It’s too bad, in some cases, football jamborees don’t count as games. Structured to play several teams of similar size and skill level, they’re a pre-season exhibition for both players and coaches, but sometimes they’re played as competitively as midseason games, in conditions even more challenging than game conditions. The[Read More…]
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Youth Overdose Prevention As Students Return To School
As Oregon students return to high school and college, state health and education officials are launching a new effort aimed at helping young people recognize and prevent drug overdoses — and potentially save the life of a friend. The Friends for Life campaign focuses on teens and young adults ages[Read More…]
Chieftain Volleyball Is Back
Over the last two seasons, Rogue River Jr. Sr. High’s volleyball team started its season against New Hope Christian School in Grants Pass last year at James Martin Court in 2024, and each time, the Chieftains lost to the Warriors in three sets. The Chieftains were on the verge of[Read More…]
Chieftain Soccer Girls Play At Showcase
Rogue River Jr. Sr. High’s girls’ soccer team is an anomaly among teams from programs of its size around the state. As it was last year, when it had 26 players on its roster, it has 28 in practice this year, including 11 new players. For perspective, that’s six more[Read More…]
RRJSHS Offers Big Opportunities
Rogue River Junior Senior High School principal Tori Kirkpatrick told the Rogue River School Board that as a “small-school girl” whose career has encompassed attending, and then teaching and serving in administration in small schools, one prevailing thought when in that position is considering the things bigger schools can provide[Read More…]
Coaching Change In RR Boys’ Basketball
Rogue River Junior Senior High will have a new boys’ basketball coach this fall, and, in a development almost as surprising, it will keep its girls’ basketball coach from its partial season a year ago. RRJSHS Athletic Coordinator Kyle Garrison confirmed that Max Javernick, who served as boys’ basketball coach[Read More…]
South Valley School Adding School For Kinder Through 2nd Grade
Since its opening in 2018 as what the Rogue River calls a “destination” school, the online/brick-and-mortar hybrid South Valley Academy has served students from third grade through their senior high school year. Beginning this year, South Valley Academy will complete the circuit with an online-only curriculum for its youngest students[Read More…]
Back-To-School Events Planned At RR Campuses
Believe it or not, school starts next week, and each of the schools in and around the Rogue River School District is holding back-to-school events for parents to see their children’s schools and get students back into the swing of school South Valley Academy’s Back to School Night at its[Read More…]
Board Talks About Communication, Better Image
The Rogue River School Board met in a classroom at Rogue River Junior Senior High School on Wednesday, July 15, after a power outage left the District Office without electricity. The venue change did little to dampen the enthusiasm of new Superintendent Dr. April Harrison, who delivered her first superintendent’s[Read More…]
Chieftain Football, Girls’ Soccer Team Schedules Ready
Two of Rogue River Jr.-Sr. High’s varsity fall sports teams’ schedules are ready for play this fall. The Chieftain football team will begin its season on Labor Day Weekend, at home against Brookings-Harbor on Fri., Sept. 4, at 7 p.m. That is the Friday of the first week of school[Read More…]