Youth football camp taking last-minute registrations

PENDLETON? The Pendleton football programs youth camp begins Monday and players can still register online at www.buckaroofootball.com.

The camp for young players heading into 3rd-8th grade is hosted by the PHS football coaching staff and will be held at the high school from Aug. 13-16. The camp will take place in the evenings from 5:30-7 p.m.

The drills and mini-games will be non-contact with participants separated into groups by grade and registration is $60.

Grid Kids sign-ups to be held at Sandstone MS

HERMISTON? Grid Kids Football will hold sign-ups from 6-8 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 27-28 at Sandstone Middle School located at 400 NE?10th St. in Hermiston.

Grid Kids is for players entering the 3rd-6th grades. Cost is $80 per player and $60 for each additional family member.

There also will be a combine on Wednesday, Aug. 29 at 6 p.m. for all new players and 5th graders.

For more information call Trampis at 541-567-8680.

Free volleyball clinic at Sunridge

PENDLETON? Pendleton Youth Volleyball will hold a free clinic for all Pendleton and surrounding area 4th-6th graders on Wednesday, Sept. 5, at Sunridge Middle School.

The clinic will run from 9 a.m. to noon.

Registration forms will be available at the Sunridge gym or at Deans Pendleton Athletic at 249 S. Main St. in Pendleton.

For more information contact Dianna Anderson at 541-969-4613.

No sage-grouse hunting in Whitehorse Unit  

SALEM Due to wildfires there will be no permits for hunting sage-grouse in the Whitehorse Unit available this year.

The Whitehorse Unit is located in Oregons southeast corner where Julys Long Draw fire and the current Holloway fire have burned hundreds of thousands of acres, much of it in core sage-grouse habitat.

Greater sage-grouse are a candidate species for listing under the federal Endangered Species Act. Habitat loss and fragmentation, which can result from wildfires, are one of the biggest threats to sage-grouse populations.

Mountaineers take on Red Lion Challenge

LA GRANDE Eastern Oregon University will be one of 14 schools competing in the first Cascade/Frontier Challenge presented by Red Lion in Spokane, Wash.

Seven Cascade Collegiate Conference and seven Frontier Conference schools will compete in seven sports over five weekends beginning Aug. 23-25 and ending in mid-November.

The NAIA schools will compete in volleyball, mens and womens soccer, mens and womens basketball and a cross country meet with sections for both men and women.

Venues around the Spokane area will play host to the Red Lion Challenge.

East Oregonian