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JOSEPH — Northeast Oregon schools are coming together to support one of their own in the wake of Thursday’s fire that caused significant damage to the gymnasium at Joseph Charter School.
The Powder Valley Badgers boys basketball team scored 20 points in the fourth quarter Tuesday to put away Imbler, 65-54, in an Old Oregon League contest in North Powder.
LA GRANDE — La Grande sophomore guard Devin Bell said the Tigers are essentially beginning a new season as it looks to right the ship.
LA GRANDE — The La Grande Tigers girls basketball team put themselves in position in the fourth quarter Friday at home to finally put an end to a long losing streak to the rival Baker Bulldogs.
The Joseph Eagles scored early and often — very often — as they opened Old Oregon League play Friday with a dominant 88-29 home win over Griswold in their highest-scoring game in nearly 15 years.
The Elgin Huskies had three third-place finishers Friday and Saturday as they took seventh place at the Orofino Maniac Invitational in Orofino, Idaho.
LA GRANDE — A matchup of top-five teams Wednesday quickly turned into a rout by the newly christened No. 1 team in Wednesday’s 4A wrestling coaches poll — the La Grande Tigers.
PENDLETON — Both sides of Warberg Court expected an intense battle in Pendleton and La Grande’s first meeting of the season, and intensity is exactly what they got.
LA GRANDE — La Grande head coach Mark Carollo said the inconsistency that has plagued his team this season showed again Tuesday in the Tigers' 62-46 home loss to Pendleton.
LA GRANDE — Cason Kirkland had 23 points, five assists and three steals Friday as Enterprise knocked off previously unbeaten Pilot Rock, 67-64, in the Blue Mountain Conference opener for both teams.
LA GRANDE — Three members of the La Grande Tigers boys wrestling team placed in the top four over the weekend to help La Grande to a sixth-place finish at the Rollie Lane Invitational in Nampa…
The La Grande girls basketball team won its second tournament in a row Saturday and matched their longest winning streak of the past four seasons with a 57-48 win over Madras in the finale of …
LA GRANDE — In a meet that came down to the wire — and may serve as a preview for the state meet in February — the La Grande girls swim team swam stroke-for-stroke with Sweet Home Saturday at …
Ella Dunlap scored a game-high 19 points Thursday as the La Grande Tigers opened the Banks Winter Shootout by throttling Yamhill-Carlton, 58-30.
UNION — The spark plugs for both the Union boys and girls basketball teams live under the same roof.
The Wallowa Cougars girls basketball team posted an impressive showing Monday to hang with the 3A Burns Hilanders, though they ultimately came up short in their upset bid, 40-32, in a neutral …
LA GRANDE — The La Grande Tigers boys basketball team came away with some positives to build on from the weekend despite falling to the same team twice in 15 hours.
LA GRANDE — The La Grande Tigers girls basketball team posted arguably its biggest victory in four years, winning the Sisters Tournament Sunday with a 49-33 victory over the Banks Braves, who …
MISSION — While Enterprise may not have played their season’s best game, the Nixyaawii boys basketball squad knocked down one of their season’s biggest wins.
LA GRANDE — Hadley Miller scored 13 of his game-high 19 points in the second half Saturday as the Joseph Eagles boys basketball team pulled away for a 59-47 road win over the St. Paul Buckaroos.
LA GRANDE — Spencer Gerst and Parker Robinson each claimed a tournament title, two other wrestlers placed, and the La Grande Tigers took fifth Friday and Saturday at the Sierra Nevada Classic …
LA GRANDE — The La Grande Tigers’ football season was already perfect.
LA GRANDE — The La Grande High School swim team spent most of the week leading up to its home December Invitational battling illness.
UNION — A few more seconds or a missed free throw late by the Crane Mustangs Saturday could have given the Union Bobcats the opportunity to complete an improbable comeback.
UNION — Union slowed down Council’s high-tempo offense Saturday in the championship game of the Bobcat Christmas Classic.
ELGIN — Kenny Terry and Joe Lathrop both claimed individual titles Saturday to lead the Elgin Huskies to a fourth place at the John Rysdam Memorial Tournament.
LA GRANDE — The Greater Oregon League could see a revival in 2020.
LA GRANDE — The idea for a 4A/3A hybrid football district between the Greater Oregon League and the Eastern Oregon League was presented Monday to the OSAA football ad hoc committee by the athl…
LA GRANDE — The La Grande Tigers loaded up on players named to the 4A all-state football team, much the same way they loaded up on wins during their 2019 state title season.
UNION — Keegan Glenn scored 25 points Thursday to lead the Union boys basketball team to an easy 55-27 win over Dayville/Monument at the Union Christmas Classic.
LA GRANDE — First-half turnovers, second-half shooting struggles and a lack of energy hurt La Grande Tuesday night.
LA GRANDE — Kenzie Williams has been an important, versatile piece of the La Grande volleyball team during her career.
LA GRANDE — One La Grande Tiger wrestler cemented his spot among the top Muilenburg Invitational competitors ever. Another got revenge over a loss in the final a year ago. A third picked up a …
NORTH POWDER — Sabrina Albee scored 27 points and added 14 rebounds Friday to continue her sizzling start to the 2019-20 season, and the Joseph Eagles held off a second-half rally by the Union…
NORTH POWDER — The Powder Valley Badgers' high-octane offense was on full display Friday night.
LA GRANDE — The La Grande Tigers swim team opened the 2019-20 season Saturday with a dominant performance by the girls team at Baker. The girls won nine of the 11 events and finished with 159 …
LA GRANDE — Given how dominant the La Grande girls soccer team was during Greater Oregon League play, it shouldn’t be a surprise that they dominated the all-GOL awards.
Sabrina Albee scored 26 points Thursday — 17 in the first half and 10 in the first quarter — to continue her torrid start to the season as the Joseph Eagles took care of Adrian, 51-32, at the …
ELGIN — The Elgin Huskies found a flow on offense Tuesday, and resulted in by far the team’s highest-scoring effort of in nearly four years.
ELGIN — The Elgin Huskies got off to a quick start and were never threatened Tuesday at home as they picked up their third win of the young season.
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.
UNION — For the better part of three quarters, the Union Bobcats couldn’t buy a basket.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
The fog in Hermiston made it a bit tricky to see Saturday night’s state semifinal game.