East County Grackles Find Voice, Repeat as Oregon’s Best

This school year was a tale of two seasons for the East Country Grackles in Rugby Oregon. The girls’ high school team struggled to fill the leadership roles that had been vacated by strong personalities, and those growing pains were felt during the fall 7s season. The coaches issued a challenge, a subset of players made good use of winter workouts, and new voices emerged. As a result, the Grackles went on to dominate the spring 15s season and capped the year with a second . . .