NATIONAL CHAMPS.
Southern Oregon softball has won the NAIA Softball World Series for the first time in school history, defeating Oklahoma City 8-3 in a decisive game two.
Championship hardware: Headed to Ashland.
Head coach Bill Singler after state championship loss:
“This is a game. There is a winner and a loser, but when you go back to Medford, that community is going to be so proud of what you’ve done.”
Oregon Tech baseball coach, Matt Miles, was given months to live with an aggressive brain tumor.
Now years later, Miles is living life his way, which has helped him not only survive, but thrive as he enters his 12th season as Owls head coach.
@OregonTechOwls
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@NAIA
The Haka has become a big part of Hawaiian culture and the
@SOU_Football
team, with many Hawaiian players, has made it part of their pre-game ritual.
A look at today's Haka from the home opener, led by
@tunoamasi
📺
After reuniting in January, Matt Boudreaux and his three-year-old son Mason will be spending their first Thanksgiving together.
It'll also be Mason's first with Toria Bradford, the woman he now considers his mom.
@SOURaiders
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@souwbb
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@SOU_Football
Hey
@SportsCenter
, we're just going to leave these
#SCTop10
worthy catches right here for ya.
Just another day in the office for
@SOU_Football
receivers Parker Randle and Jordan Shelley.
There is magic in a moment.
South Medford's Terrence Butler, who scored two more touchdowns tonight, shared a special moment with the school's resource officer, Mike Jackson following a touchdown last week.
@SMHS_Pride
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@terrencetbutler
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@MSD549C
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@MedfordPoliceOR
Cool moment from yesterday's
@SOURaiders
men's soccer match. To start game, Special Olympics athlete, Trevor, makes a save for the Raiders and then busts a move!
BREAKING: Southern Oregon has advanced to the NAIA Softball Championship Game with a 4-2 win over Oklahoma City.
The Raiders need one win on Wednesday against OKC/Science & Arts/Georgia Gwinnett for its first softball title in school history.
Pat Shed, a former running back at EMCC (now known as Last Chance U) and Division I UAB, has launched a training program in Medford.
Here's what you need to know about Shed Versatile Training:
🚨BUZZER BEATER 🚨
Someone slap a cape on Aaron Borich, because he's playing HERO BALL. Down 74-73 to Corban, Borich hits the 3⃣ AT THE HORN to send Southern Oregon into the CCC title game.
@SOURaiders
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@AaronBorich5
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@tristenholmes11
SIGNED ✍️
Jacob Melton, a former South Medford and Medford Mustangs star, has signed with Oregon State baseball.
He'll take the torch from
@DylanPearce12
as the Rogue Valley's connection to the most successful NCAA baseball program of the 21st century.
Crater's Andy Monroe (
@andymonroe_
) is a larger-than-life figure in the local running community. It's loss and injury that have shaped him on his journey to
@StanfordXCTF
STORY 📽️
In less than a year,
@DylanPearce12
has won a Great West League title and a College World Series.
He returned to southern Oregon tonight to throw out the first pitch for the
@MedfordRogues
, and was later joined in the championship celebration by Oreogn State HC Pat Casey.
Three years ago,
@SOURaiders
didn't have a men's soccer team. Now, the team head coach Biniam Afenegus started from scratch is headed to the
@NAIA
national tournament.
One game changed one
@SOU_Softball
player's life forever. Mackenzie Evangelisti lost her father to liver disease in the middle of a game.
Today,
@allie_stines
put on a charity softball event to honor Mackenzie's father and anyone affected by any disease, disability or disorder.
SIGNED ✍️
Crater's Jantz Tostenson is headed to Georgetown on a track/cross country scholarship after selecting the Hoyas over Oregon and Gonzaga.
He's believed to be the 18th DI runner of the Justin Loftus era |
@jantz_tostenson
It's not just a Clackamas thing.
It's a best friend thing.
In Mitch Fink and Wyatt Hutchinson, two of the area's most talented athletes are two of the closest friends.
Here's their story:
@TheFinkanator77
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@wyatthutch7
@OITMBB
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@SOU_Football
Former Oregon, now UCLA head coach, Chip Kelly, along with star UCLA WR Theo Howard (
@theohoward2
) talk about Chase Cota (
@ccota_
) and the playmaking ability he's already showing in Westwood.
