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Bend Champion Student Athletes Head to University Teams

Storm golfer Alyssa Kerry reports from William Penn
Mike Ficher

In February, student athletes from the Summit Storm, Mountain View Cougars and Bend Lava Bears signed letters of intent to attend and play sports at various colleges across the United States. From Mt. View, Zach Emerson [featured in the Source, Feb. 4] and Cam McCormick will head to the Oregon Ducks football team. At Summit, 11 […]

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BEA’s Kids on the Wall

Three compete at nationals
Delano Lavigne

Youth rock climbers from Bend Endurance Academy (BEA) took their skills to the national level this past weekend, participating in the USA Climbing Youth Bouldering National Championships held in Madison, Wis.  Leah Pfeiffer, 14, Brady Pfeiffer, 12, and Mira Capicchioni, 10, all representing the Bend Endurance Academy Climbing Team, competed in the three-day bouldering event […]

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Zach Emerson

The vanishing all-season athlete
Mike Ficher

Zach Emerson, a high school senior at Mountain View, is becoming an anomaly in the contemporary sports world–he plays football, soccer, basketball, and track and field. In an age of increasing athletic specialization, Emerson is an endangered species–the multi-sport athlete. (And a darn good one, too.) On the gridiron, Emerson was named on the 2015 class […]

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Batter, batter, swing . . .

Bend Elks step up for another year at the plate
Avatar photo Phil Busse

Not an official Major League Baseball Minor League Team, the Bend Elks are what is known as a “collegiate wood bat team,” a league comprised of college prospects looking for an extra opportunity to get noticed, and ultimately drafted, by major league teams. Leagues like the West Coast League are filled with a dozen teams […]

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