What a Fall

Our Titan football, volleyball, and boys cross country have all won Central Valley Conference titles. Both football and volleyball are undefeated in league, with one more contest to go for each. Our soccer teams also will both be in the playoffs.

Our girl’s soccer team has won the Dairy Farmers award for having the highest team G.P.A. amongst all size classifications in Oregon at 3.98 out of a perfect 4.00. Holy smokes!!

Additionally, Chas Malatesta has been named CVC boys cross country coach of the year.

The playoff schedule looks like this:

Football: November 16th (Round 1 bye) at West Salem
Volleyball: November 3rd (Round 1 bye) at West Salem
Boys Soccer: November 2nd or 3rd (Round 1)
Girls Soccer: November 2nd or 3rd (Round 1)
Cross Country: November 3rd (State)

Go Titans!

Bryan Sutherland
Assistant Principal - Athletics
West Salem High School

SOME SPECIAL AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:
Jordan Jenkins – Salem Sports and Breakfast Club athlete of the week – September 17.
“I would like to give a shout out to a few of the Varsity football players who took time out of their Saturday to go to a Boys and Girls football game @ Judson (Steelers).
Jake Simpson
Chase Sexton
Cory Evans
The boys gave the team a pep talk and encouraged them to be role models on the field and off the field.

Very impressive! “
Judi Kihs

Chas Malatesta – CVC Boys Cross Country Coach of the Year!!

Girls Soccer Team – Dairy Farmers award for highest GPA – 3.98 out of a 4.0 possible. Great job ladies.

For those we have missed we are sorry. Please let us know of any others so we can give them all some recognition.

Thank YouFOOTBALL
The Titans have won the Central Valley Conference title. Undefeated in league play so far with one game left, November 2nd. Beat McNary!!!!!!!!!!
First state playoff game for West Salem will be November 16th at West Salem High School.
Check out the Football website for a complete update of the season and what is coming down the road www.wshsfootball.net .
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VOLLEY BALL
The Titan volleyball team finished the regular season undefeated with a 12-0 record. The earned the first conference volleyball title for the Titans.

Leading the way were seniors Kyley Sexton, Kylie Morin, Camille Trueblood and Alyssa Molina. Captains

Trueblood (setter) and Sexton (outside hitter) have teamed up for a deadly offensive combination.

Trueblood leads the team in assists, while Sexton has become the career kills leader, with over 1275 kills. Currently this season she is approaching the 400 kills mark.

Morin and Molina lead a consistent passing back row, playing great defense and setting the offense up.

West will host a second round state play-off game on Saturday November 3rd. They will play the winner of the first round match up of Gresham and Grants Pass.

Coach Armstrong
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GIRL’S SOCCER
Varsity Girl's Soccer
In addition to their great soccer skills, the West Salem High School girl’s soccer team posted a GPA of 3.97, which is the highest in the State. Great soccer and great academics is a great combination.

The West Salem HS varsity girl's soccer team has advanced to the State playoffs for the 2nd consecutive year. With one regular season match remaining, the Titan's came off their biggest game of the year with a 0-0 draw at Sprague, knocking Sprague out of 1st place in the Central Valley Conference, and clinching the 4th playoff spot. Goal keeper Kristen Connolly recorded 9 saves in the game to preserve the clean sheet against the undefeated Olys.

The Titans have an overall record of 5-5-3, and a league record of 4-4-3. Senior forwards AliRae Aguirre (6 goals, 4 assists) and Mary Patzel (4 goals), along with junior midfielder Nicole Marsagia (4 goals, 5 assists) lead the Titans in scoring. The defense is anchored by seniors Britta Berg-Johansen and Mara Schradle, and freshman Erika Oliva. The Other team members are Libby Baum, Courtney Klosterman, Malia Kawamura, Zoe Smith, Oda Westli, Gabby Nevell and Marina Watson. Liz Rodgers has filled in nicely at goalkeeper as an injury replacement.
The Titans will travel to the #2 team from Three Rivers Conference for their first playoff game on November 3.

