NB boys surge into soccer playoffs
NORTH BEND When Todd Ransom took over as coach of the North Bend boys soccer team after Blaine Deming retired last spring, someone suggested to him this would be a rebuilding year. I said, We ll see, Ransom recalled Wednesday. I m competitive a...
 3.3K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 633.0 Sports Briefs: Group to push for playoffs over BCS
WASHINGTON Lawmakers who have been trying to prod college football to replace the Bowl Championship Series with a playoff system now have a political action committee. A group of college football fans launched the Playoff PAC with the goal of elect...
6.7K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 633.0 Births
Bay Area Hospital, Coos Bay Andrew Michael Jenkins was born at 7:39 p.m. on Sept. 18, 2009, weighing 7 pounds, 11 ounces. Parents are Patrick and Jennifer Jenkins of Coos Bay. Nathan William Johnson was born at 11:35 p.m. on Sept. 18, 2009, weighing ...
1.8K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 633.0 Vocal group lobbies against Chicago bid
CHICAGO The mayor, the president and Oprah Winfrey may hope to return to Chicago from Copenhagen with the 2016 Olympic Games, but some around town hope the International Olympic Committee deems the Second City the second city. As in second to Rio d...
4.3K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 1000.0 NL: Wainwright first to get 17 wins, drops Pirates
PITTSBURGH Ryan Ludwick homered twice, Adam Wainwright became the majors first 17-game winner, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 14-7 on Friday night for their 10th win in 12 games. Last-place Pittsburgh lost its eighth strai...
5.0K - Sep. 5, 2009; scored 633.0 Rule leads to wealth of talent in Division II
ELLENSBURG, Wash. This is not how Matt Ah You s final season of college football was supposed to play out against Division II talent on a browning, wind-swept practice field pocked with dusty divots. This is a Division I linebacker, someone with ...
6.5K - Sep. 5, 2009; scored 633.0 Bomb scare is false alarm
COOS BAY Friday s bright morning was a pretty backdrop for a show, as groups of bystanders watched from parking lots and street corners. Police had located an abandoned brown leather briefcase standing outside the Coos Bay Public Library s book dro...
3.5K - Sep. 5, 2009; scored 633.0 Waterfront falls to Roseburg
The Waterfront s difficulties with Roseburg teams continued Monday, as North Coos dropped a road doubleheader to Pepsi, first losing 3-1 and then falling 10-0 in five innings in the nightcap. The losses dropped the Waterfront to 8-10 in the American ...
2.0K - Jul. 15, 2009; scored 633.0 Kaymer wins Scottish Open
LUSS, Scotland (AP) Martin Kaymer won for the second week in a row, closing with a 2-under 69 in the rain and sunshine at Loch Lomond for a two-shot victory. Kaymer moves up to No. 11 in the world ranking, and his confidence is even higher heading ...
2.8K - Jul. 13, 2009; scored 633.0 Sports Briefs: Blazers draft pick breaks foot
PORTLAND Portland Trail Blazers draft pick Patty Mills broke his right foot during practice and won t play in the NBA s summer league. The Blazers said Friday that Mills fractured the fifth metatarsal in his right foot during practice Thursday nigh...
5.5K - Jul. 11, 2009; scored 633.0 Memorial service to focus on positives of McNair
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Fans of ex-NFL quarterback Steve McNair planned to focus on his incredible career and life with a memorial service today, not his sudden and tragic death. McNair, 36, was a married man shot four times in his sleep on the Fourth of ...
5.5K - Jul. 9, 2009; scored 633.0 Bandon sends derelict vessel to scrapyard
BANDON Port of Bandon employees waved goodbye to a floating nightmare this month, when as a derelict vessel was towed to Charleston for dismantling. Built in Canada in 1912, the 60-foot-long trawler Marie Ann Gail presumably fished West Coast water...
2.3K - Jun. 29, 2009; scored 633.0 Raymond P. Church
At his request, no funeral services will be held for Raymond P. Church, 66, of Coos Bay. Pat's family asks that his memory be honored by sharing a story or spending some time in the outdoors with those you love. Cremation rites were held at Ocean Vie...
3.9K - Jun. 13, 2009; scored 633.0 NB picks Nicholls for basketball post
North Bend will have a former college coach leading the boys basketball program starting in the fall. Former Southwestern Oregon Community College head coach Tom Nicholls is the school s choice to replace John Olson, who stepped down from his longtim...
3.1K - Jun. 10, 2009; scored 633.0 Southwestern golf team captures first NWAACC crown
The best season in the history of the Southwestern Oregon Community College men s golf program ended with the school s first NWAACC title in any sport. The Lakers won a one-hole playoff with Spokane to take the title on Monday at Walla Walla, Wash. L...
3.6K - May. 22, 2009; scored 633.0 Southwestern golfers win tournament at Bandon Dunes
The men s golf team at Southwestern Oregon Community College has enjoyed unprecedented success this spring while playing on the home golf courses of rival NWAACC teams. When the Lakers finally got a tournament on their home course, Bandon Dunes, they...
2.4K - May. 15, 2009; scored 633.0 NL: Cardinals win bullpen battle
CINCINNATI Paul Janish swung at the game s 401st pitch and hit it high and foul, leaving plenty of room for St. Louis first baseman Albert Pujols to drift over, make the catch and finally end the game. And, what a game! Even the losers had to smile...
5.2K - May. 11, 2009; scored 633.0 Lakers heat up in baseball
The Southwestern Oregon Community College baseball team has new life heading into the home stretch of NWAACC play. The Lakers have won three of their last four games, including a 5-2 shocker over No. 1 Mt. Hood on Tuesday. There was a maturing proces...
2.7K - Apr. 25, 2009; scored 633.0 Lakers capture golf tourney
For the second straight tournament, a Southwestern Oregon Community College golfer has won a tournament, and this time the Lakers took the team title as well. Southwestern and Bellevue both finished at 594 after two rounds of the Bellevue Invitationa...
4.4K - Apr. 15, 2009; scored 633.0 William R. Martin
A memorial Mass will be held for William R. Martin, 65, of Coos Bay at noon, Friday, April 17, at St. Monicas Catholic Church, 357 S. Sixth St. in Coos Bay. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 18, in the church's hall. Burial ...
1.1K - Apr. 13, 2009; scored 1000.0 | 
