EUGENE – The Cottage Grove boys and Thurston girls both took home third-place finishes in the team competition at the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) Track and Field State Championships last weekend. For the Cottage Grove boys, the podium finish was the team’s first in 46 years, and it comes[Read More…]
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Billies, Millers, Colts raise the bar, earn podium finishes at state track
EUGENE – While the big-classification schools competed at the OSAA State Track and Field Championships on Friday and Saturday, the three smaller classifications competed on Thursday and Friday. The Pleasant Hill Billies had two individuals earn second-place medals – junior Dakota Hyland in the girls 400m with a personal record[Read More…]
HSSZ: Baseball, Softball capsules
Pleasant Hill Softball: Pleasant Hill’s season came to a close last week in the quarterfinals of the Class 3A state playoffs. Last Wednesday, the Billies took down No. 11 Glide 6-4 in the first round. Pleasant Hill trailed 4-1 entering the bottom of the 5th inning, but scored 5 runs[Read More…]
Thurston girls 4x100m relay wins Athlete(s) of the Week
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PHOTOS: Thurston baseball takes down Lebanon, advances to semifinals
SPRINGFIELD — The No. 2 Thurston Colts baseball team took down the No. 7 Lebanon Warriors 4-0 on Thursday night, advancing to the Class 5A state semifinals on Tuesday, where they’ll host No. 3 Wilsonville. Sophomore Connor Molony pitched a full-game shutout with 10 Ks, and Adam Elliott added 2[Read More…]
Thurston baseball perfect in league
SPRINGFIELD – The Thurston Colts baseball team finished a sweep of rival Springfield last week, securing an 18-0 record in the Midwestern League in the process. Thurston already secured its fifth straight league title in its series two weeks ago against Crater, but this year’s team becomes the first to[Read More…]
HSSZ: Track and Field previews, recaps
Track and Field State Championship Previews Cottage Grove: The Lions head to state on Friday and Saturday after grabbing the boys league crown. Senior Brennen Murphy qualified for the 200m, 400m, high jump and triple jump, and Jaden Owens will compete in the 1500m and 3000m. Maddison France in the[Read More…]
Billies clinch conference title in softball
PLEASANT HILL – Heading into Pleasant Hill’s softball doubleheader against No. 16 Creswell last Tuesday, the Billies were in a dead heat with No. 9 Harrisburg for the Mountain Valley Conference title. Needing two wins to secure the title outright, Pleasant Hill did just enough, taking down the rival Bulldogs[Read More…]
May Sports Notebook: Thurston golf takes fourth at state
CRESWELL – The Thurston boys golf team took fourth place at the State Championships last week. The tournament was held at Emerald Valley Golf Course in Creswell on Monday and Tuesday, with the Colts taking fourth in the team standings for the second straight year. Junior Peyton Wiedenmann led the[Read More…]
HSSZ: Baseball and Softball capsules + results/schedules
Baseball Creswell: Creswell finished its season with two losses at rival No. 12 Pleasant Hill, ending its season at 5-17 and missing the playoffs. Evan Jenkins led the way against Pleasant Hill, finishing Game One with 3 Ks, 1 hit and 1 run, and Game Two with 1 hit and[Read More…]