Trinidy Blanton and Callie Millet won two events each for Coquille and the Red Devils took 11 of the 17 events overall for the girls in the six-school Siuslaw Icebreaker meet on Thursday.

Myrtle Point’s Mason Detzler and Andreas Villanueva and Marshfield’s Qwentyn Petty, Daphne Scriven and Alyrian Covey won two events each and Pirate Bodey Lutes had a blazing time in his season-opening 400 meters at the Marshfield Icebreaker track meet Tuesday.

The Southwestern Oregon Community College softball team is off to a strong season start, winning 16 of its first 18 contests.

Luke Rector of North Bend won the annual Run of Two Cities, held recently in Coos Bay and North Bend, with a time of 46 minutes and 23 seconds for the challenging 10-kilometer course.

North Bend picked up its first two softball wins of the season Monday and Tuesday, beating Bandon 32-4 and Brookings-Harbor 16-2.

Myrtle Point’s Mason Detzler had two big winning efforts in the throwing events and Jake Westerman of Gold Beach won three events in the season opener for track and field, the 18-school Reedsport Twilight Meet, on Thursday, March 16th .

Marshfield’s dance team placed in two different competitions at the state championships in Salem on Friday.

Marshfield distance running ace Alex Garcia-Silver will get to follow his dream.

Bandon Dunes Golf Resort is getting another golf course.

The season ended for the Southwestern Oregon Community College men’s basketball team Sunday when the Lakers fell to Columbia Basin 81-70 in the quarterfinals of the NWAC tournament.

The spring sports season for high schools in Oregon started Monday, and some of the area’s squads in baseball, softball, tennis, golf and track and field get right into the action this week.

Marshfield’s girls placed fifth in the Class 4A state tournament at Forest Grove, winning their quarterfinal game before losing in the semifinals and in the third-place contest.

The Southwestern Oregon Community College men’s basketball team came from behind to earn a spot in the Elite Eight at the NWAC tournament with a 73-70 win over Green River Community College on Saturday.

After the North Bend cheer team earned its first trophy in a state championship meeting, the North Bend City Council issued a proclamation honoring the team and declaring February 28 as North Bend Cheer Team Day.

The Southwestern Oregon Community College men’s and women’s swimming teams each finished second behind powerhouse Indian River State in the NJCAA national meet and the Lakers had two individual champions as well as one victorious relay team.

Two different members of the Southwestern Oregon Community College women’s wrestling team won titles in the NJCAA Women’s Wrestling Invitational last week. Victoriana Kim was the champion at 123 pounds, beating SWOCC teammate Emma Truex in the title bout.

With a dramatic victory on the final day of the season, the Southwestern Oregon Community College men’s basketball team clinched a sport in the NWAC tournament.

The South Coast Running Club’s annual Run of Two Cities is Saturday, March 11, starting and ending at Coos Bay’s Mingus Park.

COOS BAY — Three years in a row, Cascade Christian had a double-digit lead at halftime of the state championship game and watched the opponent come storming back.

COOS BAY — For the first time in school history, Banks is the girls state basketball champion.

COOS BAY — Oregon Episcopal came up just short of topping one league rival when the Aardvarks fell late to top seed Westside Christian in the Class 3A boys semifinals Friday night.

COOS BAY — For two games in the Class 3A state tournament, Sutherlin’s girls failed to make a field goal in the first quarter.

COOS BAY — Creswell’s boys shot their way to the fourth-place trophy Saturday at the Class 3A state tournament Saturday, topping Banks 64-51 at the Pirate Palace.

COOS BAY — As the final seconds ticked off the clock Saturday in the girls fourth-place game at the Class 3A state tournament, many of Amity’s players weren’t in tears.

Coquille had one boy and one girl receive first-team all-league honors in voting by the Far West League’s basketball coaches.

COOS BAY — Marshfield’s girls are headed to the Class 4A state basketball tournament.

Bandon had a short stay at the Class 2A girls state tournament in Pendleton, losing in the consolation bracket to Colton 32-28 on Friday morning.

COOS BAY — Westside Christian has had a goal of making it to the state championship game all season. Standing in their way Friday in the semifinals of the 3A Boys OSAA/On-Point Community Credit Union state tournament was an Oregon Episcopal squad the Eagles had beaten three times during the …

COOS BAY — Last winter, Pleasant Hill’s girls basketball team won six games and Nyssa won the Class 3A state championship.

COOS BAY — The Banks girls pride themselves on defense. When they finally got the offense going Friday, the top-ranked Braves surged into the championship game of the 3A OSAA/On-Point Community Credit Union state tournament at Marshfield High School.

The Coquille girls saw their run in the Class 3A playoffs come to an end Monday in a loss at Corbett, the top team in the coaches poll.

NORTH BEND — One won with a last-second shot, the other with an amazing comeback as Banks and Santiam Christian advanced to the semifinals of the 3A girls OSAA/On-Point Community Credit Union state tournament at North Bend High School on Thursday.

COOS BAY — Cascade Christian’s boys basketball team lost early in the season to Dayton, their only loss to a fellow Class 3A school this season.

Marshfield’s girls basketball team will face off against Molalla on Friday night with a spot in the Class 4A state tournament on the line.

The Southwestern Oregon Community College men’s basketball team saw its five-game NWAC South Region win streak end when league-leading Clackamas topped the Lakers 81-76 in the home finale for SWOCC.

NORTH BEND — Last year, Corbett teammates Ally Schimel and Ella Holwege lost an epic tiebreaker in the 3-point shootout for the Class 4A state tournament at North Bend High School.

The Class 3A state tournament begins Thursday at Marshfield and North Bend high schools, with the top teams in the state headed to the area for the three-day event.

Bandon’s girls are back in the Class 2A state tournament in Pendleton after the Tigers rallied from 16 points down in the fourth quarter and beat visiting Regis 60-56 in overtime Friday night.

Myrtle Point’s Logan Clayburn was the lone Coos County champion at the state wrestling tournament, which became a one-day marathon Friday following the snow that hampered the Portland area.

The Southwestern Oregon Community College wrestling team had one regional champion in the NJCAA West Regional tournament at Clackamas on Sunday.

North Bend swept the team titles and both the Bulldogs and Marshfield had multiple champions in the recent district swim meet.

Marshfield’s girls basketball team lost a chance to be the top seed for the Sky-Em League for the Class 4A playoffs when the Pirates fell to Marist Catholic 46-28 in a league seeding game at Siuslaw High School in Florence on Tuesday.

Coquille’s girls advanced in the Class 3A playoffs by beating visiting Horizon Christian 59-44 on Tuesday.

Due to inclement weather and city / county-wide state of emergencies, the Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the Rose Quarter has informed the OSAA that its campus is closed on Thursday, February 23. 

North Bend’s boys swimming team just missed a trophy in the Class 4A-3A-2A-1A state championships on Saturday.

Marshfield had three regional champions and placed second in the team race behind Mazama in the Class 4A District 3 wrestling tournament Saturday.