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Fifth-seeded Oregon advanced to the NCAA volleyball tournament round of 16 with a 3-0 sweep of Dayton on Friday night at Matthew Knight Arena. Pac-12 player of the year Alaina Bergsma led the Ducks (27-4) with 16 kills and Liz Brenner added 13 in the 25-15, 25-20, 25-21 victory.

PORTLAND — Sheldon got what it usually gets from its skill players Saturday night, but in order to beat Jesuit and advance to the state 6A football championship game the Irish had to get something extra.

HILLSBORO — A team title was much sweeter than two individual ones for David Henry. The Oakland senior ran for 263 yards and four touchdowns to lead the fifth-ranked Oakers to a 50-27 win over No.

SPRINGFIELD — Hundreds of Eugene-Springfield residents kicked off the Christmas season with a chilly, but cheery, Springfield Christmas parade on Saturday. The old-fashioned procession of fire trucks, rodeo queens, high school marching bands, and floats for local churches, businesses and community organizations began at about 1 p.m.

Carlos Emory led five players in double-figures scoring with 16 points for Oregon in a 80-59 win against Arkansas‑Pine Bluff on Saturday.

HILLSBORO — The greatest season in North Bend history didn’t have the greatest ending. Sixth-ranked North Bend let a few scoring opportunities slip away early and then got run over by No.

A deep vein of anger was exposed by the Eugene Water & Electric Board’s plans to raise the electric rates by 8 percent and water rates by 20 percent next year for the utility’s 88,000 customers.

A Lane County sheriff’s deputy and his wife were critically injured on Friday while vacationing in Los Cabos, Mexico, in a hit-and-run accident, according to the Lane County Sheriff’s Office. Deputy Drew Wattier and his wife, Michelle, were walking just outside their hotel about 7 p.m.

A Clackamas businessman with twin interests in sports and heavy transportation has bought two financially troubled Lane County athletics facilities: the high-profile basketball academy in Blue River up the McKenzie River and a recreation center in west Eugene. Terry Emmert said he plans only modest changes to the U.S.

The fifth-seeded Oregon volleyball team will play on in the NCAA tournament tomorrow at home after sweeping Northern Colorado on Friday evening at Matthew Knight Arena, 25-14, 25-19, 25-18. Oregon hit .318 overall in the lopsided victory. The Ducks held a 15-8 edge in kills after the first set.