By Luke Andrews Members of the Crater wrestling program unveiled a show of support for suspended coach Greg Haga today in the second day of the state wrestling tournament. The team and staff designed shirts that read: “It’s not just a sport, it’s a family” on the front. On the back, some shirts read: “TEAM [...]
Editor’s Note: I’m turning this space over to Luke Andrews and Kris Henry as they cover state wrestling in Portland. By LUKE ANDREWS I recently caught up with North Medford coach Nolan Harris in the hallway of the Memorial Coliseum in Portland. Needless to say, Harris has seen better days. The Class 6A wrestling tournament [...]
Well, we got the APSE (Associated Press Sports Editors) judging wrapped up and there were a lot of worthy winners in the writing and sections categories. I was told by a judge the Trib was on the cusp of honorable mention in the under-40,000 sections (the largest circulation group). I look forward to the critiques [...]
It’s been interesting talking to other sports editors at this APSE judging. Kind of depressing, too, to be honest. One guy from the East Coast has gone through a round of layoffs and expects more in a couple weeks. Another guy thought some could be coming down any day, and it might be managers. One [...]
This writing comes to you from Vegas, but it’s not what you think. It’s not so much fun and rec as it is work. The Associated Press Sports Editors winter convention is here. It’s where the annual national contest judging is happening for writing and sections, and there are 70 sports editors from around the [...]
The PBA’s plastic ball tournament appears to be going off without a hitch despite a lot of controversy leading up to it. The tournament calls for players to shelve their high-tech balls for the old plastic version that doesn’t grab the lanes. The balls are also identical, so the only uncommon denominator between the players [...]
The South Medford girls basketball team is host to Grants Pass at 7 tonight. Our schedule was wrong in the paper today. The listing had been updated in a master schedule, but that’s in my desk, and I wasn’t in Wednesday. So the staff pulled the schedule off the online version, which had not been updated. [...]
Oregon State’s baseball season is just about to begin, and catcher Ryan Ortiz is popping up on a few preseason all-star lists. He’ll get a chance to show his stuff for the first time on Friday, when the Beavers, aiming to get back to national prominence play at Tennessee. The game is at 1 p.m. [...]
I received a couple of phone calls today wondering why in the world our sports teaser on the front page of the paper, Page 1A, said Dale Earnhardt Jr. was to blame for a nine-car wreck in the Daytona 500, but the stories inside didn’t even mention him. The simple answer is, one person designs [...]
We had a little discussion in the office Saturday night about coach-of-the-year candidates. One (North Medford’s Nolan Harris) who should have gotten recognition for an award already decided, and one (Oregon State’s Craig Robinson) who should get strong consideration in the coming weeks. Black Tornado wrestling coach Harris seems like a logical choice if someone is [...]
