UNION — Autumn Daggett was an offensive spark and a clutch performer for the Union volleyball team last fall as she helped the Bobcats to a 24-4 record, a perfect season in Blue Mountain Conference play and a fourth-place finish at state.
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The British Open will not be played this year for the first time since 1945, golf officials announced Monday as they tried to reconfigure a major championship schedule that would end with the …
UNION — The Union girls basketball team went on a run in 2019-20 that proved it to be one of the best in the state.
LA GRANDE — The Eastern Oregon University men’s wrestling team is adding a two-time state champion to its roster — and it didn’t even have to leave town to find him.
LONDON — Wimbledon was canceled on Wednesday because of the coronavirus pandemic, the first time since World War II that the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament won’t be played.
LA GRANDE — Tryouts for the 2020-21 Eastern Oregon University cheer and dance team will still be held, but on a digital platform, as the athletic department announced Monday it will be holding…
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LA GRANDE — “Basketball on a field with a stick.”
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LA GRANDE — Monica Plut became enthralled with the sport of lacrosse the first time she saw it played.
HOUSTON — Fred “Curly” Neal, the dribbling wizard who entertained millions with the Harlem Globetrotters for parts of three decades, has died. He was 77.
LA GRANDE — The La Grande boys basketball team landed four players on the all-Greater Oregon League award list and saw head coach Mark Carollo named GOL coach of the year after the Tigers’ tur…
TOKYO — Not even the Summer Olympics could withstand the force of the coronavirus. After weeks of hedging, the IOC took the unprecedented step of postponing the world’s biggest sporting event,…
For the second year in a row, Joseph’s Sabrina Albee was named the Old Oregon League girls basketball player of the year.
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WILSONVILLE — A day after Oregon Gov. Kate Brown extended the closure of Oregon’s schools through April 28 in efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19, the Oregon School Activities Association a…
LA GRANDE — When the Eastern Oregon University softball team is able to take the field again in 2021, it’ll have another La Grande Tiger on its squad.
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LA GRANDE — The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics announced Monday morning that “the decision has been made to cancel the spring 2020 sports season, effective immediately,” in …
LA GRANDE — There will be no high school sporting events in Oregon until at least April.
CALDWELL, Id. — If the Cascade Collegiate Conference schools do resume their sports seasons in April, one of Eastern Oregon University's rivals won't be on the slate.
NEW YORK — The NCAA is planning to extend the eligibility of athletes on spring sports teams by one year to make up for the season lost to the new coronavirus.
As it became apparent the NCAA basketball tournaments could not be held over three weeks because of concerns about the coronavirus, organizers scrambled to devise a plan for a 16-team event to…
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Augusta National on Friday postponed the Masters, another massive hit to the spring sports calendar from the new coronavirus that already is responsible for the loss …
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LA GRANDE — There will be no high school sporting events in Oregon until at least April.
March Madness came to a screeching halt before a bracket could even be filled out.
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LA GRANDE — The NBA, NHL and many other professional sports have suspended play or limited fan attendance in attempts to suppress the spread of the coronavirus, and at the NCAA level, all rema…
LA GRANDE — How the La Grande girls basketball team handles the nerves of being in the state tournament may well dictate how the Tigers fare Thursday when they take the court in the 4A state q…
LA GRANDE — There is a photograph of Justin Frederick from his youth with members of the Eastern Oregon University baseball team before the program was taken away 14 years ago.
LA GRANDE — The Eastern Oregon University track and field program canceled its Saturday home meet, the school announced Tuesday in a news release.
BROOKINGS, S.D. — The Eastern Oregon University women’s track and field team finished arguably the best indoor season in program history, netting several more all-Americans — including a secon…
BAKER CITY — Joseph ran into a Perrydale team Saturday in the third-place game that re-found its 3-point shooting touch and hassled the Eagles offensively, as a first-half surge by the Pirates…
PENDLETON — The Union Bobcats were not prepared for Bandon's Traylyn Arana on Saturday.
