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In Prep Basketball last night, the Siuslaw girls best Waldport 56 / 31 handing the Irish their fifth straight road loss…. In Waldport the Viking boys took down the Irish 52 / 38… while in Mountain West League play it was the Sailors falling to Siletz Valley 56 / 53 […]
The Viking boys’ basketball team picked up their third win of the season Friday night in Corbett where they downed the Cardinal 57-40. The Lady Cardinals came out on top in the opening game of the night, defeating Siuslaw 54-38. The Oregon men continued their opening weekend domination in […]
Elmira hosts 5-way dual Richard Huff dominated at 126 pounds yesterday in a 5-way dual meet at Elmira High School. Huff started with a pin in 1:10 over Bryce Porter of Sweet Home. That was followed by a 21-5 technical fall over Elmira’s Hunter Davis. He then capped the day […]
Brooks’ buzzer beater bashes Bruins Dillon Brooks connected on a long three-point jumper at the buzzer to hand Oregon their 34th straight home win; and the first loss of the season to the UCLA Bruins; 89-87 last night. It was Oregon’s first win of the season over a ranked team… […]
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Dillon Brooks hit a 3-pointer with 0.8 seconds left to give No. 21 Oregon an 89-87 victory over No. 2 UCLA last night in the Pac-12 opener for both teams. Brooks, who finished with 23 points and nine rebounds, grabbed Bryce Alford’s missed free throw with […]
Basketball tonight: The Mapleton Sailors will be in Reedsport for nonleague play against the Braves. The girls tip off at 5:30, the boys at seven. The Pac 12 season begins tonight for the men with number 2 and undefeated UCLA at Matthew Knight Arena at six against the 20th ranked […]
The men’s Pac-12 basketball schedule gets underway tomorrow night with the marquee matchup being in Eugene as the 13-and-oh UCLA Bruins face the 11-2 Oregon Ducks. The Bruins had been the number one ranked team in the country, but they were displaced this week by Villanova… Oregon is ranked number […]
Oregon State has hired Pittsburgh athletic director Scott Barnes to take over the same position with the Beavers. Barnes was announced yesterday as vice-president and director of intercollegiate athletics Thursday. He’ll begin his new job in Corvallis in February when he takes the post formerly held by Todd Stansbury. Stansbury […]
