Corvallis boys looking for second straight state title
It’s about seven hours away from tip-off between Corvallis and Milwaukie for the 5A boys basketball state title. The Spartans are back with a chance to play for a second straight state title after gutting out a tough win over Benson, 59-45, in the semifinals on Friday night. Read more about that game here. Here...
Corvallis, Benson set for rematch in the 5A semifinals
Last year, the Corvallis and Benson boys basketball teams played the ultimates state title game. Benson’s Andrew Andrews scored 41 points and single-handedly kept the Techmen in game. Corvallis’ Jake Ehlers had 36 to help the Spartans avoid blowing a second-half lead. The teams needed not one overtime, but two to determine a winner. In...
Another dominating performance by the Spartans
Jake Ehlers had 22 points, Nolan Hansen 17, Henry Parker 11 and Joey Spiegelberg 10 as the Corvallis High boys basketball team routed Silverton in the quarterfinals of the 5A state tournament at Matthew Knight Arena on Thursday night. It was the second time in as many meetings with the Silver Foxes where the Spartans...
Corvallis-Silverton pregame
We are about 20 minutes away from third quarterfinal of the day at the 5A state tournament, a battle between Mid-Willamette Conference foes Corvallis and Silverton. Corvallis won both meetings this season, including a 69-53 win at Silverton to end the MWC season and wrap up a 14-0 MWC mark for the Spartans. Both teams...
Memories of Freddie Solomon
Monday night was a sad one for me. I opened a story on the wire and learned that Freddie Solomon had died of cancer at the age of 59. Solomon was the first pro athlete I ever met. I was 11 or 12 and met him at the San Francisco Zoo when a bunch of...
More to 3-point success than just shooting
The 3-point shooting barrage by the Oregon State women’s basketball team down the stretch in Saturday’s Civil War win over Oregon in Gill Coliseum will long be remembered by OSU’s fans. Ali Gibson and Alyssa Martin both hit two and Sage Indendi added another as the Beavers rallied from an eight-point deficit with under 7...
T. Gerding releases summer Legion baseball schedule
To borrow a line from coworker Brad Fuqua, with the weather outside less than desirable, let’s take a look at the summer baseball schedule. If you want to see what the Corvallis Knights of the West Coast League have on tap for the summer, make sure you check out Brad’s blog here. Today, I received...
Catch up on the weekend in sports at the GT
It was an up-and-down weekend for the sports teams at Oregon State. The seventh-ranked gymnastics team picked up a huge win over No. 4 Oklahoma in its season opener. The Beavers shook off a sluggish start to knock off the Sooners, who had won 32 straight nonconference meets dating back to 2009. Here is Cliff...
Keith Heyward heads to rival Huskies
The Oregon State football coaching staff took a hit today when Washington confirmed that Keith Heyward will be the new defensive backs coach for the Huskies. Heyward, who played at Oregon State and has been a member of the coaching staff since 2008. He was also a graduate assistant on 2005 and 2006. Heyward played...
Monday odds and ends after a great weekend of sports
For those who sat through all 60 minutes of Oregon State’s heartbreaking quadruple overtime loss to Stanford on Saturday night, it was a rough ending as the Cardinal scratched and clawed their way to a 103-101 win. For those writers tasked with covering the game, it was rough because of deadline issues. Our man on...
Pac-12 announces football schedule
The Pac-12 released its football schedule for next season and you can read all about it here. The big Oregon at USC game that many things will have national title implications is set for Nov. 3 at the Coliseum. As for Oregon State, here is the schedule and dates: Sept. 1 — Nicholls State Sept....
Some thoughts while waiting for stories
It’s been a while since I sat down to blog and since I am waiting for stories and photos from the Rose Bowl, figured now was as good a time as any. Exciting Rose Bowl game as Oregon wins its first since 1917 with a 45-38 victory over Wisconsin. It was the last game for...
