There will be quite a few new faces at Thomas Artoff Field with the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High Softball team. This year’s Chieftains team has no seniors for the first time in a year. It has several experienced players, but it has no seniors. On top of that, the[Read More…]
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Chieftains More Competitive This Year
Derek Nelson would gladly accept a team of guys who could play the game as well as he could when he was an all-league selection with the Chieftains before he graduated in 2019. He hopes to have a team full of guys who played as hard as he did in[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…]
Two Big Innings Pour It On Softball Opener
Rogue River Jr. Sr. High scored seven runs in the first inning, sending 12 players to the plate, then added 14 runs as 17 came to the plate in the Chieftain softball team’s 23-4 season-opening victory at 2A Bonanza on Thurs., March 14. Junior Amanda LeDoux, playing left field, had[Read More…]
Smith Returns, Three Top-Five Places At GP
When Rogue River entered the events at the ice-breaker Rogue Classic Invite track and field meet, a familiar figure showed her stuff, and it was if Suzy Smith had never left. Smith, who qualified for state track and field meets in three different events during her freshman and sophomore seasons,[Read More…]
Chieftains Fall In Season-Opener At Bonanza
Rogue River took an early lead in its season-opening game at Bonanza, but the host Antlers came back with rallies in each of the first three innings and were able to hold off the Chieftains 12-9 on Thurs., March 14. The Chieftains’ originally scheduled home opener was Tues., March 12[Read More…]
Battle Of The Books Champions Head To State
For five Rogue River Elementary School (RRES) sixth graders, the “Readers,” Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) is about connecting with other teams and with books. “My favorite book was ‘Focused’ by Allyson Gerber,” says Kaylee Hambley. She adds that it reminds her of the struggles of a family member.[Read More…]
Seniors Make 4th To 1st Move, Win Air Band Contest
Every high school student in America, along with a few million outside the U.S., was raised on Disney. Disney movies, Disney songs, maybe Disney memes, and TikTok by now! Rogue River Junior Senior High School’s annual Air Band Contest contains allusions to Disney throughout the program in just about every[Read More…]
Trautz Wins 75-Pound Title At State MS Meet
Jace Trautz, a wrestler who is a home school student, won all four of his matches to win the 75-pound weight class at the Oregon Middle School State Championship tournament at West Albany High School. His was one of three top-five finishes for Rogue River wrestlers at the one-day tournament[Read More…]
RRES Readers Represent At OBOB
On Saturday, March 9th, five Rogue River Elementary School (RRES) representatives competed at the Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) region. The tournament was held at Central Point Elementary School (CPE). The “Readers” were one of twenty schools represented and comprised of five southern Oregon counties: Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake,[Read More…]