanie Woodruff and junior Emi Erickson took a first-round loss sweep, 21-19 and 21-13. Pepperdine battled back with a win from duo junior Gabriella Perez and senior Madison Oriskovich, securing a 21-17 and 21-18 series sweep.
Oregon fought back with another win to take back the series lead, 1-2, but duos seniors Kate Clermont and McKenna Thomas, and freshman Emma Eden and graduate Ella Foti secured the series win for the Waves, 3-2 over the Ducks.
Eden and Foti fought with the Ducks in a winner-takes-all match, securing a 21-16, 18-21 and 15-9 win in three sets, according to Pepperdine Athletics.
In the second game of the series, the Waves matched up against the Royals, and Pepperdine set the tone for Dual Days on April 19.
In a five-game set, Pepperdine came out with a 5-0 dominant series sweep over Hope International to go 2-0 on the day.
Against the Royals, the Waves had a quick series.
Oriskovich and Perez opened with a dominant 21-7 and 21-9 series sweep over the Royals. The Waves followed up with another dominant win, with redshirt junior Emma Bubelis and Woodruff securing a 21-14 and 25-23 sweep and a 2-0 series lead after two sets.
Erickson and graduate Marley Johnson rounded out the series win in three games with a 21-10 and 21-7 win.
Clermont and Thomas, 21-15 and 21-13, and Eden and Foti, 21-9 and 21-10, recorded their second series win on the day with quick series wins over the Royals to secure the 5-0 series sweep, according to Pepperdine Athletics.
The Waves moved to 17-13 that same weekend, hosting Dual Days on April 20. Once again, they picked up two wins against Hope and Oregon, bringing their 2024-25 season to a close. They look ahead to the WCC Championships on April 24 against the University of the Pacific in Santa Monica, Calif.
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2025 Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year: Blue Springs’ Paige Stuart rises to challenge in final prep season
Blue Springs senior Paige Stuart took on the challenge of running the 1,600 meters for the first time in the postseason in her high school career and claimed a state title in that event, as well as repeating as the Class 5 state champion in the 800. The Oklahoma State signee also helped the 4×800 […]
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Pasig City opens Pasiglympics 2025
THE Pasig City government on Saturday opened the Pasiglympics 2025, a monthlong sports tournament to select delegates for the Batang Pinoy National Games. Running from June 28 to July 20, the Pasiglympics features competitions across 27 sports disciplines and is open to Pasigueño youth athletes ages 9 to 17 who are residents or currently enrolled […]
THE Pasig City government on Saturday opened the Pasiglympics 2025, a monthlong sports tournament to select delegates for the Batang Pinoy National Games.
Running from June 28 to July 20, the Pasiglympics features competitions across 27 sports disciplines and is open to Pasigueño youth athletes ages 9 to 17 who are residents or currently enrolled in schools within Pasig City.
This year’s tournament coincides with the celebration of Araw ng Pasig.
According to the Pasig City Sports Office, the tournament serves as the city’s official selection trials for the national youth competition.
“The Pasiglympics 2025 serves as the official tryouts for all 27 sports for the Batang Pinoy National Championships,” Pasig City Sports confirmed in a statement sent to The Manila Times.
The opening day events include athletics at the PhilSports Complex Track Oval, sepak takraw at Rizal High School’s Batibot Ground and wushu at the same school’s SHS Building.
Other scheduled sports include:
Dancesport, judo and jiu-jitsu (June 29), cycling (July 4), Arnis, 3×3 basketball (boys), futsal, kickboxing, soft tennis, table tennis, beach volleyball (boys and girls) (July 5), taekwondo (July 6), badminton (July 10), archery recurve U15 (July 12), compound archery U13 (July 13) and recurve U18 (July 12).
Pencak silat, wrestling and gymnastics (July 12–13), aquatics, boxing, chess, Muay Thai and weightlifting (July 19), karatedo (July 26) and lawn tennis (schedule to be announced).
Registration for the tournament took place from June 13 to June 20, with walk-in participants not permitted. Only those who successfully registered online will receive email confirmations from the organizing committee.
The Pasig City Sports Office encouraged residents to support the athletes: “Let us support our young athletes as they showcase their talent, discipline and sportsmanship in this celebration of youth and excellence.”
