Chemeketa Plays Hard, Loses Season Opener

Chemeketa's next match is home Sunday versus Olympic college. Game start time is noon.

(SALEM) - The Chemeketa Storm played hard in their season opening game, however, the Columbia Basin Hawks played just a bit harder, beating the storm in three games (26-30 / 25-30 / 27-30) Friday at Chemeketa.

Chemeketa played without starting Sophomore Middle Tracie Knowlton who was serving the first of a two game suspension and Sophomore outside hitter Deej

Donaldson who could be out for two weeks or more due to injury.

Former National Champion Powell Fills Out Ducks Wrestling Staff

The Oregon wrestling team opens the season November 9th with a dual meet against Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming.

(EUGENE) - Three-time All-American and former national champion Jason Powell has been hired as an assistant coach and will join the staff for the upcoming season, head coach Chuck Kearney announced Thursday. Powell, a national champion for Nebraska at the 124-lbs. weight class in 2004, takes the place of Jeremy Ensrud, who has left the program to become the head wrestling coach at Canby High School, in Canby, Ore.

“I am very excited to add Jason to this coaching staff,” Kearney said. “He brings a wealth of experience as a national champion as well as the work ethic of a training athlete.”

2006 Oregon Ducks Football Preview: Defensive Line Ready For Battle

The Oregon Ducks 2006 football season begins Saturday when the Stanford Cardinals come to Autzen Stadium. Kick-off is set for 12:30 PM.

(EUGENE) - Matt Toeaina posted 30 tackles a year ago and will anchor the line at either tackle or end, depending on where there is the greatest need. Sanders tied for third on the team with nine tackles for loss among his 17 stops after beginning to fulfill the promise last season that coaches had waited for.

Junior David Faaeteete and sophomore Cole Linehan hopefully offered glimpses of things to come in the fourth quarter of last year’s Holiday Bowl and will help man the interior of the defensive line, along with junior transfer Jeremy Gibbs.

Wolves Open Cross Country Season Saturday

Western Oregon to compete at the Boxer Rebellion.

(MONMOUTH) - Western Oregon’s men’s and women’s cross country teams will open the 2006 season on Saturday at the Boxer Rebellion, with just three practice days under their belt.

The meet is hosted by Pacific University in Forest Grove. Start time is 10:00 AM.

“We obviously are not expecting much yet, and everyone won’t run,” confirmed third-year head coach Mike Johnson. “It gives us a chance to get a good workout in and wet our competitive whistles a bit.”

West Albany, South Albany, Dallas, Woodburn, And Silverton 2006 Varsity Football Schedules

(SALEM) - Here are the 2006 varsity football schedules for the West Albany Bulldogs, South Albany Rebels, Dallas Dragons, Woodburn Bulldogs, and Silverton Foxes. All five teams are part of the new Mid-Willamette League.

West Albany Bulldogs:

Sept. 1 Springfield – 7:00 PM

Sept. 8 @ Pendleton – 7:00 PM

Sept. 15 Sherwood – 7:00 PM

Sept. 22 Silverton – 7:00 PM

Sept. 29 @ South Albany – 7:00 PM

Women Wildcats Ready For Fall Golf Season

Linfield’s fall season begins Sept. 16th with the first of five tournaments including all five Oregon members of the Northwest Conference.

(MCMINNVILLE) - Linfield’s fall season begins Sept. 16th with the first of five tournaments including all five Oregon members of the Northwest Conference.

Leslie Wheeler, Northwest Conference champion in 2005 and runner-up in 2006, returns to lead the 2006-07 Linfield women’s golf team.

Letterwomen Rachel Warwick and Shawnie Dakan also return, but other than that, new coach Karly Mills Cramer will not know much about her team until new players turn out.

Western Oregon Weekly Football Digest

The Wolves face the Willamette Bearcats Saturday night at McCulloch Stadium. Kick-off is set for 7:00 PM.

(MONMOUTH) - Ready to roll: After nearly four weeks of practice, the 2006 version of Western Oregon football will finally hit the field this Saturday night at McCulloch Stadium in Salem, taking on the Willamette Bearcats. Kick-off is set for 7:00 PM.

Quietly optimistic: The Wolves, under second-year head coach Arne Ferguson, carry a three-game winning streak into 2006. They finished 2005 with victories over Humboldt State, Western Washington and Puget Sound, wrapping up the campaign at 5-6—a four win improvement from 2004 (1-9).

Listen up: If you can’t make it to the Labor Day weekend contest under the lights, you have some listening options.

Beavers Fall to Loyola 3-2

The Beavers return to action Friday night against South Dakota State at the Wisconsin Inn Towner Invitational hosted by the University of Wisconsin.

(CHICAGO, Ill.) - The Oregon State volleyball team (1-3) suffered a tough five-game loss falling 3-2 to Loyola (30-28, 34-32, 26-30, 29-31, 14-16).

The Beavers took an early two games to none lead and served for the match in games four and five before taking the loss.

“We have inconsistencies in play,” said head coach Taras Liskevych. “Tonight we struggled on the outside positions and we didn’t pass well in a timely manner.

Ducks Are For Real: Beat No. 17 Long Beach State

Oregon next plays at the Cal State Northridge tournament this weekend, facing the host Matadors on Friday and Utah State on Saturday.

(LONG BEACH, Calif.) - The University of Oregon volleyball team passed its first road test of the season, defeating No. 17 Long Beach State, 3-1, on Wednesday night.

The Ducks (3-0) took the contest 30-16, 24-30, 30-24, 30-22. LBSU (3-1) began the day ranked No. 17 by CVU.com and was No. 27 according to AVCA.com.

For a second straight match, senior Erin Little came up big, leading the Ducks with 20.5 points and 17 kills. Freshman Sonja Newcombe had 10 total blocks, helping the Ducks to a 19.5 to 12.5 edge in team blocks for the match.