Rocky start for defending champs

PIERRE WEIL / CHRONICLE PHOTO. Thurston star pitcher Connor Molony (16) points to his throwing arm while teammate Braden Corgain and coaches Cason Cunningham and Dennis Minium look on. Molony got the opening day start but left the game after only five pitches, though Minium said the decision was solely precautionary.

Colts’ opening-day ace Molony leaves after five pitches

EUGENE – It was an unexpectedly bumpy return to the University of Oregon’s PK Park for the Thurston Colts baseball team. Nine months after winning the Class 5A state championship in walk-off fashion at PK, the Colts opened the 2024 season against Sheldon at that same spot, falling 7-5 in an opening-night upset.

“We didn’t do a very good job throwing first-pitch strikes. We didn’t do a…

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