RESULTS  BOYS BASKETBALL Thursday, March 13 ■ Summit 54, Thurston 46 Friday, March 14 ■ Thurston 50, Crescent Valley 49 Saturday, March 15 ■ West Albany 58, Thurston 47 GIRLS BASKETBALL Wednesday, March 12 ■ South Albany 59, Springfield 36 Thursday, March 13 ■ Springfield 56, West Albany 55 Saturday,[Read More…]

COTTAGE GROVE LIONS ■ Head coach: Ricky Knutson’s 12th year at Cottage Grove ■ 2024 season: Boys 1st in Sky-Em League and finished 6th at 4A State Championships. … Girls took fourth in the Sky-Em League. ■ History: State Championships: 8 individual state champions since 2006 … League titles: 18[Read More…]

COTTAGE GROVE ■ Head coach: Sarah Keefauver’s first year with Cottage Grove with a 0-0 coaching record ■ 2024 season: 8-15 overall … 1-11 in league … 5th in Sky-Em League … No. 18 in Class 4A … Lost to Estacada in play-in ■ History: League titles: None past 10[Read More…]

COTTAGE GROVE LIONS ■ Home games: 1375 S. River Rd. ■ Head coach: Nathan Rheuban’s third year at Cottage Grove (15-32 record) ■ 2024 season: 7-18 overall … 0-12 in league … 5th in Sky-Em League  …       No. 28 in Class 4A … Missed playoffs ■ History:[Read More…]

McMINNVILLE – Despite their tumultuous season with a loaded schedule, the Millers still shot for the stars at the 5A Girls Basketball State Championships – confident in their ability to make some noise on the all-state scale. They ended the season with the same seed they took into state –[Read More…]

McMINNVILE – Just how crazy was the Class 5A boys basketball state tournament this past weekend? For starters, the underdogs – the teams with the less-favorable seeds – won seven of the 11 games at Linfield University, including Saturday’s championship game, when 9th-seeded La Salle Prep edged 7th-seeded Summit 57-56[Read More…]

COOS BAY – It was the stuff dreams are made of. Trailing by 13 points midway through the second quarter, Pleasant Hill stormed back to defeat Valley Catholic in a dramatic finish at the 3A Boys State Basketball Championship.  Unfortunately for the Billies, that game was on Friday night in[Read More…]

COOS BAY – This was supposed to be a rebuilding season for the Creswell boys basketball team.  But for those who haven’t been paying close attention, they don’t do rebuilding seasons at Creswell these days … and that goes for both the boys and girls programs. It seems like every[Read More…]

THURSTON – The Thurston Colts boys basketball team – riding high on a 12-game winning streak – went into Saturday’s playoff game against No. 15 Centennial blazing hot. They did not expect the Eagles to be equally en fuego. The higher-seeded Colts trailed most of the game due to the[Read More…]

SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield girls basketball team, after battling through injuries and illness in the last week – and a 30-point loss to No. 1 Crater – still stamped their ticket to the state tournament after beating Crescent Valley 54-45 last Friday. It wasn’t without pain, though, as the Millers[Read More…]