It must be laundry day in Ashland because Michael Miller (
@SOUMensSoccer
) put two defenders in the spin cycle and hung them out to dry!
Full highlights tonight at 11pm on
@KDRV
Once a Caveman, always a Caveman.
Former Grants Pass wide receiver Keegan Weiss was named an all-conference player by unanimous decision on
@linfieldsports
.
Former
@SOU_Football
star WR Matt Retzlaff signs with Stockholm Mean Machines, the most storied 🏈 team in the Swedish Premier League.
He joins the team in February.
Saturday's
@SOU_Football
game will make it 3 playoff trips in 4 years for the
@SOURaiders
seniors. But a season of adversity and remembrance makes this one special. So we asked: What does a home playoff game mean to you?
Chasing a Championship:
@SOU_Softball
has touched down in Springfield, MO.
Before they left, the team recorded a message for everyone back home.
From NW 12 at 6:
TONIGHT at 11: Jaylin Parnell, Josiah Johnson and Jaalen Owens in the house to talk commitments to Western Oregon.
South Medford's J-trio ready to make a splash in Monmouth.
At this time last spring,
@SOU_Football
star WR
@JordanSuell2
had to be shut down due to a shoulder injury.
This year, he's back at full strength, which means so is the rest of the SOU offense.
STORY:
A home game for Lebanon turned into a postgame party for
#CraterNation
.
@mayavanhook
and company stage the upset over the Warriors and are into tomorrow's semifinals.
Postgame coverage on NewsWatch 12 at 11 |
@CraterHoops
Meet Kelsey Anchors (
@Kanchors19
), the first known head HS baseball coach in Oregon's history.
"I want to show my students there are no boundaries for what they can do, even if it's wanting to coach a sport that is male dominant."
ICYMI: Crater's McKenna Gugliotta went the extra mile for her senior project. This week, she took soccer supplies to Jamaica 🇯🇲where she dropped off 40+ pairs of soccer cleats to children of the island nation.
Different country, same Matt Retzlaff (
@Matt_Retzlaff
). Former
@SOU_Football
WR went for 7 catches, 105 yards, & a TD in his debut for the Stockholm Mean Machines (
@SMM_Football
).
Mean Machines won the first game of the year, beating Goteborg Marvels, 30-20.
Henceforth, Wyatt Hutchinson (
@wyatthutch7
) shall only be referred to as "Hit Stick Hutch."
@SOU_Football
quarterback lowers the shoulder to punch in a TD in yesterday's game against Eastern Oregon.
The Phoenix-Talent School District has decided to halt all athletic fees to students. Sports will now be completely free. The district believes this will save some families 200 dollars a year, and create a larger support group for students.
Former
@NorthMedford
star,
@KaisonFaust35
, is following in his brother and dad's footsteps to
@OITMBB
, but it's his dream of creating his own legacy that keeps him moving forward.
FINAL: (3)
@SOU_Football
27, Carroll College 0.
Raiders improve to 4-0 heading into their bye week.
Wyatt Hutchinson (
@wyatthutch7
): 15-for-21, 194 yards, 2 TD, 9 carries for 39 yards.
SOU defense shuts an opponent out for the first time since October 11, 2003.
Lauren Quirke: Your NAIA Softball World Series MVP.
She tortured opposing pitching, going 7/15 (two doubles and a triple) with 5 RBI over
@SOU_Softball
's five games.
Her best friend,
@allie_stines
, breaks down her play:
Did you see this?
The local story went national 🚨🚨🚨
@paigemleeper
’s grand slam and
@SOURaiders
championship win featured on SportsCenter’s Top 10.
LINK (with audio):
COMING SOON:
"Big Time Where You Are": a Southern Oregon University football original documentary 👀
The season may be over, but these seniors' legacies will last forever. STAY TUNED.
📺FULL PREVIEW TRAILER:
Raider Stadium and Waleska, Georgia are 2,500 miles apart.
The offensive concepts of
@SOU_Football
and
@R_U_Football
make it seem like they're from different planets.
