The Nov. 18 to Dec. 2 statewide “freeze” designed to slow the recent surge in COVID-19 cases stopped high school sports practices before they had a chance to get started.
LA GRANDE — One of La Grande’s own was honored on a national stage for his prowess in the great American sport of baseball.
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If high schools in Eastern Oregon resume competitive events in 2021, the teams might seek to limit their opponents to relatively nearby schools to reduce travel and make it easier to comply wi…
LA GRANDE — Presley Justice’s versatility on the volleyball court has been evident the last two years with the La Grande Tigers.
I’ve often wondered what I would write when this day came along. Now that it is upon me, I honestly am not sure I have the words.
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'Sidelined' ran in print Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. Here are additional photos from those sessions.
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'Sidelined' ran in print Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. Here are additional photos from those sessions.
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'Sidelined' ran in print Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. Here are additional photos from those sessions.
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'Sidelined' ran in print Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. Here are additional photos from those sessions.
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'Sidelined' ran in print Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. Here are additional photos from those sessions.
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'Sidelined' ran in print Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. Here are additional photos from those sessions.
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LA GRANDE — The small schools of Union and Wallowa counties have a joint plan for sports during the Oregon School Activities Association’s Season 1.
LA GRANDE — There could be an opportunity for some prep sports this fall, after all.
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LA GRANDE — When her junior softball season was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, Harley Creech found an outlet in weightlifting.
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SALEM — High school sports in Oregon will not kick off until 2021.
The OSAA executive board is set to meet next week to further discuss how to proceed with the fall sports season. The executive board last week delayed the start of the season to Sept. 23, and …
LA GRANDE — The La Grande Legacy Ford Legends 18U baseball team used a six-run sixth inning to pull away for a 9-1 victory Monday, July 27, over Baker, while the 16U squad swept Pendleton in a…
LA GRANDE — The Oregon School Activities Association’s decision Wednesday to delay the start of the 2020 fall sports season grants the state’s high school athletics body flexibility as it trie…
LA GRANDE — The La Grande Legacy Ford Legends 18U baseball team swept a pair of doubleheaders Saturday, downing Columbia Gorge 9-3 and 9-2, and topping Hodgen Distributing from Pendleton on Mo…
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SALEM — The Oregon School Activities Association is holding out hope for a fall sports season — but if there is one, it will start about a month late.
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LA GRANDE — He is affectionately called the “Meanest Coach Ever” by some of his athletes, even though there isn’t a mean bone in his body.
LA GRANDE — The Oregon School Activities Association announced last week that, beginning Tuesday, schools will be in control of what athletic activities they allow.
LA GRANDE — This was going to be the year the La Grande softball team left its legacy.
UNION — Until just a couple months ago, playing basketball at the collegiate level wasn’t in the plan for Union senior Brianna Kohr.
It sure is weird — having a spring without sports.
JOSEPH — Ellyse Tingelstad already had put together one of the best careers ever for a Joseph Charter School distance runner — or any JCS track athlete, for that matter — and was bound to do m…
JOSEPH — An unprecedented vote resulted in an area basketball standout being selected one of the three best players in the state.
LA GRANDE — Thanks to donations from several area businesses and a grant from the Wildhorse Foundation, members of the La Grande Swim Club and La Grande High School swim teams have secured bet…
UNION — Jaimee Baxter has witnessed the growth in the Eastern Oregon University track and cross-country programs, and wants to be in the mix.
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LA GRANDE — La Grande head baseball coach Parker McKinley still was trying to process the news he and anyone else tied to high school sports in Oregon received late Wednesday afternoon: The sp…
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 Confe…
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.
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…
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.
LA GRANDE — There will be no high school sporting events in Oregon until at least April.
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LA GRANDE — There will be no high school sporting events in Oregon until at least April.
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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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
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