When South Valley Academy’s Class of 2026 gathers for graduation this week, valedictorian Kaitlyn Rearden will be celebrating more than just earning her high school diploma. The South Valley Academy senior is already a Certified Nursing Assistant and has her sights set on a healthcare career. The school’s eighth graduation[Read More…]
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Three Chieftains Place At State
The Rogue River Jr.-Sr. track and field team took another step up last weekend when three of its four athletes qualified for the 3A state championships in Eugene on Thurs., May 28, and Fri., May 29. Three Chieftain athletes, juniors Reagan Alden (girls’ pole vault), Wyatt Smith (boys’ shot put)[Read More…]
Three Event Champs, Four Going To State For RR
Dan Alden, who became the head coach of the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High track and field team earlier this winter, said he wanted to help bring the school’s program back to where it was around the turn of the century, in terms of its numbers and results. The Chieftains’[Read More…]
Chieftain Girls End Season, Pick Up One Last Win
At every level of competitive softball, pitching is important, and at the high school level, the premium on experienced pitching is enormous. The Rogue River Junior Senior High softball program has been spoiled for a small-school program, having had pitching in the last 15 years. When gifted and hard-throwing Danielle[Read More…]
District-Top Marks Heading Into District
Reagan Alden won two events and was second in two others in the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High track and field team’s final meet before this weekend’s Class 3A, District 2 Championships in Phoenix. Her two wins were among the five event wins by Chieftain athletes at the Brookings-Harbor Twilight[Read More…]
Chieftains See Season End With Rough Final Month
The end of what had to be as heartbreaking as it was a weird season happened in the Rogue River baseball team’s doubleheader sweep, nearly 200 miles away in Lakeview. The Chieftains lost both games of the doubleheader to the Honkers 11-1 and 15-3 on Fri., May 15. The Honkers[Read More…]
Chieftains Improve At District Golf
At each of the district golf tournaments at which Rogue River Jr. Sr. High’s performers were last week, the Class 3A/2A/1A District 3 boys’ championships at Tokatee Golf Club, and the Class 4A/3A/2A/1A District 5 girls’ championships at Running Y Golf and Country Club, the Chieftain golfers did not make[Read More…]
Alden, Smith Rocket To Top Of Track Rankings
Taking a cue from last year, the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High track and field team was able to enter a meet on the same track as its eventual district meet later on in the season. In this case, the Chieftains were one of two smaller local schools added to[Read More…]
Chiefs Can’t Stop Knights From League Title
For a Rogue River Jr. Sr. High softball team playing its first games in nearly three weeks, it was going to be difficult trying to stop No. 6 North Valley, trying to win its first softball league title in 33 years, last week. The Knights mostly put it all together[Read More…]
Chieftains Team Limping Toward The Finish
Coming off its best effort of the season in a one-run loss to 4A Hidden Valley, the week before, those around the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High baseball team could have been excused for belief that their team had a shot not only to win its first Class 3A Southern[Read More…]