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The preps are off the hardwood on this first day of 2014. Tomorrow Reedsport Charter opens the year with games against Taft…. Siuslaw if off the hardwood until Friday when they open the Far West League Season with a double header against South Umpqua… and Mapleton will make up […]
College Hoops Joseph Young scored 24 points and Number 12 Oregon continued its best start in eight seasons with a 97-76 victory against Morgan State on Sunday. Richard Amardi had a season-high 16 points in his first start of the season, and Damyean Dotson scored 15 points for the 12 […]
Vikings and Beavers return to the court After a week of school closures and sports cancellations in the Valley the Siuslaw Viking basketball schedule for this weekend has been reset. The Vikings, boys and girls, will face the Falcons this evening in Elmira. The boys tip off at 5:30… the […]
Prep Basketball Falls Victim to Slick Roads All area prep sports are cancelled this evening because of slick road conditions inland… that means no Mapleton and Triangle Lake basketball. It also means the first day of the Junction City prep basketball tournament is cancelled. Siuslaw teams will stay home this […]
Hunter Kopycinski had four hits and four RBIs, and Rice scored seven runs in the first three innings in the Owls’ 11-4 victory against Oregon Monday night to win the NCAA tournament’s Eugene regional. Rice advances to its first super regional since 2009 with the upset of the eighth-seeded Ducks […]
Siuslaw Senior’s Jake Thompson and Katy Potter were named Athletes of the Year. Jake Thompson had outstanding season over the past year in Football, Basketball and baseball. Katy Potter claimed an individual championship in the girls 4-A Cross County Championships, followed by a standout track and field season. […]
It’s double elimination in Corvallis and Eugene this weekend as the Beavers and the Ducks host regional action in the opening round of the NCAA Baseball Championship series. Number 3 seed Oregon State host UC Santa Barbara and Texas A & M in the opening game at Goss Stadium, The […]
Kansas State and Oregon lost on the same day in November, all but ending their national championship hopes. The Wildcats and Ducks ended up with a nice consolation prize: Facing each other in tonight’s Fiesta Bowl. No. 3 Oregon is in its fourth straight BCS bowl, and features fast and […]
