Monthly Archives: September 2009

Barry back in action, this for Beavers

By Tim Trower | Published: September 29, 2009 | Comments closed
Mike Barry is finally getting the chance to wear Beaver colors and play for Oregon State University. The former North Medford High state champion was in ninth place Monday through two rounds of the Giustina Memorial Classic at the Beavers’ home course, Trysting Tree in Corvallis. Barry had back-to-back rounds of 71 Sunday and Monday for [...]
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Smoky air rearranges soccer schedule

By Tim Trower | Published: September 26, 2009 | Comments closed
If  you walked outside on Thursday or today and nearly gagged because of the smoky air,you understand how the air quality might mess with the sports schedule. A few soccer games scheduled for Saturday have been moved or postponed. The Henley-Hidden Valley boys match was moved from Klamath Falls to Murphy and will be played at [...]
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Beaver coach Casey, wife, to be honored

By Tim Trower | Published: September 23, 2009 | Comments closed
Oregon State baseball coach Pat Casey and his wife, Susan, are busy enriching the lives of Beaver players away from the diamond, and for that they will receive an award Thursday from the World Sport Humanitarian Hall of Fame. The Caseys will be come the most recent recipients of the Johh Wooden Coaching Achievement Award. Here’s the story. 
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Ducks’ Kelly brings fan back to the fold

By Tim Trower | Published: September 22, 2009 | Comments closed
Oregon football coach Chip Kelly made a fan for life with a startling show of customer service. Here’s the story: http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2009/09/21/chip-kelly-is-a-man-of-his-word-seriously/
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Pick-It Line: How I seen them

By Tim Trower | Published: September 18, 2009 | Comments closed
Our Pick-It Line, in every Friday’s paper, is off and running, three weeks into the football season. After a big Week 1 in which I grabbed the early lead, Kris Henry overtook me last week. We have five games that are different this week. Among them, I’m a little wary of my Sprague pick over South Medford. [...]
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Phoenix football was underplayed a tad

By Tim Trower | Published: September 15, 2009 | Comments closed
A reader wondered, and rightly so, why our Ashland-Phoenix football game story in Saturday’s paper focused on the losing team, Ashland. We share stories with our sister paper, the Ashland Daily Tidings. The Tidings commissioned a freelancer to do the game story and they sent it to us. We will do that throughout the school [...]
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Late football starts challenge deadlines

By Tim Trower | Published: September 14, 2009 | Comments closed
I must admit, I expected a bit of a reaction from readers when I came to work today because of our sparse coverage of the Oregon State and Oregon games in Sunday’s paper. But I haven’t heard or seen anything, and my phone and e-mail are working. I assume the connection was made by our [...]
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Duck game could be delayed

By Tim Trower | Published: September 10, 2009 | Comments closed
A scheduling conflict could delay the Purdue-Oregon telecast Saturday. Here’s part of a release from the university on how the situation will be resolved: EUGENE — Due to Fox Sports Net Northwest’s commitment to televise Saturday’s baseball game between the Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers at 5 p.m., the University of Oregon understands there is a strong possibility [...]
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SOGT record not in jeopardy this year

By Tim Trower | Published: September 2, 2009 | Comments closed
I’ve been reporting some inaccurate info on the Southern Oregon Golf Tournament. Two players have won at least four men’s championships. Eddie Simmons won the title six times between 1934 and 1949, and Richard Hanen won it four times (’40,’41,’46,’47). Simmons also won the men’s senior title four times. This info comes from the SOGT committee. Three players entered in [...]
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College preseason games won’t work

By Tim Trower | Published: September 2, 2009 | Comments closed
Should colleges play non-counting preseason games so they don’t go from intrasquad scrimmages to, say, a top-25 matchup to start the season like Oregon at Boise State Thursday? That was a discussion posed on ESPN First-Take this morning. I agree the premise makes sense — let the starters get a couple full-speed quarters in against [...]
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