Roseburg scored four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and defeated North Medford, 13-3, in five innings tonight in the American Legion A State Tournament at North Medford High. Roseburg and La Grande are the lone unbeatens and play each other Sunday at 6 p.m. In other games, Ashland faces Salem at 10 [...]
Ashland falls in the American Legion A state tourney to LaGrande, 6-4. The Pilots play again Sunday, taking on Salem at 10 a.m.
North Eugene and Salem stayed alive with victories today in the American Legion A State Tournament at North Medford High. North Eugene eliminated Sheldon, 12-2 in five innings, and Salem scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth to oust Klamath Falls, 4-2. Ashland is playing La Grande at the moment, and North Medford meets [...]
The North Medford Mavericks finished off their opening game against the Salem Senators with a 22-16 victory Saturday morning in the American Legion A State Tournament at North Medford High. The game had been suspended the night before due to darkness with the host team leading 18-12. The Mavericks next play Roseburg Pepsi at 6 [...]
Here’s hoping there’s a big push in entries for the Southern Oregon Golf Tournament Sept. 1-7 so it can maintain its grand stature. As of Thursday, there were 255 entries. That number climbed a little by the end of business on Friday. Still, there’s little more than a week left to bolster the field, especially [...]
I was saddened to hear of the passing of Dommie Provost. He died at age 81 of a heart attack Thursday while undergoing kidney dialysis. I didn’t know him as well as many but considered him a friend through various meetings at golf tournaments. He excitedly congratulated me on a well-placed drive during a horse [...]
Having spent the weekend playing golf at Fall River — if you haven’t played the course in northern Cal, I highly recommend it — I found this this morning. It should be of interest to fellow hackers: Ten rules golfers should know.
I’m sitting here watching Tiger’s early holes at the British Open. The announcer who watched him on the range says he thinks Tiger will go under par today. By his body language on the first two holes, it looks like he’s pressing a bit. But he hit a good drive on No. 3. I agree [...]
One of the great things about the British Open? You wake up to it on TV. Grab a java, grab the paper, then flip on the telly to TNT. They’ll start coverage, in Pacific time, on Thursday at 3:30 a.m. with a half-hour pregame show, then go from 4 a.m. to 4 p.m. with first-round [...]
Phoenix High will have a new football coach following the recent resignation of Walt Bazylewicz. Bazylewicz resigned a week ago and has since been replaced on an interim basis by Toby Walker, a former Southern Oregon University defensive back. The Pirates had back-to-back 2-7 seasons under Bazylewicz. Walker, an elementary teacher in the Phoenix-Talent School [...]
