BOYS BASKETBALL RESULTSThursday, Dec. 18 ■ Cottage Grove 70, Brookings-Harbor 40■ Pleasant Hill 47, Cascade 35■ Bend 66, Springfield 36■ Tualatin 79, Thurston 58■ Creswell vs. Newport, canceled (weather) Friday, Dec. 19 ■ Marist Catholic 57, Creswell 48■ Pleasant Hill…

Eli Thomas BOYS BASKETBALL RECAPS THURSTON defeated South Eugene 69-61 on Tuesday, Dec. 16. Lucas LaBounty led the Colts with 23 points. Treyson Hill added 16 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, while Leo Filipe scored 15 points. Add in…

Solo, Henderson lead Springfield boys to first victory BY ELI THOMASTHE CHRONICLE SPRINGFIELD – Springfield Millers guard Lejhaun Henderson grabbed the basketball in the backcourt and immediately lifted his gaze and raced toward the rim. Henderson had multiple Dallas Dragons…

COTTAGE GROVE VS. CASCADE ■ Just the facts: The Lions (0-2) will play host to the Cougars (0-1) on Friday, Dec. 12 at 7:15 p.m.  ■ Tipping off: These teams faced off last year, with the Cougars beating the Lions…

THURSTON VS. SHELDON ■ Just the facts: The Class 5A Colts take on the Class 6A Irish at McArthur Court at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 6 ■ Tipping off: Teams from different classes facing off is a theme of…

THURSTON Thurston coach Devin Vanscoy stated last week that the girls team was hoping to place within the top eight, and that Carson Buergey on the boys hoped to finish within the top five overall racers at the Class 5A…

Hailey Fergason of Cottage Grove at the finish of the 2025 OSAA girls 4A cross country championships at Lane Community College, November 8, 2025. Photo by Craig Strobeck for The Chronicle

PLEASANT HILL – As Jacob Neely neared the end zone on another fall evening he lowered his shoulder, opting to put an exclamation mark on his night, and ran over one more defender. Neely finished the game with 356 yards…

THURSTON — The No. 7-seeded Thurston Colts girls soccer team fell 2-1 to the No. 10-seeded Canby Cougars in the first round of Class 5A playoffs Tuesday night, but in first-year head coach Browning Stupp’s debut season, the Colts’ future…

In Class 4A football last week, Sweet Home defeated Cottage Grove 48-7, which was a boost for the Huskies after recently dropping two games. Meanwhile, Cottage Grove dropped its seventh game in a row. Chunk plays were the key to…