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Two Siuslaw Football Standouts have been named Player of the 2021 season Braydon Thornton was recognized as the Offensive Player of the year, while Camp Lacouture as selected as the defensive player of the year in the 2021 Oregon 3a Football All State Awards. Thornton was also named to the […]
The Ducks are looking to avenge their loss to the Utah Utes two weeks ago as number 10 Oregon has made it to the Pac-12 title game for the third straight year. The Ducks are looking to improve to 5-0 all-time in the championship game and get back to the […]
The Detroit Lions have selected Oregon offensive tackle Penei Sewell with the No. 7 overall pick in the NFL draft. Sewell will likely start at right tackle according to ESPN. The 6-foot-5, 331-pound Sewell did not play last season after starting his first two years at Oregon. He opted out […]
Justin Herbert continues to pile up the academic honors. The Ducks’ starting quarterback the last four seasons is the Division I CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year. Herbert was selected from all men’s and women’s sports sponsored by the NCAA. He is just the third Oregon student-athlete to claim the […]
The University of Oregon athletic department and head baseball coach George Horton announced Tuesday, by mutual agreement, to not exercise a one-year contract option through the 2020. Horton finishes with a 373-278-1 record in 11 seasons as the head coach of the Ducks. He was hired in September 2007 to […]
Pitcher of the Month: Jake Thompson Oregon State starting pitcher and Florence native, Jake Thompson has been named National Pitcher of the Month for the month of April by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. Thompson, a red-shirt junior at OSU went 4-0 for the month of April with a […]
Viking results The Lady Vikings battled hard with the Bruins last night in Brookings Harbor but in the end fell 7-6. At home the Viking boys went down to the Bruins 14-8 Beavers and Ducks Results Oregon State pitchers held the Ducks at bay last night in Corvalis. Beaver […]
Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — V.J. Beachem and Bonzie Colson each scored 16 points Wednesday night to lead Notre Dame to a 92-49 win over Seattle University in the second round of the Legends Classic. Junior […]
