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Central Oregon young rodeo athletes shine
The Tri-County Rodeo Club had a great two-day rodeo at their home competition, which was held May 3-5 at the Crook County Fairgrounds. This year's club has nearly 60 athletes, and several of them had outstanding performances in Prineville. Summer Schaffran had an outstanding performance for the cowgirls on the club, taking third on day one in barrel racing, then finishing first on day two. Schaffran was also seventh on...
Former Oregon beach volleyball captain, lead plaintiff in Title IX lawsuit commits to Division II school
The former captain of Oregon’s beach volleyball team and lead plaintiff in a federal Title IX lawsuit against the university will finish her athletic career at a Division II program. Ashley Schroeder, who entered the transfer portal in April, committed to Palm Beach Atlantic University. She will play indoor...
Cowboy baseball week
It was not the way that the Crook County Cowboys wanted to close out their home baseball season. On Wednesday, May 8, playing on senior night with the league championship on the line, Crook County led for most of the game, but in the end fell to The Dalles 6-5. It was the second one-run loss that Crook County has suffered at the hands of the Riverhawks. That left Crook County and The Dalles both with two league losses, however, the Riverhawks hold the tiebreaker...
Baseball Recap: Grant Brusseau can't quite lead Molalla over Crook County
Molalla lost against Crook County on Friday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Molalla Indians fell just short of the Crook County Cowboys by a score of 7-5. Molalla has not had much luck with Crook County recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
Cowgirls steamroll Molalla to cap regular season
The Crook County Cowgirl softball team took both ends of a doubleheader from Molalla on Friday. Although both games were played in Prineville, Molalla was the home team in game one as it was a makeup game that was originally scheduled to be played in Molalla. Crook County won game one 14-2 in five innings due to the 10-run rule, then made quick work of game two, winning 15-0 in three innings with the 15-run rule. ...
Cowboys, Cowgirls host district finals this week
Three Crook County Cowboys have made the quarterfinals in the final 8 in the Special District 4 tennis tournament and will be shooting for spots in the state tournament on their home courts Thursday and Friday. The opening rounds of the district tournament were held in Richland, Washington. The quarterfinals, semi and finals will be at Crook County High School May 17-18. Entrants placing first through third earn a spot in the state tournament. ...
Softball Recap: Isabella Lauerman leads Bend to victory over Mountain View
Bend entered their tilt with Mountain View with 12 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 13. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Mountain View Cougars a 3-0 shutout on Tuesday. That's more bragging rights for Bend, who also won the pair's last head-to-head. Addisen Fisher made...
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