Brielle Brick (top) wrestles Maria Diaz of Ontario on her way to a 4-1 win by decision to advance to the third-place match. Photo provided/Kalea Brick Brielle Brick started this season with one goal: Qualify for state. Only a sophomore, Brick did just that and…

WEEK IN REVIEW BOYS BASKETBALL Creswell 49, Sutherlin 42 The skinny: Fans wore red in support of CHS in a first-round playoff game. CHS trailed by three at halftime. Creswell’s senior-led team began the second half with eight unanswered points. Sutherlin still led by two…

I’ve referred to distance runners as ”twigs” when watching athletes file into old Hayward Field. The comment was never derisive, more an observation of the distinctions among athletic body types, because while possessing powerfully athletic bodies with a level of strength and conditioning that is…

FRIDAY, JUNE 19 11 a.m.: Shot Put, men’s qualifying 3 p.m.: Women’s discus throw, qualifying 3:02 p.m.: Women’s 400m, 1st round 3:30 p.m.: Men’s 400m, 1st round 3:45 p.m.: Women’s high jump, qualifying 3:58 p.m.: Women’s 1500m, 1st round 4:26 p.m.: Men’s 800m, 1st round…

Photo archive My high school chemistry teacher was a burned-out veteran educator who spent inordinate amounts of valuable teaching time ridiculing the achievements of black people. He didn’t like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and he didn’t like sprinters, who were mostly black, and dismissively ridiculed their achievements…