Coquille’s Morgan Baird and Bandon’s Traylyn Arana both were named first-team all-state in Class 2A in a voting of the state’s basketball coaches.

Things were just turning in the right direction for Zach Inskeep and the Marshall baseball team.

On the list of the most important things during a global pandemic, sports are quite low.

BANDON — For the first time since Bandon Dunes opened in 1999, the resort is closed to guests starting today and continuing through at least April 6.

No rakes in the bunkers. Cups turned upside down and flagsticks left in the holes. Buddies giving their friends those testy 3-footers.

COOS BAY — After a successful two seasons in the Southwestern Oregon Community College swim program, swimmer James Camp is headed to the next level. Camp, a native of Brisbane, Australia, will be swimming at the NAIA school Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa.

COOS BAY — The conclusion of the Southwestern Oregon Community College swim season has head coach Sandra Bullock eagerly anticipating the future for the Lakers.

While the impacts of the coronavirus are being felt throughout Oregon and the United States, Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, one of the South Coast’s biggest employers, remains open for business.

Leading the way, as she had all season, was Meghan Holloman. Southwestern Oregon Community College’s Holloman brought in postseason basketball awards as she was named to the Southern Region all-defensive team in addition to earning a spot on the NWAC’s Winter Sports Academic Excellence list.

There had been rumors, there had been whispers but Travis Wittlake really knew that the NCAA Wrestling Tournament was in jeopardy when his coach did the unthinkable.

The decision by every major conference to cancel the spring sports season in the wake of the COVID-19 virus epidemic has impacted a bunch of track athletes from the South Coast across all levels of college competition.

The Oregon School Activities Association has extended the suspension of all spring sports through April 28, in keeping with the school closure mandated by Governor Kate Brown, but kept alive the possibility of state championships in the various spring sports.

With the Southwestern Oregon Community College men wrestling at the NJCAA Wrestling Championships earlier this month the tournament consisted of ups, downs and some All-Americans.

The spring sports season is over for all Southwestern Oregon Community College athletes almost before it began.

A trio of North Bend players earned all-league recognition in voting by the Midwestern League’s basketball coaches.

It was a gathering of under 250 people. Proceeding cautiously during a global pandemic, the annual Run of Two Cities, which started and finished at Mingus Park, took place on Saturday morning. The race included nearly 50 runners in either the 10-kilometer, 5-kilometer or kids run.

Friday morning the Oregon School Activities Association announced that all sports practices and games have been suspended across the state until March 31. The news followed Thursday’s news from Governor Kate Brown that schools across the state would be closed due to the public health threat of coronavirus.

For the second time this school year, North Bend had a state champion team for academics.

Marshfield sophomore Mason Ainsworth was named to the Sky-Em League’s first team for boys basketball, in voting by the league’s coaches.

The South Coast Running Club’s oldest event, and one that covers a favorite training route of the legendary Steve Prefontaine, will be held Saturday.

The annual Bay Area Sportsman’s Association Big Mike All-Star basketball games are Sunday at Marshfield High School.

Coquille’s Morgan Baird was named player of the year for the Sunset Conference after leading the Red Devils to another berth in the playoffs — they ultimately got a state trophy for the fifth straight year.

The Southwestern Oregon Community College softball team dominated six games on a successful weekend trip north, improving to 11-3 on the season. On Friday, the Lakers crushed host Blue Mountain.

SWOCC’s baseball team had plenty of power, but not enough pitching as the Lakers won one of four games at two sites over the weekend.

The Southwestern Oregon Community College swim team went on a school record-breaking spree at the national championships while claiming one individual title, a variety of runner-up finishes and top-four finishes in the team races for both the men and women.

What a week!

For the fifth straight year, the Coquille girls basketball team earned a trophy at a state basketball tournament.

Salem Academy’s nine-point lead had disappeared. De La Salle North Catholic used the fourth quarter to chip away at the deficit and with 45 seconds left in Saturday’s fourth place game at Marshfield High School, everything was tied at 43-43.

Salem Academy’s nine-point lead had disappeared.

De La Salle North Catholic used the fourth quarter to chip away at the deficit and with 45 seconds left in Saturday’s fourth place boys game at Marshfield High School, everything was tied at 43-43.

John Fitzhenry is good at lacrosse. Like, really good. But it was Oregon Episcopal’s two-time lacrosse All-American being called upon on the hardwood on Saturday night at the Class 3A boys basketball championship game to help the No. 9 Aardvarks secure a 35-33 victory over Cascade Christian.

There was no time for Vale’s Emersyn Johnson to get nervous. With 23 seconds left in the game and the Vikings trailing Willamina 33-31, Johnson got a pass from Mattie Siddoway and hit a baseline jumper to tie the game.

Clatskanie’s girls were known this year for finishing games strong.

During his halftime talk in the Class 3A third-place game Saturday at Marshfield High School, Burns girls coach Brandon McMullen went through several key points. Among them were keeping track of Brookings-Harbor’s Sidney Alexander and spreading around the offense.

After a heartbreaking semifinal loss to Oregon Episcopal at the Class 3A state tournament on Friday, the Creswell boys basketball team had a heart-to-heart talk.

The season came to an end for Marshfield’s boys basketball team on Friday night, with the Pirates coming up just short at Woodburn in the Class 4A playoffs.

A year ago, imagining Oregon Episcopal in the Class 3A boys basketball final was quite a stretch.

Yet here the Aardvarks are, after a roller-coaster game that saw them trail by 11, lead by 15 and trail again before eventually beating Creswell 64-50 in the boys semifinals at Marshfield High School on Friday night.

After Sutherlin secured an overtime win on Thursday night, head coach Josh Grotting received a snarky text.

For Clatskanie’s defending state champion girls basketball team, everything starts with defense.

For Salem Academy’s boys basketball team, beating league rival Dayton is always sweet, even if the game is earlier in the day than is ideal.

The De La Salle North Catholic boys basketball team didn’t take losing in the quarterfinals to league rival Oregon Episcopal well. It wasn’t just that they were denied a shot at a third straight state title. It’s that they didn’t play De La Salle basketball.

With 5 minutes left in the first half, Pleasant Hill took a 20-18 lead over Vale. But from that point forward, the back-and-forth game turned one-sided in favor of the Vikings.