WILLAMETTE 47, ASHLAND 35 — At Coos Bay, third-ranked Willamette remained undefeated with the victory in the championship game of the South Coast Les Schwab Tournament on Wednesday. The Wolverines (10-0) are the Class 5A defending state champions. Ashland (7-5) stayed with Willamette until a 32-second stretch in the second quarter, when Alyssa Worthen made [...]
Here’s the story. Check back for info on the AHS girls, who were playing Willamette in a tournament final. By Joe Zavala Ashland Daily Tidings The Ashland High boys basketball team suffered a mild case of the winter road trip doldrums on Wednesday, but snapped out of it just in time to beat Summit [...]
For those that read the teasers at the bottom of B1 every day, our feature on Southern Oregon senior forward Jacki Speer, originally scheduled to appear in Monday’s edition, has been bumped to Tuesday. Sorry. It was a writer-editor miscommunication. The story, by Josh McDermott, should be a good one, however. Speer is leading the [...]
The Ashland High girls basketball team is ranked No. 10 in the latest coaches poll, released earlier today. The ranking is the last of the year. The Grizzlies (5-4) probably helped their chances of being ranked in the top 10 last weekend, when they beat first Summit and later North Medford to snag their fifth straight [...]
Perhaps lost in the ho-hum sludge that is preseason basketball, Southern Oregon forward Jacki Speer is quietly – if that’s even possible, considering – off to a phenominal, off-the-charts start to her senior season. Nationally, SOU’s inside powerhouse ranks fourth in scoring (21.47 ppg), first in rebounding (15.20) and seventh in blocked shots (2.33). Speer [...]
Yes, I’ve seen the new and improved Mountain Avenue Gym, through a foggy window, which graced a sturdy and unfortunately locked door. Even still, I’ll concur with the feelings of those who have seen the finished product – notably the Ashland High basketball coaches and AD Karl Kemper. It does indeed look spectacular, especially compared [...]
Ashland blew a 19-2 lead Friday night in a 59-58 overtime loss to Silverton. There was some good news, however. 1. It was a nonconference game, which means it’s not worth getting worked up over, and … 2. It’s the second to last time the Grizzlies will play at Ashland Middle School (Ashland hosts West [...]
Another former Ashland High standout is on the brink of representing her home town again. Jamie Roupp, who led the AHS girls basketball team to the big-school state semifinals in 2006 before playing at Washington State and later Portland State, has transferred to Southern Oregon University and is hoping to suit up for the Raiders [...]
About three weeks ago I should have changed the messge on my voice mail. Here’s what it should have said: “Hello, you’ve reached the desk of Daily Tidings sports editor Joe Zavala. For the next three weeks I will be sleeping in, watching football and defending my 10-month old from my 2-year-old. Please leave a [...]
