Within the familiar confines of the Stoffer Family Stadium on the campus of George Fox University, the Newberg Tigers shined at the Pacific Conference district meet May 21-23 and, in the process, qualified 19 individuals and two teams to compete in the Class 6A state championships May 30-31 at Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon.
“We had a good first day placing in multiple events and setting ourselves up well for finals on Friday,” NHS coach Brandon Ramey said in an email. “We won the boys long jump, pole vault and went 1-3 in the boys javelin. Our girls got second in the high jump and third in the javelin and shot put. We won the girls 3,000 (meter race), which was the only running final on Wednesday.”
The girls team amassed 129 points, good for third place at the meet, and will send nine individuals and two relay squads to state…