For Steve Coury, it has always been about the kids
LAKE OSWEGO — A half-hour after Lake Oswego’s 35-0 thumping of Mountainside in the Oregon 6A quarterfinals last Friday night, Coach Steve Coury finally made it to his office adjacent to the Lakers’ locker room.
Young with Heart: Making a difference at Lake Oswego
LAKE OSWEGO — It is halftime, and red is everywhere. Lake Oswego High’s colors are white and Navy blue, but its football garb is red for this non-league matchup with McMinnville.
It ended all too soon for former Beaver pitching great Mike Stutes
Mike Stutes is pulling for the Philadelphia Phillies to beat the Houston Astros and win the World Series championship.
The Heart of Football: Why the Small College Game Matters
Phil Maas loves just about everything about football and the coaching profession.
That shines through in his book, “The Heart of Football,” which focuses on what he believes are the merits of the sport, in particular at the lower levels.
Maas, 75, lives in Weed, Calif., a town of about 3,000 situated at the base of Mount Shasta, just an hour south of Ashland. A high school and junior college coach for 50 years, he still coaches running backs at College of the Siskiyous, a member of the California Community College Athletic Association located in Weed. Chris Knudsen, the well-respected long-time coach at Gresham’s Centennial High, says Maas is a bit of a legend in coaching circles.
As coaches go, as people go, Dick Coury was a gem
I saw a local car dealer’s “Believe in Nice” ad today.
It made me think of a man whose life embodied that approach.
To Dick Coury, “nice” was more than a slogan. It was his way of life. Sunup to sundown.
Talking the ‘Civil War,’ Kevin Love, Keanon Lowe, coaching payouts and the film “Just Mercy”…
Covering a few sporting issues on my my mind this week …
Officials at Oregon State and Oregon have announced that the term “Civil War” will no longer be used in connection with the sports rivalry between the schools.