Journalism

Oakland A’s outfielder Seth Brown started his baseball career at OSU as a walk-on and soon realized Linn-Benton would be a better fit due to struggling with academics, so he made the switch. When sophomore year came around, however, Brown left LBCC and took that year off from school and baseball. He ended up working at a gravel pit in Medford. Student athletes, coaches, former teammates, and fans from the Linn-Benton community listened as Brown shared his journey full of tears, sweat, and hard work -- a journey that all started right here at LBCC. Every month Linn-Benton athletics hosts a “Beaks Briefing” live via Zoom with updates on athletics from head coaches, stories from student athletes, and an “Alumni Spotlight” where a former student athlete from LB shares their story. On Feb. 10 listeners enjoyed catching up with Brown, the former Linn-Benton baseball player who now plays for the Oakland A’s. “It’s important to embrace our (LBCC) history,” said Mark Majeski, athletics direc...

LBCC Volleyball Team 2020-21 The Linn-Benton volleyball team is craving some healthy competition and they are hopeful to soon start supporting and competing with their teammates on the court instead of virtually. The volleyball team has been mentally and physically preparing themselves since last summer in hopes of a season. Currently, the team is participating in small group workouts, including weightlifting twice a week. January 18 was the start of practicing within their activity classes and small group interaction. The team and coaches are looking forward to Feb. 1, where they are allowed to practice in a larger group setting within their activity class while still wearing masks and social distancing as much as possible. Due to Linn County being in the high/extreme risk category it makes it hard to determine the exact date when game play will begin. As of right now, the South region in the Northwest Athletic Conference determined that matches would begin in March and would end the...