College Football:
Number 8 Oregon is preparing for the high powered offense of Number 7 Washington. Yesterday’s practice had linebacker Jestin Jacobs in full pads leading to speculation he may be ready to make his season debut Saturday. Reports show star defensive lineman Brandon Dorlus not at practice though. We may get more clarity tonight during the Ducks coaches show starting at 7:05 here on KBND.
Oregon State wide receiver and kick returner Silas Bolden has been named to the Hornung Award weekly honor roll. That’s for college football's most versatile player. In the Cal win, Bolden caught three passes for 34 yards, including one for a touchdown. He also rushed for 11 yards…and had 109 return yards on two attempts including a 59 yarder. The Number 15 Beavers are back at Reser Saturday against number 18 UCLA for homecoming.
Basketball:
Pac-12 Women’s media day yesterday saw the release of reporters picks for the 2023-24 season. Utah is picked to win the conference. Oregon is picked to finish 8th. Ducks coach Kelly Graves says he likes the makeup of his team calling them ‘blue collar and competitive’…OSU is voted to come in 10th. Coach Scott Rueck says he’s excited to have a veteran squad with seven returning players and three transfers, with the freshman getting experience on a trip to Italy. Oregon State's Raegan Beers and Talia von Oelhoffen earned Preseason All-Pac-12 honors.
Men’s Basketball Media Day is today in Las Vegas. Oregon senior Center N'Faly Dante was named to the Pac-12 Preseason All-Conference team. Oregon State sophomore Jordan Pope is on the Second Team. Dante and Pope will both be speaking to reporters today. Ducks coach Dana Altman is scheduled for 10:40…. with Beavers coach Wayne Tinkle at 11:05
Local:
High School- The OSAA delegate assembly on Monday voted to approve boys volleyball as an emerging activity. In the spring, boys volleyball completed a season with 32 high school teams, surpassing the threshold of 25 to be considered as an emerging activity. Monday's vote means that the OSAA staff will work closely with boys volleyball organizers in assessing the sport's viability to be sanctioned by the OSAA. To become fully sanctioned, it would need at least 50 schools to field teams.
Volleyball: Redmond at Mountain View, Caldera at Bend, Ridgeview at Summit, Sisters at Creswell.
Boys Soccer: Redmond at Mountain View
Girls Soccer: Mountain View at Redmond
