CROSS COUNTRY – FOOTBALL – VOLLEY BALL CROSS COUNTY: Rockets ready for a change By ANNIE FOWLER, CUJ Special Contributor Pilot Rock hasn’t sent a runner to state for 23 years PILOT ROCK — It has been ages since Pilot Rock sent a cross country runner to the state championships. That is something Rockets coach Tyler Zyph would like to change.…
FALL SOCCER PREVIEW Bucks graduated their entire offense from last year By ANNIE FOWLER, CUJ Special Contributor PENDLETON — Former Alabama football coach Bear Bryant once said, “Offense sells tickets. Defense wins championships.” Pendleton boys soccer coach Evan Brandhagen is going to have to depend on his team’s defense this season as the Bucks’ entire offense graduated, including Greater Oregon League…
FALL VOLLEYBALL PREVIEW Spencer is working to put the program on the map By ANNIE FOWLER, CUJ Special Contributor MISSION — Nixyáawii Community School has been a basketball mecca since it opened its doors in 2004. Rayne Spencer is hoping to carve out a little piece of the fanbase for her volleyball team. “Volleyball is still very new to our…
GIRLS SOCCER FALL PREVIEW Rickman returns to Bucks’ sideline after 2-year absence By ANNIE FOWLER, CUJ Special Contributor PENDLETON — When coach Kiana Rickman left the Pendleton girls soccer program after the 2021 season, Kelsey Graham was a freshman and the Bucks were playing in the 5A Intermountain Conference. Rickman returns to the program this fall after spending the past…
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…