Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Mike Barry and Mark Wilson each shot 1-under par 71s to tie for the lead in the men’s open division in the first round of the Rogue Valley Stroke Play Championships Saturday at Centennial Golf Club. Barry, whose lone city championship — as the tournament is also known — was in 2010, was 2 over through eight holes, then made four birdies in the next five holes to get untracked. A bogey-par finish left him at 1 under. Wilson, who recently won the Centennial men’s club championship, made four birdi
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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KLAMATH FALLS — Home runs by Cole Carder, James Bell and Tommy Ahlstrom, and a clutch go-ahead two-run double by Kody Garvin in the top of the ninth inning pushed the Rogues over the Klamath Falls Gems, 10-6, in Great West League action Thursday at Kiger Stadium. Ahlstrom hit a game-tying three-run home run in the top of the fifth inning. His big hit occurred not long after Rogues pitcher Michael Moore induced a double play with the bases loaded and nobody out to Medford native and Gems’ cleanup
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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EAGLE POINT — This is what Patrick Oropallo had to offer. Another world. If only for a sliver of time on a glorious summer afternoon at a place, a golf course, far from home, the head professional at Eagle Point Golf Club provided an escape for a group of military veterans so in need. “The first day we came out here, I was really going through some stuff,” said Golden Johnson, an Army vet who was born in Texas, raised in Portland and played in the Benson High basketball program behind one A.C. G
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Everything appeared to be working the Medford Mustangs’ way during Wednesday’s opening game of the American Legion AAA Northwest Regionals, until it wasn’t. Medford carried a 3-1 lead with Yakima Valley down to its final out in the Washington champion’s final at-bat before the wheels ultimately came off for the Oregon champions in a stunning 4-3 loss at Ogren Park in Missoula, Montana. “That was one of the tougher ones I’ve ever experienced given the situation and the whole circumstance of every
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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EUGENE — The Medford Mustangs rapped 31 hits Tuesday to sweep the Eugene Challengers and earn the automatic berth from Area 4 into the American Legion AAA state tournament. Medford produced eight runs in the sixth inning and won the opener, 16-1, in six innings. The Mustangs took the nightcap, 10-2, assuring that they can’t be caught by anyone other than Roseburg with four games to play. As state tournament host, Dr. Stewart’s is already automatically in the tournament so Medford gets in as the
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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NORTH BEND — Coming off a high from their thrilling upset over the American Legion A state favorites the day before, the North Jackson players knew they would have to give Hillsboro, the only team to beat the Royals in the tournament, all they had to reach Sunday’s afternoon title game. That sense of urgency may have caused uncharacteristic miscues to accumulate for the Royals, yet the club still had a chance in the top of the seventh. But trailing by one run with two outs and the bases loaded,
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Staff reports Josh Winkler’s two-run triple in the 10th inning carried cellar-dwelling Yuba-Sutter to a 6-4 Great West League baseball victory over the Medford Rogues Friday at Harry & David Field. The contest kick-started a three-game series between the two. Game 2 is at 6:35 tonight at Harry & David. The Gold Sox improved to 9-22, while Medford dropped to 19-16. Winkler’s blow, which scored Mike Shoenberger and Elijah Smith with unearned runs, ruined a possible comeback by the Rogues. Medford
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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KLAMATH FALLS — Tommy Ahlstrom had a home run and two doubles and three Medford pitchers combined for a three-hit shutout as the Rogues roughed up the Klamath Falls Gems 8-0 in Great West League action Wednesday at Kiger Stadium. Ahlstrom, a second-baseman, went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored and was one of three Rogues with three hits. Leadoff hitter Cole Carder went 3-for-4 with two doubles and three runs scored and right-fielder Kody Garvin went 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI.
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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The Yuba-Sutter Gold Sox will replace the Klamath Falls Gems as the opponents for the Medford Rogues for Friday and Saturday night to finish out the 2018 Great West League regular season. The Rogues will defend their 2017 GWL Championship starting Sunday against the Lincoln Potters at Harry & David Field. The games scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday against the Klamath Falls Gems have been canceled due to the Gems being unable to field a team. “We would like to thank the league for creatively a
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Sandy Day is, ahem, old enough to play in the women’s senior division of the Southern Oregon Golf Championships. She did so the past couple years, winning it in 2016 and placing second last year This year, she dropped back into the women’s division. Watch out, kids. Day eagled the first hole of her qualifying round Wednesday at Rogue Valley Country Club, then showcased marvelous up-and-down skills and posted a sometimes erratic, but ultimately effective, 1-under-par 72 to claim medalist honors.