Results:
West Salem 0-1 Oregon City
West Salem 9-0 David Douglas
West Salem 2-1 McNary
West Salem 0-0 McKay
West Salem 6-1 North Salem
West Salem 2-3 South Salem
West Salem 1-1 Redmond
West Salem 0-1 Sprague
West Salem 2-1 McKay
West Salem 4-0 North Salem
West Salem 1-3 South Salem
West Salem 2-5 Redmond
West Salem 0-0 Sprague
West Salem @ McNary Friday 10/26/07
JV Girl's Soccer
The Titan JV girl’s soccer team, coached by Megan Moore, have allowed goals in just 4 games. The JV girls have outscored their opponents 51-7 on their way to a very impressive 12-2-0 record, 11-1-0 in league action.

JV2 Girl's Soccer
The Titan JV2 girls have had a very fun season, and have been quite successful, too. The Titan's, coached by Mariah Jaeger, have compiled a 9-3-0 record, and outscored their opponents 42-22.

Coach Jaeger

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BOY’S SOCCER
We are currently tied for second place and were ranked 10th in the state rankings this week. Our record is 10-2-1. We have only given up 5 goals in all of our 11 league games. We have given up a total of only 7 goals all season. We have been playing really well as of late. We beat Sprague 6-0 on Tuesday. We are looking to have a good post season and win West Salem's first post season boy’s soccer game. If we win on the 26th against McNary we will be hosting a home playoff game. The boys have been working really hard this season and I am proud of their achievements individually and as a team.

Coach Iverson
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CROSS COUNTRY
Boys Cross Country Varsity

Boys team - wins CVC title and onto state!!!

West Salem which was ranked #1 all season pulled of another CVC District Title performance October 24th at Bush Park. Led by underclassmen JJ Campbell & (2), Tyler Dudley (4th) who celebrated his 18th birthday the day of district. Myles Wittman (5), Jon Snyder (8th), Trent Dusley (13), Guthrie Straw and Trevor Carey. Total Points 31. The next closest team scored 59 points which was McKay.

JV Boys
West Salem 1st place!! Samual Nadarajan, (2), Joeseph Cagle, Craig Hooper, Nathan Scherr Kelby Evans, Ilya Kleboyo, Alex Elder, Blake Borsberry, Morgan Folz, Ben Eckstein

Girls Cross Country

Maren Westby - second overall for girls and onto state taking a 4th place finish, Maren Westby who battled all the way up to that last 200 meters sprint. It was an awesome race; Maren captured her P.R. against a girl who ran out of her brains!!! Even the Redmond Coach had no idea that his athlete could step up at District. Maren was followed by Emily Meltzer, Grace Lin, Alex Walker, Erin Apodaca, Rachael Elmer and Bree Whitehad

JV Girls
West Salem JV GIrls
Led by Amie Apoca the West Salem Girls take 3rd place. Followed by Chelsea Sullivent, Victoria Reis, Rachael FInley, Karen Wynkoop, Emily Litke, Kendra Hodson
Coach Malatesta
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WATER POLO
So far the Boys Water Polo team are the regular season champions with a record of 15 wins and 9 losses. They play in the district tournament this weekend (10-27) and then are off to state the first weekend of November.
Evan Folz should be the player of the year with a season record for most goals.
The Girls must win their first round game of the district tournament then they too would be off to state.
They are very young still but they are getting better. Coach Evans
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CHEER
Cheerleaders look amazing and have done a great job showing school spirit and getting the crowd involved at the games. The students & cheerleaders would like to do a shout out to the drum line for the "mortal combat" piece. It is always fun to watch the students and cheerleaders dance to the music!! (I have even noticed a few parents dancing along also)

The cheerleaders will be coordinating the kid’s camp fundraiser for the basketball season, along with a cheer competition in January 2008.


