Sunsets and sports: One of my go-to photos is spotting cool sunsets at athletic events, athough at this time of the year they almost always occur during the pre-game moments. Here is how things went down at Stayton before a boys soccer match on Thursday.

Robots in sports: Apparently many schools are using robots with GPA coordinates plugged in to line their athletic fields. Cascade soccer field & Santiam football field are good examples. It's a bit spendy, but it keeps your AD from spending 6-8 hours covered in chalk. Looks nice!

Canyon Weekly football: Please see our website and/or our Facebook page for a game report, stats, quotes and photos on Santiam's impressive 44-28 win Friday night against visiting Colton. Wolverines are now No. 8 in Class 2A. canyonweekly.com/2026/10/24/…

Our Town/Canyon Weekly football scores: 5A: Silverton 41, C.V. 6; 5A/4A: Cascade 77, McKay 0; 4A: Stayton 40, Philomath 14; 3A: Kennedy 41, Dayton 0; 2A: Santiam 44, Colton 28; Regis 56, Sheridan 22. Scio had a bye. Below, Santiam celebrates its big win vs. Colton! Story soon!

Santiam 44, Colton 28, final. Wolverines clinch second in the district. More later

Santiam 43, Colton 28, 115 left. Faville 36 run, run failed

Santiam 38, Colton 28, 652 left. Faville 28 run, Aerni runs for two.

Santiam 30, Colton 28, 1004 left. Childress 54 run. Run failed

Colton 28, Santiam 24, 1111 left. Hordichok 61 pass from Mead. Mead passes to Hordichok for two.

Santiam 24, Colton 20 headed to 4th in Mill City. Vikings have ball at 48

Santiam 24, Colton 20, 128 left in 3rd. Aerni 52yd option keeper. Faville runs for two.

Colton 20, Santiam 16, 804 left in third. Hordichok 17 pass from Mead. Run failed. 80yd drive for Vikings

Santiam 16, Colton 14 at half. Vikings get 2nd half kickoff.

Santiam 16, Colton 14, 16 secs left in half. Mead 7 run and passes for two pts for Vikings

Santiam 16, Colton 6, 128 left in half. Childress 5 run, Faville runs for two.

Santiam 8, Colton 6, 638 left in half. Schroeder 1 run for Vikings. Pat failed

Santiam 8, Colton 0, end of first. Vikings on Santiam 30.

Our Town-Santiam football update: Please see the website and/or Facebook for football previews of Cascade-McKay, Stayton-Philomath and Regis-Sheridan. ourtownsantiam.com/sports/fo…

Our Town football update: Please the Our Town website and/or Facebook for a game preview on Kennedy at Dayton football. ourtownlive.com/ourtown/?p=2…

Canyon Weekly sports update: Please see the website and/or Facebook for a report on Scio's championship volleyball team plus Santiam and Scio football previews. canyonweekly.com/2026/10/23/…