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Ducks take on Montana at home after strong season opener

By Liam Baker

EUGENE, Ore. — The Ducks (1-0) all but led from start to finish in their season-opening 82-71 win over the Georgia Bulldogs and now take on the Montana Grizzlies (1-0) in their first home game of the season. Playing in the Hall of Fame Classic in Las Vegas, Georgia scored the first point of the game but the Ducks responded with an 11-0 run and led the rest of the way. While the Bulldogs cut the Ducks' lead to as little as four early in the second half, Oregon pushed the lead to as much as 20 as they cruised to victory. In the game, Oregon dominated the paint, outscoring Georgia by 18 and out-rebounding them by 22. N'Faly Dante had his way all game, scoring 16 points and pulling down 21 rebounds. His 21 rebounds were the most by a Duck in 49 years. Fellow big man Nate Bittle added 13 points and Brennan Risby contributed 16 points off the bench including a thunderous dunk over a Bulldog defender. It was an overall strong performance by the Ducks to open non-…

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HSFB Preview: Thurston Heads North to Begin Playoffs vs. Wilsonville

By Charles Martindale

Winners of eight straight games, the Thurston Colts will have their biggest challenge of the season begin Friday at 7:00 PM. Making the drive to Portland for the start of 5A playoffs, the Colts will need to come up with a new strategy for the Wildcats, who dispatched them 44-15 in an earlier meeting this year.

QB Noah Blair leads a Thurston attack looking to complete the upset. In last week’s season finale, Blair threw for 326 yards and four touchdowns. A second year starter despite being only a junior, Blair’s numbers have all improved in his second year under center, nearing 3000 yards on the season with a completion percentage of 74. Blair’s favorite target is senior Walker Bonar, who accounted for 16 of Thurston’s touchdowns this season and put up over 1000 receiving yards on the year. Ethan Burkhead is the only player outside of Blair with 50+ carries, and he’s done his part to help even things out in a pass heavy…

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HSFB Preview: Thurston Heads North to Begin Playoffs vs. Wilsonville

By Charles Martindale

Winners of eight straight games, the Thurston Colts will have their biggest challenge of the season begin Friday at 7:00 PM. Making the drive to Portland for the start of 5A playoffs, the Colts will need to come up with a new strategy for the Wildcats, who dispatched them 44-15 in an earlier meeting this year.

QB Noah Blair leads a Thurston attack looking to complete the upset. In last week’s season finale, Blair threw for 326 yards and four touchdowns. A second year starter despite being only a junior, Blair’s numbers have all improved in his second year under center, nearing 3000 yards on the season with a completion percentage of 74. Blair’s favorite target is senior Walker Bonar, who accounted for 16 of Thurston’s touchdowns this season and put up over 1000 receiving yards on the year. Ethan Burkhead is the only player outside of Blair with 50+ carries, and he’s done his part to help even things out in a pass heavy…

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QuackSmack: Thursday (11/9/23)

Hosts: Ryan Milano, Austin Ota, Saul Galvan

6:00 Oregon Football under the lights vs. USC

  • A Heisman QB battle; the implications for Nix and Williams
  • Does Oregon have the capability defensively to impact USC's offense?
  • What is left on Oregon's schedule to boost their CFP resume?

6:35 Duck Basketball is back in full swing

  • What to make of the Men defeating Georgia in the opener
  • The Ducks banged up to start the season...again
  • The outlook for the Oregon Women after Peyton Scott's injury

Directors Games

  • All-Aboard
  • Predictions…

QuackSmack: Tuesday (11/7/23)

Hosted by Knight Jarecki, Saul Galvan and Griffin Bowes

(6:00) Oregon Volleyball sweeps the mountain schools

  • What stood out from this past weekend
  • Were Sunday home matches just cursed or. challenge this year
  • Stanford on Thursday, what we learned from the first match versus the Cardinal

(6:15) GUEST: Eli Kleinmann, USC's KXSC and Annenberg Media

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WBB PREVIEW: New Season Brings Excitement for Oregon Women’s Basketball

by Mario Ponce

EUGENE, Ore - Hoop season comes to Eugene once again, as the Oregon Ducks Women’s Basketball program suit up for their 10th season under head coach Kelly Graves. The team comes off consecutive 20 win seasons, but a loss in the Pac-12 quarterfinals to Stanford kept the team off the NCAA tournament for the first time since the 2015-16 season. Now the Ducks look to keep up the pace and return to March Madness.

