http://www.NRToday.com Serving Douglas County, OR Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 en 30 The distance runners stole the spotlight for Roseburg on the final day of the Southwest Conference track and field meet on Saturday afternoon at Finlay Field. Junior Kenny Freeman won his first district championship in the 1,500 meters, freshman Mahala Norris set a school record in the girls 1,500 and … ]]> http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6577710-113/freeman-state-1500-field Erik Rogers and the Riddle Irish baseball team only took a few moments to lament the torturous close to a frustrating four-year run. They tossed plastic cups, they kicked the walls inside of Legion Field’s third-base dugout, they sunk their heads into their hands. It was all understandable. The juxtaposition … ]]> http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6576142-113/comstock-oakland-game-run The Roseburg boys lacrosse team entered its OHSLA first-round playoff game with Wilsonville Friday night with a ton of momentum, one of the best records in the state and an undefeated conference record — led by a group of 15 seniors. But it wasn’t meant to be for the Indians. … ]]> http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6579279-113/game-roseburg-goal-wilsonville A team with a record like South Eugene’s 4-22 would not often be considered a tough draw in the playoffs. The Axemen might be an exception, though. The Roseburg High baseball team (15-8 overall) will find out Monday when it hosts the Midwestern League squad in the first round of … ]]> http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6577201-113/roseburg-playoffs-baseball-indians http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6576294-113/ball-stadter-6-3-consolation http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6573399-113/siu-bro-suth-south http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6567832-113/game-glide-run-fricke http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6581501-113/won-100-jump-district http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6558702-113/regional-win-ducks-open http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6559197-113/tennis-ball-6-1-consolation Dave Heverly has watched the growth of the Roseburg High boys lacrosse program since its inception in 2001. The 47-year-old has been the head coach for all but one of those seasons and the Indians — with three straight Midwestern League titles in the books — are currently the top … ]]> http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6533351-113/heverly-jake-team-lacrosse Jason Bergold kept going … and going … and going. Austin Hutchins kept the district javelin title in the family for at least another year. Gabrielle Kearney did what she was supposed to do as the favorite — win her signature event. All three highlighted a solid showing by Roseburg’s … ]]> http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6558310-113/roseburg-kearney-javelin-district Brandon Jackson, the former Roseburg High standout, gets his first taste of PK Park tonight when the No. 6-ranked Beavers and No. 10 Ducks open their three-game Pac-12 baseball series. Like everybody else involved in the Civil War, he can’t wait. With two weeks left in the regular season, the … ]]> http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6545464-113/jackson-hander-beavers-ducks http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6558462-113/glendale-akers-joslyn-mcguire Crysta Conn and her Portland State University teammates are excited about having at least one more weekend of softball in front of them. The Vikings (25-29) are among the 64 teams in the NCAA Division 1 field after winning the Big Sky Conference tournament last Saturday in Pocatello, Idaho. Portland … ]]> http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6520222-113/conn-team-state-season http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6530498-113/roseburg-golf-round-indians There was little need for Roseburg High boys tennis coach Eric Ball to elaborate on how he felt about the seeding for this week’s OSAA Class 6A Championships. The Indians’ top doubles team of senior Sam Stadter and junior CJ Ball was awarded the bracket’s No. 2 draw. Freshman Stefan … ]]> http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6530362-113/ball-round-roseburg-seed The Roseburg High girls lacrosse team will have to be on top of its game tonight in a do-or-die situation. The Indians (8-2), co-champions of the South League, open the Oregon Girls Lacrosse Association playoffs on the road against Metro League champion Sunset of Beaverton (14-2) in a second-round game. … ]]> http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6529967-113/game-roseburg-sunset-girls Roseburg head coach Brian Cuilty carries good vibes heading into the Southwest Conference district track and field meet. Thurston of Springfield is the host school, but the two-day meet will be held at Roseburg’s Finlay Field. Competition gets under way at 2:30 p.m. Thursday with finals in the boys and … ]]> http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6519653-113/district-meet-100-girls A day after earning the label, Tyler Franke is still getting used to how it sounds. The Sutherlin High junior golfer is a state champion. “I’m still pretty much in shock,” he said. It could take a while. This is not what Franke expected. Coming into the week, he said, … ]]> http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6530844-113/franke-golf-sutherlin-workman