Billies survive opening-week miscues, Lions 

PLEASANT HILL – It was a messy opening night for the Pleasant Hill Billies and Cottage Grove Lions football teams. In a game that had almost as many penalties as points, Pleasant Hill came out on top 20-7.

“There was definitely a bit of nervousness, but I liked the fact that our kids just kept playing. We didn’t melt down, even though with all the mistakes it would have been easy just to kind of…