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Josh Salsbery drove in three runs with two hits and Tyee Fisher and Mitchell Richwine also had two hits Wednesday as the Mid-Coast Dungies opened the 2018 American Legion baseball season

Taft High Athletic Director and boys basketball coach Bart Rothenberger has announced he will be joining Principal Majalise Tolan in new positions within the Lincoln County School District.

The end of school marks the return of the boys of summer in the form of the American Legion’s Mid-Coast Dungies

When Margery Price takes the podium Saturday as valedictorian, she’ll lead a charge of nearly 100 fellow Taft High graduates into the future.

Taft High senior baseball players Caleb King, Josh Salsbery and Jack Stempel have been named first-team Class 3A All-State

Taft High sophomore catcher Hailee Danneker was named first-team All-State on Friday in Class 3A softball for the 2018 season.

In a season of pioneering achievements at the plate, on the mound and in the record book, the Tigers’ gripping scripture of small-school baseball lore came to a tumultuous conclusion in an 8-6 home defeat to La Pine in the semifinals of the OSAA State Baseball Championships.

A familiar foe in name only will take the field at the Pit Tuesday when the Taft High baseball team plays La Pine to advance to Friday’s Class 3A State championship game.

op-seeded Dayton High continued its perennial postseason presence by stifling a late Taft rally for a 4-2 victory Friday that propelled it into the semifinals of the Class 3A State Softball Championships.

Senior right-hander Caleb King shut down Joseph/Enterprise/Wallowa with a three-hit, 10-strikeout performance Friday to help lead the Tigers into the semifinals of the Class 3A OSAA State Baseball Championships.