Junior tight end Brian Ballard followed the Chieftains’ line into end zone for a one-yard touchdown with 8.3 seconds left to break a 28-28 tie and give Rogue River a 34-28 win against Glide in a junior varsity game at Chieftain Stadium on Mon., Oct. 14. Junior quarterback Malachi Scott[Read More…]
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Chiefs Need Wins Fast, Starting With HoCo
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High football team might have to come to a new resolution as it heads into the school’s Homecoming weekend. If they want to reach the Class 2A playoffs, win, and don’t stop. That appears to be the only way that happens after the Chieftains’ 46-7[Read More…]
Salmon Spawning An Iconic Part Of Fall
After years at sea, thousands of salmon — Chinooks, cohos, sockeye, pinks and chum — are returning to natal rivers to spawn, then die. The fish undergo an amazing physical metamorphosis, changing shape and color. Their flesh quality quickly declines, and by the time their long journey is over, they’re[Read More…]
Volleyball Team Still Looking For First Win
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High volleyball team were set to play their final home match of the season on Tues., Oct. 15, their Senior Night match against North Valley. The Chieftains are still looking for their first District 7 victory, and coming into the match with North Valley, they[Read More…]
Junior Chieftains Play Final Game At Home
The Junior Chieftains will be looking to post their first victory of the season in their final game of the season, at home Wed., Oct. 16 against Lorna Byrne. The team fell to 0-5 on the season after a 26-8 loss at Ashland on Wed., Oct. 9. “Same story, kids[Read More…]
Watkins Chooses ‘Shear’ For Cheer In Fundraiser
Shae Watkins, a Rogue River Jr. Sr. High graduate who has returned to coaching the school’s cheer squad after being away for nearly six years, has what she figures is about 25 inches of hair. She’s willing to cut it all off for children who lose their hair while undergoing[Read More…]
Chieftains Win For Second Time, First Time At Home
Last year, the Rogue River Jr. Sr. boys’ soccer team was kept scoreless 10 times, and they will not be this season. Last year, the Chieftains, the first all-boys’ team since 2019, pre-pandemic, won no games, and this season the Chieftains will carry a couple victories into the next year,[Read More…]
Junior Chieftains Fall In Final Match To Cougars
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High middle school-level volleyball junior varsity team played its last home match, falling to Applegate 25-11, 25-20, 15-10, on Wed., Oct. 9. After the slow start in the first set, the Junior Chieftains were down 21-11 in the second before they started to come back[Read More…]
Chieftains Have One More Home Match
Goals have been hard to come by for the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High girls’ soccer team. Aside from their two wins this year, in which they scored a combined 10 goals, the Chieftains have scored only one other tally this season. The Chieftains (2-8, 2-7 District 4) hosted Coquille,[Read More…]
EDITORIAL: Me Vs. Portland
In less than two years, I will be 60 years old. I ask, as everyone who looks such a round, rite-of-passage, number, or who has already reached one, asks, “How did THAT happen?” I am fortunate that everything works, everything moves the way it should, that the brain sometimes works,[Read More…]