2 Rivers Track Club in Springfield has nine qualifiers for the USA Track & Field National Championships in Baltimore, Maryland. KVAL's Nick Krupke caught up with one of their cool customers for this weeks Kaptivating Kidz.
As the 2012 Olympic Games near, many sports fans are eagerly awaiting their favorite events in London. Gymnastics are on the mind of this weeks Kaptivating Kid.
This weeks Kaptivating Kidz are locked and loaded to be the first team from Oregon to represent the state at the Scholastic Clay Target Program National Championships next week in Sparta, Illinois.
A former Kaptivating Kid has will be featured in the current issue of Sports Illustrated. Travis Wittlake Jr., a 12-year old wrestler from Coos Bay, is one of eight athletes named "Future Game Changers" by the magazine.
The game of baseball can be an escape from the trials and tribulations of life for many. As KVAL's Nick Krupke shows us, that is just the case for this weeks Kaptivating Kid from Coos Bay who is battling neuroblastoma.
For this weeks Kaptivating Kidz, Nick Krupke kicks the tires on a mud-slinging motocross national champion who could one day find himself catching big air in the X-Games.
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When it comes to high school athletics in Drain and Yoncalla, the two fan-bases may not always get along, but these guys have a a few years to go before worrying about rivalries.