Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
The Willamette Valley Babe Ruth 8-under All Stars finished its first tournament in Florence earlier this year, finishing in second place after a 4-3 loss to the Florence Littlefoots. (The photo above is from that event.) The Willamette Valley team finished the season with a…
SPRINGFIELD – After 10 years as head baseball coach at Southwestern Oregon Community College, Dave Deutschman is ready for a new challenge.The 38-year old has been hired as the inaugural director of the Springfield Drifters Academy scheduled to open later this summer. “I really like…
SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield Drifters fell to Ridgefield 12-10 on Sunday, losing the series 2-1 and eliminating their playoff hopes. Still, the Drifters fought hard in the penultimate series of the season, competing with high-scoring games. “They’re a good ballclub, man. They have really good…
Salmon & steelhead … The spring chinook and summer steelhead migration over the Willamette Falls at Oregon City slowed to a trickle at the end of July. The final season tally came in at a respectable 36,500 chinook, which is about 6,500 more fish than…
TUESDAY: DRIFTERS 15, PIPPINS 5 YAKIMA, Wash. – The Drifters’ series opener in Yakima looked like a two-way shootout in the early innings, but Springfield scored five runs in the third and broke away for a victory at Yakima County Stadium. Springfield’s offense put together…
MEDFORD – The Eugene Challengers’ run in the American Legion AAA state baseball tournament in Medford ended with a 5-3 loss to the Tigard Barbers on Tuesday night. Eugene dropped its opener to Hillsdale before beating Salem and Corvallis. Tigard sent Eugene home from the…
SPRINGFIELD – The Drifters didn’t complete the series sweep Sunday against the Marion Berries. Losing 7-6 in 10 innings, but they did earn another series victory. The week-ending series against the Berries marked the fifth straight series won by the Drifters over Marion, dating to…
MEDFORD – Brock Johnson has swung a hot bat while Braden Corgain and Kyle Miller had stellar starts on the mound as the three Thurston graduates have led the Eugene Challengers into the semifinals of the American Legion AAA state baseball tournament at Harry and…
The Oregon Secretary of State’s office confirmed that Initiative Petition 28 (IP28) failed to secure the required signatures to qualify for the November ballot, handing a major victory to Oregon’s conservationists, sportsmen, and agricultural communities. The state’s final verification counted 104,262 valid signatures, falling short…