Month: May 2016

Latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports

AP-NW–Sports Right Now/790 MARINERS-REDS Martin, Cano help Mariners sweep, hand Reds 7th loss in row CINCINNATI (AP) — Leonys Martin got four hits, Robinson Cano drove in two runs and the Seattle Mariners swept Cincinnati 5-4 Sunday, sending the Reds to their seventh straight loss. Steve Clevenger hit a tiebreaking […]

Catch the Wave – 109th Rhododendron Festival

Florence Icon to Marshal Sunday’s Parade Catch the Wave is the theme of the 109th annual Rhododendron Festival… and it’s somehow fitting that the founder of “Wave Beachgrass Nursery” will be honored Sunday during the Grand Floral Parade. Wilbur Ternyik spent the better part of the last 60-years living in […]

OSAA State Track and Field Finals Contested

Historic Hayward Field hosting once again Competition got underway yesterday at Hayward Field in Eugene for the 1A portion of the OSAA State Track and Field Finals.  Mapleton’s Hunter Simington was fifth in the finals for the boys’ pole vault with a leap of 12-feet even.  The girls 4-by-400 relay […]

Latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports

AP-NW–Sports Right Now/719 MARINERS-ORIOLES Lind homers to propel Mariners over Orioles 7-2 BALTIMORE (AP) — Adam Lind broke open a close game with a three-run homer in the sixth inning, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-2 Thursday to complete another successful road series. Leonys Martin also homered […]

Siuslaw school board pondering next move

Voters turn down construction levy Siuslaw School board chair Tammy Butler said she had mixed emotions yesterday morning when she saw the results of the vote on a school levy that would have paid for construction of a new high school. Tammy Butler – “I think we’re going to need […]