It makes for a fascinating matchup, and James Gravelle and
@Coachfozz
are here to break it down.
WATCH: In front of a packed house, South Medford's Chase Cota (
@ccota_
) commits to UCLA and flashes the "Fours Up."
Full coverage on Newswatch 12 at 5 and 6.
BREAKING: Southern Oregon softball is headed to the NAIA World Series for the third year in a row.
The Raiders defeat Hope International in a 4-3 thriller and punch their ticket to Missouri as one of the final ten teams.
The Eugene Police Department has confirmed that the victim in the deadly rollover crash just outside Autzen Stadium early Friday morning was recently dismissed Oregon linebacker, Fotu Leiato II.
Leiato was 21 years old.
The rest of the country is going to be hard pressed to find a better case for NAIA Special Teams Player of the Week.
@SOU_Football
's
@JaxClark23
had a day of punting for the ages.
Five punts downed inside the 20.
Two inside the 1.
Two 60-plus yard punts.
Rumor has it, all the cool kids at South Medford and around the Rogue Valley will be tuning into our "South Medford Drive to the Championship" special this Friday night?
Will you be watching as we preview the Panthers' run at history?
Today was all about the community for
@SOURaiders
athletes.
Football and softball players took the afternoon to help the Compassion Highway Project in Hawthorne Park.
Danny Miles: "I always hoped our players would love to play for us and look back on their time at Oregon Tech as one of the highlights of their life."
For the newly minted Hall of Famer, it's mission accomplished ✅
@OITMBB
@OregonTechOwls
@bittlenation
Is O'Rourke running in 2020? We don't know, but O'Rourke was running the floor in 2019 in a breakout performance for Southern Oregon tonight.
Tule O'Rourke makes his presence felt with 14 points in 15 minutes as SOU tops Multnomah, 100-90.
@SOURaiders
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@tristenholmes11
In case you were wondering what Matt Retzlaff (
@Matt_Retzlaff
) did to earn Superserien Championship MVP honors:
88 receiving yards, 2 TDs
1 carry, 49 yards, TD
Stockholm Mean Machines (
@SMM_Football
) erase 21-7 deficit to win the title, 42-41.
Senior Day is a time to reflect, especially for the six
@SOU_Football
players who have been with the program since 2014.
As the last playing connects to the National Championship team, it's about their championship legacy and the foundation they've laid for the future.
"Hey, this is the future right here. QC, the future." -
@the_reyvega
on JuCo transfer, Quaderius Clemmons.
The former option QB is going to be a dual threat in the Raider offense.
@SOU_Football
haven't seen him in action yet, but they will soon 👀
"To be a guy that's just from a small town that's now able to go to such a big place, it's pretty cool."
Former Crater and
@MedfordRogues
pitcher, Dylan Pearce (
@DylanPearce12
) on representing Southern Oregon in the College World Series.
SPRING SCRIMMAGE 3⃣
@SOU_Football
offense and defense going punch for punch in their last live action before the Spring Game, Friday, May 5.
FULL HIGHLIGHTS 📽️
Cente Borja is an unlikely hero. Sometimes, teams look to their stars for the inspiration. SOU Football's roster is filled with unique guys, willing to go the distance.
Tristen to the 2.
When
@SOURaiders
MBB take the court tomorrow for the opener, it'll be doing so with
@tristenholmes11
—the team's assist leader the past two seasons—at shooting guard.
It allows them to unveil
@itstezallen
at the point.
Next man up: After injuries and ejections,
@SOU_Football
needed to rely on a different cast of characters to pull out a win on Saturday.
For
@ReginoJake
and Xavier Smith, their "career firsts" could not have come at better times.
Seth Brown, the former North Medford and Medford Mustangs baseball player, will be making his MLB debut tomorrow for the
@Athletics
. Hear his reaction to the news tonight at 11pm on
@KDRV
.
(📸:
@BrownjulieJulie
)
.
@CraterHoops
will be playoff bound once again this year, thanks in large part to star sophomore
@Nathanbittle33
.
ICYMI from NewsWatch 12 at 11: The five-star recruit reflected on the evolution of his game and shared what's in store for this summer.