Athletics & Activities

Volleyball MCLOUGHLIN 3, UMATILLA 1 — The Pioneers ended a six-match skid with a 25-18, 24-26, 25-20, 25-15 Eastern Oregon League road win over the Vikings. “Our girls won the ...

UMATILLA — Umatilla kept its place at the top of the Special District 5 standings with a 6-1 victory on Saturday, Sept. 27, over Irrigon. “It was a really great game,” Umatilla c...

Boys Soccer UMATILLA 4, IRRIGON 0 — Benito Soto scored two goals to help the Vikings to a Special District home win over the Knights. Soto scored his first goal in the first ha...

Boys Soccer UMATILLA 5, PRESCOTT (WA) 0 — Matthew Pina scored two first- half goals in leading the Vikings to a nonleague road win over the Tigers. “We controlled the game, but t...

Girls Soccer UMATILLA 8, GRANT UNION 0 — Elaina Jewett had five goals to lead the Vikings to a Special District 5 home win over the Prospectors. Evelyn Christensen, Yesenia Ca...

MILTON-FREEWATER — Jayden Perches caught the game-winning touchdown from Xzavier Rodriguez in the third quarter as Umatilla beat McLoughlin 14-6 in a nonleague game Friday, Sept. ...

Boys Soccer UMATILLA 5, LA GRANDE 0 — Javier Ruiz scored two goals, and Abrahan Garcia had a clean sheet in goal as the Vikings beat the visiting Tigers in a nonleague game. “We ...

Football VALLEY CATHOLIC 42, UMATILLA 7 — Linkin Zamudio scored for the Vikings in the second quarter, but it wouldn’t be enough as the Valiants cruised to a nonleague win in B...

Girls Soccer UMATILLA 2, ECHO/STANFIELD 2 — Shelby Blanchet scored in the first 10 minutes of the game, and the last 15 minutes of the game, as the Cougars (3-0-1) rallied to fo...

Girls Soccer UMATILLA 5, NYSSA 2 — Freshman Elaina Jewett scored two goals to help the Vikings to a Special District 5 home win over the Bulldogs. “I’m really excited about th...

Boys Soccer UMATILLA 1, FOUR RIVERS 1 — Williams Barajas scored the Vikings’ lone goal as they played to a draw against the Falcons in Ontario. “We controlled most parts of the...

Volleyball RIVERSIDE 3, UMATILLA 1— The Pirates opened Eastern Oregon League play with a 25-19, 25-21, 25-27, 25-16 road win over the Vikings. Kaylee Christy led Riverside (2-1...

UMATILLA — An extra point made all the difference as Umatilla escaped with a 7-6 victory over neighboring Irrigon on Friday, Sept. 5, at the Milt Durand Sports Complex. “It was a...

Volleyball UMATILLA 3, GRISWOLD 0 — The Vikings won their season opener with a 25-16, 25-19, 25-21 home win over the Grizzlies. Lexie Soriano led Umatilla with 10 aces, while N...

Photo by Kathy Aney. John Williams is the new head football coach at Umatilla High School. UMATILLA — A forgotten recruiting letter in the bottom of a junk drawer changed John ...

MILTON-FREEWATER — While Burns, Vale and Nyssa earned the lion’s share of the state berths Saturday, May 24, at the 3A Eastern Oregon League Championships at Shockman Field, Umati...

UMATILLA — Umatilla scored seven runs in the third inning en route to an Eastern Oregon League victory over Riverside on Tuesday, May 20, for its first winning season since 2008. ...

Baseball BURNS 12-7, UMATILLA 5-3 — The Vikings fell to 4-7 in the Eastern Oregon League standing after dropping a pair of home games to the Hilanders. Umatilla (11-9 overall) t...

Baseball MCLOUGHLIN 12, UMATILLA 8 — Dallen Duncan drove in four runs on two hits as the Pioneers won a crucial Eastern Oregon League road game against the Vikings. Mac-Hi (12...

UMATILLA — Umatilla got back on the winning side of things with a 2-1 and 9-8 Eastern Oregon League sweep of Nyssa on Saturday, May 10, to improve to 4-4 in league play. “They we...