The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High boys’ basketball team suffered through slow starts on offense in two league games last week, and it cost the Chieftains in a pair of 3A Southern Oregon Conference games. The Chieftains (4-15, 0-5) fell at James Martin Court to St. Mary’s 68-34 on Wednesday,[Read More…]
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School Board Discusses Videos, Possible New Version Next Month
The Rogue River School Board, responding to pressure from district parents in the fallout from a video shown during a seventh-grade social studies class last fall, discussed revamping policy relating to supplemental educational materials at Rogue River Junior Senior High School, specifically videos, at its Jan. 20 meeting. Board chair[Read More…]
Girls’ Middle School Team Starts
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High girls’ middle-school-level team started play on Tues., Jan. 20 and has started 0-3. The Junior Chieftains lost to Lorna Byrne 43-12 on their home court, the Rogue River Elementary School West Campus Gym, on Tues., Jan. 20, and at Lincoln Savage, 50-6, on Wed.,[Read More…]
Chieftain Boys Second At Coastal Clash
The Rogue River Boys’ and Girls’ Wrestling team were both cut short a little bit due to illness in the last week in a trip to Gold Beach for the Panther Coastal Clash on Sat., Jan. 24. The Chieftains’ seven-man boys’ team earned three weight-class championships and finished second in[Read More…]
Superintendent Finalists Selected
The Rogue River School Board has selected three finalists to become the new Superintendent of the Rogue River School District through interviews conducted on Tues., Jan. 27. The finalists are Brad Capener, the former superintendent of the Jefferson School District in the rural Willamette Valley who currently is the principal of[Read More…]
Chiefs Win, Then Take Painful Loss To Knights
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High boys’ basketball team had a week where it had one of those victories that gave a good feeling, that let them know they’re on the right track, and a loss that tells them they’re not quite there. The Chieftains beat 1A Camas Valley 59-36[Read More…]
Beef Feed Is Feb. 7 – FFA Needs You!
The Rogue River Junior Senior High School chapter of Future Farmers of America has been working all year for this, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. In a time when a state budget shortfall may account for a $1.1 million loss of state revenue for the club[Read More…]
RR Girls Play Best Game, With Big Comeback
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High girls’ basketball team started the week with the best of the seven games since starting its shortened season earlier this month, when it was within single digits of an opponent through the first half, then fought back after falling behind. The Chieftains (0-7) fell[Read More…]
Chieftain Girls Keep Battling
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High girls’ basketball team is perhaps beginning to feel the effects of being about a month behind the rest of the teams they play, now that, following just three non-league games, they’re in the midst of their league schedule. Already challenged with scoring, the Chieftains[Read More…]
Mungai Is Third-Team Statewide Football Selection
Rogue River Jr. Sr. High’s football program saw its first statewide award recipient in football in several years with sophomore Devante Mungai. Mungai was selected for the OSAA Class 2A All-State Third Team in December. The all-state awards, new to OSAA, are compiled in conjunction with the Oregon Athletic Directors[Read More…]