CRESWELL – Creswell High School held its inaugural girls flag football games last Wednesday as the Bulldogs hosted Thurston and Sheldon in a night of games. Not even the quintessential Oregon spring downpour could dampen the spirits of the athletes, with Creswell going 2-0 and Thurston ending 1-1 in the[Read More…]
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Pacheco’s pitching, hitting has Lions off to best start in program history
COTTAGE GROVE – Despite being over an hour inland, the tides are turning in Cottage Grove; for the Lions softball team — of course. Cottage Grove hosted Sweet Home last Tuesday in its final non-league game of the season, winning 9-2 and moving to 7-2 on the season – the[Read More…]
HSSZ: All-state basketball, weekly capsules
ALL-STATE BASKETBALL BOYS BASKETBALL Class 5A, 2nd team, Nate Stiffler, Jr., Thurston; Class 3A, 1st team, Gavin Inglish, Jr., Pleasant Hill. GIRLS BASKETBALL Class 5A, 1st team, Danaeja Romero Ah-Sam, Sr., Springfield; 2nd team, Diamond Wright, Jr., Springfield, Honorable Mention, Darissa Romero Ah-Sam, Soph., Springfield; Class 4A, Honorable Mention, Jaylee[Read More…]
Pleasant Hill’s Sari Strinz wins Athlete of the Week
Sports Notebook: Volleyball jamboree taking shape; flag football, boys volleyball starts
The Chronicle has partnered with our five area high schools: Cottage Grove, Creswell, Pleasant Hill, Springfield, and Thurston, to create the first hyper-local volleyball jamboree. While details are still being worked out, the jamboree is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 29 at Springfield High School. The Chronicle is the only media[Read More…]
HSSZ: Week of April 4 Capsules
THE MAIN EVENT: SOFTBALL #4 COTTAGE GROVE (6-2) AT #13 MARSHFIELD (6-5)■ Leading off: The Lions begin Sky-Em League play at Marshfield in a doubleheader this Friday. Marshfield is the defending league champions, and Cottage Grove hasn’t won a league title in at least a decade. Cottage Grove junior Emily Pacheco[Read More…]
Pleasant Hill baseball wins Team of the Month
Thurston’s Grady Saunders wins Athlete of the Week
Billies softball returns plenty of firepower to defend MVC
PLEASANT HILL – The Pleasant Hill Billies softball team is off to a fast start this season after opening Mountain Valley Conference (MVC) play with a 10-0, six-inning mercy rule win over Harrisburg last Tuesday. The win was a major one despite how early in the season it is for[Read More…]
SETTING THE FOUNDATION: Creswell’s Feist feeling at home in rebuild mode
CRESWELL – In 2016 Kevin Feist was winning his third state championship at the helm of the Burns baseball program. In 2016, Creswell baseball went 10-14 and missed the playoffs for the seventh straight time. Eight years later, the two find themselves on the same diamond, with Feist now in[Read More…]
