The Powder Valley Badgers celebrate after the winning shot in Saturday’s 1A state volleyball championship match against Imbler. Powder Valley won in five sets. JOE KLINE - Bend Bulletin

Badgers rally to beat Panthers in five sets for first state crown 

EOU’s Jodine Steemers and her Mountaineer teammates will make the trip to Fort Vancouver, Wash., Nov. 17 for the NAIA national cross country championships. MADISON STAPLETON photo

KANSAS CITY, Mo — The Eastern Oregon University men’s cross country team had to wait a couple days to find out if they made it to the national championships.

But the wait was worth it, as the Mountaineer men found out on Monday that Saturday’s performance at the Cascade Collegiate Conference cross country championships was enough to barely qualify for the NAIA national cross country championships scheduled to be run at Fort Vancouver, Wash., on Nov. 17. 

REDMOND — It wasn’t a stampede Friday in the quarterfinals of the 4A state volleyball tournament.

But La Grande may have felt that way when White Buffaloes edged the Lady Tigers 3-2.

The loss dropped La Grande into the consolation bracket where they will play Elmira Saturday at  10 a.m. Elmira lost to Crook County in a 3-0 sweep (25-11, 25-23, 25-8).