Judi Kihs
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UPCOMING EVENTS

November 1st - Meet the coaches and parents for swim team, will be in the commons West Salem High, at 6:30pm. All parents and kids interested in swim team should attend to get information on this season. Any questions, parents can call Coach Evans at 503-569-7956 or 503-399-5533. Thank you!

November 6th at 7 PM in the Titan Room – Athletic Booster Club monthly meeting

November 19th at 7 PM in the Commons - Boys and Girls Lacrosse Information Night-Contact Randy Lewis at timrandy01@msn.com for more information

OTHER STUFF

Christmas Tree Sales – This year a total of 42 trees were sold. The groups selling the trees averaged a net return of $16.24 per tree sold. Softball sold a total of 12 trees and earned $197 for their efforts. Coming in second was Aquatics with 9 trees and $143. Third was Volleyball with 7 trees and $113.

Remember that the tree pick up is December 1in the gravel parking lot on Titan Drive. Time will be from 10 AM to Noon.

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If any of you have news, events, fundraisers, or would like to share something for the newsletter please e-mail it to one of these e-mail addresses morrisontr@wcb.com or morrisontr1@msn.com .

We really want anything involving special recognition for athletes, coaches, or fans. We like that sort of stuff and want to brag on them a bit.

Check out the West Salem High School Athletic Booster web page http://home.comcast.net/~wshsathleticboosters/home.htm or go to the West Salem High School web page and click on Athletics. The first link will take you to the Booster page. http://west.salkeiz.k12.or.us/index.htm

CURRENT FUNDRAISERS:
Remember the Titan Auction on November 17th. Teams/groups can purchase a table and put a “basket/item” in the silent auction. Each table purchased entitles you to put one “basket/item” in the silent auction and receive 100% of the proceeds from that sale. You need to contact Denise Holmstrom at holmstromd@wcb.com to reserve your table. They are going fast.
Teams/groups can also submit items for the auction and will receive 50% of the proceeds from the sale of that item. This is a great way to earn some good money. Items need to be in by November 2ND for the oral auction and November 14TH for the silent auction. Items are to be turned in to Denise Holmstrom at the West Coast Bank branch on Wallace Road in West Salem. She also has the donation forms.
Titan Baseballs Second Annual Orange Sales has begun once again! The baseball program is selling 20 pound cases of Sunkist Oranges for $20.00. New this year and by request, they are also selling 20 pound cases of Rio Star Grapefruit for $22.00. Your fruit will be delivered to your door on December 8th. Contact a Titan Baseball Player or Coach Tiffin at 503-399-5533 or email him at tiffin_micah@salkeiz.k12.or.us.

Cheer will be selling lime green "Super Fan" shirts during basketball season for $12 each!

Dugout project – currently selling concrete blocks and tiles. Check it out on the Athletic Booster Club web page.
COMING SOON:
Bowl–a-thon sponsored by the softball and baseball teams for the dugout project. Contact Coach Micah Tiffin for more information.
Sports trip raffle – sponsored by the Athletic Booster Club for the dugout project.
For photos of current games/matches/events go to www.westsidephoto.smugmug.com

TITAN ATHLETIC CLUB
If you know someone who is not a member of the Titan Athletic Club please have them contact us for membership information. All of the funds raised through the TAC help support the teams that are part of the Athletic Boosters.
We have both business and individual/family memberships available for a very reasonable cost.
CURRENT TAC BUSINESS MEMBERS
GOLD:
West Coast Bank – West Salem Branch – Denise Holmstrom
Capital Manor Retirement Community – Scott Ferguson
Valley Recycling and Disposal – Mike Willis or Greg Dittman
The West Side Newspaper- Chris McCartney
Dallas Glass – Darand Davies
KBZY Radio – Mike Mason or Roy Dittman
SILVER:
Dalke Construction, Inc. – Ken and Larry Dalke
Les Schwab Tire Center – Lyle Mordhurst
Salem Electric – Terry Kelly