High School Sports Zone April 30



Thurston’s Nelson a serious triple threat




Athlete of the Week

Savannah Rook – Creswell Softball

The Bulldogs senior was 7-for-11, with two triples, 7 runs scored and 8 stolen bases in Creswell’s 3-0 week.



Top Stories, Recaps & More

By Eli Thomas

THURSTON – High school athletes playing two, even three sports is unusual, but not unheard of. However, playing five, and three at once, makes Addison Nelson unique. She played volleyball…

By Chronicle Staff Report

SPRINGFIELD – Three incoming Drifters dazzled on the mound last Thursday in Hayesville, with a pitchers duel between future teammates Griffin Scott and Jack Klee in Game One and a…

By Eli Thomas

THURSTON had a 2-1 week against Eagle Point. Tuesday’s game was a 3-1 defeat to give the Colts four consecutive losses. Eagles senior Braden Nugent threw a complete game…

By Eli Thomas

THURSTON (10-8, 5-5, #11) Leading off: Saturday, Thurston welcomes No. 1 Crater (14-2, 6-1) for a doubleheader to finish a three-game series. Last season, the Colts swept the Comets,…

By Eli Thomas

THURSTON was swept by Eagle Point last week, by scores of 13-3, 7-4, and 17-12. The Eagles scored nine in the third inning of game one, then had multiple…

By Eli Thomas

THURSTON (0-18, 0-9, #27) Leading off: Thurston has three league matchups this week. Saturday, it welcomes No. 2 Crater (10-4, 5-1) for a doubleheader to finish a three-game series.…

By Eli Thomas

THURSTON competed at the Medford Rotary Relays this weekend. Addison Nelson and Brooklyn Anderson both broke the long jump meet record, with Nelson having the better mark. Nelson…




In Case You Missed It

BACK ON TRACK: Pleasant Hill senior still sprinting toward goals

Pleasant Hill’s Ryan Thomas, center, relaxes with teammates during a practice break last week. Thomas missed the entire 2025 season while recovering from an automobile accident that initially left her unable to walk.

PLEASANT HILL – Most of the moments immediately following a tragic car accident remain unclear for Ryan Thomas, but her mom recalled one of the initial worries.

“The first thing she asked was, ‘Am I going to be able to run again?’,” Kristi Bryant recalled of the question Ryan would ask from her hospital bed. “It was, ‘What about sprinting? Am I going to be able to run again?’”

Bryant reassured Thomas that “We will get there,” but knew it would be a long and uncertain road to recovery.

Thomas suffered a broken neck that required a halo to keep it as stiff as possible in order to see if the scar tissue would hold. Her pelvis was shattered, requiring three surgeries, and she also broke her clavicle, ribs, and wrist.



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