The town of Oakland was originally established in 1851 by a guy named Dr. Dorsey Baker. After striking out rather than striking it rich...

I have this recurring nightmare of a shadowy specter approaching my deathbed, leaning over close, and whispering in a deep, creepy voice:...

We kind of thought we were out in the sticks when we went all the way to Crane to watch the Mustangs play football, but northern Harney...

It’s likely that I rode past Crane in my dad’s pickup once or twice when I was a kid.  He liked to explore out-of-the-way places, and...

I hope it wouldn't hurt Gladstone's feelings to know they weren't our first choice for our 2024 season opener. When any mention of the...

I attended a conference recently where I sat at a table with five other people, and the young lady leading this particular session had...

As I write this there are a lot of people, including myself, who are waiting to find out who, if anyone, will be the next Oregon State...

We’ve completed five seasons of high school football here at CPHC, and I’ve mostly been focused on being able to complete the entire...

Here I was once again. The Saturday after Thanksgiving. The last Saturday in November. After three months, Championship Saturday had...

Though the Willamette River generally flows south to north, it takes a sharp right at Newberg, and from there to Canby runs perpendicular...

You may remember a few years ago when we attempted to attend a football game at Perrydale. For reasons that you can find in the archives...

We were back in Washington County on a Friday evening for the opportunity to witness what would be one of the biggest victory...

Finding ourselves in the middle of Washington County on a Friday afternoon, we had our pick of several football games that evening, but...

Our string of dry, sunny games finally came to an end this week as we got on the interstate and headed south. The grey clouds hung low...

So far this season we had been very fortunate in having perfect weather for each of our football games. It’s rained enough this season...

We chose a Saturday afternoon game this week to change things up a bit, and for week 5 of the season we drove up Highway 47 through...

Something I've noticed over the years is that, for some reason, it always seems like the first day of autumn is the best day of the year....

We were driving through rural Clackamas county this Friday night, and a few miles north of Molalla we took a right turn onto highway 211...

That lady in the GPS has a nice voice, but I don't always trust what she's telling me, and when she had me driving down Barbur Blvd. to...

It was the first day of September, and we were headed to our first game of the new football season. Fortunately, the rain over the...