Three seniors and a freshman from Rogue River Jr. Sr. High’s baseball team received postseason honors from the 3A Southern Oregon Conference earlier this week. Seniors Dustin Morton and Sean Murray were first-team all-league selections, while Kaiden Richardson was an Honorable Mention utility player. Freshman Rylan Homan was given Honorable[Read More…]
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Chiefs Have Three Softball First-Teamers
Rogue River Jr. Sr. High’s softball program, a proud, family-built program spanning three generations of the Artoff family, with a fourth playing for it the last two seasons, has gotten the short end of the stick in the Class 3A Southern Oregon Conference. The Chieftains have gone winless in the[Read More…]
SVA Honors Largest Graduating Class, Resilience
With its largest graduating class and its second-largest group of graduates crossing the stage to receive their diplomas, South Valley Academy’s Class of 2026 was ushered into its future with the familiar sense of celebration as the cheering crowd at the end of a marathon. “Behind every graduate is a[Read More…]
RRJSHS’s Class Of ’26 Leaves An Impact
Rogue River Junior Senior High School’s Class of 2026 was small-ish, at 44 graduates, four more than in 2025, but it had impact. “All of our classes are special, but this is a very special class,” Commencement speaker Brian Pannell said. “There’s joy, but there’s tears. This is a tough[Read More…]
SVA Valedictorian Sets Sights On Future
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…]
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…]