Lakeridge travels to Oregon City for a Three Rivers League football game at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, at Pioneer Memorial Stadium. The game caps a Homecoming week that includes spirit days, a community parade and fireworks.

The Pioneers enter at 3-3 overall and 0-2 in league play, according to MaxPreps, carrying a two-game losing streak that includes a 48-12 loss to Lake Oswego on Oct. 2. The Pacers are 4-2 overall and 1-1 in the TRL after Tualatin handed them a 62-35 defeat on Oct. 9, snapping a four-game winning streak.

Oregon City brought back 10 all-league players from 2025, led by senior wide receivers Cavan Rogers and Colin Smith and senior outside linebacker Kasen Saffer, according to a preseason TRL preview in the West Linn Tidings.

Lakeridge returned seven all-league players, including senior running back Colby Owen, junior quarterback Carson Pickens and sophomore running back Mason Girt. "Someone who's going to surprise everybody this year is Mason Girt," Lakeridge head coach Spencer Phillips said in an Oct. 9 feature on TRL running backs.

In the OSAA power rankings, Lakeridge sits at No. 12 and Oregon City at No. 21.

Parade, spirit days and fireworks

The week opens Monday, Oct. 19, with a Wizard of Oz-themed Spirit Week called "There's No Place Like Home... Coming!" according to the Oregon City School District website. Daily dress-up themes run through Friday:

  • Monday — Tinman (gray and silver)
  • Tuesday — Straight Out of Tornado Tuesday (clothes worn backwards, mismatched or inside out)
  • Wednesday — We Aren't In Kansas Anymore (country gear, boots, denim)
  • Thursday — Welcome to Oz/Class Colors (freshmen orange, sophomores purple, juniors yellow, seniors green, staff brown)
  • Friday — No Place Like Homecoming (red and white)

The Homecoming Parade steps off at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, starting at the corner of Leonard and Holmes near Gardiner Middle School and ending at Pioneer Memorial Stadium. Community members can line the route or join the parade with their own float. Non-OCHS participants pay a $20 registration fee per float. Registration closes Monday, Oct. 19.

Fireworks follow the football game Friday night.

Dance details

The Homecoming Dance runs 7:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, in the OCHS main gym and commons. Tickets cost $10 with an ASB sticker and $15 without. Sales close after second lunch Friday, Oct. 23. There will be no at-the-door sales and no guest passes. The dance is open to all Oregon City School District high schoolers.

Lakeridge travels to Lake Oswego on Friday, Oct. 30.