Vinny DeBenedetti has already made a name for himself at Southern Oregon Speedway (SOS). The son of Jon and Valerie DeBenedetti, both individually successful racers at the track, he has been racing there since he was four years old. He won his first championship event race as a freshman nearly[Read More…]
Sports
Chieftains Improve At District Golf
At each of the district golf tournaments at which Rogue River Jr. Sr. High’s performers were last week, the Class 3A/2A/1A District 3 boys’ championships at Tokatee Golf Club, and the Class 4A/3A/2A/1A District 5 girls’ championships at Running Y Golf and Country Club, the Chieftain golfers did not make[Read More…]
Archery In The Schools Program Growing
Thousands of participants and spectators took part in the 2026 Eastern National Archery in the Schools Program this past weekend in Kentucky. It was much the same in the Western NASP event in Utah last month, and included many Oregon students. Oregon’s Archery in the Schools Program is an in-school[Read More…]
Alden, Smith Rocket To Top Of Track Rankings
Taking a cue from last year, the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High track and field team was able to enter a meet on the same track as its eventual district meet later on in the season. In this case, the Chieftains were one of two smaller local schools added to[Read More…]
Chiefs Can’t Stop Knights From League Title
For a Rogue River Jr. Sr. High softball team playing its first games in nearly three weeks, it was going to be difficult trying to stop No. 6 North Valley, trying to win its first softball league title in 33 years, last week. The Knights mostly put it all together[Read More…]
Chieftains Team Limping Toward The Finish
Coming off its best effort of the season in a one-run loss to 4A Hidden Valley, the week before, those around the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High baseball team could have been excused for belief that their team had a shot not only to win its first Class 3A Southern[Read More…]
Bird Migration Is Nearing Its Spring Peak
Curious about when, where and how many birds migrate? Then BirdCast is something you’ll want to bookmark. When southerly winds blow, hundreds of millions of songbirds take advantage and move north. Earlier this week, BirdCast live maps estimated a new all-time nightly record at more than 857 million frequent fliers.[Read More…]
Land Leads Team In Final Laurel Hill Tourney
On a perfect day in the Rogue Valley and at Laurel Hill Golf Course, the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High golf team played for the last time this season on its home course and honored its seniors on Tuesday, May 5. As it happened, the Chieftains’ lone senior presented the[Read More…]
RR FFA Students Qualify For National Meet
Rogue River Junior/Senior High School principal Tori Kirkpatrick reported that the school’s FFA chapter had the first-place-finishing team in Nursery and the second-place team in Floriculture at the state FFA convention on Tuesday, April 21, at the Rogue River School Board meeting. The school will send teams from Nursery and[Read More…]
Chieftain Hitters Come Through In Close Game
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High baseball team isn’t having the kind of season it thought it was going to have at its beginning in March, having just one win since its banner two-win day opening day, and that win happened now more than a month ago. But the three[Read More…]