http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6532208-113/ncaa-ducks-regional-byu http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6532318-113/game-oregon-gonzaga-hambright http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6506730-113/roseburg-information-girls-june Joe Polamalu’s successful five-year run as Douglas High’s head football coach is over. The 44-year-old recently accepted the head position at Sandy, a Class 5A school that’s a member of the Northwest Oregon Conference. Polamalu, who’s a counselor at Douglas and will join the Sandy faculty in a similar position, … ]]> http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6517655-113/polamalu-douglas-state-glide CORVALLIS — Garrett Ramsey and the Roseburg High golf team are right in the mix after the first day of the Class 6A state golf championship. But the mix happens to be abnormally huge. Ramsey is one of 13 players separated by just two strokes atop the leaderboard going into … ]]> http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6516928-113/golf-roseburg-state-class http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6516876-113/joslyn-rbis-runs-district http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6506962-113/prep-championships-class-state http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6491555-113/main-watson-late-riley http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6503826-113/oregon-state-series-hits http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6503939-113/women-pac-won-track http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6491593-113/ingram-bauman-bidwell-chris http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6491429-113/def-6-3-johnson-6-2 http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6490924-113/points-javelin-women-crouser http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6487839-113/gld-100-oak-jump http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6487047-113/oakland-bonanza-game-patt http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6475193-113/000-game-douglas-rbis http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6489668-113/run-hits-game-runs Makinna Akers was baked from the heat, and 17 innings of work in the pitcher’s circle Saturday. But the Roseburg senior right-hander also had a smile on her face after the Indians earned a sweep of Grants Pass in a Southern Oregon Hybrid softball doubleheader at Stewart Park to end … ]]> http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6484312-113/akers-game-indians-roseburg Stefan Ball is just getting to know the Southwest Conference tennis scene. Players on courts from Eugene to Medford are going to have to deal with Roseburg’s freshman for a long time. Ball dominated his first SWC tournament, sweeping four matches without giving up a game, culminated by a 6-0, … ]]> http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6485732-113/ball-6-0-def-stefan YONCALLA — Shane Joslyn feels like the luckiest man on the face of the earth. The 52-year-old, in his third year as the head softball coach at Yoncalla High School, gets to coach his daughters, Brandi and Brianne. He has coached them in softball going back to T-ball and is … ]]> http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6456392-113/brandi-joslyn-brianne-yoncalla http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6466545-113/oakland-riddle-rogers-000 It couldn’t have gone much better for the Roseburg boys on the first day of the Southwest Conference district tennis tournament Thursday at Hoffman Tennis Center. The Indians advanced their top-seeded singles player and top two doubles teams to Saturday’s semifinals. They earned berths to the Class 6A State Championships … ]]> http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6461235-113/def-6-0-6-1-ball http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6466813-113/goals-roseburg-league-indians Sam Stadter had been playing tennis for less than three years when he first took over Roseburg High’s No. 1 singles slot. The gifts he possessed were not physical; in fact, it would not be a stretch to say Stadter was the least physically-intimidating individual gripping a racket every time … ]]> http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6453998-113/stadter-ball-state-doubles http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6454097-113/district-joslyn-coach-monroe JAKE FORRESTER UVC junior SPORT: Baseball. POSITIONS: Pitcher, shortstop. AGE: 17. GPA: 3.2. OTHER INTERESTS: Wrestling (for Glide), hunting, fishing, Timber sports. COLLEGE HOPES: Oregon State University, University of Oregon. FAVORITE ATHLETE: Jorge Reyes, Tucson Padres pitcher and former OSU hurler. FAVORITE MOVIE: “Grown Ups.” FAVORITE MUSIC GROUP: Sleeping with … ]]> http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6442047-113/favorite-athlete-forrester-group http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6427188-113/favorite-athlete-discus-field http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6443928-113/roseburg-team-tournament-runs http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6441096-113/prep-umpqua-douglas-valley OAKLAND — Umpqua Valley Christian clinched at least a share of the Big Fir League baseball title Tuesday, capitalizing on some poor Oakland defense and getting another quality pitching performance from Jake Forrester to take a 7-3 win on the Oakers’ field. The Monarchs (19-4 overall, 10-1 District 4), winners … ]]> http://www.NRToday.com/sports/6432771-113/oakland-forrester-uvc-oakers