Oregon High School Sports News

Summertime should be spent making plans with friends and enjoying all that comes with the freedom of a full day with endless possibilities ahead of you.

It was a sports season packed with championships, touching stories and even some controversy at Jesuit High School, which has proven again to have one of deepest athletic programs in the state.

The Vikings' selection committee announced late last month that former softball stars DeeAnn "Peewee" Hetzel Henderson and Teena Shull Nelson , state swimming champion Robb Bauer and state high jump champion David Schiffer will be enshrined this fall.

David Peterson threw six solid innings and Shane Quarterley picked up a clutch save as the Medford Rogues took the first game of a three-game series against the Victoria HarbourCats 5-4 Thursday at Sports Traders Diamond.

On Tuesday, The Oregonian and Beaverton Leader began a series looking back at the top stories from the past year for each Beaverton area Metro League school.

Eight incoming freshman will be welcomed to Southern Oregon University this fall to help the Raider softball team launch the Jessica Pistole era after signing Cascade Conference letters of intent.

After squandering a six-run lead, the North Medford Mavericks had to come back in extra innings to salvage an American Legion A nonleague doubleheader split against the North Eugene Highlanders Tuesday.

As a part-time employee for the San Francisco Giants, Nathan Dines can count on working about every other home game.

We have reached the midway point of the summer, with an extended heat wave still firmly holding the Portland metropolitan area in its grasp.

Beaverton's Able Guzman deflects the ball upfield during his team's 3-0 win over Forest Grove at Beaverton High School in the second round of the Class 6A state playoffs.

Millan, who has spent the last six years as the Beavers' junior varsity coach, will run the varsity's summer workouts leading into the 2014 season.

Griffin, who turns 33 next week, informed Lakeridge players and parents last Thursday he would be leaving for the job at Jesuit.

One full school year into the grand experiment known as the Beaverton Leader , you - the Leader's readers - are telling us what's best.

Two league player of the year awards, two first team all-state selections. By anyone else's standards, that's one incredible high school career.

And for Henry Mondeaux , who just completed his senior season at Jesuit High School, almost all the results were great.

Carter Glick turned in a masterful pitching performance for the Medford Mustangs American Legion AAA baseball team on the opening day of the Reno Knights Tournament on Thursday.

Just over a year ago in June of 2013, Katie Newton had just finished her senior season with the Aloha High softball team.

Medford will host the 14 and under B softball state tournament beginning Friday at U.S. Cellular Community Park and North Medford High School.

A record turnout of runners faced cool temperatures at the annual Amy Hafer Run in Enterprise Saturday morning.

Beginning next week, 162 of the top high school football players in the country will descending upon Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton for the 2014 edition The Opening .