Hard to believe but we have reached the halfway point in the 2011 high school football season.   With five Fridays in September by the end of games this week, we get our first glimpse as to how the upcoming playoffs could come out.        The Table Rock Sports Bi Mart High School Games of [...]

The North Medford Black Tornado got a huge boost of confidence last Friday Night in their 46-44 victory at South Eugene and it came from all 3 areas of the team; offense, defense, and special teams.  First, Zach Tanner had an incredible one-game performance.  He accounted for more than 83% of their yards on offense.  [...]

      Going into tonight’s Ashland-Willamette game all eyes were on Jordan Visarraga, the Wolverines flashy, quick running back.   He averaged over 200 rushing yards per game heading into Walter A Phillips Field for a game against Ashland’s unheralded defense.       When the horn sounded all eyes were focused on John Volz, Ashland’s small, but tough [...]

    Each week sees our Table Rock Sports Bi Mart High School game of the week teams involved in what seems to be bigger clashes each week.      Take for example this week, the South Medford Panthers host the Crater Comets in a SW Conference game at Spiegelberg Stadium, or the Ashland Grizzlies hosting unbeaten Willamette [...]

It’s been a while since North Medford has had an 0-3 start.  You’d have to go back to the first two years of the split or Rod Rumrey’s first season to find that kind of a beginning to a football season.  An 0-3 start has the Medford football community buzzing.  That’s just the nature of [...]

The most lopsided South Medford win in the history of the Black and Blue bowl last Friday, and a record fith straight for the Panthers in the rivalry. Just a few short years ago, the shoe was on the other foot. North was dominating the series between the schools as Bill Singler came aboard to [...]

          Ashland’s defense  held Churchill to just 19 first half yards in a dominating performance.  But when the final horn sounded that same defense had been put to the test by Churchill, and had to hold off a hard charging last minute drive by the Lancers to preserve a wild 26-20 Grizz win.          With the [...]