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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…]
HSSZ: Week of March 28 Capsules
THE MAIN EVENT: BASEBALL#24 SPRINGFIELD MILLERS (1-4) AT SPRINGFIELD TOURNAMENT■ Leading off: The Millers host the annual Springfield Tournament this week, with their final game scheduled against Class 6A Roseburg Indians on Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. Springfield is in its first season under head coach Alan Embree, a former MLB[Read More…]
Creswell’s Hope Ukolov wins Athlete of the Week
Rocky start for defending champs
Colts’ opening-day ace Molony leaves after five pitches EUGENE – It was an unexpectedly bumpy return to the University of Oregon’s PK Park for the Thurston Colts baseball team. Nine months after winning the Class 5A state championship in walk-off fashion at PK, the Colts opened the 2024 season against[Read More…]
Billies pitching provides sweet revenge
PLEASANT HILL – The Pleasant Hill Billies baseball team earned sweet revenge last Friday with a 7-3 win over Brookings-Harbor, the No. 3 team in the Class 3A preseason coaches poll and the team that knocked out Pleasant Hill from the postseason in the quarterfinals last year. Did the win[Read More…]
HSSZ: Week of March 21 Capsules
THE MAIN EVENT: SOFTBALL #6 PLEASANT HILL (2-0) VS. #14 HARRISBURG (2-0)■ Series facts: Tuesday, March 19 at Pleasant Hill, 4:30 p.m. … Friday, March 22 at Harrisburg, 2 and 4:30 p.m.■ Leading off: The Billies face off with Harrisburg in a three-game series between the top two teams in[Read More…]
Cottage Grove’s Emily Pacheco wins Athlete of the Week
