ENTERPRISE — Third-ranked Weston-McEwen opened Blue Mountain Conference play with a 47-14 win over Enterprise. The game was close in the first half as Weston-McEwen led 9-5 after the first quarter and 18-12 at the half. The TigerScots, who have won five games in a row, broke the game open in the third, going on a 21-0 scoring spree, keyed…
REDMOND — Pendleton used the inside-outside attack of Jubal Hoisington and Dillon Elrod to beat 5A Redmond 68-57 for its third win in a row. “That’s what we call a winning streak,” Pendleton coach Ron Murphy said. “Great win for our boys. It was a game we started a little slow, but after the first, we got our legs under…
MISSION — Kash Bronson poured in 32 points to lead the Nixyaawii to an 87-27 victory Thursday night over Wallowa. “When we move the ball, we can score,” Nixyaawii coach Aaron Noisey said. “We are improving on moving the ball and trusting it will come back to who had the hot hand.” The Golden Eagles (5-7) wasted no time on…
MISSION — All but one player scored as Nixyaawii cruised to a 50-15 nonleague win Thursday night over Wallowa. Neveah Moore scored seven of her 12 points in the first quarter as the Golden Eagles soared to a 20-4 lead. Nixyaawii (5-7) took a 29-6 lead at the half, then outscored the Cougars 21-9 in the second half to break…
PENDLETON — It was a packed house at Warberg Court on Wednesday night as No. 2 La Grande paid a visit to No. 3 Pendleton in a must-see wrestling match. The Tigers won every match from 120 pounds to 144 to escape with a 36-34 win and hand the Bucks their first dual loss of the season. “It was an awesome…
MISSION — The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Board of Trustees opened its first meeting of 2026 on Jan. 5 at the Nixyaawii Governance Center. Trustees discussed several resolutions during the meeting. Under old business, the board approved Resolution 25-102, authorizing the purchase of 39.99 acres of fee-simple land in Umatilla County from John and Marisa Remington. The…
MISSION – The Umatilla Tribal Police Department’s (UTPD) lead investigator in the case of missing Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) member Wesley Dixon Jones said no further searches are planned because the department has depleted all its leads. UTPD Det. William Morris said without new information there are no plans to conduct any more searches for the…
SCAPPOOSE — Scappoose stretched its win streak to four games with a 46-34 win Monday over 10th-ranked Pendleton at Warberg Court. “This was a missed opportunity tonight,” Pendleton coach Tim Foster said. “Scappoose plays hard and aggressive, and they caused us problems, but in general we did not execute well enough to win.” Scappoose (8-3) raced out to an 18-6…
Annie Fowler, The CUJ SCAPPOOSE — In one of the biggest upsets of the season, Pendleton outscored Scappoose 6-3 in overtime to hand the top-ranked Indians a 51-48 loss Monday — just their second of the season. “It’s so exciting for them,” Pendleton coach Ron Murphy said. “We haven’t put a full game together before today. We knew we could…