ANNIE FOWLER, The CUJ PENDLETON — It’s been a week since Pendleton has been on the volleyball court, but the Bucks haven’t lost a step in beating The Dalles 26-24, 25-18, 17-25, 25-21 on Tuesday, Sept. 16, at Warberg Court.“Our offense was tough tonight and we came up with some amazing digs,” Pendleton coach Jodi Primus said. “We missed some…
ANNIE FOWLER, The CUJ PILOT ROCK — Kashley Golden had nine kills and two blocks as Pilot Rock opened Old Oregon League play with a 25-19, 25-15, 21-25, 27-25 win Tuesday, Sept. 16, over Nixyaawii.“We battled back in the fourth set for the win,” Pilot Rock coach Jen Porter said. “Nixyaawii played well. We struggled with our serving, which really…
By ANNIE FOWLER, The CUJ PENDLETON — Pendleton shook off some opening-home match jitters to beat 5A Redmond 25-15, 25-20, 18-25, 25-15 on Thursday, Sept. 4, at Warberg Court. “We can play much better, but we pulled off a win,” Pendleton coach Jodi Primus said. “We didn’t serve well tonight. We missed 16 serves and still managed to make up…
By ANNIE FOWLER, The CUJ PENDLETON — Pendleton ran into a strong The Dalles team in suffering an 8-0 nonleague loss on Thursday, Sept. 4. “Tough game,” Pendleton coach Kiana Rickman said. “The Dalles was a strong team last year; they lost very few and are even better this year. Proud of the resilience the girls showed, and hopefully it’s…
By ANNIE FOWLER, The CUJ THE DALLES — Pendleton fell to 1-2 on the season with a 7-0 nonleague loss to The Dalles at the Wahtonka Campus Soccer Field. “We played well with some injuries,” said Pendleton coach Evan Brandhagen, who singled out Kainen Zimmerman for his defensive play and Liam Clark on offense. Sophomore goalkeeper Jared Pace had seven…
By ANNIE FOWLER, THE CUJ BAKER CITY — Nixyáawii has been a fixture at the 1A state basketball tournament for years. The Golden Eagles are making a return trip this week and will face Country Christian at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 6, in the quarterfinals. The Golden Eagles and Cougars met at the 1A preview in December, with Nixyáawii coming…
PILOT ROCK 47, NIXYÁAWII 26 — The Rockets picked up their first Old Oregon League win with a road win over the Golden Eagles. “We played good defense today,” Pilot Rock coach David Norton said. The Rockets (4-9 overall, 1-1 OOL) led 10-5 after the first quarter and 20-9 at the half. They broke the game open with a 16-6 run…
By ANNIE FOWLER, The CUJ MISSION — On a night where Nixyáawii honored two players for eclipsing the 1,000-point mark, the Golden Eagles opened Old Oregon League play with a 96-42 victory over Pilot Rock on Tuesday, Jan. 14. “Our kids never stopped playing hard, even when the game was out of reach,” Nixyáawii coach Aaron Noisy said. Before the…
By ANNIE FOWLER, The CUJ PENDLETON — Pendleton had four players named to the Greater Oregon League first team for volleyball, including player of the year Avery Brown, a junior middle blocker. The honors, voted on by the league coaches, also saw three La Grande players land on the first team. Pendleton’s Jodi Primus was named coach of the year…
By ANNIE FOWLER, The CUJ PENDLETON — It’s that time of year where every football team left in the playoff bracket is good and each week the competition gets tougher. Pendleton/Nixyáawii will take on second-ranked Cascade in the 4A state quarterfinals at 7 p.m. Friday night at Willamette University. “We are excited,”Pendleton coach Erik Davis said. “I will be honest,…