Sports Photos

Freshman guard Braden Monnot gets his ankle taped prior to LBCC basketball practice on Wednesday at Activity Center on the Albany campus.

Some of the LBCC basketball players shooting the ball around during practice on Wednesday.

During Wednesday's LBCC basketball practice freshman forward Armando Flentroy dunks a basketball in front of his fellow teammates. Their first home game is on Wednesday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m. against Willamette University.

Jennifer Slusser Portrait

Library aide Jennifer Slusser works on her daily tasks at the desk of the LBCC Library. Slusser is also a student at Linn-Benton Community College in Albany. She works at the on campus library weekday mornings. She has worked there for about 6 months.

Jennifer Slusser

My Neighborhood (Philomath)

Rising in the darkness and the drizzle, The Woodsman. A local bar in Philomath that has been sitting on the west end of town for more than one-third of a century. Only identified by its bright neon lights, it welcomes those coming from the coast into the city of Philomath, population approximately 5,000.

Jordan Kilgore, a 2009 Philomath High School grad, works in the produce area of Ray's Food Place. Ray's Food Place is the local grocery store in Philomath. It's located at the intersection of 19th and Main.

At the Clip Joint, 95-year-old Harry Mack receives his haircut. The Clip Joint, which is at 8th and Main, has been Philomath's main barber shop for more than two decades. It is operated by 77-year-old Mel Young, who is a Navy veteran. He served in the military from 1954-1958. Young also has numerous historical pictures of Philomath in his shop, many of them when Philomath was a small logging town.

ESPN College Gameday in Eugene

The college football pre-game show known as ESPN College Gameday came to Eugene, Oregon last Saturday. Scott Stewart, of Eugene, came straight to the campus of the University of Oregon after he finished delivering newspapers on his paper route.

After the three-hour show, which ends at 9 a.m., fans who purchased VIP tickets got a chance to go on stage and meet Kirk Herbstreit along with the other anchors of the show.

Near the end of the show, Lee Corso dresses in the Oregon Duck mascot in the background. Many people captured photos and videos with their phones. Corso predicted that the Oregon Ducks would defeat the UCLA Bruins last Saturday. The Ducks took down the Bruins, 42-14.