Sports

Chiefs Win JV Game In Last Minute

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…]

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…]

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…]