It’s extraordinary. High school basketball teams don’t start after Christmas. But in the case of the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High’s girls’ basketball team, which was assembled in mid-December after what could be described as a reboot of the program at the administrative level, the choice appeared to be “start[Read More…]
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Chief Girls Sixth At Lady Logger Classic
The weekend before the Chieftains get to spend their only weekend (aside from the holiday weekends) at home, the boys’ and girls’ wrestling teams were all over the place on Fri., Jan. 9, and Sat., Jan. 10. The Chieftain girls’ team nearly added to another piece of hardware to its[Read More…]
Chieftain Boys Get One, In Double OT
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High boys’ basketball team in the last season and a half has played eight games in which the final margin was by seven points or fewer. They had won four of those, so they had seen some success. Three of those were against teams from[Read More…]
Chief Girls 3rd, Guys 10th At Eagle Point
It was a meet on the last Saturday of Christmas break, but in what may have been a first, Rogue River’s wrestling teams at the Hunter Hoeptner Memorial Invitational at Eagle Point included more that would be competing in the girls’ competition (nine) than the five in the boys’ competition.[Read More…]
Girls’ Soccer Success Easily A Top Story In ’25
In last week’s edition, the Dec. 31, 2025 edition, our last one of The Year 2025, we published what we announced as our Top Four Sports stories of the year. It was a solid list, we thought, honoring Rogue River Junior Senior High School’s high state track and field finisher[Read More…]
The FFA Floral Team Earns Gold
The Food Science and Technology Team from Rogue River Junior Senior High School’s Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapter became the first team from the chapter to qualify for the 2026 FFA National Convention in Indianapolis, Ind., next October. The team, including junior Arielle Perry and sophomores Isla Hook, Sterling[Read More…]
Chiefs Go Wild In Win Vs. Glendale
Perhaps the advent of a new year truly brings new energy, even to high school boys’ basketball teams trying to find their way. The Chieftains found renewed vigor when they faced familiar 3A rival Sutherlin in their one game between Christmas and New Year’s Day, and then Glendale in their[Read More…]
Chieftain Girls Win Shamrock Invitational
Five wrestlers on Rogue River Jr. Sr. High’s girls’ wrestling team went 2-0 and won their weight classes to help win another tournament title, this time the Shamrock Invitational at Riddle on Tues., Dec. 30. The Chieftain girls won with a dominating 156 points, ahead of runner-up Coquille’s 77 and[Read More…]
REACh, School District Discuss Renewal Process
Cecile Enright, the founder of River’s Edge Academy Charter School, which has operated under a contract with the Rogue River School District since 2011, with campus settings in Wimer as well as in Grants Pass, appeared before the school board for the beginning steps toward the renewal of the school’s[Read More…]
Vaulting To New Heights, Alden Is The 2025 Top Sports Story
Here are the top four sports stories for 2025. 1. Reagan Alden finishes third at state, and RR Track and Field rebounds. Despite a rather ominous start, in which it was uncertain whether Rogue River Jr. Sr. High School would have a track and field team last spring, it ended[Read More…]