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Local chess players bring home some trophies from Chess For Success State Championships
Some of the best youth chess players in Oregon competed Friday and Saturday, April 12 and 13, at the Chess for Success State Tournament at the Expo Center in Portland. After winning the regional tournament for Coos County in February, Coquille won the honor of sending both an elementary and a middle school team to play in the team State Championships on Friday April 12th. Noah Ish-Shalom, Ari Ish-Shalom, Abigail Fanno, Ruth Scott, Maddison Fanno and alternate Jaylee Barnett were the Coquille Valley Elementary team....
Local Golf Round Up: Bandon boys win state golf preview
Bandon stamped itself as a team to watch in the upcoming Class 3A-2A-1A boys state golf tournament by winning the state preview last week. The Tigers took the team title with a score of 322 at Emerald Valley Golf Club in Creswell. Class 4A Marist Catholic shot a 328 and Valley Catholic had a 329. ...
Local Track Round Up: Coquille’s Millet places second in javelin at Oregon Relays
Coquille’s Callie Millet had a big personal best to place second in the javelin at the Oregon Relays on Friday night, the highest finish by a South Coast athlete in the event that included top athletes from several states. Millet’s throw of 135 feet, 7 inches was second to West Linn’s Hayden Williams Downing, who won with a mark of 148-4. Millet, the defending Class 3A state champion with a previous best of 125-9, also had two other throws over 130 feet at historic Hayward...
Local Golf Round Up; Bandon boys win golf tournament
Bandon’s boys golf team won a tournament at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort last Thursday. The Tigers shot 314 to take the title in the event, which had several schools and was contested on the Old Macdonald course. Brookings-Harbors Lucas Vanderlip won medalist honors with a 73. That was two strokes better than Bandon’s Peyton Simonds. Bandon’s Carter Brown was fourth with a 77 and Coquille’s Braedon Millhouser tied for sixth...
Local drivers win as Coos Bay Speedway opens
Coos Bay Speedway had its season opener on the NASCAR dirt oval Saturday night. Main event winners were Preston Luckman (America’s Mattress Super Late Models), Wayne Butler (Sportsman Late Models), Toby McIntyre (Three Rivers Casino Street Stocks), Sam Talon (America’s Mattress Mini Outlaws), Don Briggs Sr. (Coos Bay Toyota Hornets) and Max Haga (Junior Stingers). Next up at the speedway is the season opening races on the NHRA drag strip....
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