SPRINGFIELD – This Friday, the Springfield Millers (4-0) host the Thurston Colts (2-2) in the annual football rivalry game. With stars abound on both sides, it’d be easy to get caught up in the action of the quarterbacks, running backs, and wide receivers – the usual suspects. But if you[Read More…]
High School Sports
Lions halt winless streak
COTTAGE GROVE – Cottage Grove High School was on dreadful streak, having lost 29 of its last 30 football games – including the last 17 in a row. New Lions head coach Steve Turner sensed that his team was getting better, that a breakthrough might be on the horizon. [Read More…]
Colts’ overhauled roster making strides
SPRINGFIELD – It hasn’t been an easy start to the season for the Thurston Colts girls soccer team. A tough non-league schedule was made more difficult as the Colts were trying to figure out how to replace six seniors from last year’s quarterfinal team — including four all-state athletes. Despite[Read More…]
HSSZ Football Capsules: Week of Sept. 28
FOOTBALL PREVIEWS Cottage Grove Lions (1-3) at Cascade Cougars (3-1)Game facts: Friday, Sept. 29 at 7 p.m., 10226 Marion Rd. SE, Turner.What2Know: The Lions got their first win in two years last week under new head coach Steve Turner. Now, Cottage Grove travels to No. 13 Cascade for the first[Read More…]
HSSZ Capsules: Week of Sept. 28
Volleyball Previews + Recaps PREVIEWS Cottage Grove Lions: 3-6, ranked #16■ Setting up: Cottage Grove continues league play with a home game against No. 3 Marist before heading to the Creswell tournament on Saturday. A young Lions squad with only one senior has been led offensively all season by sophomore[Read More…]
Pleasant Hill’s Cheyenne Green wins Athlete of the Week
Below: Images of Green from matches against Creswell and Sisters this season.
Millers stay undefeated, blank South Eugene
SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield Millers football team used a heavy dose of running and stout defense to blank South Eugene on Friday night. Springfield won the game 35-0 behind a 21-point second quarter and moved to 4-0 for the first time since 2015. “It’s a work in progress. We’re still[Read More…]
Colts back to familiar form with high-octane offense
SPRINGFIELD – Going into last Friday night’s game against North Eugene, the Thurston football team found itself in familiar territory. For the second consecutive year, the Colts were 0-2 with losses to Wilsonville and Summit. And for the second consecutive year, Thurston stopped the losing streak by beating North Eugene,[Read More…]
No. 1 Sisters gives Billies taste of what life is like at the top
PLEASANT HILL – Sometimes a team needs a rude awakening – even top teams. That awakening happened last Thursday for the No. 2 Pleasant Hill Billies volleyball team as it fell to Mountain Valley Conference foe No. 1 Sisters 3-1. While the first three sets were close, Sisters dominated the[Read More…]
HSSZ: Week of Sept. 21 Football capsules
FOOTBALL GAME-BY-GAME PREVIEWS SWEET HOME HUSKIES (0-3) AT COTTAGE GROVE LIONS (0-3) ■ Game facts: Friday, Sept. 22, 7 p.m., at CGHS■ What2Know: The Lions and Huskies face off as both teams seek their first win on the board. Sweet Home has scored only eight points all season, but Cottage Grove’s[Read More…]
