SPORTS 10-13

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Oregon head coach Dan Lanning says all facets of the team are being evaluated including offensive play calling.

The coach previewed the matchup against the Nebraska Cornhuskers Saturday night.

“And we need to be better because we're about to play a really good Nebraska team, you know, obviously, gave Indiana everything that they could handle. They're playing really, really great on, defense, you know, very aggressive. They've a good tackling team. They don't give up long runs.”

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Oregon State quarterback Braden Atkinson and wide receiver Jesse Legree have been recognized by the Pac-12 Conference again this week.
Atkinson was named the Pac-12's Offensive Player of the Week for the third time this season, while Legree continues to sweep Freshman of the Week honors. He's won it all six games this season.
Atkinson was also named a Manning Award Star and Davey O'Brien Great 8 quarterback on Monday as well.

Head coach JaMarcus Shephard is looking towards Washington State this week.

“They have a number of different players on each side of the ball that are emerging as impact players and most importantly I think they're playing some really, really, really good defense. Coach Moore and his staff, they do a really great job.”

BLAZERS:

The Trail Blazers are back in action tonight visiting the Sacramento Kings in preseason action. Portland is 2-and-0 in exhibition play following Monday's 119-66 rout of the London Lions. Scoot Henderson had fourteen points in the victory.

LOCAL:

Girls flag football is coming to Oregon high schools this spring.  The Oregon School Activities Association voted to make it a sanctioned sport.  Oregon is the 25th state to add girls flag football.  For the last two years, it's been played as an emerging sport.  In 2028, girls flag football will be played in the Olympics

SPORTS 10-12

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Oregon State delivered a historic performance at Reser Stadium Saturday Night, routing San Diego State 66-14.

Jesse Legree caught 10 passes for 191 yards and three touchdowns, becoming the first Beaver ever with six straight 100-yard receiving games. Quarterback Braden Atkinson threw for 409 yards and five scores, marking his sixth consecutive 300-yard game.

Head Coach Jamarcus Shephard after the victory.

“This is a right dead smack in the center of the middle eight of our football season. We're 6 games in, all right, and so, I thought, I thought we did a really good job of going into halftime, exactly how we wanted them to.”

Now 4-2, the Beavers host Washington State Saturday afternoon.

The Beavs received votes in this week’s Associated Press and Coaches Top 25 Polls.

Oregon falls from 13 to un-ranked in the latest AP poll, and hangs on at number 25 in the Coaches poll after losing to the number 21 and new number 12 UCLA Saturday at a stunned Autzen Stadium.

The 3-2 Ducks ended up benching back-up starting quarterback Dylan Raiola in the 4^th quarter bringing in 3^rd stringer Brock Thomas.

Head coach Dan Lanning said after the loss there was plenty of blame to go around for coaches and players.

“We were atrocious on 3rd down, right? We're, we didn't have any success on 4th down. Obviously, the, the very 1st touchdown, you could say, hey, go, you know, kick the extra point. You know, it felt like there was a look that we felt comfortable with. I have to go back and watch it and see why it wasn't there. But that could have been the difference in the game as well. So that's a decision that falls on me.”

Coach Lanning was non-noncommittal on who would start at quarterback this week, saying film will be evaluated, as will the status of Dante Moore’s concussion.

The U of O faces Raiola’s former squad the Nebraska Cornhuskers Saturday night.

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SPORTS 10-9

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Number 13 Oregon faces 21 ranked UCLA tomorrow at Autzen Stadium.

The 3-1 Ducks are 11.5-point favorites off their bye week.

The Bruins come to Eugene undefeated.

The game is televised on CBS.

KBND coverage starts at 10:30 tomorrow with a 12:30 kickoff.

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Oregon State is back at Reser Stadium to take on San Diego State tomorrow afternoon.

The 3- 2 Beavers are now favored by more than two touchdowns over the 2-3 Aztecs.

The television broadcast is on USA Network.

Kickoff at 3 in Corvallis

BLAZERS:

The Trail Blazers are off until next week.  They will host the London Lions in an exhibition game on Monday at Moda Center.  The Blazers beat the Warriors in their preseason opener on Wednesday.

LOCAL:

COCC Rugby is back in action tomorrow.

The Bobcats play an exhibition against the Bend Roughriders on the COCC campus field starting at 11 am.

Redmond High School is a Top 40 finalist in T-Mobile’s Friday Night 5G Lights competition. The Panthers receive 25-thousand dollars and could win more for athletic upgrades. Community voting runs daily through October 25th at FridayNight5GLights.com.

SPORTS 10-8

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Oregon State is back at Reser to take on San Diego State this Saturday afternoon.

Freshman wide receiver Jesse Legree is earning national attention this week, landing on the Biletnikoff Award watch list.

The award goes each year to college football’s top receiver.

Legree is tied for the national lead with nine touchdown catches and ranks second with 741 receiving yards through five games.

Number 13 Oregon faces 21 ranked UCLA this Saturday.

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NBA:

The Trail Blazers’ were in good form in the first pre-season game last night against Golden State.

Deni Avdija picked up where he left off last season leading the team with 23 points in only 21 minutes.

Damian Lillard knocked down three three-pointers in his first game action in over a year.

The Blazers play Sacramento next week.

College Hoops:

Dana Altman is done at Oregon. The Ducks’ longtime men’s basketball coach is retiring effective immediately after 16 seasons in Eugene.

Altman won a program-record 382 games, led Oregon to nine NCAA Tournaments, and took the Ducks to the 2017 Final Four. Assistant coach Tony Stubblefield will serve as interim head coach for the upcoming season.

