Oregon
Despite 3 Dax Whitney Errors, Oregon State Survives San Diego 7-5
Even the great ones can have an off night.
Heavyweight champion boxer Mike Tyson once lost to 42:1 underdog Bustler Douglas. The greatest quarterback of his generation, Tom Brady, played in three Super Bowl losses.
Tonight, Oregon State’s All-American starting pitcher Dax Whitney had an off night. Despite his three errors, the Beavers won anyways. The full box score of Oregon State’s 7-5 series opening victory can be read here, and our game recap is below.
Oregon State three-batter Easton Talt began the scoring with a two-run blast to right field in the top of the first inning, scoring the Beavers’ leadoff man Jacob Galloway.
Oregon State’s very next batter, cleanup man Adam Haight, went back-to-back after a lift into left. When the first inning ended, the Beavers led 3-0.
The second inning foreshadowed a night Whitney will likely wish to forget. The sophomore standout from Idaho walked the first batter he faced. After striking out the following San Diego hitter – his third strikeout of the night – he misfired a pickoff throw at first base.
In the bottom of the third, San Diego haunted Whitney once again. First, bottom-of-the-order Cade Martinez slugged a double down the left field line. When the Toreros’ leadoff hitter Aden Howard arrived to the plate, his coaches asked him to sacrifice bunt. His effort dribbled to Oregon State’s maestro on the mound, who missed another pickoff throw. This error helped Martinez find the plate, and brought Howard to second. Moments later, a Whitney pickoff attempt at second base instead soared into the outfield, pushing Howard to third. While the Beavers survived the inning only allowing a run, their star pitcher was rattled.
A solo shot by Paul Vasquez in the top of the fifth made it 4-1 Oregon State. When the bottom frame ended, Beavers’ skipper Mitch Canham pulled his pitching ace. Whitney’s night finished with 9 strikeouts, but also 3 hits, 2 walks, 1 wild pitch, and 3 errors.
The sixth inning saw San Diego climb closer, after an Andrew Gaudna base hit delivered Jayden Lobliner from second. Oregon State answered quickly with another two-run homer. This time, Jacob Krieg missile across centerfield scored AJ Singer from first. An inning later, Singer contributed to an additional Beavers run: his single delivered Talt from second, and Oregon State carried a five run advantage, 7-2.
San Diego rallied in the bottom of the eighth. Facing an 0-2 count with one out, cleanup batter Gabe Springer singled off Oregon State junior reliever Noah Scott. The Toreros’ next hitter CJ Moran doubled down the right field line. That sparked a mound visit, but Scott stayed on the mound. San Diego soon made the Beavers pay with a bases-loading walk, and a pair of runs. First, Springer scored on a George Mestas groundout to first, and then pinch hitter Jayton Greer singled through the right side of the infield, assisting Moran’s trip home. Now, the upset bid was on: entering the ninth inning, San Diego trailed 7-5.
Oregon State almost added an insurance run in the top of the ninth – a Tyler Inge sacrifice bunt brought Vasquez all the way to third base – but a Galloway groundout and Haight strikeout stranded Vasquez ninety feet short of paydirt.
To secure the final three outs, the Beavers called upon closer Albert Roblez. The transfer from Long Beach State, one of the orange & black’s best relievers this season, forced Toreros’ hitter Howard into a groundout. Then Roblez struck out the next man Connor Meidroth. Following a walk, Roblez retired Springer with another strikeout, and the Beavers’ escaped Friday night’s series opener with a 7-5 victory.
At the game’s conclusion, Oregon State’s record surged to 12-4; their win streak is now 7 games long. Despite an uncharacteristically sloppy showing by All-American pitcher Dax Whitney, the Beavers’ best pitcher earned his fourth win of the season, and Albert Roblez recorded his sixth save. Oregon State will battle San Diego again tomorrow night at 5 PM PST.
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Oregon man mounted a jet engine on a 60-year-old fishing boat to blast around a lake and thinks he may have set a world record
A man from Oregon has unveiled something truly crazy after he added a jet engine to the back of a 60-year-old fishing boat – and he suspects he might have broken a world record.
YouTuber Robert Maddox from CrazyRocketman mounted a pulsejet engine and its 230lbs of thrust to the back of a 1965 12-foot Sears fishing boat.
A wild juxtaposition by any standard, and the video he posted on YouTube confirms that as the diminutive boat roars away.
But did the YouTuber actually actually get the record?
How does this 1965 Sears fishing boat get its power?
The video shows the Oregon man hurling the boat around a lake, with the engine glowing behind him.
Strapped to the back of the boat is a pulsejet engine that produces 230lbs of thrust.
Pulsejet engines are smaller, lighter jet engines with combustion occurring in pulses.
Such is their simplicity that they can be made with few or even no moving parts at all.
Engines like these were used on the German V-1 Flying Bomb from World War II.
These were the Argus As 014 engines, the very first pulsejet ever to be mass-produced.
It is a smaller and even simpler version of these that Maddox has put on the back of his boat.
The funny noise they make comes from the way in which the jet makes its power.
This old boat could be a record holder
In his video, Maddox had clearly enjoyed his outing on the boat.
“Man, this boat really is super controllable,” he said, highlighting the ease with which it handles.
The video suggested there are a few niggles still to sort out on the boat.
“It was making all kinds of fuel noises, I’ve probably got a fuel pump out or something,” he added.
