FALL FOOTBALL PREVIEW Pendleton/Nixyáawii has talent, but lacks varsity experience By ANNIE FOWLER, CUJ Special Contributor PENDLETON — Pendleton/ Nixyáawii football coach Erik Davis loses players to graduation each year, but when you have 17 players pick up their diplomas and march on to college, it leaves a pretty big hole in your game plan. “We have a lot of…
Thursday, Aug. 29 Boys soccer The Dalles at Pendleton, 4 p.m. Girls soccer Pendleton at The Dalles, 4 p.m. Cross country Pendleton, Pilot Rock at John Hascall Memorial 3K, Pilot Rock, 6:30 p.m. Prep volleyball Pendleton, Nixyáawii, Pilot Rock at Umatilla/Morrow County Jamboree, Pendleton High School, 4:30 p.m. Imbler at Weston-McEwen, TBD Dufur at Weston-McEwen, 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30…
By ANNIE FOWLER, CUJ Special Contributor MISSION — Landen Picard is a bit of a daredevil. When he’s not leaping over a high jump bar or a hurdle, he’s flying through the air on his motocross bike. “I have done everything from bull riding to basketball,” said Picard, a 2024 graduate of Nixyáawii Community School. “I’ve ridden horses and I…