The 30th annual Oregon Class 1A Eight-Man All-Star Football game was held on June 22 at Eastern Oregon University’s Community Stadium in La Grande, and nine players from five Douglas County schools participated for the West team.
The 72nd annual Les Schwab Tires Bowl was the culmination of a high school career and a glimpse into what’s to come for Roseburg football standout Zack Mandera.
It may be spring and his focus may be on Roseburg High’s chase for a Southwest Conference baseball championship, but football is never far from Zack Mandera’s mind.
Roseburg's Zack Mandera has been selected to play for the South team in the Les Schwab Bowl All-Star Football game.
Glide High School senior Dillon Towne was selected to the Class 2A football all-state first team on both sides of the ball in voting done by the coaches.
Roseburg High senior Zack Mandera made it official Thursday night.
Yoncalla senior Dominic Aguilar and Camas Valley seniors Bryson Wolfe and Bridger Godfrey were named to the Class 1A all-state second team in a vote by the state’s coaches.
MURPHY — Lexi Schofield and Sidney Alexander each scored 10 points and Brookings handed the South Umpqua girls basketball team a 48-42 loss on Saturday in the Evergreen Tournament at Hidden Valley High School.
Junior tight end Dallas McGill was Reedsport’s lone selection on the first team in the recent Class 2A Special District 4 football all-league voting.
There have been 5,025 points scored through 84 games of the Oregon School Activities Association high school football playoffs.
Oakland junior linebacker Wil Powell shared the defensive player of the year honor with senior back Zach Morey of Regis in the recent Class 2A Special District 3 football all-league voting by the coaches.
New league, new year, same old Cal Parks.
CAMAS VALLEY — Eli Wolfe coached his final eight-man high school football game for Camas Valley Saturday afternoon in Dufur.
DUFUR — In a matchup between teams that have enjoyed stellar success in recent years, the No. 8-seeded Camas Valley Hornets had hopes of getting an upset win over the No. 1 Dufur Rangers Saturday in an OSAA Class 1A eight-man football quarterfinal playoff game.
MILL CITY — Two straight road playoff upsets over highly-seeded opponents was too much to ask of the Glide High football team.
There are several players who have stepped up this season and helped the Camas Valley football team advance to the quarterfinals of the OSAA Class 1A eight-man playoffs.
From the first day of practice to the last day of the fall season for Roseburg High, there were triumphs and near misses aplenty for Douglas County’s largest athletic program.
Defensive back Bradley Chapman and returner Trevor Kostic of Douglas were first-team selections in the recent Special District 2 South football all-league voting.
Camas Valley seniors Bryson Wolfe and Bridger Godfrey each received player of the year honors in the recent Special District 2 West football all-league voting.
CAMAS VALLEY — Bryson Wolfe and the Hornets were ready for this one.
Vale came out strong against Sutherlin and won 49-7 in a first-round game of the Class 3A state football playoffs in Vale.
KLAMATH FALLS — Hosanna Christian handed Riddle a 56-30 loss in an OSAA Class 1A eight-man football first-round playoff game on Friday night.
ASTORIA — So what if Glide had to go overtime against Knappa in the first round of the Class 2A football playoffs on the artificial turf at CMH Field.
Chase Joyce ran for 157 yards and four touchdowns to lead Crane to a 50-6 victory over North Douglas in the first round of the Class 1A eight-man football playoffs on Friday at Valentine Field in Crane.
Roseburg senior linebacker Zack Mandera was selected the Southwest Conference football defensive player of the year in voting by the coaches.
There’s a clear lack of playoff experience on Sutherlin High’s football roster.
CAMAS VALLEY — For the first time in a long time, the Elkton and Camas Valley eight-man football teams were not in the same league this season.
Senior Will Singleton and head coach Josh Gary received the highest honors for Sutherlin High School’s football team in all-league voting for Class 3A Special District 2 North.
Riddle’s football team took its first snap this season against Hosanna Christian. The Irish will now take their first snap in postseason against the Lions.
Here the North Douglas Warriors go to the Class 1A state football playoffs with a familiar foe laying in wait.
The Glide Wildcats enter the OSAA Class 2A football playoffs on a three-game losing streak, but coach Jody Doty sees Friday’s matchup with Knappa as a golden opportunity for his team.
Greg Gibby hasn’t stepped on the floor or field in a Roseburg High uniform in his four years at the school, but the senior may have been the most influential member of both the football and boys basketball programs the school has had.
Roseburg High finished the regular season playing well, but it was the early part of the season that will keep RHS at home rather than playing in the Class 6A football playoffs.
FALLS CITY — Two suspensions didn't help North Douglas' cause, but Falls City left little doubt of the Mountaineers qualifications in a 46-6 domination in a Special District 1 crossover playoff game on Friday.
One defensive stop in, Roseburg threw an offensive trick at Canby on Friday and claimed the momentum.
RIDDLE — The Riddle High School football team is returning to the state playoffs for the first time in 23 years after defeating Triad, 42-14, in a 1A Special District 2 Crossover football game Friday night.
