COTTAGE GROVE — The third-seeded South Umpqua football team played as hard as it has all season against No. 1 Siuslaw in the Class 3A state title game on Saturday.
COTTAGE GROVE — The third-seeded South Umpqua football team played as hard as it has all season against No. 1 Siuslaw in the Class 3A state title game on Saturday.
COTTAGE GROVE — For one team, it was the completion of a vision which began four years ago. For the other, it was a series of missed opportunities.
There are familiar faces on Steve Stebbins’ football coaching staff at South Umpqua High School.
The South Umpqua and Siuslaw football teams were supposed to open the 2021 fall prep season with a nonleague game against each other in Florence on Sept. 3, but that contest was canceled due to COVID-19 issues within the Vikings’ program.
In the fall of 2017, I was working as a nighttime nozzle jockey at the Florence Fred Meyer.
BEND — Juri Moros booted a 23-yard field goal with 18 seconds to play, launching South Umpqua into the Class 3A football state championship game with a 24-21 semifinal victory over Vale Saturday at Caldera High School.
BEND — Juri Moros made a 28-yard field goal with 18 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, lifting third-seeded South Umpqua to a 24-21 win over the No. 7 Vale Vikings in a Class 3A football semifinal playoff game Saturday at Caldera High School.
Camas Valley junior guard Kamalu Swift was selected the Lineman of the Year in Class 1A Special District 1 Central eight-man football during the all-league voting by the coaches.
Yes, the South Umpqua offense faces quite a challenge this weekend.
TRI CITY — Juri Moros was barely two weeks off of the plane when he walked onto the field for South Umpqua’s first soccer practice.
Monroe sophomore Bella Gamache was selected the Player of the Year in the Class 2A Central Valley Conference volleyball all-league voting.
Oakland senior lineman Jesse Parker was selected the Lineman of the Year in Class 2A Special District 3 football all-league voting done by the coaches.
BEND — After a defensive first half, Summit High School scored four times in the second half to pull away for a 37-19 win over the Roseburg High football team in the second round of the Class 6A state playoffs Friday night.
TRI CITY — South Umpqua’s special 2021 fall football season remained in motion on Friday night.
BEND — The Summit Storm gained a nice measure of revenge against the Roseburg Indians on Friday night.
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South Umpqua senior Juri Moros, an exchange student from Germany who led the Lancers to the Class 3A/2A/1A Special District 4 East Division title, was selected the league’s Most Valuable Player in voting by the coaches.
Sophomore Paige Edmonson of Sutherlin was selected the Most Valuable Player in the Class 3A/2A/1A Special District 4 girls soccer all-league voting done by the coaches.
Far West League volleyball co-champion Sutherlin fared well in the all-league voting by the coaches, winning the top individual awards.
Another golden opportunity awaits the South Umpqua football team.
It’s not often you get repeat matchups in a high school football season and when you do, it’s typically because both teams are playing well.
Junior goalkeeper Amy Carpenter and sophomore defender Emelie Morello of Roseburg were second-team selections in the Southwest Conference girls soccer all-league voting done by the coaches.
Senior Tyson Bustamante and junior Angel Flores of Roseburg were selected to the Southwest Conference boys soccer all-league first team in voting by the coaches.
Roseburg junior middle blocker Grace Luttrell was selected to the first team in the Southwest Conference volleyball all-league voting done by the coaches.
Roseburg was honored with 12 selections on the Southwest Conference football all-league first teams and also came away with the top individual awards in voting by the coaches.
DAYTON — The fifth-seeded Sutherlin girls soccer team lost to No. 4 Dayton 3-0 on Saturday in the quarterfinals of the Class 3A/2A/1A playoffs.
EUGENE — Roseburg senior Eliza Eckman finished 29th in the Class 6A girls state cross country championships on Saturday at Lane Community College.
The Sutherlin High School volleyball team fell short of winning its first state championship on Saturday.
MERRILL — Camas Valley ended its football season on Saturday with a 38-0 loss to fourth-seeded Lost River in a first-round game of the Class 1A eight-man playoffs.
VALE — Sutherlin took an early lead over Vale on Saturday afternoon.
BANDON — Oakland's football season came to an end Friday night with a 16-12 loss to No. 6-seeded Bandon in the first round of the Class 2A playoffs.
