The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High girls’ basketball team was looking for a second win against St. Mary’s, this time in Medford, and had a strong first half, leading the Crusaders 21-18. St. Mary’s, behind freshmen Bailey Stricker and Avery Gunn, outscored the Chieftains 39-11 in the second half to[Read More…]
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Junior Chieftains End Girls’ Basketball Season
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High middle-school-level girls’ basketball teams played their final games of the season in what already felt like a short season because of the mid-season snowstorm that canceled two of the team’s dates. A combined Junior Chieftains team fell at Ruch on Wed., Feb. 12, 22-5,[Read More…]
Hutsell Earns State Office, Several Earn Places At FFA Sectional
Madisyn Hutsell, a junior at Rogue River Jr. Sr. High School, was named District Secretary for the Southern Oregon district of Future Farmers of America at the Southern Oregon FFA District Convention at Hidden Valley High School Feb. 13-14. Hutsell held the Reporter position for the Southern Oregon district during[Read More…]
RRSD Seeks Help In Evaluating Response To Abuse
The grim topic of former Rogue River Junior Senior High School teacher and coach Jesse Orndoff’s arrest and the impact of what he is alleged to have done to a student-led Schools Superintendent Patrick Lee to ask the Rogue River School Board if it would be in favor of asking[Read More…]
LeDoux Scores One Last Bucket On Senior Night
The one game Amanda LeDoux wanted to play was the Chieftains’ final home game, her final home game, on Tues., Feb. 11. LeDoux injured her left knee in a play in the first half against Brookings-Harbor. She did not come back into the game, and she wore a brace on[Read More…]
Chieftains’ Last Chance For League Win
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High boys’ basketball team, in search of any 3A Southern Oregon Conference win, had two pretty good shots at getting it last week in their Senior Night game at James Martin Court against North Valley on Tues., Feb. 11, or in Lakeview on Sat., Feb.[Read More…]
Chieftains Cheer Uses State To Learn
There are growing pains when taking big steps with any team or sport. The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High Cheer team adjusted to having to wait two days to perform; they had to adjust to an even more significant problem in a senior member of the team spraining an ankle[Read More…]
Jaramillo, Stockman Qualify For State Wrestling
Two wrestlers move on to next week’s Class 3A state girls’ wrestling championships, with what they hope to be several Chieftains’ boys’ wrestling team members joining them through qualifying this weekend in Coquille. Delilah Jaramillo, a junior, and sophomore Kaylee Stockman each qualified Jaramillo by placing second and Stockman third[Read More…]
RRSD Buildings Safe From Snowfall, Regularly Checked
While the collapse of the 60-year-old gym roof at North Medford High School caused officials at other school districts in the region to inspect their facilities following the sudden heavy snowfall in Southern Oregon two weeks ago, no specific inspections were performed on buildings in the Rogue River School District.[Read More…]
Orndoff Arrested For Sex Abuse Of Student
People in and around the community of Rogue River Jr. Sr. High School were, in part, astonished, and in another, outraged, at news of the arrest of Jesse Orndoff the morning of Fri., Feb. 14. Orndoff, 30, was arrested after a woman reported to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office that[Read More…]