Bowerman, Knight get football honor.Byline: REGIONAL ROUNDUP The Register-GuardNike founders Bill Bowerman William J. Bowerman (born February 19, 1911 in Fossil, Oregon, died December 24, 1999) was an American track and field coach and co-founder of Nike, Inc. He was a very successful track and field coach, having trained 31 Olympic athletes, 51 All-Americans, 12 American and Phil Knight This article is about the co-founder of Nike, Inc.. For the guitarist of Shihad, see Phil Knight (musician). Philip H. Knight (born February 24, 1938) is the co-founder and former CEO of Nike, Inc.. have been recognized with the National Football Foundation's Gold Medal gold medal traditional first prize. [Western Cult: Misc.] See : Prize , which "recognizes an outstanding American who has demonstrated integrity and honesty, achieved significant career success and has reflected the basic values of those who have excelled in amateur sport, particularly football." Bowerman coached track and field at Oregon from 1947-72, and Knight lettered three times with the Ducks before graduating in 1959. Together in 1964, they founded the company that would become Nike, the world's leading supplier of athletic shoes and apparel. Bowerman, who died in 1999 at the age of 88, and Knight will be honored at the NFF's annual awards dinner on Dec. 8 in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Times set for Thurston, Marist state title matches Marist's rematch with Henley in the OSAA OSAA Oregon School Activities Association OSAA Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (United Nations body) OSAA Ocean State Aquaculture Association OSAA Office of the Sergeant-At-Arms (Philippines) Class 4A state softball final has been scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at the Oregon State University Oregon State University, at Corvallis; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1858 as Corvallis College, opened 1865. In 1868 it was designated Oregon's land-grant agricultural college and was taken over completely by the state in 1885. softball complex in Corvallis. The game will be the first of a tripleheader of title games as the Spartans seek a second straight title after defeating Henley 1-0 in 10 innings last season. The Class 6A final between North Medford North Medford is the name of some places in the United States of America:
Irrigon will play Union for the 2A/1A title at 1 p.m. Friday, and Valley Catholic will face Willamina for the 3A crown at 4 p.m. Thurston is also back in the Class 5A baseball championship game for the second year in a row. The Colts will play Corvallis at 1:30 p.m. at Volcanoes Stadium Volcanoes Stadium is a stadium in Keizer, Oregon. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes minor league baseball team, a Class-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants. in Keizer. The Class 4A final between Astoria and Baker will precede the Colts and Spartans at 10 a.m., and the 6A title game between Roseburg and McNary will begin at 5 p.m. Westside Christian and Willamina will face off for the Class 3A crown at 1:30 p.m. Friday, and Umpqua Valley Christian and Union will play for the Class 2A/1A title at 5 p.m. Mills leads Challengers to victory over Springfield SPRINGFIELD - Garrett Mills Michael Garrett Mills (born October 12, 1983) is an American football tight end for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League. High school and college career Mills graduated from Jenks High School in Jenks, Oklahoma. went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run and a double to lead the Eugene Bi-Mart Challengers to a 16-3 victory over the Springfield Titans on Wednesday at Hamlin Field. Ben Higgins went 2-for-5 with a home run for the Challengers (1-1), who got six strikeouts in six innings from pitcher Tim Keller Timothy J. Keller (born 1950) is an American author, speaker, and the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church (PCA) in New York City, New York. Biography . High school wrestlers place at Greco tourney Four local prep wrestlers helped a team from Oregon place second at the Junior Greco World Duals in Concord, Calif., last weekend. Churchill freshman Zac Brunson won the 145-pound weight class, and Joe Potts of Churchill placed second at 108. Drew Erickson of Pleasant Hill was third at 130, and Ryan Arand of Thurston was fifth at 139. Churchill's Scott Kearney was the coach that helped the 12-member team finish behind only an all-star squad from Missouri, Kansas and Colorado in the meet that featured 12 teams. Gaviglio earns freshman all-America honor CORVALLIS - Oregon State pitcher Sam Gaviglio was named to the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America team by Collegiate Baseball magazine on Wednesday. Gaviglio, who won a school freshman record 10 games last season, had a 2.73 earned-run average and struck out 55 over 62 2/3 innings. He won his final seven decisions of the season. |
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