Oregon
Oregon Lacrosse and Baseball Wins On Sunday
Oregon lacrosse closed out the non-conference portion of their season with a 17-8 victory over Furman at Papé Field.
It took all of nine seconds for Morgan McCarthy to win the draw control and score the first goal of the game for the Ducks.
Oregon went up 4-2 when Madysyn Sweeney scored with 14 seconds left before the end of the period.
The Ducks built an 8-3 lead in the second period, but Furman scored a couple of goals before the half to stay within three points at 8-5.
The Paladins kept pace 2⁄3 of the way through the third period, staying three off at 10-7, before Oregon fired off four goals to end the third with a commanding lead.
Furman could only muster a single point in the fourth period as the Ducks buckled down for the win.
Morgan McCarthy scored a career-high six goals in the match, and Riley Taylor added another four goals as Oregon took the match 17-8.
The Ducks (6-1) wrap up a very successful non-conference slate with their best start since 2015. Of particular note is that Oregon has held six of its seven opponents to under 10 goals in 2024, after doing so just six times over the last three seasons combined.
Oregon finishes its 3-game homestand this weekend, and they open up Pac-12 play by hosting the California Golden Bears on Saturday March 16. The game starts at 12:00 pm PT and can be seen on Oregon Live Stream-3.
The bats of Oregon baseball were led by a grand slam in the fourth inning from Jacob Walsh, and the Ducks won today’s game against the Sun Devils 8-5, taking the weekend series on ASU’s home field.
Kevin Seitter took the start for the Ducks, vs. Tyler Meyer of the Sun Devils.
Oregon was quiet in the first three innings, while ASU put up a run in the second and the third inning to take a 2-0 lead.
ASU tried to add an additional run in the third, but Oregon’s defense got the out at the plate.
Jacob Walsh has threatened before, but finally picked up the first grand slam of his career in the 4th, and the Ducks were ahead 4-2.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, Michael Freund took the mound in relief of Seitter.
Oregon was productive in all of the middle innings, adding another run in the fifth to go ahead 5-2.
But the Sun Devils fought back, adding back-to-back home runs in the fifth inning to make it a 5-4 ball game.
Freund gave up the homers but stayed with it through the sixth inning and was relieved by Grayson Grinsell in the 7th.
Oregon added two more runs in the top of the sixth when two different ASU pitchers walked Oregon batters for both runs.
Grinsell gave up a solo shot in the seventh, and Logan Mercado was brought in to close the game. Mercado did exactly that, keeping the Sun Devils off the board for the rest of the game.
Anson Aroz added a solo shot for the Ducks in the ninth, and it was game over for ASU.
Michael Freund (2-0) came out with the win, and Logan Mercado (2) earned the save.
Duck bats were led by Jacob Walsh’s grand slam, while Anson Aroz went 2-5 with 2 RBIs.
@JGWalsh_ (1-for-2, 2 BB, Grand Slam, 4 RBI0@a_aroz_ (2-for-5, HR, 2 RBI, R)@JefferyHeard5 (2-for-4, BB, 2 R)@loganm437 (2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 K, Save)#GoDucks pic.twitter.com/CtVkJAtFFw
— Oregon Duck Baseball (@OregonBaseball) March 10, 2024
Oregon (11-4, 2-1 Pac-12) comes back to Eugene this week, where they host Portland on Tuesday before playing a three game weekend series against the California Golden Bears.
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – Fireworks are on sale in Oregon until July 6, but state and local rules limit where they can be used and what types are allowed.
In Portland, fireworks use and sales are banned year-round.
Fireworks are also banned on beaches and in state and national parks.
Statewide, fireworks that fly into the air, explode, act unpredictably or move more than 12 feet horizontally are illegal. Banned fireworks include sky lanterns, missiles, rockets, Roman candles, firecrackers, cherry bombs and M-80s.
Fountains, sparklers, ground spinners and smoke devices are among the fireworks allowed under state rules.
Officials said people should not call 911 to report illegal fireworks. They said reports should go to the non-emergency line for the area.
First responders said there were 263 fires across Portland during last year’s fireworks season, and 27 were caused by fireworks.
For more details about fireworks regulation in Oregon, click here.
In Washington, fireworks sales legally begin Sunday and run through July 4.
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GEARHART, Ore. (KATU) — Another gray whale washed up on the Oregon coast last week, this time in Gearhart, according to Seaside Aquarium.
The 41-foot-long male had been dead for months before washing up on the beach, Seaside Aquarium general manager Keith Chandler said.
He noted that there have been 19 total whale strandings or carcasses washing up on beaches just this year on the Oregon coast region.
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Of those deaths, more than half were at least partially attributed to malnutrition. That could have been the cause in more strandings, however, necropsies were not performed in roughly a dozen of the 30 strandings.
Chandler said strong wind from the west this year has been contributing to why coastal towns are seeing a lot of whales and other things washing up on shore. However he also noted that many of the Grey whales washed ashore were emaciated with necropsies showing signs of malnourishment.
“The food sources have been compromised. The warmer water means the nutrients that they’re getting aren’t as good, so the whole food chain is kind of not as healthy,” Chandler said.
He pointed to the warming waters with climate change as the main reason noting that warm water plankton–Grey Whale’s main food source–is thinner and has fewer nutrients than plankton in cooler waters.
Chandler says this whale will not have a necropsy done because of its level of decomposition.
“The fresher ones, the team from Portland State [University] will come down and they’ll go in and do measurements, take samples and stuff, measurements of the internal organs. But on one this decayed, you won’t gain anything from it scientifically. And it’s just kind of a mess to do when they’re this rotten,” he said.
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You can report a whale stranding to the West Coast Marine Mammal Stranding Network Hotline by calling 1-866-767-6114.
SALEM, OR — Gov. Tina Kotek announced today that she will appoint Nathan J. Lichvarcik to the Lane County Circuit Court bench, filling a vacancy created by the upcoming resignation of Judge Debra K. Vogt.
Lichvarcik’s appointment is effective Aug. 1, 2026.
Lichvarcik is a criminal law attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office. He has worked in the office’s Eugene branch for the past 14 years and has served as branch supervisor for the Eugene and Medford offices since 2020.
He has also taught Trial Advocacy at the University of Oregon Law School for the past 10 years.
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