After a rough first two weeks of the season, during which Oregon struggled with FCS Idaho and then brushed with defeat against Boise State, the Ducks have found their groove. They’ve done so versus familiar faces, starting with an unusually-early game against the Pac-12’s Oregon State in Corvallis. Then they went to the Rose Bowl and took care of Pac-12-turned-Big Ten foe UCLA.
Although head coach Dan Lanning and his sixth-ranked Oregon squad will take its first real Big Ten plunge Friday night against longstanding conference member Michigan State, the Ducks will, again, get a taste of their old league in the process.
That’s because the Spartans are coached by Jonathan Smith and quarterbacked by Aidan Chiles, both of whom were previously at Oregon State.
“Yeah, I think it probably gives a benefit to both teams,” Lanning said Friday afternoon on ESPN’s “SportsCenter,” when asked about the familiarity he has with Smith.
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“Jonathan runs an unbelievable program. He’s done a really good job there. He continues to be aggressive and gives you pictures that are different from some other teams you’re going to see. But then he has that same thing that he’s going to see with us. So there’s a little bit of give and take where you can prepare for each other. But he’s got a new team, and we have a different team here as well.”
Smith posted a 25-13 record, including a 16-11 mark in Pac-12 play, over his final three seasons at Oregon State. That stretch included a 38-34 win over Lanning’s Ducks in 2022.
Chiles, however, didn’t start a game in his lone season at Oregon State. He arrived as the On3 Industry Ranking’s No. 12 quarterback in the 2023 class and sat behind then-Beavers starter DJ Uiagalalei. That said, Chiles threw completed 24-of-35 passes with four touchdowns and no picks, plus three rushing scores, in nine games of action as a true freshman.
He followed Smith to Michigan State, where he became QB1 and has experienced a roller coaster start to his sophomore campaign. The Spartans are 3-2 with a Big Ten road win over Maryland under their belt. But Chiles has already thrown eight interceptions, as opposed to just five touchdowns, while completing only 56.3% of his passes. He’s been up and down, at times flashing great passing ability downfield, not to mention his three additional rushing touchdowns so far in 2024.
“Well, he’s a talented player, and he probably throws the ball down the field as well as anybody right now in college football,” Lanning said Friday, when discussing Chiles on “SportsCenter.”
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“And he’s really elusive with his feet. What we have to do is try to be advantageous when the ball’s in the air, take advantage of some of those opportunities when they do throw it and try to go attack it.”
Michigan State is coming off a 38-7 loss to Ohio State. Oregon will face the Buckeyes next week — that’s when the Ducks’ run of strong Pac-12 ties will come to an end.
Prospective homebuyers considering the real estate market had a range of options in various neighborhoods throughout the region between Dec. 9 and Dec. 15. In this article, we outline recent property sales in the northern Oregon coast, all of which featured homes under $500,000.
Below, we provide an overview of the top six properties in each area, chosen for their proximity to the desired price range and the largest living spaces.
Please note that the properties in the list below are for real estate sales where the title was recorded during the week of Dec. 9, even if the property may have been sold earlier.
1. $500K, 3 bedrooms / 2 baths
Situated in the 61000 block of N.W. Cochran Rd., Timber, this single-family home, consisting of three bedrooms and two baths, was sold in December for a price of $500,000, translating to $285 per square foot. The property, constructed in 1981, offers a living area of 1,755 square feet and sits on a 1.8-acre lot. The deal was finalized on Dec. 6.
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2. $497K, 2 bedrooms / 1 bathroom
For a price tag of $497,000 ($248 per square foot), the single-family home, built in 1900 and located in the 37700 block of Parker Lane, Astoria changed hands in December. The home spans 2,004 square feet of living area, with two bedrooms and one bathroom. The property comprises a 0.5-acre lot. The deal was finalized on Dec. 6.
3. $484K, 3 bedrooms / 3 bathrooms
Priced at $484,000 (equivalent to $294 per square foot), this detached house, constructed in 2023 and situated in the 700 block of Quail Glenn Dr., Philomath, was sold in December. The home spans 1,648 square feet of living area, with three bedrooms and three bathrooms. The property comprises a 5,663-square-foot lot. The deal was finalized on Dec. 3.
