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  • Braves headed to Corvallis
    HILLSBORO — Banks will play for its first state football championship in almost 60 years after beating Estacada 40-34 in an OSAA 4A state semifinal game Friday night at Liberty High School. Banks trailed by a point with three minutes left, but drove 55 yards and scored the game-winner on an ...

  • Banks stuns defending champ Marist
    As Nick Wilhun's 23-yard field goal sailed through the uprights in overtime Friday night, Banks head coach Ben Buchanan pumped his fist on the sideline, knowing his team was that much closer to pulling off a monumental playoff upset of defending 4A state champion Marist. But the game wasn't over ...

  • Banks earns rematch with Estacada in state semifinals
    Two years ago, neither Banks nor Estacada won a single football game. On Friday, the teams will meet in the 4A state semifinals. Credit the coaching jobs done by Ben Buchanan at Banks and Brigham Baker at Estacada for taking each program from league doormat to one of the four best in the state. ...

  • Players recall ‘84 semifinal appearance
    The similarities are striking. Both teams beat highly-ranked and heavily-favored opponents in a driving rain storm in the state quarterfinals, and both teams went up against smashmouth, run-oriented opponents on a turf field in the semifinals. Only time will tell where the similarities end. As ...

  • Braves stun defending champs
    As Nick Wilhun’s 23-yard field goal sailed through the uprights in overtime Friday night, Banks head coach Ben Buchanan pumped his fist on the sideline, knowing his team was that much closer to pulling off a monumental playoff upset of defending 4A state champion Marist. But the game ...

  • Sky-Em powerhouse Marist looms next
    Banks will have its hands full Friday when the Braves make their first state quarterfinal appearance in 23 years against the defending 4A state champs from Marist. Sixth-ranked Banks (9-2) needed a last-minute goal line stand to beat Baker, 26-21, on Saturday in a second-round state playoff game ...

  • Owens punches ticket to nationals
    Pacific senior Kelsey Owens will finish her collegiate career with a second consecutive trip to the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships. Owens punched her ticket by earning one of seven individual berths with a fifth-place finish at the NCAA West Regionals last Saturday at Bush’s ...

  • Braves outlast Baker, advance to quarterfinals
    After 11 games, countless practices, film sessions and pep talks, Banks’ football season came down to just one play. Leading Baker 26-21 in the waning moments of Saturday’s second-round 4A state playoff game, Banks engineered a monumental defensive stand, stopping the Bulldogs three ...