Chiefs Press On With Three Wins
With more or less the same group he worked with during his first season at Rogue River, the Chieftain girls' basketball team, through Loren King, is off to a good start to its first season as a Class 2A program. The Chieftains won their opening game, 48-39 against 1A Yoncalla on Wed., Nov. 28. They took a tumble against a bigger 3A Douglas team 46-21 on Fri., Nov. 30, but, the next night, took advantage of an under-manned 1A Camas Valley with its full-court pressure and won 48-21. Three days later, the Chiefs won their third game in a week, a 55-17 rout of 1A Riddle on Tues., Dec. 4. All four games were at James Martin Court. While the Chieftains had been able to work on their (Subscribe for full story)
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Chiefs Have Two Champs At Del Norte
Rogue River had probably its best opening weekend in wrestling in years, with two weight-class champions and four placers overall in taking fifth place at the Battle of the Border Tournament at Del Norte High in Crescent City, Calif., on Sat., Dec. 1. The Chieftains also had two first-time wrestlers com-pete at the Danny Vidlak Invitational at Hidden Valley High the same day. Senior Dyllan Houser, who joins the team this season, finished first at 182 pounds and forming the first-and-third finish with third-placer Caleb Barnwell, another senior. Sophomore Danny Herinckx, taking the place of the graduated Gabe Echaide as the team's No. 1 wrestler at 285 pounds, also took first place. Junior Gabe Tambellini (Subscribe for full story)