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McKenzie Days

Sports Reporter

Fall Sports: Week 1 previews, schedules

FOOTBALL COTTAGE GROVE AT SWEET HOME â–  Game facts: Friday, Aug. 29 at 6 p.m. … Jamboree at Husky Field, Sweet Home High School  â–  What2Know: The Lions return to Class 4A and will also play the Huskies later this…

Drag boat races this weekend

DEXTER  – The Columbia Drag Boat Association (CDBA) presents the 2025 Bi-Mart Can-Am Challenge this weekend, about 16 miles southeast of Springfield on the Middle Fork Willamette River at Dexter Reservoir. The event features Canadian and American drag boat racers…

Three competing for national honor

Local athletes are competing for Youth Athlete of the Year in a national vote through Sports Illustrated: Thurston’s Brooklyn Anderson, DaShawn Brown, and Cottage Grove’s John Whitten. The competition is sponsored by Sports Illustrated and 3BRAND to recognize “an exceptional…

Challengers punch ticket to Portland

CORVALLIS — The Eugene Challengers (44-9) blew out the Post 20 Dallas Dirtbags 10-0 in the third-place play-in game Wednesday night, earning a berth in the AAA American Legion Oregon State Tournament in Portland. “I love where we’re at right…

Thurston‘s Salas-Sanchez earns All-American status

Thurston wrestlers Michael Salas-Sanchez, Sam Greenstreet, and Sawyer Greenstreet competed in the national wrestling championships in Fargo, N.D. last week. Salas-Sanchez earned fifth in freestyle, becoming Oregon’s only All-American in Fargo this year. Both the Greenstreets had strong showings.  Sam…

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