LA GRANDE — La Grande head coach Brian Wright was pleased with how his team battled and didn’t quit Monday despite facing multiple double-digit deficits.
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UNION — For the better part of three quarters, the Union Bobcats couldn’t buy a basket.
LA GRANDE — The defense set the tone, and the offense found a couple of early sparks Friday to overcome a slow start and power the Eastern Oregon University women's basketball team to a win in…
LA GRANDE — The last time Multnomah came to Quinn Coliseum, the Lions hit 23 3-pointers and stunned Eastern Oregon University as they won a shootout.
UNION — After running away with wins in their first two games, the Union Bobcats faced some resistance in the finale of the Union Lions Tournament.
LA GRANDE — One of the best seasons in Eastern Oregon University volleyball history came to an end Friday morning as the seventh-ranked Mountaineers fell in four sets to Westmont (California),…
Six members of the Eastern Oregon football team — all defense and special teams players — were selected to the all-Frontier Conference team, and two of them went on to earn NAIA all-American h…
The Union volleyball team landed six athletes on the Blue Mountain Conference all-league team, including three on the first team, following a sweep through the conference on its way to a fourt…
The Elgin football team led the area Special District 3 East teams in the all-league awards following the end of the season, as seven players earned a total of nine spots to represent the Husk…
The Cove Leopards simply couldn’t miss Thursday.
Lindsey Wilson got the best of Eastern Oregon at the NAIA national tournament again.
LA GRANDE — The Hermiston boys basketball team used balanced scoring and crisp passing — an emphasis of head coach Drew Preuninger — to pick up a win in their season opener.
The Eastern Oregon University volleyball team had no issues with the early wake-up call.
The Eastern Oregon University women’s soccer team saw its deepest postseason run ever end in the NAIA quarterfinals.
The Eastern Oregon University women’s soccer team continues to make history — for the first time, the Mountaineers advanced to the NAIA quarterfinals.
The No. 7 Eastern Oregon University volleyball team started off slowly in its first pool play match Tuesday morning.
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HERMISTON — Eli Leavitt was like many La Grande Tigers Saturday night — unable to find the words to express being part of a team that ended a 45-year championship drought.
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HERMISTON — Special and elite. That’s how La Grande schools Superintendent George Mendoza described the defense of the La Grande Tigers football team.
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LA GRANDE — Neil Cooper said watching the La Grande Tigers in Saturday’s Class 4A state championship game was much more intense than the one he coached in 45 years ago.
There are a myriad of thoughts running through my mind about the La Grande Tigers’ state championship win — enough to fill several pages if I stopped to flesh out each one.
LA GRANDE — For many of the La Grande Tigers, it still hasn’t fully set in that they’re going to play for a state championship Saturday.
The snow was coming down at a steady rate during La Grande’s Wednesday morning practice at Community Stadium.
Allie Brock recently accomplished a goal she's had since she was 8 years old.
The Oregon Tech softball team recently landed a La Grande athlete who has Division I potential.
Eastern Oregon University head volleyball coach Kaki McLean-Morehead said her team has bounced back well from its loss to Southern Oregon in the Cascade Collegiate Conference title game.
The fog in Hermiston made it a bit tricky to see Saturday night’s state semifinal game.
LA GRANDE — Alex Navarro finished his collegiate cross country career as an all-American.
The Eastern Oregon University men’s basketball team is looking to shore up the defensive side of the ball before it heads into Cascade Collegiate Conference play.
The Eastern Oregon University women’s soccer team overcame two drama-filled contests and is headed back to the NAIA national tournament’s final site.
LA GRANDE — On the mat, the No. 12 Eastern Oregon University women’s wrestling team was better than No. 9 Southern Oregon Friday night.
LA GRANDE — The strength of the Eastern Oregon University men’s wrestling team in duals the past three seasons has been at the lower weights.
Megan Dorney hit the game-winning free throw with two seconds to play, and the Whitworth Pirates completed a rally in the fourth quarter for a 70-69 victory over the No. 8 Eastern Oregon Unive…
The La Grande Tigers are gearing up for the biggest game the football program has played in 43 years, but are also treating it like any other contest.
La Grande senior Riana Scott put in a lot of hard work — and, at one point, too much work — in her effort to rehabilitate a torn right ACL.
An injury that cost him most of his junior year on the baseball field and seeing the head coach leave the school where he had already committed — Nebraska — caused Logan Paustian to take a step back.
LA GRANDE — There’s a little extra motivation for the Eastern Oregon University women’s soccer team as it heads to the NAIA national tournament after the Mountaineers learned they’ll have to h…
LA GRANDE — The first-ever NAIA postseason run for the Eastern Oregon University men’s soccer team is taking the Mountaineers to Baldwin City, Kansas.
LA GRANDE — For the first time since 2012, both the Eastern Oregon University men’s and women’s cross country teams will have full squads competing at the NAIA national championships.
LA GRANDE — Considering how dominant the La Grande Tigers were on the volleyball court in Greater Oregon League play this fall, it should come as no surprise that they owned the all-league awards.
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In one fell swoop, the La Grande Tigers got revenge for the loss that knocked them out of the playoffs a year ago and picked up the program’s biggest victory in four decades.
Even though the Eastern Oregon University women’s soccer team entered Friday’s Cascade Collegiate Conference tournament title match likely to earn a bid to the NAIA national tournament regardl…
The Eastern Oregon University volleyball team will head into the NAIA national tournament with a bitter taste in its mouth.
Running back Victor Dias spent most of his final game in an Eastern Oregon University uniform watching from the sidelines after reaggravating a knee injury he had suffered last week against Ro…
The Eastern Oregon University men's soccer team's impressive unbeaten run ended one step short of the program’s first Cascade Collegiate Conference title, but the Mountaineers will still have …
The Eastern Oregon University men’s soccer team is starting to get used to winning shootouts.
Four members of the Eastern Oregon University volleyball team were named to the all-Cascade Collegiate Conference first team and five in all were recognized, led by junior Kiley McMurtrey who …
It’s the rematch a year in the making.
The Eastern Oregon University men’s soccer team reached today’s Cascade Collegiate Conference tournament semifinal in a manner fitting of its season.
Seven members of the Eastern Oregon University women’s soccer team were named to the all-Cascade Collegiate Conference squad, including three players who garnered first-team all-conference hon…
Both Jesse Camacho and Marco Retano picked up tournament titles for the Eastern Oregon University men’s wrestling team during the Clackamas Open Saturday in Clackamas.
The following photos are from the final day of the 1A and 2A volleyball tournaments at Redmond's Ridgeview High School. The Union Bobcats placed fourth in state in Class 2A, and the Powder Val…
EUGENE — Wallowa County had been chasing Burns all year.
The La Grande Tigers easily dispatched their first-round playoff opponent, and in the process set up a quarterfinal rematch a year in the making.
EUGENE — In a pair of strong performances at Saturday’s 2019 OSAA Cross Country State Championship, Union/Cove’s girls and boys teams both brought home second-place trophies from Lane Communit…
The Union Bobcats shook off a match that saw them impacted by nerves to rebound for one of the best finishes in UHS volleyball history.
It didn’t end the way they hoped.