The Rogue River Greenway Foundation announced on Mon., March 24, that it will not hold a Ride The Rogue event this coming fall. The cycling event, which is the only fundraising event for the Greenway Foundation years which it is held, is held near the end of September. A statement[Read More…]
Sports
Alden Wins The Pole Vault Twice
Through the first week of the spring season, in which the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High track and field team competed in a pair of meets in a rare back-to-back set of days, the Chieftains have already shown more significant numbers and better results than last season. The Chieftains, who[Read More…]
2025 Spring Hike Series
There’s no better way to see the value of conservation than by getting out onto the land. Each spring, Southern Oregon Land Conservancy’s expert hike leaders and outdoor educators offer a series of nature outings open to members and the community. Some hikes are on public lands, but many will[Read More…]
Lee Helps Track And Field Pick Up The Pieces
Kyle Garrison, just two-thirds of a year into his first year as a high school athletic coordinator, had a problem on his hands at the end of February. His school’s track and field coach was arrested on serious charges that allegedly involved a student. He would likely not be available[Read More…]
Commission Approves Funding For Key Projects
Oregon’s Fish and Wildlife Commission has approved funding for two Access & Habitat projects that will keep nearly two million acres of private land open to public hunting access by continuing to fund increased Oregon State Police enforcement. Read all about this popular program at https://myodfw.com/articles/hunting-private-lands-access-habitat-program. Meanwhile, the Commission approved[Read More…]
Small Chieftains Team Has Belief In 2025
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Rogue River Jr. Sr. High has gone 10-53 in baseball, and this has included an 8-42 mark in league games, the first year in Class 2A/1A, the last two in probably the deepest Class 3A league in the state. Derek Nelson is the young man shepherding[Read More…]
Chieftains Team Will Have New, Familiar Faces
The Rogue River Jr. Sr. High softball team had a start that looked like the last time the Chieftains went to the state playoffs in Class 3A, in 2017, last season. They had a 6-2 start, even better than the 5-3 start when they finished second in the 3A Southern[Read More…]
Golf Team Re-Gathers With Returnees
With years of solid high school players in both boys’ and, more recently, girls’ golf and individual challengers towards qualifying for the state meet, the 2025 season might be, as Rogue River Jr. Sr. High golf coach Rob Isom said, “a rebuilding year. “ During the first week of preseason[Read More…]
Gervasi Wrestles At Middle School Championships
Josephine (JoJo) Gervasi will probably be able to do anything athletically she wants to do in high school. She plays volleyball in the fall, running both distances and sprint relays in track and field. Through middle school, she has been able to play basketball and wrestle simultaneously, just as her[Read More…]
B&C’s 32nd Big Game Awards July 24-26
A giant non-typical mule deer from Oregon and a trophy typical blacktail from California will be among dozens of world-class trophies on display in Springfield, Missouri this summer for the 32nd Boone & Crockett Big Game Awards. Mike Carpinito’s 254-6/8 mulie was taken in November, 2021 in Wallowa County, while[Read More…]