$484K, single-family home in the 700 block of Quail Glenn Dr., Philomath
4. $475K, 2 bedrooms / 2 baths
At $475,000 ($270 per square foot), the detached house located in the first block of Whealdon Rd., Naselle offered another opportunity below the targeted price range when it changed hands in November. This property, built in 1981, provides 1,760 square feet of living space, featuring two bedrooms and two bathrooms, and sits on a 20.9-acre lot. The deal was finalized on Nov. 27.
5. $460K, 4 bedrooms / 1 bathroom
This single-family house, featuring four bedrooms and one bathroom, underwent a change of ownership in December. Located in the 24000 block of Highway 20, Philomath, the home spans 1,512 square feet and was sold for $460,000, or $304 per square foot. The property sits on a lot measuring 0.9-acre, and it was built in 1952. The deal was finalized on Dec. 3.
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$460K, single-family house in the 24000 block of Highway 20, Philomath
6. $445K, 4 bedrooms / 1 bath
In December, a detached house, with four bedrooms and one bath, located in the 36800 block of Happy Hollow Rd., Blodgett, changed ownership. The property, covering 1,436 square feet, was built in 1943 and was sold for $445,000, which calculates to $310 per square foot. The lot size encompasses 1.2-acre. The deal was finalized on Dec. 3.
Real Estate Newswire is a service provided by United Robots, which uses machine learning to generate analysis of data from Propmix, an aggregator of national real-estate data.
Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks have shown an ability to take talented but unproven players out of the transfer portal and turn them into stars over the past few years, and they’re looking to do that again with their latest addition.
On TK, former Georgia Bulldogs and USC Trojans defensive lineman Bear Alexander announced that he would be transferring to Oregon for the 2025 season. After redshirting with the Trojans in 2024, Alexander will have two years of eligibility remaining with the Ducks should he care to use them.
Alexander is a former high-end 4-star player who was rated as the No. 50 overall player when committing to Georgia back in the class of 2022. In the portal, Alexander is rated by 247Sports as the No. 4 DL in the portal.
The talent and upside are clearly there for Alexander, who stands at 6-foot-3, 315 pounds as an interior defensive lineman. While he hasn’t been able to produce to the level that many expected so far in his career, there is a belief that Dan Lanning, Tosh Lupoi, and Tony Tuioti will be able to bring the best out of him, much like they did with junior Derrick Harmon this year, who has flown up NFL draft boards and is expected to declare for the pros after one season at Oregon.
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Alexander is the sixth portal addition for the Ducks this season.
It’s been an up and down season for the Oregon State women, but Thursday night at the Maui Classic things swung back to the up column, with the Beavers beating the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 80-58 to move to 4-7 on the season.
Oregon State Women’s Basketball: Beavers Fall to UC Irvine 60-48
The 80 points the offense put up is going to catch a lot of attention, but Thursday night was also a standout performance from the Oregon State defense. Western Kentucky struggled to find an open shot right from the jump. While Sela Heide was limited, Kelsey Rees will still able to lock Western Kentucky out of the post, and unlike other opponents the Beavers have faced this season WKU wasn’t able to respond with heavy perimeter shooting. The Hilltoppers only went 10 out of 28 from the three point line. Not terrible, but not enough to catch the Beavers.
Oregon State Women’s Basketball: Beavers Beat Grambling State 63-56
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Two Beavers in particular fueled the Beavers’ offensive explosion. The first was Catalina Ferreira, who had one of her best games as a Beaver. Ferreira led the Beavers in scoring with 26 points, and her 11 rebounds were a big part of why OSU won the rebounding battle 43-28, another key to the Beavers victory.
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The other Beaver who broke out offensively was Tiara Bolden. Early threes from Bolden helped Oregon State build an early lead that Western Kentucky struggled to catch up with. Bolden finished the night wit h23 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.
The Beavers have one more game in Hawaii before they break for the holidays. They’ll take on Miami tonight, with tip off set for 8 PM PT. The game will be streamed on Oregon State’s youtube channel.
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