Talent
EDUCATION
A high school soloist’s path to Princeton includes playing with the Ashland City Band
AHS grad to take his musical talents to the Ivy League after overcoming stage 4 cancer his senior year. Senior year of high school can be hard enough without navigating a cancer diagnosis, chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant, but Ashland High School graduate and Ashland City Band bassoonist James Dyson navigated all these things and more before turning his tassel and graduating with high marks on June 6.
Chetco girls bring home championship from Medford
The Chetco Basketball Club and is comprised of 2-4 Grade girls from Brookings. The team was formed in March of this year, but are progressing rapidly. The girls have been practicing twice a week and have played 23 games since April. They have played teams from across Oregon and California. The program was started to provide a year-round, competitive basketball environment for the youth in the community. “The girls have progressed tremendously since March both on and off the court,” said coach Tyler Wood. “As coaches, we could not be prouder.” This past weekend the team competed in the coed 4th grade division of the MBA Summer Kickoff Tournament at the Rogue Credit Union Community Complex in Medford. The girls faced the MBA Girls 4th grade team from Medford in the Championship game and won by a final score of 21-6.
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