If you follow the major league baseball standings closely in our paper, you might be among those wondering what the new category — WCGB — stands for. It’s for Wild Card Games Back, and it’s the column to the right of the Games Back, or GB. The Associated Press included the acronym WCGB from the [...]
What an impressive run by the North Medford and Crater softball teams. I’m reminded of a few weeks ago when, on my way to cover the Southwest Conference district track meet at North, I walked by the softball batting cage and noticed an old friend pitching to Black Tornado players. “Hey old-timer,” I called to [...]
I received an e-mail from a golf buddy with this salient point: Golf and lightning don’t mix. It contained a story that is in line with my golf column that will appear in Saturday’s paper. We’ve had quite the storm shows much of the week, and it forced an afternoon tournament to stop play Wednesday [...]
This is the time of the season — after league play is completed and before the state playoffs have run their course — that we get inquiries about all-conference teams for baseball and softball. They generally are voted on by coaches soon after the season ends, then released to the media at various times. Some [...]
