Jason Henkel loves baseball and he loves keeping in touch with his former players and students.
Another special season resulted in more elite-level recognition for what the Corvallis Knights have accomplished.
Shalyn Gray had 10 kills and added 16 digs to lead Linn-Benton past Lane 3-2 in the NWAC South Region volleyball opener for both teams on Wednesday night.
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Shalyn Gray had 11 kills and 12 digs to lead Linn-Benton past Lower Columbia 3-0 in nonconference NWAC volleyball action Tuesday afternoon. Set scores were 25-19, 25-18, 25-22.
Bellevue outlasted Linn-Benton to top the Roadrunners in their season-opener 3-2 in nonleague NWAC women's volleyball action Monday evening.
Incoming Oregon State freshman infielder Travis Bazzana of the Corvallis Knights was named the West Coast League's Most Valuable Player on Monday, as voted on by the league coaches.
The Corvallis bats came alive in a big way after being largely silenced by Yakima Valley in the first two games of the West Coast League baseball championship series.
Runs were hard to come by Thursday night, and it became clear midway through the West Coast League’s championship game 2 that pitching and defense could win or lose the contest.
Eight athletes and four coaches/administrators will make up the inaugural Hall of Fame class for Linn-Benton Community College.
Corvallis wasted no time Sunday night putting a heap of pressure on a Ridgefield squad already down a game in the best-of-three West Coast League South divisional baseball series.
Another strong summer has the Corvallis Knights back in the playoffs and chasing a fifth straight West Coast League baseball title.
Corvallis closed the West Coast League regular season Thursday night with a 6-3 loss to Bend before 2,168 at Goss Stadium.
Bend took advantage of 17 walks and two hit batters to defeat Corvallis 9-2 on Wednesday in a West Coast League game at Goss Stadium.
With the expected heat wave that will see temperatures breaking triple digits the next few days, the Corvallis Knights have pushed back the start times of Wednesday's and Thursday's West Coast League baseball games.
RIDGEFIELD, Wash. — Riley Wade belted a three-run homer in the sixth inning to help the Corvallis Knights erase a 3-0 deficit and go on for a 7-3 win over Ridgefield in the final game of a three-game West Coast League set on Sunday.
Kyler Stancato didn’t know much about the Corvallis Knights before arriving in the mid-valley in mid-June for summer baseball.
Briley Knight returned home in impressive fashion on Thursday, leading Corvallis to a 5-4 win over Yakima Valley in a West Coast League game at Goss Stadium.
Kiko Romero drove in five runs on Wednesday night and the Corvallis Knights defeated Yakima Valley 6-2 to win their West Coast League series.
The Corvallis Knights used a strong pitching performance to handcuff Yakima Valley 7-1 on Tuesday night in the opener of a three-game West Coast League series at Goss Stadium.
Nate Nankil homered and drove in five runs on Monday night, leading the Corvallis Knights to a 12-4 win over the NW Star Academy Nighthawks in a nonleague baseball game at Goss Stadium.
BELLINGHAM Wash. — Corvallis Knights pitching shined for a second consecutive game at Joe Martin Field as starter Drew Dowd, Nathan DeSchryver and Ty Uber combined to shutout the Bellingham Bells 2-0 on Saturday night.
BELLINGHAM, Wash. — The Bellingham Bells salvaged the series finale and snapped the Corvallis Knights' nine-game win streak with a 5-4 victory in 12 innings on Sunday afternoon.
The West Coast League South leading Corvallis Knights topped the Bellingham Bells at Joe Martin Field 2-1 Friday night behind a strong starting effort by Grant Taylor and relief performance by Jake Vargas.
Taison Corio homered with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to give Corvallis a 6-5 win over Walla Walla in a West Coast League game at Goss Stadium on Wednesday night.