For the first time in eight years, the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High boys’ soccer team was in a position to — at least mostly — hold its own state-playoff destiny. The Chieftains, after their 9-1 win against Rogue Valley Adventist at Beck Field on Thursday, Oct. 15, had an[Read More…]
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Smith, Dirks Score Twice In Chiefs’ Win At Lakeview
Matthew Smith and Trevor Dirks each scored a pair of touchdowns as Rogue River earned a big Class 2A District 5 road win, winning at Lakeview 37-8 on Fri., Oct. 16. Smith, who scored on a 70-yard touchdown run on the first play of the game, rushed for 238 yards[Read More…]
The Chiefs’ Football Game Has Been Moved To Saturday
For the moment, Rogue River Jr. Sr. High’s football game at La Pine has been postponed to Saturday, Oct. 24. The Hawks’ game at Lost River last Friday, Oct. 16, was canceled, the day after the deadly shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend. Silver Rail and schools in[Read More…]
Junior Chieftains Fall To Lincoln Savage
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High junior high football team ended its season on a rough note, falling to Lincoln Savage and its relentless running attack 38-0, the team’s final game at Chieftain Stadium on Wednesday, Oct. 14. The Junior Chieftains were handicapped early after eighth-grade running back Zane Wardle[Read More…]
Chief Girls Close Season
On its way through what should be its second straight season ending in the state small-school girls’ soccer playoffs, Rogue River Jr. Sr. High’s team appeared to survive what could be described as a “trap door” game in its stop in Coquille on Tuesday, Oct. 13. Playing on the narrow[Read More…]
Junior High Volleyball Finishes Season
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High junior high volleyball team finished its home schedule last week with a match against Fleming at the Rogue River Elementary School West campus gym, falling to the Cavaliers 25-11, 25-13, 15-10. The team concludes its 11-match season on Wednesday, Oct. 14. Breanna Ferrel, in[Read More…]
District Starts Year With Enrollment Increase
At the first meeting of the Rogue River School District on Tuesday, Sept. 15, Dr. April Harrison, the district’s new superintendent, and a couple of her principals commented on growth, mostly in enrollment, that had already taken place in just the first week of the school year. School administrators are[Read More…]
Chief Girls Honor Seniors, Blast Glide 8-0
Three of the Chieftains’ five seniors scored in the team’s final regular-season home match, the Senior Night win against Glide on Thursday, Oct. 8. Carmen Brown, the team’s leading scorer, who scored the team’s first goal in the first match in the rejuvenated girls’ soccer program’s first season in 2023,[Read More…]
Boys’ Soccer Set For Big Final Matches
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High boys’ soccer team was set to take on the biggest hurdle in its quest to reach the state playoffs in the first year of the new Class 2A/1A boys’ soccer class, against 8-1 and No. 9 Pacific in Port Orford on Tuesday, Oct. 13.[Read More…]
Chiefs Knock Down Defending Champs
In this season of long-sought-out football respectability for the Rogue River Jr. High program, another kryptonite program fell at their feet on their home turf. This time, it was Lost River, the Class 2A (and sometimes 1A) powerhouse that has won three state championships in the last four years and[Read More…]