Sports

Downs Cancels Five Races Due To Sunday Smoke

Jockeys Taylor Smith, Juan Guerrero, Leonel Camacho-Flores and Oracio Muro each won two races in the weekend program at Grants Pass Downs on Sun., Sept. 24, and Mon., Sept. 25. The Sunday program was abbreviated to just the first three races due to air quality issues through the weekend. There[Read More…]

Chieftains’ Soccer Loss

With a pair of first-half goals by senior Jeff Simpson, the Rogue River JSHS boys’ soccer team equaled its scoring output through its first six matches. The goals, Simpson’s second and third of the season couldn’t stop the Chieftains from falling against the Lost River/Bonanza team at Lost River High[Read More…]

Chief Girls Hold Knights At Bay Early

The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High girls’ soccer team, which, in its sixth match together, kept Lost River/Bonanza off the scoreboard through the first 60 minutes of their match earlier in the week, was able to do that with a more seasoned North Valley team through nearly 20 minutes of[Read More…]

Chieftains Fall At Reedsport

The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High football team had one of those nights where not a lot seemed to go right. With both the Chieftains and host Reedsport each being flagged for what Rogue River coach Aaron Sturdevant figured was about 100 in penalty yardage each, it seemed to affect[Read More…]

Ride The Rogue Has Lower Turnout

Organizers of the 12th Ride The Rogue cycling event, hoping for solid late registration to help bolster what had been a slower than usual pre-registration period, with great late summer/early fall weather through all of last week, received the letdown of letdowns, when on Fri., Sept. 22, smoke from somewhere[Read More…]