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SLAA Gears Up for 2025 Track & Field Championship
. The best of St. Lucia’s track athletes will be on show this weekend at the Soufriere Mini Stadium. This weekend the St. Lucia Athletics Association {SLAA} is hosting its annual National Individual Track and Field Championships. The 2025 edition is sponsored by the St. Lucia Olympic Committee {SLOC} and will feature […]
The best of St. Lucia’s track athletes will be on show this weekend at the Soufriere Mini Stadium.
This weekend the St. Lucia Athletics Association {SLAA} is hosting its annual National Individual Track and Field Championships. The 2025 edition is sponsored by the St. Lucia Olympic Committee {SLOC} and will feature two days of competition in various divisions.
The June 28th and 29th championships is scheduled to commence each day at 10am
This premier national event is expected to attract Saint Lucia’s finest and most promising athletes in a weekend of spirited competition and national pride. Participants will compete in the Under-18, Under-20, and Open categories.
The championship will feature a full slate of sprints, middle-distance, long-distance, and relay events, providing a platform for seasoned athletes and emerging talents to showcase their strength, speed, and strategy. This celebration of athletic excellence underscores the Association’s continued commitment to youth development, competitive excellence, and national unity through sport.
As The SLAA prepare to welcome athletes, coaches, officials, and supporters to the Championship, the organization has thanked its partners and athletics stakeholders for their continued support in helping us deliver a championship of the highest standard.
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Vote for Register-Guard high school girls Athlete of the Year
What’s on the track at Hayward Field in 2025? Hayward Field will play host to a wide variety of track and field events in 2025. The 2024-25 high school sports season is in the books, and athletes from the Eugene-Springfield area delivered no shortage of electric performances throughout the year. Now, we want you to […]
What’s on the track at Hayward Field in 2025?
Hayward Field will play host to a wide variety of track and field events in 2025.
The 2024-25 high school sports season is in the books, and athletes from the Eugene-Springfield area delivered no shortage of electric performances throughout the year.
Now, we want you to decide which local star was the best of the bunch.
Nominees for Register-Guard girls Athlete of the Year are:
- Brooklyn Anderson, Thurston track and field
- Payton Buschelman, North Eugene soccer
- Claire Crawford, Pleasant Hill volleyball and basketball
- Madelyn Del Castillo, Thurston swimming
- Giana Elgarico, Marist Catholic volleyball
- Syren Ferguson, Thurston softball
- Eva Kato, South Eugene soccer
- Vanessa Keller, Oakridge wrestling
- Addison Kleinke, Churchill track and field
- Libby McLaughlin, Marist Catholic soccer
- Nyah Mitchell, Churchill volleyball
- Chantell Noffsinger, Creswell wrestling
- Cricket Phipps, North Eugene track and field
- Kendall Quinney, Sheldon soccer
- Brynn Smith, Willamette basketball
- Francesca Tomp, North Eugene golf
Information about each nominee is listed below. Vote for the athlete you think is most deserving at registerguard.com/sports. The poll closes at 11 a.m. Friday, July 4.
Brooklyn Anderson, Thurston track and field
Anderson won the 5A 100-meter hurdles state title in thrilling fashion and clocked a personal-best time of 14.40 seconds during the season. She also placed third at state in the long jump (17 feet, 7 inches) and fourth in the 100 (12.37).
Payton Buschelman, North Eugene soccer
Buschelman, a sophomore for the Highlanders, earned 5A first-team all-state honors and was named the Midwestern Conference player of the year while helping lead North Eugene to the second round of the state playoffs.
Claire Crawford, Pleasant Hill volleyball and basketball
The Billies senior earned 3A first-team all-state honors after helping lead the school’s volleyball team to the state semifinals. Crawford also earned third-team all-state basketball honors.
Madelyn Del Castillo, Thurston swimming
The Colts’ freshman won the 5A title in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:52.91 at the OSAA state championships at Tualatin Hills Aquatic Center. Del Castillo also placed third in the 100 breaststroke with a personal-best time of 1:05.5.
Giana Elgarico, Marist Catholic volleyball
The Spartans senior earned 4A first-team all-state honors after helping lead Marist Catholic to the state title game. Elgarico has signed to play beach volleyball at the University of Oregon.
Syren Ferguson, Thurston softball
The Colts junior outfielder earned 5A first-team all-state honors after helping lead the Colts to the state title game.
Eva Kato, South Eugene soccer
The Axe junior earned 6A first-team all-state honors and was named the Southwest Conference co-player of the year while helping lead South Eugene to the first round of the state playoffs.
