Boaters, before you start your engines, be sure you’ve got your life vests buckled up. That’s one of the messages being floated for National Safe Boating Week, which ends Friday. Wildlife Forever and Discover Mediaworks are encouraging boaters across the country to prioritize safety, conservation, and responsible recreation through the[Read More…]
Sports
District-Top Marks Heading Into District
Reagan Alden won two events and was second in two others in the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High track and field team’s final meet before this weekend’s Class 3A, District 2 Championships in Phoenix. Her two wins were among the five event wins by Chieftain athletes at the Brookings-Harbor Twilight[Read More…]
Chieftains See Season End With Rough Final Month
The end of what had to be as heartbreaking as it was a weird season happened in the Rogue River baseball team’s doubleheader sweep, nearly 200 miles away in Lakeview. The Chieftains lost both games of the doubleheader to the Honkers 11-1 and 15-3 on Fri., May 15. The Honkers[Read More…]
DeBenedetti Has ‘Crazy’ Racing Opening Night
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…]
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…]