It seems as though, just when the Rogue River JSHS boys’ soccer program started to gain momentum after its dormant season in 2021 and its run as a co-ed team in 2022, finally getting a foothold with numbers and a set of dedicated younger players, the Chieftains are starting back[Read More…]
Sports
Girls’ Soccer Team Looks To Make Another Playoff Run In ’26
It has been wild watching the improvement of the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High girls’ soccer in the three years since Clyde Fields was hired to lead the program in June 2023. The 4-24 record through the first two seasons turned out to be a buildup to what became the[Read More…]
Westlake Adds Volleyball To RR Coaching Experience
Jill Westlake didn’t play volleyball when she attended Rogue River High School. In her autumns, while she was becoming an all-Skyline Conference catcher for the Chieftain softball teams in the spring, she was on the soccer pitch. Move ahead just over 20 years, and Westlake has a daughter who has[Read More…]
Chiefs Look To Break Into Playoffs
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High football team came as close as it had in at least seven years to making a state playoff berth, the school’s first since 2002, after winning three of its first four Class 2A District 5 games last year. What the Chieftains (4-5 in 2025)[Read More…]
Chiefs Fall In First Game To Bigger Bruins
If Rogue River Jr. Sr. High football is to go where it wants to go, that is, into the Class 2A state football playoffs, it will face deep teams with lots of big personnel it can slot in and out throughout the game. A good local equivalent was a 3A[Read More…]
Jamboree A Success
It’s too bad, in some cases, football jamborees don’t count as games. Structured to play several teams of similar size and skill level, they’re a pre-season exhibition for both players and coaches, but sometimes they’re played as competitively as midseason games, in conditions even more challenging than game conditions. The[Read More…]
Hunting’s Future Depends On Broad Public Support
Ben Mulligan, chairman of the Council to Advance Hunting and the Shooting Sports, recently produced a joint statement from conservation, hunting and shooting sports leaders aimed at educating the public. In it, he said the future of hunting, trapping and recreational shooting depends on more than participation alone, noting that[Read More…]
Young Cancer Survivors Take Special Ride
For a group of children and families affected by pediatric cancer, Cycle Oregon’s stop in Grants Pass became about much more than bicycles and miles. Several of Candlelighters For Children With Cancer’s 2026 Honored Children joined cyclists and their families at the Cycle Oregon base camp in Southern Oregon for[Read More…]
Chieftain Volleyball Is Back
Over the last two seasons, Rogue River Jr. Sr. High’s volleyball team started its season against New Hope Christian School in Grants Pass last year at James Martin Court in 2024, and each time, the Chieftains lost to the Warriors in three sets. The Chieftains were on the verge of[Read More…]
Chieftain Soccer Girls Play At Showcase
Rogue River Jr. Sr. High’s girls’ soccer team is an anomaly among teams from programs of its size around the state. As it was last year, when it had 26 players on its roster, it has 28 in practice this year, including 11 new players. For perspective, that’s six more[Read More…]