CRESWELL – Last week was sort of a topsy-turvy week at Creswell High School. First, athletic director Brandon Standridge tested positive for Covid, then head football coach Scott Worsham joined him on the sidelines after also testing positive. “It’s been lingering all week, it really takes your breath away,” Worsham[Read More…]
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Thibodeaux gets yuks at Oktoberfest
COTTAGE GROVE – The German beer was flowing, people were mingling and dancing, and everybody was chuckling as Kelly Thibodeaux played “Ain’t No Crocodile” during Saturday’s annual Oktoberfest celebration co-hosted by the Axe & Fiddle and the Brewstation. “A lot of people come up and ask, ‘Do you really have[Read More…]
GreyMatter full of color at Block Party
SPRINGFIELD – Friday’s Block Party truly had something for everyone. With games for kids and adults, food and drinks, eight music stages and 30 local businesses involved, it made for a fun and peaceful atmosphere – despite the falling ash in the air from Oregon wildfires. Nearly everyone at the[Read More…]
Millers start fast, stand up to 4A Marist
EUGENE – Springfield learned a couple of things about itself Friday night in a 41-20 loss at Marist Catholic. One, the visiting Millers found out they could stand toe-to-toe with a powerhouse program like the No. 8-ranked Class 4A Spartans. Two, they need to play mistake-free football to have a[Read More…]
Everybody’s gone surfin’, Surfin’ USA.
COTTAGE GROVE – It was 1963 and the Beach Boys had just released their first big hit, Surfin’ USA. Dick Dale is largely credited with creating surf music, which was especially popular from 1958-64, just before the Beatles came to America. Jan and Dean were immensely popular, and just about[Read More…]
Billies bully Lions: New era dawns at Pleasant Hill
COTTAGE GROVE – Jeremiah Heacock spent 21 years as an assistant coach at state powerhouse Thurston High School, playing in four state title games and winning two. So when he took over this year as head coach at Pleasant Hill, everyone was curious to see if he could inject a[Read More…]
Billies’ coaches reunited and the thrills? So good!
COTTAGE GROVE – “The Three Amigos of Pleasant Hill” was a smash hit back in the day. Perhaps this is premature to say, but “The Three Amigos of Pleasant Hill, The Sequel” already seems to be in the embryonic stages. This is Jessica Crawford’s fifth year as head volleyball coach,[Read More…]
One-man band Bailey captivates Axe crowd
COTTAGE GROVE – Two guitars, a banjo, six harmonicas and an elaborate drum set-up. Sounds like an interesting band, huh? Actually, it’s one guy – M.G. Bailey, from Chicago – and he was at the Axe & Fiddle on Sunday night displaying his take on how a one-man band holds[Read More…]
Uncategorized Earth Vision Summit lives up to its billing
The view overlooking the side-by-side stages Saturday for the 50th Anniversary Cougar Mountain Farm Tayberry Jam just north of Cottage Grove. COTTAGE GROVE – A sense of community. A joyful celebration. Lots of laughs. Plenty of tasty food. A feeling of family, where everyone is friends. Several entertaining and inspirational[Read More…]
Springfield violinist hits right notes
CHRONICLE PHOTO David Burham, Springfield resident, gestures as he explains how he crafts instruments out of his home workshop in Springfield. SPRINGFIELD – When David Burham first decided to become a luthier, he wanted to pick the brains of all of the world’s elite violin makers. Of course, that wasn’t[Read More…]