Vanessa Keller, Oakridge wrestling
The Warriors’ junior captured her third consecutive 4A/3A/2A/1A state title, this time claiming the 110-pound crown at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland.
Addison Kleinke, Churchill track and field
The Lancers junior won her third consecutive 5A pole vault title, and also captured the long jump title at the OSAA state meet. Kleinke’s personal-best mark of 14 feet, 3/4 inch at the May 9 Oregon Twilight was a new state record, breaking her own mark, and the third-best vault in the nation this season among high school athletes.
She went on to finish third at the USATF U20 National Championships at Hayward Field on June 19.
Libby McLaughlin, Marist soccer
The Spartans sophomore was named 4A player of the year and earned first-team all-state honors after leading Marist Catholic to the state title.
Nyah Mitchell, Churchill volleyball
The Lancers’ senior earned 5A first-team all-state honors and helped lead Churchill to a third-place state finish. There, she earned first-team all-tournament honors. Mitchell has committed to compete at the University of Portland next season.
Chantell Noffsinger, Creswell wrestling
The Bulldogs senior won the 4A/3A/2A/1A 145-pound state title at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland.
Cricket Phipps, North Eugene track and field
The Highlanders’ junior won the 5A state title in the 1,500 with a personal-best time of 4 minutes, 33.23 seconds at the OSAA state championships. She also took seventh in the 800 (2:19.71).
At the state cross-country championships last fall, Phipps was 22nd (19:21.1).
Kendall Quinney, Sheldon soccer
The Irish junior earned 6A first-team all-state honors and was named the Southwest Conference co-player of the year while helping lead Sheldon to the state quarterfinals.
Brynn Smith, Willamette basketball
The Wolverines senior earned 6A second-team all-state recognition and helped lead Willamette to fifth place at the state tournament. Smith is a University of Portland signee.
Francesca Tomp, North Eugene golf
The Highlanders senior won her fourth consecutive Class 5A state title when she took first with a two-day score of 149 at the state championship tournament at Emerald Valley Golf Club.
Tomp is just the second girls golfer in state history to win four state titles, joining Summit’s Madison Odiorne (2012-15). She is a Portland State signee.
Jarrid Denney is a sports reporter for The Register-Guard. He can be reached at jdenney@gannett.com or on X @jarrid_denney
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Mirror Boys Volleyball All-Stars | News, Sports, Jobs
FIRST TEAM Bryson Brooks, sr., Central: Altoona Mirror first-team all star as a junior. … Team captain had 150 kills and 148 digs this season for the District 6 Class 2A runner-up. … Two-time All-District 6 and Mid State Boys Volleyball League all-star. Christian Heuston, jr., Central: Altoona Mirror second-team all star as a junior. […]
FIRST TEAM
Bryson Brooks, sr., Central: Altoona Mirror first-team all star as a junior. … Team captain had 150 kills and 148 digs this season for the District 6 Class 2A runner-up. … Two-time All-District 6 and Mid State Boys Volleyball League all-star.
Christian Heuston, jr., Central: Altoona Mirror second-team all star as a junior. … Finished with 140 kills, 100 digs and 51 total blocks for the District 6 Class 2A runner-up. … All-District 6 selection and two-time Mid State Boys League all-star.
Caleb Terza, jr., Altoona: PVCA All-District 6 selection. … Had 498 assists. … Added 85 service points, 134 digs and 23 aces. … Selected as team MVP and captain and also had 31 blocks.
Lukas Weathersbee, sr., Altoona: Altoona Mirror second-team all star as a junior. … PVCA All-District 6 selection. … Second-team Mid Penn Commonwealth Division all star. … Finished with 282 kills, 171 digs, 28 blocks and 24 aces. … Will continue volleyball career at Penn State Altoona.
Saturnino Yohn, sr., Altoona: Altoona Mirror second-team all star as a junior. … PVCA All-District 6 selection. … Tabbed the best defensive player for Altoona. … Finished with 433 digs this season and ended his career with 826 digs, third most in Altoona history. … Had 84 service points and 11 aces and a 2.19 serve-receive passer rating.