SPORTS 10-7

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Number 13 Oregon faces 21 ranked UCLA this Saturday.

Head coach Dan Lanning sized up the 4 – 0 Bruins earlier this week.

“Good teams that get the opportunity to play against each other. You know, UCLA is playing a high level of balls, a coaching staff that we have a really high level of respect for. I think some things that stand out immediately on film is just how effective they are at running the ball, and they have a quarterback that's operating at a really high level and is athletic.”

Quarterback Dante Moore has been at practice with the team but is listed as questionable to play after suffering a concussion in the USC game a week and a half ago.

The Oregon Coaches show airs at 7:05 tonight on KBND.

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Oregon State is back at Reser to take on San Diego State this Saturday afternoon.

Beavers players are being offered boosters for mumps after the Aztecs reported over a dozen confirmed Mumps cases.

NBA:

Trail Blazers basketball is back. The team hosts Steph Curry and the Warriors tonight to begin the preseason. The Blazers will play four exhibition games total with the regular season set to start October 21st.

SPORTS 10-6

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

3- 2 Oregon State is once again getting Pac-12 recognition this week after the blowout win Saturday at Colorado State.

Quarterback Braden Atkinson has been named the Pac-12 Conference's Offensive Player of the Week and Jesse Legree has been selected Freshman of Week for the fifth straight time—every week of the season.

Legree is second in the nation with 741 receiving yards on the year.

Atkinson has thrown for a national-best 1,848 yards and his 16 touchdowns rank second.

That performance earned him recognition this week as one of eight Manning Stars Of The Week and one of the Davey O'Brien Award Great 8 quarterbacks.

The Beavers are back at Reser to take on San Diego State this Saturday afternoon.

Number 13 Oregon faces 21 ranked UCLA this Saturday. The 4-0 Bruins look to test the U of O defense.

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In other college football news, Southern Oregon is gearing up for a weekend game against Simpson University. The Raiders will face off against the Red Hawks Saturday afternoon at home. The Raiders are coming off a weekend win after narrowly beating Montana Western 28-27 last Saturday.

SPORTS 10-5

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Oregon State opened Pac-12 play with a blowout win Saturday at Colorado State.

Quarterback Braden Atkinson threw for 427 yards and five touchdowns, and stand-out freshman wide receiver Jesse Legree caught three of them.

The Beavers 56-26 puts them at 3-2 overall, and 1-0 in the Pac-12. 

Head coach JaMarcus Shephard talking to the media after the game, “Thought this was a great way to start off our conference schedule I'm really happy overall. I talked to our team about being shocking, shocking in terms of the speed that we played at how physical we were and how competent we were and how what we were supposed to execute on this game day.”

Oregon State returns home to face San Diego State this Saturday afternoon.

Oregon moved up to number 13 in the latest Associated Press and Coaches Top 25 polls coming out of their bye this week.

The Ducks face UCLA this Saturday. The 4-0 Bruins moved into number 21 in the AP poll.

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NBA:

The Trail Blazers’ first pre-season games are this week.

Head coach Micah Nori said to members of the media last week he’s not sure having Ja Morant and Damian Lillard both starting fits into the defensive game plan but will be experimenting with line-ups during exhibition games.

Portland plays Golden State Wednesday. 

COLLEGIATE FALL CLASSIC:

Washington’s bats fired early and often, leading the Huskies to a 12–8 win over Oregon Saturday in the inaugural Northwest Collegiate Classic presented by the Thomas Family Auto Group.  The game was played at Historic Vince Genna Stadium in Bend, with a near-capacity crowd on hand under clear, spectacular Central Oregon skies.

SPORTS 10-2

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Oregon State opens Pac-12 play tomorrow at Colorado State.

It’s the fifth all-time meeting with the Rams, the last a double over-time thriller the Beavers won in 2024.

OSU is now 6.5 point favorites.

Kickoff at 3 pm on the USA Network.

NBA:

The Trail Blazers are still looking for a new television play-by-play announcer.

The team announced the hiring of Braiden Bell yesterday afternoon before announcing hours later he was dismissed following the discovery of racist and sexist comments on social media.

The Blazers issued a statement saying the posts were in violation of team and league policies, as well as values and expectations.

Portland’s first pre-season games are next week.

The team’s fan fest is Sunday at the Moda Center.

LOCAL:

Big Ten baseball comes to Bend tomorrow when the Oregon Ducks face the Washington Huskies in the inaugural Northwest Elite Collegiate Classic at Vince Genna Stadium. First pitch is 12:05, gates open at 11. Tickets at BendElks.com.

SPORTS 10-1

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Oregon State opens Pac-12 play Saturday at Colorado State.

Defensive Coordinator Mike MacIntyre spoke to the media this week saying his squad will have their work cut out for them.

The Beavs D registered 7 sacks last week at UTEP.

Number 15 ranked Oregon has a bye this week.

They face UCLA next Saturday the 10^th at 12:30. The Ducks are 12.5 point favorites over the Bruins.

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College Hoops:

The Pac-12 has released its men's basketball conference schedule.
Oregon State hosts San Diego State January 6th. Then go on the road at Boise State (Jan. 9) and Texas State (Jan. 14). Gonzaga is at Gill Coliseum January 24th.

NBA:

The Trail Blazers

The first pre-season games are next week.

LOCAL:

Big Ten baseball comes to Bend this Saturday as the Oregon Ducks face the Washington Huskies in the inaugural Northwest Elite Collegiate Classic at Vince Genna Stadium. First pitch is 12:05, gates open at 11. Oregon legend Mike Bellotti throws the ceremonial first pitch, with the Oregon Duck appearing throughout the game. Tickets at BendElks.com.