RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTO Emme Whitson, right, scores two of her season-high 22 points. Like a fine-running economy car taking a mountainous journey, the Creswell girls basketball team conserved its energy on Wednesday, Jan. 19, against Pleasant Hill, outlasting the Billies 57-41 in the conference opener for both teams. “The majority[Read More…]
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Bulldogs boys fall to Billies in OT
RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTOCreswell’s Carson Williamson makes a layup. CRESWELL – Oftentimes during Creswell’s recently completed football season, junior quarterback Connor Hanson would awaken the Bulldogs from their doldrums whenever they needed a jolt. Last Wednesday night, Jan. 19, as the Bulldogs opened conference play in basketball against Pleasant Hill, Hanson[Read More…]
Not your normal garden-variety band
COTTAGE GROVE – Kevin Nichols, bass player for Ida Jane & The Weekend Gardeners, says he came up with the name of the band because “gardening is something we all like to fiddle around with a little bit.” OK, so maybe they need to learn to be a bit more[Read More…]
Artists fuse dark poetry, music
Mark Malefyt performs at the Brewstation on Saturday, Jan. 8. RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTO COTTAGE GROVE – Life experiences. Mark Malefyt has enjoyed – and endured – his fair share of them. As a singer-songwriter, he loves being able to share many of those stories and the songs they inspired. “I[Read More…]
Bulldogs boys end tough two-game skid
A Cottage Grove player is fouled as he drives to the basket late in the fourth quarter against Creswell. RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTO CRESWELL – Playing against a young and outmanned Taft team, Creswell snapped out of its two-game funk, getting back on the winning track with a 62-35 victory Saturday[Read More…]
Creswell High girls basketball show progress, now delayed by Covid
Cottage Grove’s Gracie Arnold scores late for the Lions as Creswell’s rally fell short on Thursday night. RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTO CRESWELL – The sky isn’t falling on the Creswell girls basketball team, but after a 4-6 start the Bulldogs couldn’t feel much more frustrated. Not only did they lose three[Read More…]
Mapping a new course: Imus bringing a unique vision, clearer direction to his life and craft
Dave Imus, in his home office and surrounded by reference books and maps, said he’s trying to reinvent map-making to be more aesthetically pleasing. Besides making award-winning national maps, he has made maps of Creswell, Springfield and other local cities in South Lane County. BRADLEY COOK/FLASHBOX STUDIO Dave Imus wants[Read More…]
A new year, new challenges for Creswell boys, girls basketball
Now that Christmas break has come and gone, the basketball teams at Creswell High School look to begin the new year on the right foot. For the boys, they look to continue their undefeated season. The No. 3-ranked Bulldogs (8-0) were facing a busy week, with a road game Tuesday[Read More…]
Year in Review: Music, sports & health care
One constant road trip for the D’Amore family For many musicians and performers, 2021 was a year about change, about making a statement, about moving forward … into a future that offers many reasons for hope and optimism, yet at the same time, many reasons to wonder if better times[Read More…]
‘A good measuring stick’ for CHS girls basketball
CRESWELL – Saturday’s championship game of the inaugural Bulldog Invitational presented the Creswell girls with a stage unlike anything they’d seen before. “For almost all of our girls, that was the biggest game they had ever played in,” Bulldogs coach Tyler Hollingsworth said of his team’s 58-41 loss to Sutherlin. “They[Read More…]
