The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High girls’ golf team, with only three experienced players, one senior and two freshmen, found itself a lot closer than it might have expected to fare at the Class 4A/3A/2A/1A District 3 championships Wed.-Thurs., May 3-4. The Chieftains were in fifth place, 22 strokes behind[Read More…]
Author: Brian Mortensen
Douglas Puts On Hitting Display In Chiefs’ Final Home Pair
It’s a couple months from July 4, but there were fireworks and bombs bursting in air at Mike Umscheid Field in the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High School baseball team’s final home games on Sat., May 6. Douglas, a team that figures to make the Class 3A state playoffs, as[Read More…]
Accident On Depot Street
A horrifically looking scene in which a traffic victim was underneath a blanket turned out to be much less severe than it was, Rogue River Police Chief Jim Williams said on Tues., May 9. A bicyclist was hit by a vehicle near the railroad tracks at Depot Street with what[Read More…]
Wards Or Ward Creek Meeting Set For May 27
Once Rogue River city residents who live along Wards (Ward) Creek receive a letter from a group of citizens interested in protecting and enhancing the creek that runs north-south through Rogue River until it empties into the Rogue River, local realtor Niki Murphy, District 1 Fire Chief Mike Hammond and[Read More…]
Introduction Of River Rangers To Council
How much water do you consume while taking a shower? Or doing your laundry? Or watering your lawn? Or drinking? Rogue River Public Works Director Mike Bollweg presented the city council with his River Rangers water conservation program at the City Council Workshop session on Thurs., May 4. Through the[Read More…]
Scoreboard Dedicated To Lifelong Baseball Fan Nolan
Moving to the San Francisco Bay area in the early to mid-1950s, the time was ripe for Dusty Nolan to become a baseball fan. When the New York Giants moved out west to play in Seals Stadium for Bill Rigney in 1958, the Giants had winning seasons their first 14[Read More…]
Reber Has Perfect Light, Wins Sunday At Woodburn.
Motorcycle racer Jeramy Reber, who lives in Wimer, had a big weekend at Woodburn Dragstrip, winning the Elapsed-time bracket challenge on Sun., April 30, after qualifying for third and just missing the finals on Sat., April 29. Reber was the No. 1 seed through Sunday’s preliminary action, and in his[Read More…]
Split vs. Cascade Christian Makes Playoff Hunt Tougher
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High Softball team had a huge comeback win in the first game of the Chieftains’ doubleheader against Cascade Christian that could set them up for the final couple weeks of the season as they hunt for a Class 3A state playoff berth. But then seven[Read More…]
Personal Bests Help Chiefs To Third
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High track and field athletes appear to be right where you’d want to be with weeks before your most important competitions – peaking with your best marks in each of your events. The Chieftain athletes have been progressing, particularly through their last two meets, big[Read More…]
Challengers Not Kind To Chiefs Again
One horrible circumstance of being brought back to Class 3A beginning this year for Rogue River is that the Chieftain teams would have to take their lumps against Cascade Christian. Rogue River didn’t have to face the football Challengers, who were a perfect 13-0 in winning the 3A state title,[Read More…]
