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BANDON — Many of the best golfers the world doesn’t yet necessarily know about yet are on the South Coast this week for the 120th U.S. Amateur Championship.
BANDON — Many of the best golfers the world doesn’t yet necessarily know about yet are on the South Coast this week for the 120th U.S. Amateur Championship.
BANDON — Last summer, Bandon Dunes Golf Resort celebrated its 20th anniversary.
The Bandon Crossings team picked up a win in a visitational tournament against Salmon Run of Brookings last week.
Bill Middleton had a memorable swing at Sunset Bay Golf Course Tuesday, making his first hole-in-one after many decades as a golfer.
SOUTH COAST — The good news is that students who participate in the traditional fall sports of football, volleyball, cross country and soccer will get to have a season this coming school year. The bad news is they have to wait until next winter for that season to begin.
BANDON — Rich Stefiuk has moved atop the season-long Crossings Cup standings at Bandon Crossings Golf Course with only a few weeks to go before the match play tournament that will determine this year’s champion.
COOS BAY — Braden Fugate of Bandon got his first win of the season in the competitive America’s Mattress Super Late Models division at Coos Bay Speedway on Saturday night, beating fellow Bandon racer Brody Montgomery in the main event.
When the U.S. Amateur championship tees off at Bandon Dunes next week, it will mark the seventh different United States Golf Association championship hosted by the resort.
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Coquille driver Ryan Baker beat a group of mostly drivers from out of town to win the IMCA Modified division in the Wednesday Night Throwdown event at Coos Bay Speedway this week.
A familiar group was atop the leaderboard in the Jack Dunn Memorial Tournament at Forest Hills Country Club in Reedsport last weekend.
CHARLESTON — Fifty years ago today, the Sunset Bay Golf Course officially opened.
BANDON — South Coast residents won't have a chance to watch the 120th U.S. Amateur golf championship in person next month, but they have had a chance to see the winner's trophy in the Bandon area.
NORTH BEND — The ongoing coronavirus pandemic kept the North Bend bowling team from being able to compete in the national tournament, but the team is reaching out to thank all the people who made the potential for the trip possible.
COOS BAY — Coos Bay Speedway had another busy Saturday night, with nearly 75 cars entered among the six regular racing divisions on the dirt oval. Officials are hoping for another big turnout Wednesday in one of the speedway’s midweek events.
COOS BAY — Kathe McNutt thought she was going to be able to open Mingus Park’s pool when Oregon went into its Phase 1 reopening. She had to wait a little longer, until Phase 2, but the pool has been busy as can be ever since.
COOS BAY — In the world of drag racing, the most prestigious honor is the Wally trophy, named after NHRA founder Wally Parks.
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Bandon Crossings took the lead in its two-part visitational tournament against visiting Salmon Run golfers last week.
NEWPORT — ODFW is hosting virtual meetings July 28 and 29 to gather public input on the 2021 sport bottomfish and halibut season and the 2021 directed commercial halibut fishery.
The Oregon School Activities Association remains committed to a fall sports season, if it’s safe to do so, though the first games have been pushed back for most sports and there is no timeline for when football could start.
Smallmouth bass fishing has been good along the Coquille River, in the mainstem of the river and also in the South and Middle forks. There are no daily bag limits or length limits.
The team from Bandon Crossings built a 24.5-14.5 lead over Salmon Run Golf Course on the first day of a two-part visitational tournament against the squad from the course near Brookings.
COOS BAY — Bo Hampton didn’t envision his summer turning out this way.
COOS BAY — Normally in the spring and fall, Coos County Youth Sports would have hundreds of kids playing soccer on up to 40 teams in the Bay Area. This year has not been like most.
GRANTS PASS — A former North Bend baseball standout was killed in a logging accident in Josephine County on Monday.
Tom Gant impressively shot his age with his net score two rounds in a row, and the second time also won the weekly Casual Fridays competition at Bandon Crossings Golf Course.
Scotty Kennon had his best finish of the season in the American Junior Golf Association with a third-place finish at the Wincraft/McArthur Towel & Sports Future Legends last week.
Coos Bay Speedway continues to enjoy strong turnout of drivers as one of the few facilities in the state where drivers can race.
Rising Bandon golfer Cassie Kennon recently won an Oregon Golf Association championship.
Gary Coots of Bandon finished third in the open division at the Oregon Stroke Play Championships at Trysting Tree Golf Course in Corvallis
Coos Bay Speedway had to cancel its show scheduled for Tuesday, July 14, after the 360 Winged Sprint Cars canceled Speedweek due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Next spring is going to be an extra busy sports season for Southwestern Oregon Community College and the rest of the NWAC schools since the conference delayed all fall sports except cross country and golf in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort and Bandon Crossings both have junior golf programs available for the area’s youths this summer.
COQUILLE — One of the most successful eras in any sport on the South Coast in recent years has come to an end.
The annual Jack Dunn Memorial Fundraiser Tournament will be held on Saturday, July 25 at Forest Hills Country Club in Reedsport.
Local drivers won a few of the divisions over two days of drag racing at Coos Bay Speedway over the Fourth of July Weekend.
The Boys & Girls Club of Southwestern Oregon is planning a Summer Basketball Skills Camp for later this month.
Bobby Cox and John Miles were the winners in a Fourth of July Scramble at Bandon Crossings Golf Course.
Bandon youth Griff Smith extended his win streak at Coos Bay Speedway by taking the Junior Stingers main event during racing on July 1 at the speedway.
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort and Bandon Crossings both have junior golf programs available for the area’s youths this summer.
Two South Coast golfers — one the most accomplished local player in recent memory and the other a rising talent — won Oregon Golf Association championships last week.
The Oregon School Activities Association Executive Board met this week to discuss the latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic and made one clear decision: The use of football protective equipment this summer will not be allowed.
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort has been featured regularly in best course lists by various national golf publications, but two of the courses recevied a different honor recently, listed by Golf Digest among the 20 most beautiful courses in the United States.
Coos Bay Speedway’s oval dirt track has been off to a busy start with five race nights in the past three weeks.
COOS BAY — Out of town drivers nearly won every main event over two busy days of racing on the oval dirt track at Coos Bay Speedway over the weekend.
COOS BAY — For the past several years, the effort to finish the south grandstand at Marshfield’s Pete Susick Stadium has been a labor of love for brothers Bill and Steve McNutt.
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