Reagan Alden reached a goal both she and her father, Dan, who works as her pole vault coach, set: breaking 10 feet in the pole vault, helping her finish third at last year’s Class 3A state meet at 10 feet, 0 ¾ of an inch. At Illinois Valley, at its[Read More…]
Sports
Chiefs At Two Meets Last Week
Track and field athletes can count down, when they get to a certain point in the season, to the number of meets before the important ones on the schedule, the district and state meets. Before last Wed., April 22, the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High track and field team had[Read More…]
Seniors-Sophs Win, Behind Garwood, Defense
Playing at Beck Field for the first time in any recent memory, the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High School Powderpuff Football Game didn’t have to resort to spontaneous rule changes that allowed “one more play” to allow for a big finish, in last year’s case, a long touchdown run by[Read More…]
Chiefs Are Working On Putting In The Late Season
Players on the Rogue River Jr.-Sr. golf team will spend their last two weeks fine-tuning their games in time for their district meets. The Chieftain girls’ team played a practice round at Running Y Golf and Country Club in Klamath Falls, where the Class 4A/3A/2A/1A District 5 tournament will be[Read More…]
Chiefs Stay In Game Against No. 2 Challengers
Dustin Morton did everything he could to keep his Rogue River Jr. Sr. High baseball team competitive against one of the best Class 3A teams in the state on its home field, in the rain. The senior threw a complete game, 107 pitches over the five innings in the rain-shortened[Read More…]
RR Softball, Just Waiting For A Game
It’s hard enough trying to schedule games when you have a 16-day gap built into the time you’re usually playing a league schedule. Throw in a little rainstorm on the day you scheduled a game to fill in, and you begin to wonder if you’ll play again. Barring an extended[Read More…]
Free Wildlife Forage Seed Giveaway
The Oregon Hunters Association and the Department of Fish and Wildlife have teamed up to give away free forage seed to landowners via a reservation basis, then first-come, first-served May 9 at the E.E. Wilson Wildlife Area near Corvallis. More than 500 bags of free seed will be available, with[Read More…]
Archery In Schools Program Growing
Archery In Schools Program Growing The National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) saw an impressive 12.3 percent increase in growth last year, reflecting strong demand from students, communities and educators seeking meaningful, in-school opportunities that engage students in new ways. “This kind of growth doesn’t happen by accident,” said[Read More…]
Chieftain Golf Team Is Moving Towards The End Of The Season
After hosting its own girls and junior varsity boys’ scramble at Laurel Hill Golf Course on Tues, Feb. 14, the Rogue River boys’ golf team and two girls played at the Bruin Classic at Salmon Run in Brookings on Thurs. April 16. The Chieftains took, as its boys’ foursome, Joey[Read More…]
Chief Girls Third At Brookings
Carmen Brown, a junior, had a big day for the Rogue River Jr. Sr. High girls’ track and field team, particularly anchoring the Chieftains’ win in the 4×400 relay and placing in the top six in three other events at the 20-school Brookings-Harbor Rotary Invitational meet on Saturday, April 18.[Read More…]