The early evening was dark and damp as we made our way through Yamhill County wine country on the first Friday after falling back the previous Sunday.  It wasn’t raining, but looked like it could if it chose to.  We came into Sherwood through the back door, so to speak, on the section of Highway 99 just south of Sherwood known inauspiciously as the Herbert Hoover Highway.  After a short tour of the heights south of downtown that offer panoramic views of the surrounding countr

It was the final Friday of the regular season.  Rivalry night.  And how better to spend it than watching one of the biggest rivalries in the state:  Dayton vs. Amity. Both of these teams have impressive football histories by any standard, even if I have reason to think they’re not quite as impressive as they’d like everyone to believe.  The Pirates from Dayton have been playing football since 1928 and won a state B Division title in 1948.  In 1965 Dewey Sullivan took over as