COTTAGE GROVE LIONS ■ Head coach: Seth Hutchison, 6th year, 36-72 overall ■ 2022-23 season: 10-15 overall, 2-6 Sky-Em League, ranked #22, Lost in Play-In at North Marion State titles: 1 (1991) ■ School colors: Dark Blue and Gold Top Returners ■ Gannon Leach, Guard, Sr., 2022-23 Honorable Mention All-league[Read More…]
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Winter Sports Previews: Girls Basketball
COTTAGE GROVE LIONS ■ Head coach: Pete LeMay, 2nd year, 4-19 overall ■ 2022-23 season: 4-19 overall, 1-7 Sky-Em League, ranked #31, Missed playoffs ■ State titles: 1 (2010) ■ School colors: Dark Blue and Gold ■ Returning starters: 3 Top returners ■ Mariah Bailey, guard, Soph., 2022-23 starter ■[Read More…]
Winter Sports Previews: Wrestling
BOYS & GIRLS WRESTLING CAPSULES COTTAGE GROVE LIONS■ Head coach: Charlie Kent, 1st year■ 2022-23 season: Boys 7th in league. Girls 26th in league.■ School colors: Dark Blue and GoldTop boys returners■ Nathan Abrams, Sr., 285-lb weight class, 2022/23: 2nd-place in Sky-Em League■ Carter Bengtson, Jr., 132-lb weight class, 2022/23:[Read More…]
HSSZ: Week of Nov. 30 Capsules
THE MAIN EVENT: GIRLS BASKETBALL ■ Game facts: Wednesday, Nov. 29 at 6:45 p.m., SHS■ Tipping off: The defending-Class 5A state champion Millers host Canby to open the season. Canby went 16-9 last season and made the postseason. Springfield coach Joe Williamson is unsure if Wednesday’s game would serve as[Read More…]
Wilsonville ends Thurston postseason streak, season
WILSONVILLE – The Thurston-Wilsonville football matchup is one of the best non-league rivalries in 5A football in recent memory. Top-ranked Wilsonville, which had won the past two regular-season meetings, added another chapter by ending Thurston’s three-game postseason head-to-head streak with a 49-21 victory Friday in the state quarterfinal playoffs. “Unfortunately,[Read More…]
Coach: Second-place finish leaves Lions with ‘hunger’
HILLSBORO – The Cottage Grove Lions boys soccer team battled all the way to the Class 4A state title match but came up just short, losing 2-1 in extra time against No. 4 Newport on Saturday at Liberty High School. The runner-up finish is the second-best result in program history,[Read More…]
Fall Sports Awards & Recognition: All-League Teams
FOOTBALL CLASS 5A Coach of the Year: Justin Starck (THS) Offensive Player of the Year: Connor Dye (SHS), Sr.Defensive Player of the Year: Sam Keen (SHS), Sr. FIRST TEAMOL/DL Sam Keen (SHS), Sr.; OL Micah Hanna (THS), Sr.; OL/DL Nate Williams (SHS), Sr.; OL Brando Lopez (THS), Jr.; TE/DL Luke[Read More…]
HSSZ: Conference Call – Week of Nov. 16
Weekly tidbits from around our area teams’ conferences: Chase, Marist lose state title on penalty kicks ■ No. 1 Marist fell 5-4 in penalty kicks in the Class 4A girls soccer title match against No. 2 North Marion at Liberty High School on Saturday. After a scoreless first half, North[Read More…]
Thurston’s Noah Blair wins Athlete of the Week
Bengtson goes the distance: Cottage Grove standout wins state
EUGENE – Cottage Grove High School junior Carter Bengtson went into the cross country state championship on Saturday at Lane Community College as the clear favorite to bring home the Class 4A boys individual title. Not even a rainstorm could stop him from completing his mission as Bengtson slogged through[Read More…]
