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3-Rivers All Stars Advance in Regional Tournament

The Three Rivers All Star Babe Ruth baseball team went 2 wins versus 1 loss in pool play in the Northwest Regional Championships in Alberta, Canada.

Three Rivers defeated Bozeman, Montana 11 to 9 yesterday and advanced to play Middleton, Idaho this afternoon at one o’clock local time. Middleton went 1 and 2 in pool play with a run differential of minus six. Three Rivers run differential is plus 8 and only two other teams have better differential, Lakeridge, Oregon and the Calgary Longhorns.

The winner of this afternoon’s game plays tomorrow at 10 a.m. against Lakeridge.

Posted on 7/26/24 8:49AM by Chuck Benson

Three Rivers All Stars Baseball Playoff Schedule

The Three Rivers All Star Babe Ruth baseball team is in route to Alberta Canada to participate in the Northwest Regional Championships in the 14-year-old category.

Three Rivers 1st game is slated for next Tuesday night at 7 p.m. Pacific time against the Longhorns out of Calgary, B.C. Wednesday afternoon at one Three Rivers is designated the home team when they face Moses Lake out of the state of Washington. Thursday afternoon, also at one o’clock Three Rivers, again as the home team, faces Bozeman, Montana.

Posted on 7/19/24 9:54AM by Chuck Benson

3-Rivers All Stars Babe Ruth Team Needs Financial Support

The Three Rivers All Star Babe Ruth team won the state championship on Sunday here in Grants Pass.

Three Rivers outscored the Umpqua Valley All Stars 12 to 2 in Saturday’s first game with Griffin DeKruger going three for four at the plate. Griffin singled in the 3rd, 4th and 5th innings leading the team’s offense.

The South Coast All stars were Three Rivers next victim when the home team triumphed in a scoring fest 21 to 17 in Saturday’s 2nd game. This time it was Lawson O’Leary leading the offense with a single, triple and a home run.

Sunday’s championship game saw O’Leary again lead the team, this time with a dominant mound performance handing the Umpqua Valley All Stars their 2nd loss. The young right hander struck out 12 while allowing four hits and two runs and giving up five walks.

The Three Rivers team is headed to Alberta, Canada for the round two of the national championships next week and there is an urgent need for additional funds to make sure the team can make the trip. They have established a go fund me page for donations. To help go to https://gofund.me/12d17e84

Posted on 7/16/24 11:11AM by Chuck Benson

3-Rivers All Stars Babe Ruth Needs Financial Support for Championship Travel

The Three Rivers All Star Babe Ruth team won the state championship on Sunday here in Grants Pass.

Three Rivers outscored the Umpqua Valley All Stars 12 to 2 in Saturday’s first game with Griffin DeKruger going three for four at the plate. Griffin singled in the 3rd, 4th and 5th innings leading the team’s offense.

The South Coast All stars were Three Rivers next victim when the home team triumphed in a scoring fest 21 to 17 in Saturday’s 2nd game. This time it was Lawson O’Leary leading the offense with a single, triple and a home run.

Sunday’s championship game saw O’Leary again lead the team, this time with a dominant mound performance. The young right hander struck out 12 while allowing four hits and two runs and giving up five walks.

The Three Rivers team is headed to Alberta, Canada for the round two of the national championships next week and there is an urgent need for additional funds to make sure the team can make the trip. They have established a go fund me page for donations. To help go to https://gofund.me/12d17e84

Posted on 7/16/24 10:39AM by Chuck Benson

Local Sports Roundup

The Cavemen beat North Medford, 7 to 1. Troy Osborne had three hits, scored three runs and threw five and a third innings, allowing just one earned run to register the win for Grants Pass. The Cavemen improve to 3 and 2 in Southwest Conference play.

The Lady Cavers lost to North Medford, 19 to 1. Mady Montejano and Brooklyn Kuykendall both had singles for Grants Pass.

Hidden Valley broke a 4 to 4 tie, and scored eleven runs over the last two innings to beat Mazama, 15 to 4. Alijah Zauher had four hits, five RBI's and threw two and a third scoreless innings in relief to earn the win for the Mustangs. Hidden Valley improves to 7 and 3 overall and 3 and 0 in the Skyline Conference.

Posted on 4/10/24 8:24AM by Chuck Benson

Cavers Upset Jesuit, Earns Chance to Play for 4th in State

The Grants Pass Lady Cavers advanced to the trophy game Saturday with a 37 to 26 win over the highly regarded Jesuit Crusaders Friday morning at the Chiles Center in Portland. Brooklyn Wakefield led the Cavers contributing 12 points and 9 rebounds in the defensive battle.

The Cavers face the Jefferson Democrats in a battle for the fourth place trophy in the game scheduled to tip off at 9:45. KAJO will air the OSAA broadcast of the game live with a pregame beginning about 10 minutes prior to the tip off.

Fourth ranked Jefferson, now 25 and 3 on the season, defeated Southridge 64 to 70 in an earlier game Friday morning.

Posted on 3/8/24 1:18PM by Chuck Benson

Cavemen Open Post-Season Play at Beaverton

The Grants Pass Cavemen will open the 2024 State Basketball playoffs on the Road against Beaverton next Tuesday at a time yet to be determined. The OSAA froze the boy’s rankings last night and Grants Pass Statewide ranking improved to 26th. The Cavemen are shown in second place in conference with an identical 7 and 5 record with South Eugene, but the Cavemen hold the tie breaker with the Axe.

Posted on 2/24/24 5:15AM by Chuck Benson

Cavers & Cavemen Await Final Seedings for Post-Season Play

This is a big night for the Grants Pass Lady Cavers and the Cavemen as both await post season seeding and their next opponents on the last night of the basketball season.

Both the Cavers and Cavemen finished their regular season play Tuesday but most of the conference and the state finish tonight. Both teams are assured of post season play by virtue of finishing in the top three in conference. The final seeding and the determination of their next opponent is done using the OSAA ranking system, a mathematical formula to determine the strength of each teams schedule and rank them accordingly. Those rankings freeze at 10 p.m. tonight. The only variance in the scheduling of opponents is teams are protected from facing conference foes in the opening round only.

The Lady Cavers are ranked 13th and should be in line for a home game, while the Cavemen are ranked 27th. Tonight’s games could affect both teams and the final matchups should be posted by the OSAA sometime Saturday morning

Posted on 2/23/24 9:22AM by Chuck Benson