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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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…
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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.
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.
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.
JOSEPH — The Joseph Eagles advanced to the second round of the 1A state playoffs Wednesday with a convincing 63-39 win over Jordan Valley in Enterprise.
NORTH POWDER — What a difference two months can make.
BEAVERTON — All season long there was a hope that the La Grande girls swim team would be able to break through and claim the program’s first state title.
BAKER CITY — Hailey Zikmund gave Baker the lead, and then she made sure the Bulldogs kept it.
BAKER CITY — When Caden Long started the fourth quarter by throwing down a two-handed slam dunk, La Grande’s 10-point lead had shrunk to a single point and the roaring Baker crowd sensed a sti…
ONTARIO — Eleven district champions, 19 state tournament qualifiers and more than 500 points amassed.
Union 63, Stanfield 41: Callie Glenn scored a game-high 20 points Saturday, Brianna Kohr got 15 of her 19 points from outside the arc and the Bobcats took down Stanfield for the third time thi…
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LA GRANDE — The La Grande girls basketball team secured a state playoff berth Thursday night, its top player reached a major milestone, and the Tigers now get one more crack at Baker.
LA GRANDE — From 1-10 to the playoffs.
Joseph 58, Pine Eagle 39: Chase Murray scored 22 points Thursday, Mason Ferre added 16, and the Eagles tripped up the Spartans in the Old Oregon League district tournament quarterfinals.
MOLALLA — It was a sweep for the La Grande swim team.
UNION — Elgin’s Joe Lathrop, Enterprise’s Trace Evans and Joseph/Wallowa’s Jonah Staigle each finished off district championships Saturday to lead nine area automatic state qualifiers at the 2…
La Grande 52, McLoughlin 18: The Tigers had no issues on the road Saturday in their Greater Oregon League finale, holding the Pioneers to just five made field goals in an easy win.
Elgin 53, Nixyaawii 51: The Elgin girls took a 10-point lead into the fourth quarter Friday but had to hold on to gain an Old Oregon League road victory.
MOLALLA — The La Grande girls swim team had three preliminary victories Friday and is sending 27 athletes or relay teams to Saturday’s championship finals of the 4A/3A/2A/1A Special District 2…
UNION — Eighteen local 2A/1A wrestlers are still in the running for a district title after reaching the semifinals Friday at the District 4 tournament in Union.
Camryn Collman scored 16 of her game-high 19 points in the second half, and the La Grande girls basketball team pulled away after the break for a 53-28 home win over 1A Jordan Valley Thursday night.
Union 55, Stanfield 45: The Bobcats finished a perfect Blue Mountain Conference season Tuesday as they used a big second quarter to pull away from the Tigers for a road win.
ELGIN — It was much closer than the first matchup, but the Joseph Eagles boys basketball team again got the best of the Elgin Huskies.
ELGIN — Jayden Palmer turned in a senior-night performance Saturday nobody in Elgin will forget anytime soon. The Huskies’ other senior, Tymra Anderson, had a solid night, crashing the glass a…
Delia Gulzow became the first La Grande wrestler to qualify for the OSAA girls state wrestling tournament as she took second in her weight class at the North Regional Tournament Friday and Sat…
The La Grande boys basketball team poured in 29 points in the third quarter Saturday to break open their nonleague road game against the Powder Valley Badgers en route to an 81-47 road victory.
Union 59, Heppner 38: The Bobcats clinched the Blue Mountain Conference regular season title and a state playoff berth Saturday with their win and Stanfield’s loss at Enterprise.
LA GRANDE — Brian Wright’s message to the La Grande Tigers girls basketball team Friday night was not to overlook visiting Ontario.