A former La Grande High School standout who has been making waves at the collegiate level was recently named the best player in her conference.
LA GRANDE — A huge sixth-inning rally Saturday lifted the Eastern Oregon University softball team to a sweep of University of British Columbia as the Mountaineers scored six times in the sixth…
PARK CITY, Kan. — It was a tough day Friday for the Eastern Oregon University men’s wrestling team, which saw all six of its competitors at the NAIA national tournament leave short of earning …
LA GRANDE — It didn't matter where Ella Dunlap shot from Friday night, it felt like everything she put up was going to go down.
PENDLETON — Union's shot at a state title fell just short after they let slip a close contest in the second and third quarters.
LA GRANDE — The Eastern Oregon University softball team got a needed home sweep Friday in Cascade Collegiate Conference play, downing the University of British Columbia, 12-9 and 6-5.
EUGENE — The La Grande boys basketball team hung around Friday against top-ranked Marist, but came up short of an upset bid as the Tigers fell to the Spartans in the first round of the state p…
Eastern Oregon University's Paige Dodd placed second Thursday in the women’s pentathlon at the NAIA national championship meet in Brookings, South Dakota, as the senior scored 3,421 points in …
BAKER CITY — The Joseph Eagles put undefeated Crane in the unfamiliar position Friday afternoon of having to rally in the third quarter.
BAKER CITY — The Joseph Eagles were eliminated from the 1A state tournament Friday morning, but it took Prairie City three overtime periods and nearly two hours to pull off the win, which the …
BAKER CITY — The Joseph Eagles boys basketball team had a tough night of shooting Thursday as they fell short to the Triad Timberwolves, 61-41, after landing close on only 29% of their shots t…
PENDLETON — For much of the first half Thursday, the Union Bobcats appeared rattled, shaken by the pressure of being in the program’s first state quarterfinal game since 2015.
BAKER CITY — Stellar defense, sharp shooting early and a response when Damascus Christian made a rally Wednesday sent the Joseph Eagles to the state semifinals for the first time since 2009.
LA GRANDE — Four Eastern Oregon University basketball players — two from the women’s team and two from the men’s — were named to the all-Cascade Collegiate Conference postseason award list, th…
PENDLETON — The Union Bobcats are back in the 2A girls state basketball tournament for the first time since 2015 when they placed third. They will take their 14-game winning streak and stout d…
LA GRANDE — It’s been four years since the La Grande girls basketball team reached the Class 4A state tournament.
PORTLAND — In November, La Grande ended a 45-year championship drought in football.
PORTLAND — Delia Gulzow became the first La Grande girls wrestler to place in the state wrestling tournament as she took fourth at 100 pounds with a record of 2-2.
PORTLAND — Garrett Burns had little success against Pine Eagle’s Coy Butner this season.
There wasn’t a team that came across the La Grande Tigers’ path this wrestling season that, pound-for-pound, person-for-person, was able to stop them in a dual.
CALDWELL, Idaho — The Eastern Oregon University men’s basketball team saw its season end Saturday night at the hand of rival and top-ranked College of Idaho, 84-57, in the semifinals of the Ca…
ASHLAND — The top-ranked Southern Oregon Raiders completed a sweep of Eastern Oregon Saturday, taking down the Mountaineers 12-4 in the opener of the doubleheader and final Cascade Collegiate …
Jessica DeHart won an individual title Sunday and two other Eastern Oregon University women’s wrestlers placed to help EOU to a fourth-place finish at the inaugural Cascade Collegiate Conferen…
ENTERPRISE — Grahm Barber was thrust into the biggest game of his life Saturday at a crucial time, and came up with key plays to help get the Joseph boys basketball team back to the 1A state t…
ENTERPRISE — Mike Crawford used the word “blessed” several times in describing his basketball coaching career, one that at Enterprise High School has spanned 31 seasons, 758 games and — after …
UNION — Brianna Kohr was at a loss for words Friday after a stunning performance that helped boost the Union girls basketball team back to the 2A state tournament.