Vicky Jacobsen
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Australian pitcher chasing America’s pastime with Elks
Sitting in the dugout while the Port Angeles Lefties took batting practice, Elks pitcher Coen Wynne gestured around Vince Genna Stadium and described the entire scene as a “luxury.”Back home in Australia, where the 19-year-old Sydney native has played in the nation’s second highest league, facilities on par with the Elks’ are still rare. “There wouldn’t be a grandstand. There wouldn’t be a… → Read More
Trainer’s job is to patch up performers
SISTERS — Athletic trainer Devin Dice has been working professional rodeos for more than two decades, but he has never worked one in which no one got hurt.The Friday night performance of the Sisters Rodeo was no different.In the tie-down roping event, the first Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association-sanctioned event of the evening, the second competitor lassoed a calf and jumped off his horse but… → Read More
On the scene at the PPP: When you forget the paddle
With a race as big and complicated as the PPP, it is inevitable that someone will forget an essential piece of equipment. Or lose an essential piece of equipment. Or break an essential piece of equipment. And when that happens, the first place to turn is usually the REI store in the Old Mill District.“It’s actually kind of funny; it’s the Pole Pedal Paddle, and we have so many paddles going out… → Read More
On the scene at the PPP: A few questions for PPP costume standouts Fruit of the Zoom
You probably have a few questions about Fruit of the Zoom, the coed team that won the 25-29 age division at Saturday’s Pole Pedal Paddle while dressed as, yes, fruit. For starters, why dress as fruit?It’s pretty simple: Ryan Dupuie, 29 and of Bend, just wanted an excuse to wear a banana costume. Also, it made sense with the best name the team could think of, “Fruit of the Zoom,” which is… → Read More
Keala Rauschenburg, Madras student with Down syndrome, finds home on JV basketball team
MADRAS — T.J. Foltz said he never expected Keala Rauschenburg, his stepdaughter, to get much playing time when she tried out for the Jefferson County Middle School basketball team as an eighth-grader.Rauschenburg, now a 16-year-old sophomore who plays on the junior varsity team at Madras High School, has Down syndrome and had very little experience playing on organized teams before middle… → Read More
Nassar case gives Central Oregon gymnasts a tough question
Last Wednesday, Andrea Lawrence decided to pull down the USA Gymnastics banners hanging at The Children’s Gym, which she helps run in Portland. It was an easy decision for Lawrence, the chief operating officer of the gym.Lawrence had watched the sentencing of former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, who has been accused of sexually abusing more than 265 girls. Lawrence and her gym colleagues… → Read More
Cascade Hockey Invitational attracts youth hockey teams from across Pacific Northwest
With less than 45 seconds remaining in the Cascade Hockey Invitational 10U final Saturday afternoon and the Bend Rapids White and Southern Oregon Jr. Spartans tied at 7-7, Baeley Matsuoka stole the puck from a Spartan and immediately took a shot, which slid under the opposing goalie’s pads and into the net.“I stole it from whoever it was, and I aimed and I took a shot — I wasn’t expecting it to… → Read More
Central Oregon climbers flock to Bend Rock Gym to compete in Bend Boulder Dash
With the clock at zero, Miriam Timson, the last climber on the wall, swung for the topmost hold on the fourth and final boulder problem at Saturday night’s Bend Boulder Bash at the Bend Rock Gym. She just barely grasped the hold, and as the large crowd screamed encouragement she brought both hands together on the top hold before dropping from the height of a single-story building, landing on the… → Read More
Sandy Visnack takes over as Bend Endurance Academy enters new era
New executive director Sandy Visnack said Bend Endurance Academy is now “in that 2.0 stage.”Founded in 2009, BEA, which runs nordic skiing, climbing and mountain biking programs, is no longer the new kid on the Bend youth sports scene. That much is clear from the organization’s new headquarters in a refurbished car dealership on Third Street, which includes a weight room in what used to be the… → Read More
2018: The year ahead in Central Oregon community sports
Maybe Central Oregon’s numerous community sports events are part of your annual traditions, or maybe your New Year’s resolution is to test yourself on the trails, on a bike or on skis — or maybe you just want to cheer on your neighbors. No matter how competitive you are, we have plenty of reasons to get outside in 2018.Here is a list of running, skiing, cycling, swimming and multi-sport events… → Read More
