Sports

Sep

29

HSFB: Thurston High to Take on Undefeated Crosstown Rival

By Charles Martindale SPRINGFIELD, OR.: About 10 minutes on highway 126 separate the Thurston Colts from Springfield High School, and Friday night, both of Springfield’s high school football teams will converge on Silke field for their first meeting since last year. Background: Things got off to a rocky start for the Colts in 2023, with 20+ point losses spoiling their season and home opener. While the Springfield Millers jumped out to 4-0, the Colts have had to play catch up, entering Friday as winners of back to back games against North Eugene and Crater. The victory in Central Point against Crater saw the Colts put 64 on the board. Springfield also holds a win over Crater, and have averaged over 38 points per game to this point in the season. It’s a big game for the local rivalry, but also for a Thurston team looking to get above .500 for the first time on the young season. Rushing: Arguably the biggest draw to the game is… Read More

Sep

29

HSFB: Thurston High to Take on Undefeated Crosstown Rival

By Charles Martindale SPRINGFIELD, OR.: About 10 minutes on highway 126 separate the Thurston Colts from Springfield High School, and Friday night, both of Springfield’s high school football teams will converge on Silke field for their first meeting since last year. Background: Things got off to a rocky start for the Colts in 2023, with 20+ point losses spoiling their season and home opener. While the Springfield Millers jumped out to 4-0, the Colts have had to play catch up, entering Friday as winners of back to back games against North Eugene and Crater. The victory in Central Point against Crater saw the Colts put 64 on the board. Springfield also holds a win over Crater, and have averaged over 38 points per game to this point in the season. It’s a big game for the local rivalry, but also for a Thurston team looking to get above .500 for the first time on the young season. Rushing: Arguably the biggest draw to the game is… Read More

Sep

28

PREVIEW: Oregon Volleyball Faces Washington in Rivalry Match

By Cuinn Huber

After two clean sweeps in a row, the No. 6 Oregon Ducks Women's Volleyball team (12-1, 2-0 PAC-12) is preparing for yet another rivalry game against the University of Washington (9-4, 0-2 PAC-12) in what is sure to be a thriller. The Ducks are currently on a roll winning, twelve of thirteen matches so far this season and have swept the last three teams they have played (Marquette, Oregon State, and UCLA). The team dominance is being spearheaded by several players including Mimi Colyer, last year's PAC-12 Freshman of the Year, and Karson Bacon, who was just awarded PAC-12 Defensive Player of the Week. Bacon averaged two blocks a set during last weekend's matches against OSU and UCLA. Having not lost a home game since 2021, the Ducks are looking very good to keep the streak alive.

While the Washington Huskies are not ranked, they are by no means out of this match. Both May Pertofsky and Madi…

Sep

28

PREVIEW: Oregon Volleyball Faces Washington in Rivalry Match

By Cuinn Huber

After two clean sweeps in a row, the No. 6 Oregon Ducks Women's Volleyball team (12-1, 2-0 PAC-12) is preparing for yet another rivalry game against the University of Washington (9-4, 0-2 PAC-12) in what is sure to be a thriller. The Ducks are currently on a roll winning, twelve of thirteen matches so far this season and have swept the last three teams they have played (Marquette, Oregon State, and UCLA). The team dominance is being spearheaded by several players including Mimi Colyer, last year's PAC-12 Freshman of the Year, and Karson Bacon, who was just awarded PAC-12 Defensive Player of the Week. Bacon averaged two blocks a set during last weekend's matches against OSU and UCLA. Having not lost a home game since 2021, the Ducks are looking very good to keep the streak alive.

While the Washington Huskies are not ranked, they are by no means out of this match. Both May Pertofsky and Madi…

Sep

28

PREVIEW: Bushnell to take on College of Idaho, Followed by Powerhouse Eastern Oregon

by Agustin Tapia

Bushnell

Bushnell has started strong with a 9-4 record overall. In Cascade Collegiate Conference play, they are 7-2. The team managed to win in their last match against Oregon Tech, this win could boost their confidence against the College of Idaho on Friday. Speaking of winning, when Bushnell previously played against COI, they won 3-0. The Beacons have proven they can beat the Yotes and know they can do so again. This is thanks to the reliability in scoring from #20 Matty Ladd, with 77 kills, followed closely by #6 Halle Neumann, with 71 kills (in conference play). In conference play, services aces have been led by #3 Bella Parque, with 13 garnered, and #7 Amyah Semau with 11.

College of Idaho

This season for COI has brought them a record of 9-8, matching Bushnell with a 7-2 conference record. They are coming into Friday with a win against Walla Walla…

Sep

28

QuackSmack: Directors' Show (9/28/23)

Hosted by Austin Ota, Knight Jarecki, and Jonah Bruneau

Oregon Football Opens Conference Play 1-0 (6:00)

Recapping the win over Colorado
Who are the names to watch on the Cardinal?
What questions are we still looking for Oregon to answer?

Oregon Volleyball Faces off Against the Washington Schools (6:20)

Could we have asked for a better start to begin the season for Oregon?
Washington has stumbled to start conference play, but Washington State is a huge Litmus test for the Ducks. Who are the names to watch?

Oregon Soccer Faces off Against the Mountain Schools (6:40)

Colorado has been great to start the year and just dominated Denver
Utah has had an up-and-down start to the year

All-Aboard and Predictions (6:50)

Sep

27

PREVIEW: Oregon Women's Soccer Will Host Colorado Tomorrow in Their Second PAC-12 Match-up of The Season

By: Jack McArthur

The Ducks are set to face off against Colorado in their second in-league matchup of the year. The Oregon Ducks women’s soccer team have not had an ideal season thus far. The Ducks haven’t won a game this season. They currently have a record of 0-7-2, while Colorado has a record of 8-2. Colorado are currently the seventh best team in the Pac-12 record wise, while Oregon are ranked as the worst team. Oregon’s head coach is Graeme Abel, who is in the midst of his fourth season as head coach of the Ducks. Abel is 19-17-18 overall in his tenure with the Ducks so far. Colorado’s head coach is Danny Sanchez. Sanchez has done a great job at the helm thus far in his 12th consecutive year as the head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes. Sanchez has won 59.7% of his games coached for Colorado, with an overall head coaching record of 120-76-31 for the Buffaloes.

The Oregon Ducks are currently ranked as the worst team in the Pac-12, with a record of 0-7-2.…

Sep

27

PREVIEW: Oregon Women's Soccer Will Host Colorado Tomorrow in Their Second PAC-12 Match-up of The Season

By: Jack McArthur

The Ducks are set to face off against Colorado in their second in-league matchup of the year. The Oregon Ducks women’s soccer team have not had an ideal season thus far. The Ducks haven’t won a game this season. They currently have a record of 0-7-2, while Colorado has a record of 8-2. Colorado are currently the seventh best team in the Pac-12 record wise, while Oregon are ranked as the worst team. Oregon’s head coach is Graeme Abel, who is in the midst of his fourth season as head coach of the Ducks. Abel is 19-17-18 overall in his tenure with the Ducks so far. Colorado’s head coach is Danny Sanchez. Sanchez has done a great job at the helm thus far in his 12th consecutive year as the head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes. Sanchez has won 59.7% of his games coached for Colorado, with an overall head coaching record of 120-76-31 for the Buffaloes.

The Oregon Ducks are currently ranked as the worst team in the Pac-12, with a record of 0-7-2.…

Sep

27