By the estimation of Mike Braxton and the rest of the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High football coaching staff, the Chieftains had been on school buses for 37 hours, round trip, to each of its four games, all on the road, and its preseason jamboree in Lowell, five visits in[Read More…]
Author: Brian Mortensen
Clear Skies, More Cycles At Ride The Rogue
After years of the threat of September regional forest fire smoke and a worldwide pandemic that cut down numbers at the Ride The Rogue cycling event, there was no such issue for the three different rides and its post-race celebration at Palmerton Park. Under a cloudless blue sky and warm[Read More…]
Chiefs End SOC First Half This Week
Each Medford private school from the Class 3A Southern Oregon Conference came through Rogue River Jr. Sr. High’s James Martin Court last week and stopped the Chieftains, each in three sets. Cascade Christian won on Tues., Sept. 24, 25-10, 25-9, 25-12, and St. Mary’s won 25-8, 25-16, 25-8 on Thurs.,[Read More…]
Crusaders Extend Shutout Streak In Girls’ Soccer
St. Mary’s is always known as a power in Southern Oregon small-school soccer, having reached at least the Class 3A-2A-1A quarterfinals 10 of the last 11 non-COVID years and winning the Spring 2021 3A Cumulative Championship. This year, the Crusaders may be on to something special. Through exactly half of[Read More…]
Chiefs Better At Physical Loss
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High boys’ soccer team is still looking for its first victory through the second year of its rejuvenated program. The team still has the speed up front, and its players could rush the goal after a long kick from junior goalkeeper Byron Wardle and then[Read More…]
Junior Chieftains Fall At White Mountain
Waylon Alden again scored each of Rogue River’s two touchdowns in the Junior Chieftains’ 36-14 middle-school-level football loss to White Mountain in White City on Sept. 18, and Lucas Ferrero had a pair in a 50-21 loss at Hanby on Wed., Sept. 25. Michael Mosley had more than 100 yards[Read More…]
City’s Newest Officer Introduced At Meeting
Rogue River Police Chief David Rash introduced his department’s newest officer, Nick Holland, at the Rogue River City Council meeting on Thurs., Sept. Nolan swore in Holland, who will head to the Oregon police academy this month with a planned graduation in February. Holland’s hiring has made RRPD fully staffed[Read More…]
Samuels Leads, But Look Out For Lopez
Jake Samuels, the leading jockey during the Grants Pass Downs Fall racing season, won a pair of races, one on Sun., Sept. 29, one on Mon., Sept. 30, to hold on to his lead with 15 wins, but look out for Jaime Lopez. Lopez won five races, including two in[Read More…]
Apolinaria Prize Wins $58,000 Challenge Final
Apolinaria Prize, which had placed second in its preliminary race on the Sept. 8 opening day of the Grants Pass Down fall season, won the $58,000 American Quarter Horse Challenge race. The Apolinaria Prize was raised in California on the 440-yard race in 21.246 seconds, with Cristian Gonzalez aboard. Gonzalez[Read More…]
Chiefs Fall Twice After 1-0 Leads At Half
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High boys’ soccer team may not welcome the comparisons to the 2023 season, even when discussing their growth. It might serve the Chieftains well to observe those milestones as they come and continue to work toward better results ahead. The Chieftains, in search of the[Read More…]