School

Junior Chiefs First, Second At Middle School Meet

Behind 12 top-four finishes by eight different athletes, Rogue River won the boys’ division of its opening Southern Oregon Middle School Athletic Conference track and field meet at Spiegelberg Stadium in Medford on Thurs., March 14. The Chieftains finished with 159 points, beating out St. Mary’s’ 151 points in the[Read More…]

Rock A Story At RRES

“I caught one!” laughs third grader Amelia Marsh. Mike Longnecker, fourth-grade teacher and the fishing guide, helps her reel in her prize, a pack of stickers, at Rogue River Elementary School’s (RRES) annual family reading night, Reading Rocks! “Literacy is fundamental,” says first-grade teacher Sandy Mathews. “Watching kids and adults[Read More…]

Chiefs Earn Dramatic Sweep Vs. Bruins

The arc of the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High softball team’s entire season may have been changed by a single text message sent the weekend before last. The text came to Chieftains softball coach Jill Westlake from her team’s first baseman from last season. That’s Suzy Smith. Smith is a[Read More…]

New JSHS Vice Principal Hired; AD Leaving

The Rogue River School Board approved the hire of current South Umpqua High School graduation coach Emily Figueroa-Wolfe as the new vice principal at Rogue River Junior Senior High School at its Tues., March 19 meeting. Figueroa-Wolfe will work with RRJSHS principal Tori Kirkpatrick, the school’s vice principal, before she[Read More…]

Snow/Artoff Combo Third At Season-Starter

At their opening event of the season, ten players, five male and five female, were available to play at Dutcher Creek Golf Course for its Dutcher Freeze tournament on Tues., March 12. Rogue River’s top male combo of senior Gavin Snow and junior Johnny Artoff was third with the players’[Read More…]