On Tuesday October 12, The Reedsport Braves lost to the Myrtle Point Bobcats 25-13, 23-25, 25-19, 26-24. With cheers and support from the football team to parents, the Braves never gave up. Playing hard throughout the game with some long volleys from both teams made this match the best for the Braves.
    Deanne Huebner had six kills, one block and two aces. Chelsea Tibbles had five kills, four blocks, three aces, and 13 assists. Ashley Fulps scooped up 12 digs and three aces and Mandi Schafer put down six kills, two aces, and one block.
    “We played a great game last night,” head coach Marcy Turner said, “we really hung in there and played our best.”
     On Thursday October 28, the Braves travel to Yoncalla. Go Braves!

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by Justin Gannon

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    On October 21st, the North Douglas Varsity Volleyball team came to play on Reedsports home court.  The Lady Braves lost the first game 22-25 but came back in the second with a truly dominating score of 25-12.
    Mandi Schafer had 7 kills for the night as well as two aces and two blocks.  “Megan Henning played TREMENDOUS DEFENSE!” said assistant coach Karen Tibbles.
The Braves lost the third game and had to then play to five games.  Ashley Fulps had 14 digs, four kills, and two aces to help out the Lady Braves.  However in the fifth the game the Braves got behind and couldn’t catch up in time.  They won two games and lost three.

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   A disappointing loss was acquired by the JV Volleyball team on the 19th in Gold Beach.  The first match of the game was a close one with a final score of 24-26.  If Reedsport was going to have any chance of winning they would have to win the next match.  Gold Beach ended the game by dominating in the second match and taking over with the win and a score of 12-25.
    Although the Reedsport Volleyball team lost to Gold Beach on the 19th, their home game against North Douglas on the 21st made them hold their heads higher.  The first match was was won by Reedsport; 27-25 but the second match was a different story.  North Douglas won the second match with a score of 18-25.  The team to win the game would be determined by the third and final match.  Reedsport dominated the score and left with a winning score of 15-6.
    JV Coach Cindy Wiggans said, "When we win it's because of teamwork.  We have a young team with a lot of freshmen but we will look good next year."

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by Chelsea Tibbles

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    What seemed like a three hour bus ride to Gold Beach, felt more like a six hour bus ride for the Braves. On Tuesday October, 19 the Braves tried to battle out a win. Unfortunately, they didn't succeed. 18-15, 25-10, 25-16, 25-14 were the final scores.
    "We could have done a lot better," said assistant coach Karen Tibbles, "I think long bus rides don't help us any."
    For the Braves, Mandi Schafer had seven kills, and one block. Ashley Fulps dished out 15 digs and five kills, while Deanne Huebner allowed five kills, two blocks, and three aces. Chelsea Tibbles also added one kills, one block, and 22 assists for the Braves.
    Tuesday October 26, the Lady Braves play Bandon Tigers at home.

    On Thursday, October 14th the Reedsport Braves Cross Country team traveled to the home of the Myrtle Point Bobcats, as well as Lacy Looney and Nyika Corbet the number 1 and 2 ranked girls in the Big Fir League districts on the girls side. Lady Braves Alisha Lacewell and Kati Dickson are still ranked 3rd and 4th for the district meet.
    The Myrtle Point meet was a good time for the girls to see if they still could fend off Myrtle Point's 3rd runner Christina Boat, however Boat took a wrong turn and ended up getting disqualified. Joining Reedsport and Myrtle Point for the race was 3A North Bend, who placed finished 4 out of the top 5, Brookings, Gold Beach, Canyonville Christian Academy, and Pacific. Kati Dickson and Alisha Lacewell placed 6th and 7th with less than a second between them. (22:06, 22:07) Aubrey Vaughn came in a solid 22nd with a time of 25:54, sisters Sarah and Stephanie Markwick came in 40th and 41st (34:22, 37:11).
 Andrew Merschel and Jesse Jackson are also ranked to place 3rd and 4th in the district meet, putting them in good position to go to state. The boys are in a constant battle with the Myrtle Point boys team. The Braves have only been a few points behind the Bobcats, this held true at the Myrtle Point meet as well. Myrtle point ended with 92 points and 95 points for the Braves. 
    Merschel finished 5th (18:26) in the meet, while Jackson finished in 8th (19:05). Tyler Hague came in on an injured foot in 18th place (19:52). Leonel Martinez finished in 21:12 and 29th place. Tyler Marler finished 37th in the meet with a time of 22:25. Chase Landery finished in 44th place with a time of 24:55. 

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JV Football Wins!
by Grace Smith

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     Despite the icy cold weather, RHS’s JV football team won their first game of the season against the Bandon Tigers on October 22nd with a score of 24-20.
    “It was the first time that the team really played together.” said coach Stew Richardson after the game. Eli Garner , one of the players, also said that,  “It was exciting and fun to win a game.”  Not  only was it a first JV football win of the season but it was even more important to this years freshmen on the team.  The competition against Bandon was the first game that any freshmen boy has participated in that concluded with a victory.  Not just for football but for any sport.
    The night was full of action and had many highlights.  Justin Fulps threw two touch down passes, ran 98 yards and had two interceptions.  Russell Johnson caught two touch down passes and EJ Fegles had a critical sack in the 4th quarter.  The crowd was showing their support and were bursting with excitement at every piece of action. 
     Their next opponent will be the North bend Bulldogs on October 26, 04.

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by Brian Kruse

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    With Braves on the line for the second place win for the league this game was important, with the Braves using their best defensive efforts so far this season.  With these efforts the Braves happened to keep the Tigers from scoring until the second half of the game. 
    The first score of the game was by the Braves' Quarterback Daniel Mast from four yards out.  With only 31 seconds remaining in the first period the Braves scored another running goal, making it 12-0 by the end of the first quarter. 
    Keeping up with the tradition in the second quarter Braves continue to make touchdowns.  The first one by Jeff Kennedy from 35 yards out.  With only a few minutes left in the first half Mast made another touchdown. 
    This brought it to half-time with a score of 26-0.  During the second half, Reedsport kept the ball on the ground so Bandon would not have a chance to overcome and regain the score of the four touchdowns.  One of the major highlights was when Bandon had the ball first and goal at the five yard line.  The Tigers inched their way up to the three yard line, but the Braves defense kicked into action and pushed them back to the five yard line.  The importance of the game was evident because of the roaring of the crowd and the fiery plays on the field.  The Braves defense ensured the victory by shoving them to the 12 yard line on fourth down. 
    Bandon Tigers managed to score a touchdown bringing the score to 26-8.  The Braves got the onside kick and let the clock run out. With a final score of 26-8 the Braves are now ranked 2nd in the Big Fir League.  Their season record is 5-2 and league record is 4-1.  Congratulations Braves Varsity Football team.  Next game will be at Marshfield High School, Saturday at 1 pm.