SECOND TEAM
Logan Caldwell, so., Altoona
Logan Hummel, sr., Central
Luke Mitchell, sr., Altoona
Hayden Smith, sr., Central
Brenden Young, so., Bishop Guilfoyle
HONORABLE MENTION
Braydon Gregg, sr., Central
Justin Jiang, jr., Bishop Guilfoyle
Kallen Plunkett, sr., Altoona
Blake Reynolds, jr., Central
Karter Shall, fr., Bishop Guilfoyle
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Riverview’s Katerina Tsambis named Valley News Dispatch girls athlete of the year
By: Matthew Purucker Saturday, June 28, 2025 | 4:41 PM Jeff Helsel | Mon Valley Independent Riverview’s Katerina Tsambis dribbles against Monessen during the WPIAL playoffs Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. Courtesy of Palma Ostrowski The Riverview girls 1,600 relay of, from left, coach Barbara Stewart, Blake Huffman, Lily Bauer, Katerina Tsambis, and Cailey Trosch pose […]
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Saturday, June 28, 2025 | 4:41 PM
Jeff Helsel | Mon Valley Independent
Riverview’s Katerina Tsambis dribbles against Monessen during the WPIAL playoffs Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024.
Courtesy of Palma Ostrowski
The Riverview girls 1,600 relay of, from left, coach Barbara Stewart, Blake Huffman, Lily Bauer, Katerina Tsambis, and Cailey Trosch pose at the PIAA championships May 24, 2025, in Shippensburg.
Riverview’s Katerina Tsambis defends on Springdale’s Hailey Marchlewski on Sept. 11, 2024 at Springdale High School.
In April, the Valley News Dispatch recognized Katerina Tsambis as its girls basketball player of the year. Because of her additional excellence in soccer and track and field, she has earned the Valley News Dispatch’s Girls Athlete of the Year honor.
To Tsambis, sports are not just a hobby. They have been and will continue to be a major part of her life.
“Basketball has been my favorite forever. I have played basketball and AAU for years,” Tsambis said. “I played soccer just in high school (but) we had so many good memories going to championships. Same thing with track. I just love to compete.”
Tsambis shined on the basketball court, averaging 18.1 points, 4.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 3.5 steals per game in her senior season to lead Riverview to a WPIAL Class 2A playoff berth. She was dedicated to the game, encouraging her teammates and playing her hardest every day, her coach said.
“One is her reliability. You knew what you were going to get every day. And the goal of a team is to win, and it didn’t matter how the win came,” former Riverview girls basketball coach Jill Catanzaro said. “Whether she scored five points or 20 points, she didn’t have to have the spotlight. She just did it. That makes her a very humble person.”
Although her best sport was basketball, her soccer career contributed to her achievement on the hardwood.
“I was always the main defender for basketball,” Tsambis said. “The technique is similar, so, yeah, I felt those two definitely correlated together.”
The Riverview girls soccer team enjoyed great success with the athleticism of Tsambis as a defender. Despite missing her freshman season because of injury and not playing in junior high because of a conflict with basketball, Tsambis helped Riverview reach the 2023 WPIAL and PIAA finals in Class A. Individually, she also received second-team Valley News Dispatch and all-WPIAL honors.
“Every year, she got better and better and became a staple in our defense,” former Riverview girls soccer coach Sean Abraham said. “She would take charge of the defense and lead it, trying to shut down everything that she could.”
In the spring, Tsambis took her talents to the track, where she specialized in the sprints. She competed in the 100, 200 and 400 meters and was a crucial member of the Riverview 1,600-meter relay team.
During her junior year, the relay team broke the school record that had stood since 1980 with a time of 4 minutes, 12.20 seconds. Then, it broke that record this season by running a 4:03.95. The unit placed third at the WPIAL Class 2A championships and eighth at the PIAA meet this spring.
“She’ll be truly missed next year. … Her leadership has made the girls’ team the last four years a remarkable contender,” Riverview track coach Dave Ilnicki said. “I’m glad she’s being recognized because she truly deserves it.”
Tsambis was a four-year letterwinner and was on girls track teams that had a 22-8 overall record and won two undefeated section titles in 2022 and 2023.
“She is an outstanding student-athlete. She excels in the classroom as well as the field, court or track,” Ilnicki said. “Whatever surface that she is playing on, she’s super. She’s been the heart and soul of the team.”
This fall, Tsambis will be attending Penn State to pursue a degree in kinesiology, the study of human movement, turning her passion for sports into a career.
“I’m gonna miss my friends for sure. I’m gonna miss my basketball coaches. They were the best,” Tsambis said. “Specifically, coach Jill Catanzaro. I had her seventh through 12th grade, so I’m gonna miss her a lot. Also, being a competitor on a team, I’m gonna miss that.”
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