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Myrtle Point's Detzler is state champion again
EUGENE — Myrtle Point senior Mason Detzler was aiming to become the Class 1A state meet record holder in the shot put. He will have to settle for a second straight title in the event and the all-time record for Class 1A he set earlier in the season. Detzler’s winning throw of 54 feet was more than five feet further than the runner-up for the event. But he came up...
Bandon girls lead after first day of state meet
EUGENE — Bandon’s girls built a big team lead and had a good day in qualifying Thursday as the Tigers try to repeat as Class 2A state track and field champions. Bandon won a pair of titles, had placers in three other events and generally had a good day on the track. Bandon got off to a great start when Caitlyn Michalek and Katelyn Senn finished first and second in...
Cowboys host North Bend in baseball playoffs
The Crook County Cowboys will host the North Bend Bulldogs Tuesday for the opening round of the state playoffs. The Cowboys ended the regular season with a 19-6 record and second place in the Tri-Valley Conference. More importantly the team finished eighth in the OSAA power rankings, locking up a home playoff game. North Bend is ranked ninth. The Cowboys' six losses all come to teams that are playoff bound....
Marshfield finishes run to first place in softball race
Marshfield completed the team sport sweep for girls sports for the second year in a row when the Pirates clinched the Sky-Em title in softball with their win in the opener of a doubleheader against North Bend last Wednesday. The Pirates finished the sweep in the nightcap and now have won the volleyball, basketball and softball titles two straight years. Senior Gracie Peach and junior Tatum Montiel have been key members of all those teams. ...
Bulldogs, Pirates shine at Sky-Em district meet
North Bend’s girls won the Sky-Em League track title at their home facility on Saturday and both the Bulldogs and Pirates qualified a bunch of athletes for this week’s Class 4A state meet in Eugene. North Bend’s girls scored 182.5 points to easily beat Junction City (157.5), Marist Catholic (155), Cottage Grove (84) and Marsfield (70) and the Bulldogs also won the coed team title. Ellie Massie raced to wins...
Start Slow and Taper wins Roseburg to Coos Bay Relay
Start Slow and Taper, Twin Power Edition, a team of runners from Myrtle Point, Coquille and North Bend, captured the title in the recent Roseburg to Coos Bay Relay. The South Coast Running Club event is a fundraiser for Camp Millennium, which provides a summer camp experience for children living with cancer. The winning squad included Karl Smith and twins Aidan and Damian Lilienthal of Myrtle Point, John Gunther of...
Bandon Dunes Golf Course and Resort celebrates 25 years
BANDON, Ore. – The Bandon Dunes Golf Course and Resort is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month. The iconic course opened for the first time in 1999 and has since held eight USGA Amateur Championship Tournaments. It also hosts an annual Division 1 Collegiate Golf Tournament which has been...
43rd Annual Prefontaine Memorial Run
Coos Bay, OR—Online applications are now being accepted for the 2024 Prefontaine Memorial Run. The 10,000-meter road run is slated for a 10:05 a.m. start on Saturday, September 21 in downtown Coos Bay. For the 33rd year, a stand-alone high school 5K cross country team competition will be held starting at 9:45 a.m. A fun walk will be also be held in conjunction with the 10K run, with participants given the choice to walk the entire 10K route or a shorter 2-mile course. ...
Marshfield hosts Hidden Valley in softball playoffs Tuesday
Marshfield will host Hidden Valley on Tuesday to open the Class 4A softball playoffs. North Bend, meanwhile, has a long road trip to Pendleton for its first-round game. The Pirates, who won the Sky-Em League, are the No. 5 seed and host the Mustangs, who beat Junction City 12-3 in the play-in round. The winner...
Coos County represented well at Chess Federation State Championships
Thirty-one Southwest Oregon chess players took the long drive to Seaside to participate in the Oregon Scholastic Chess Federation State Championships. They made up ten percent of the attendance at this annual event and despite beautiful weather at the beach, they were inside battling on chess boards. Coquille has been attending this event since it started and thirteen made the qualification of competing in fifteen nationally rated games, a requirement...
Padgett and Lutes set records on final day at state meet
EUGENE — An emotional roller coaster of a final day at the state track meet ended with smiles on the faces of the Bay Area’s squads and second-place trophies for North Bend’s girls and Marshfield’s boys. Along the way, Marshfield’s Bodey Lutes and North Bend’s Jason Padgett overcame heartbreaking results from the opening relay to rewrite the state meet record book. An anticipated showdown on the home stretch for top...
Bandon boys capture state golf title
Bandon’s boys had a dominant two days at Emerald Valley Golf Club in Creswell to win the Class 3A-2A-1A state title, the school’s second state crown in the sport. The Tigers, who also were state champions in 2018, took a 23-shot lead with their team total of 318 on Monday and finished 22 strokes in front of Valley Catholic, shooting 337 on Tuesday. Banks finished third (693) and Western Christian...
Kickstart Your Summer: Join the SWOCC Soccer Camp for Youth on June 1 at Coos Campus
Southwestern Oregon Community College (SWOCC) is hosting a one-day soccer camp for young athletes aged 6-18 on Saturday, June 1, 2024. The camp will run from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Coos Campus. Participants will train with the SWOCC women’s soccer team from the 2023-24 season, focusing on skill improvement.
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