For locals and pros alike, snowboarding season starts at Dirksen Derby
MOUNT BACHELOR — Red or green, the choice is yours.Amateur snowboarders got to choose their own adventure in Saturday’s qualifying rally race at the Dirksen Derby, picking between the “easier” green course, carved into the snow under Mt. Bachelor ski area’s Rainbow chairlift like a wintry waterslide, and the parallel red course, which featured even tighter turns — and more opportunities to wipe… → Read More
Two Central Oregon kids qualify for Junior NFR
Cutter Kluser was one of the last students at Elton Gregory Middle School to find out that he had qualified for the Junior National Finals Rodeo. When his parents learned the Redmond 13-year-old was one of 35 boys from the U.S. and Canada who would be competing in the senior division of the Mini Bareback World Championship in Las Vegas, Cutter’s mother, Tamy, immediately called the school, and… → Read More
Special Olympics Oregon participation, costs growing faster than fundraising
When Margie Hunt took over as the CEO of Special Olympics Oregon 14 years ago, 1,200 athletes took part in the program statewide.This year, the number of Special Olympians in Oregon is up to 14,000. Donations and corporate sponsorships, however, have not kept up with the explosive growth in participation, which, according to Hunt, is a primary factor in the suspension of the organization’s… → Read More
Bend Curling Club hosts Bend’s first bonspiel
It was after 10 o’clock on Friday night, the temperature at The Pavilion ice rink hovered a few degrees above freezing, but the Bend Beer Bonspiel was just getting started.After posing for a tournament photo, all eight teams competing in Bend’s first bonspiel (that’s curlingspeak for tournament) spread out across the ice for their opening matches as a smattering of onlookers circled the glass.… → Read More
2018 Special Olympics Winter Games at Mount Bachelor canceled due to finances
Special Olympics Oregon’s Winter Games for snow sports, staged annually at Mt. Bachelor ski area for more than a quarter of a century, will not be held in 2018. The two-day event, which this year drew about 200 Special Olympians and 100 coaches from across the state, is typically held in late February or early March. Chad Carter, the senior director of marketing and communications for Special… → Read More
Bend teen finds success in Cyclocross Crusade Series
Henry Jones asked for dirt for his sixth birthday. Jones, now a 17-year-old cyclocross racer, wanted to build a BMX-style track in his yard, but the dusty soil and volcanic rock of his family’s lot outside Bend would not do the trick. So for his sixth birthday and several after, his grandparents had dump trucks full of dirt hauled to him.“He would be out there all day long with a shovel and the… → Read More
Cross Crusade adds sand traps to this year’s cyclocross course
It’s called “Galacticross,” but riders will have to contend with earth-bound obstacles during the extraterrestrial-themed Halloween Cyclocross Crusade races held in the Deschutes Brewery warehouse section of the Old Mill District this Saturday and Sunday.In addition to the event’s traditional course obstacles, such as coffin-shaped barriers, cyclists will have to power through the sand… → Read More
Flag football replaces tackle for some Bend kids
Two years ago, Jacob Heron was excited to begin his first season of tackle football as a fourth-grader. But the experience did not go as he envisioned. “I do not like it,” Heron, now 12, recounted after practicing with his flag football team, the Broncos, at Discovery Park earlier this month. It turns out he was not such a big fan of tackling after all, and he noted that several of his teammates… → Read More
Bend mountain bike race delayed by smoke, crippled by snow
WANOGA SNO-PARK — The Oregon 12/24 mountain bike race did not go smoothly for DAAM, a four-man team from Lafayette, California, or any other team for that matter.On Sunday morning, as the last participants of the 24-hour relay race were packing up their campsites at Wanoga Sno-park, the DAAM teammates discussed getting off their bikes and hauling them through snow too slushy to pedal over, how… → Read More
King, Hagen winners at ‘Bend’s fastest 10K’
Robbie Donohue did not win the 40th Bigfoot 10K in Bend on Sunday, but as he crossed the finish line near Les Schwab Amphitheater in fourth place he still pumped his fist in celebration.“This is my first race in 550 days,” Donohue, 26 and of Bend, explained after the race, which he completed in 35 minutes, 48.4 seconds. “I had a back injury, I crushed a disk. And so it was pretty emotional to be → Read More