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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By Kris Henry Mail Tribune The only thing better than making history is making some more, and that’s exactly what the Medford Mustangs are hoping for as they open the American Legion AAA state tournament at Legion Field in Roseburg Saturday morning. Last year, Medford became the first Legion AAA program to secure four straight state titles in Oregon history, and adding another championship would only extend the Mustangs’ chances for going down as the most decorated summer franchise of all time.
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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KLAMATH FALLS — Offense took center stage but there were a few defensive highlights Friday as the North Medford Mavericks settled for an Area 4 split with the Klamath Falls Cardinals in American Legion A baseball. The visiting Mavericks used a pair of six-run innings to edge Klamath Falls in the opener, 17-14, but they couldn’t match the Cardinals in Game 2 as North Medford fell 11-7. Despite losing the nightcap, the Mavericks (22-16, 15-10 Area 4) turned in a notable effort on defense by turnin
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Something old, something new. That’s what’s in store for the Southern Oregon Golf Championships as the summer winds down in a smoky haze with two of the area’s top tournaments: the Rogue Valley Stroke Play Championships and the SOGC. The stroke-play tourney, also regarded as the city championships, is Saturday and Sunday at Centennial Golf Club. The 89th edition of the Southern Oregon, with nearly 400 entrants, follows at Rogue Valley Country Club. Qualifying rounds are Tuesday and Wednesday, an
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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The Medford Mustangs had a plan entering Saturday’s opening game of the American Legion AAA state tournament, and nothing was going to deter them from that course of action. The plan largely involved limiting pitch counts in order to keep pitchers eligible as the tournament plays out, and was built on manager Nate Mayben’s confidence that his players could get the job done. That confidence was rewarded in every way possible Saturday at Legion Field in Roseburg as Medford took its first step towa
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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NORTH BEND — Two outs from elimination against the American Legion A state tournament favorites, Jacob Leeper and North Jackson showed everyone why to never count the Royals out of contention. Facing a three-run deficit heading into the bottom of the seventh inning, Leeper capped the Royals rally with a game-winning three-run double that catapulted North Jackson into the final day of the tournament with a 9-8 win over North Coos on Saturday at Clyde Allen Field. The Royals (22-11) will face fell
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Two Medford Rogues players — Cole Carder and Riley Kasper — were selected to the Great West League all-star first team following a vote of the league managers. GWL champion Chico dominated the voting, with seven first-team selections and 13 players on the top two teams. Eleven Rogues were on the first and second teams or received honorable mention. Carder, an outfielder who starred at South Medford High, was sixth in the league in hitting with a .349 batting average over 44 games. He had six hom
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Marketed as mealtime magicians, multi-cookers such as the Instant Pot remain an enigma to a sizable number of consumers whose rush to purchase one a year ago broke online sales records. “There still seems to be this aura of magical thinking around it,” says Michele Pryse, a master food preserver for Oregon State University Extension. “It’s not as magical as people think.” Pryse urges disillusioned cooks to recast the Instant Pot and its ilk as kitchen servants, in league with another era’s tried
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Joe Johnson definitely could have felt better, but he would have been hard-pressed to pitch much better Thursday night in getting the Medford Mustangs off to a good start in an Area 4 doubleheader against Willamette Valley. Johnson found out he had strep throat on Wednesday after not feeling well since Monday night, but some antibiotics in his system and the gamer mentality that led him to so much success at St. Mary’s High allowed him to carry through for a clutch effort in a 10-0 opening-game
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Steve Adams Sr. and his son, Steve Adams Jr., have little room for error as they begin adding 45-pound plates to barbells. Concentration becomes paramount for these Medford powerlifters when they squat, deadlift and bench objects comparable in weight to grand pianos and fully stocked vending machines. “We look at each other in the gym sometimes like, ‘Dude, I wanna quit,’” Adams Jr. says. “It’s so challenging that it can break you mentally. This is weight that can crush you. Think of it this way
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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From one high-powered offense to another, the challenge certainly doesn’t get any easier for the North Medford football team. And none of that matters to the Black Tornado, which welcomes the opportunity to move from one of the state’s best teams in Sheldon to another potent 4-1 squad, this time on the road, in Grants Pass on Friday night. “It doesn’t really matter where we play, we’re getting a chance to play,” said first-year North Medford head coach Steve Turner. “We’re happy to be out on the