Seven Pac-12 softball teams in preseason rankings
It’s hard to believe but Oregon State’s softball season will begin in only a couple more weeks.
The Beavers open on Feb. 9-11 with a trip to Tempe, Ariz., on the campus of Arizona State for the Kajikawa Classic.
OSU will face Brigham Young and Idah...
An early look at the Knights schedule
With temperatures in Corvallis getting a little frigid this week, it can’t hurt to think about next summer a little bit. So, here’s an early look at the Corvallis Knight schedule. The team opens on June 1 on the road with a three-game series at Walla Walla. The home opener at Goss Stadium will be...
Today’s top stars: Corvallis’ Robinson and Monroe’s Renshaw
It was a busy night on Tuesday for high school basketball and we had some pretty good performances. Here are some who grabbed my attention: Top female performance Leslie Robinson, Corvallis: Robinson had some great stats in the Spartans’ MWC victory over South Albany but also exhibited leadership on the floor. “She’s a natural-born leader and...
Ehlers, Jensen hot on high school hoops court Friday night
Here on the G-T sports desk, a lot of high school results pass through my hands on their way to our pages in print and online. With that in mind, I thought I’d recognize some of our top performances. So, here are some athletes who caught my eye from Friday night’s games. Top female performance...
Philomath girls look like top team in Oregon West
One of the more interesting races in our high school basketball region just might be in the Oregon West Conference for the girls. Philomath currently sports an 8-3 overall record. Action within the conference doesn’t get started until Jan. 20 with a trip to Central. The Warriors still have nonconference games against Elmira and Sweet...
Santiam Christian boys off to great start
The high school basketball schedule is starting to get a whole lot more interesting with schools getting into conference play.
A few of the smaller conferences have already seen league action. Among those, the Santiam Christian boys are off to a good s...
A look ahead at the 2012 Corvallis Knights
While trying to warm myself by the wall heater in my Corvallis apartment on another chilly morning, summer baseball is about the last thing on my mind. But for the Corvallis Knights, our local West Coast League ballclub, it’s business as usual. The team has been busy over the past few months signing up players...
OSU track’s Sam Bell deserving of honor
This past week, former Oregon State track and cross country coach Sam Bell was honored by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association with the George Dales Award. According to a press release on the honor, it goes to an individual who “enhanced the profession of coaching track and field and cross...
MLB implements dress code guidelines for media
Earlier this week, Major League Baseball issued dress code guidelines for members of the media. We don’t cover pro baseball here at the G-T but I found this to be a sort of interesting statement on sports journalists and perhaps some of the younger reporters. I don’t really know how my colleagues feel about dress...
Early viewpoints on Pac-12 men’s hoops
John Marshall, who covers college basketball for The Associated Press, wrote Thursday that the inaugural season of the Pac-12 is off to a bad start. “UCLA has been the biggest disappointment. The Bruins were picked as the co-favorites to win the Pac-12 and opened the season with double-digit losses to Loyola Marymount and Middle Tennessee....
That didn’t take long
Last night I blogged about the Pac-12 football coaches losing their jobs. I see today that Washington State has announced the hiring of Mike Leach, the somewhat controversial former coach at Texas Tech.
According to CBSSports.com, Leach will get a five...
Three Pac-12 coaches down this week
The coaches are beginning to fall around the country, including right here in the Pac-12 with Washington State’s Paul Wulff, UCLA’s Rick Neuheisel and Arizona State’s Dennis Erickson all getting axed here in the past few days. Erickson’s case may be more of an interest to folks in Corvallis. After all, he helped the Beavers...
