This is the 10th anniversary of my sports column in Our Town. Well, actually, it’s the 11th, but I’m not counting the COVID year. With football season almost upon us I thought it was a good time to look back on those ten-plus years and note the top moments from our two teams, Silverton and Kennedy. During that stretch both […]
By Vince Teresi Randy Traeger said today’s children are living in a toxic culture. He is especially concerned about the harmful behaviors – drug and alcohol abuse, eating disorders, sexual promiscuity and pornograph, self-mutilation, bullying and poor academic progress. A long-time coach and teacher, Traeger has seen how post-modernism, rapid technological developments, the struggling economy, the disintegration of the family […]
By James Day It looks like Kennedy High School will be losing football coach Randy Traeger. But it doesn’t appear as if he will be going far. Traeger, a 1975 Kennedy graduate who has coached the Trojans for more than 25 years – including the past eight years as head coach – is close to accepting a position as an […]
By Brenna Wiegand Kennedy High School football Coach Randy Traeger wants to be sure everyone is on the same page about the purpose of sports. “Sports were actually created as an arena in which to practice life without the fear of death,” Traeger said. “In real life, learning about perseverance or whatever it is, you might die. In sports, because […]
Editor’s Note: Kennedy High Football Coach Randy Traeger, founder of the Virtue First program, is receiving the Service to Youth Award at the Mount Angel Chamber of Commerce Community Awards banquet Feb. 25. Here, sportswriter James Day shares impressions of Traeger’s influence. By James Day It was a dismal rainy day. Hot cocoa was flying out of the concession stand. […]
On Dec. 1, Kennedy High School students enjoyed a delicious chicken dinner and participated in dodgeball, interactive video games and an academic relay.
Kennedy High School head football coach Randy Traeger has begun his 30th year in the interscholastic sports arena. Traeger said he equally enjoys both the “what” and “why” of coaching and is motivated by the building of character in his players.
B y Vince Teresi Some scoreboards are invisible. Kennedy High School football fans scanned the scoreboard during the 2008 season. Sometimes they liked what they saw – sometimes they didn’t. But the Trojan football team of players and coaches also monitored another “scoreboard,” which the fans could not see. The scoreboard reflected the progress in the “Virtue over Victory” program […]