Yet this isn’t the end of the road for this particular project.
“I’m going to do a lot with this boat, and put a twin engine on it,” Maddox said in the video.
Given the speed of the vessel, with two pulsejet engines, this should rocket through the water.
That means another world record could be up for grabs for the Oregon YouTuber.
If there was any doubt over a world record with one engine, two engines should end the debate in an instant.
Jet engine timeline
150 AD – Hero of Alexandria invents the aeolipile, a steam-powered device demonstrating the basic jet principle
1930 – Frank Whittle successfully patents the first design for a working gas turbine jet engine
1937 – Hans von Ohain tests his first centrifugal turbojet engine prototype in Germany
1939 – The Heinkel He 178 makes the first successful flight powered entirely by a jet engine
1941 – The Gloster E.28/39 completes the first British jet flight using Whittle’s engine design
1944 – The Messerschmitt Me 262 enters combat service as the world’s first operational jet fighter
1949 – The de Havilland Comet makes its maiden flight to become the first commercial jet airliner
1958 – The Boeing 707 enters commercial service and officially kicks off the global Jet Age
1969 – Concorde takes off for the first time to pioneer supersonic passenger jet travel
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CASCADE LOCKS, Ore. — DNA analysis has identified the remains found in a car in the Columbia River as those of an Oregon family that went missing in 1958 while on a trip to find Christmas greenery, authorities said Thursday.
The state medical examiner’s office has identified parents Kenneth and Barbara Martin and their daughter Barbie from remains located in the river within the wreckage of the car, the Hood River County Sheriff’s Office said. The sheriff’s office said it concluded its investigation and found no evidence of a crime.
The Ford station wagon thought to belong to the family was found in 2024 by a diver who had been looking for it for several years. Authorities pulled part of the car from the river the following year.
The family vanished in December of 1958. The bodies of two of the family’s children were found months after the disappearance, but the other members never turned up.
The search for the Martin family was a national news story at the time and led some to speculate about the possibility of foul play, with a $1,000 reward offered for information.
“Where do you search if you’ve already searched every place logic and fragmentary clues would suggest?” an Associated Press article asked in 1959, months after the disappearance.
Only the frame and some attached components were retrieved from the water because of the “extent to which the vehicle had been encased in sediment,” the sheriff’s office said. Analysis of those items allowed investigators to conclude that it was indeed the Martin family’s car.
Later in 2025, the diver located human remains that were ultimately turned over to the state medical examiner’s office.
Scientists developed DNA extracts from the remains and generated a profile that was compared with relatives of the Martin family, allowing for the identifications, authorities said.
When it comes to the Oregon Ducks’ offensive line, the only assured starting spot is at center with returning junior Iapani “Poncho” Laloulu.
As both guard and tackle spots up in the air with returning veterans like Dave Iuli and Kawika Rogers, younger offensive linemen with promise like Fox Crader and Trent Ferguson, Yale transfer Michael Bennett III, and several talented freshmen looking to cut their teeth.
Tommy Tofi Brings Raw Talent That Needs Refining
According to Oregon Ducks offensive line coach A’lique Terry, freshman lineman Tommy Tofi has promise on the line despite the transition from high school to college ball. Granted, Terry did indicate Tofi still needs to get over that hump before finding his place in the lineup.
Terry went into more detail during a Thursday spring practice media availability.
“It’s early, he’s been in college for a month, but it’s clear he’s gonna help us in some shape, form, or something. Like most times with linemen, you talk about strength and conditioning being a little bit of an issue of, can they catch up?” Terry said.
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The Experience Supercedes the Size
At 6-6, 330-pounds, Tofi was one of the heaviest athletes in the class of 2026, with a makeup that seemed like a shoe-in for a college line. Terry did acknowledge that while speaking to the media, but it’s Tofi’s fundamentals that still need some cooking after a short glimpse.
“He’s physically ready. Now it’s our job to just make sure our football game within those trenches, the closer you get to the ball, the faster things happen, a lot more processing happens, so that part you’ve got to make sure he can really handle and understand,” Terry said.
Iron Sharpens Iron
Thankfully for Tofi, not only does he have the building blocks from Archbishop Riordan, but he’s also got great foils on the practice field with Oregon’s defensive line. While with Archbishop Riordan, Tofi received a first-team all-state offense recognition from Cal-Hi Sports. He also earned a MaxPreps California all-state selection for his 2025 senior year.
For Terry, Tofi’s roots show promise. Amongst the excitement Terry shared about the line this year, Tofi was among those that got their flowers.
“Obviously, the defense is giving him much variety, but prepping against our defense every single day is helping him,” Terry said. “But he’s got it. Loves the game. He came from a great foundation at his high school. He has great football knowledge, and he is a junkie for it.”
Speaking of That Competition
It’s likely going to be especially hard for freshmen talent like Tofi to make it into a starting position, simply because of the wealth of talent Oregon’s offensive line room boasts. Terry even admitted that was on his mind right after practice on Thursday.
“It’s been competitive as ever. And we literally just said that right now when we just left off the field right now. And it was cool because Dave is watching and he’s like, man, Trent (Ferguson’s) getting better. And I’m like, all right, now I hope everybody pays attention to that, right?” Terry said. “There’s a culture amongst our room that’s really elite. And I love it because it allows everybody to play at the highest level. And it brings out a competitive energy every single day.”
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