Oregon’s deficiency last season was its conference play, as it had a 7-11 record against Pac-12 opponents. Now that six teams here start the season ranked, and two do so in the Top 5, Oregon must start strong and capitalize on it’s opportunities in a stacked Pac-12. The Ducks will play a series of 11 non-conference clashes to start the season, and won’t take on a conference opponent until a New Year’s Eve game up in Corvallis against the Oregon State Beavers. The team will play throughout all of January and February before…

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WBB PREVIEW: New Season Brings Excitement for Oregon Women’s Basketball

by Mario Ponce

EUGENE, Ore - Hoop season comes to Eugene once again, as the Oregon Ducks Women’s Basketball program suit up for their 10th season under head coach Kelly Graves. The team comes off consecutive 20 win seasons, but a loss in the Pac-12 quarterfinals to Stanford kept the team off the NCAA tournament for the first time since the 2015-16 season. Now the Ducks look to keep up the pace and return to March Madness.

Oregon’s deficiency last season was its conference play, as it had a 7-11 record against Pac-12 opponents. Now that six teams here start the season ranked, and two do so in the Top 5, Oregon must start strong and capitalize on it’s opportunities in a stacked Pac-12. The Ducks will play a series of 11 non-conference clashes to start the season, and won’t take on a conference opponent until a New Year’s Eve game up in Corvallis against the Oregon State Beavers. The team will play throughout all of January and February before…

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PREVIEW: Oregon Men's Basketball Set to Tip Off 2023-2024 Season

Written by Yaniv Horenstein and Leo Schulhof


College basketball is BACK! The Oregon men’s basketball team is set to begin their season this Monday (Nov 6) against Georgia. With the transfer portal taking over NCAA sports, players jumping ship has become the new normal in college basketball. Oregon is a prime example of the changing times with heavy roster turnover. Of the 15 players on the roster, eight are playing their first season in green and yellow. Let’s dive into Dana Altman’s squad for this year.
 
Oregon’s most intriguing position will be the center. N’Faly Dante is returning for his fifth season at Oregon, and the 6’11 dominant big man was named to the preseason All-Pac 12 first team. Dante averaged 13 points and eight rebounds last season while recording ten double-doubles in 30 starts. Dante shines in the low post as a force on both offense and defense and is looking to raise his stock in next year’s NBA draft. He came back for a…

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PREVIEW: Oregon Men's Basketball Set to Tip Off 2023-2024 Season

Written by Yaniv Horenstein and Leo Schulhof


College basketball is BACK! The Oregon men’s basketball team is set to begin their season this Monday (Nov 6) against Georgia. With the transfer portal taking over NCAA sports, players jumping ship has become the new normal in college basketball. Oregon is a prime example of the changing times with heavy roster turnover. Of the 15 players on the roster, eight are playing their first season in green and yellow. Let’s dive into Dana Altman’s squad for this year.
 
Oregon’s most intriguing position will be the center. N’Faly Dante is returning for his fifth season at Oregon, and the 6’11 dominant big man was named to the preseason All-Pac 12 first team. Dante averaged 13 points and eight rebounds last season while recording ten double-doubles in 30 starts. Dante shines in the low post as a force on both offense and defense and is looking to raise his stock in next year’s NBA draft. He came back for a…

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Oregon Football Story: Oregon Ducks Dominate against the Cal Golden Bears

Written By: Ben Schoenfield

EUGENE, OR– On Saturday afternoon the Oregon Ducks Football team played at Autzen Stadium versus the Cal Berkeley Golden Bears in a Pac-12 matchup. The Ducks beat the Golden Bears 63-19 with a combined air and run attack. Bo Nix and Tez Johnson lead this team with big games for each of them. Bo Nix threw 29/38 for 386 yards and 4 touchdowns. Tez had 12 receptions for 180 yards and had 3 punt returns for 75 yards. Nix has 25 passing touchdowns and 5 rushing touchdowns, including 2 today, to only two interceptions. 

The first quarter was very sloppy on both sides. There were four turnovers in the quarter alone, including on the first play where Bo Nix threw a slant to Tez Johnson, and it slipped out of his hands and got picked off. The Oregon defense returned the favor on Cal’s first drive, when Steve Stephens IV got the ball back with a redzone pick. Stephens interception came after a blocked field goal returned for a…

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