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HSSZ: The week ahead

GIRLS BASKETBALL Cottage Grove Lions: 3-9, ranked #31In the bonus: Cottage Grove finds itself on a five-game losing streak, but has three non-league games to get back on track before Sky-Em play begins. Head coach Pete LeMay continues to get great production from freshman Mariah…

Brennen Murphy: Throwing down, flying high

COTTAGE GROVE – With a 5-4 record, the Cottage Grove Lions aren’t exactly a high-flying bunch. It was refreshing, though, for the Lions and their fans to see senior star Brennen Murphy earn his wings again. Murphy scored a career-high 30 points on the first…

HSSZ: Recaps

GIRLS BASKETBALL ■ Springfield: Springfield finished its road trip to Arizona for the Nike Tournament of Champions. After falling to Christ the King of New York last Monday, the Millers lost a close game 38-33 to Salpointe Catholic of Arizona. Danaeja Romero-Ah Sam had 12…

Cottage Grove holiday tournament

COTTAGE GROVE – Thank goodness for silver linings.After losing both games of its own holiday tournament, the Cottage Grove girls could find some solace in knowing they are indeed growing and improving as a team.Stayton (5-1) rolled to a convincing 50-15 victory Thursday, Dec. 22…

HSSZ: The week ahead

GIRLS BASKETBALL Cottage Grove Lions: 3-6, ranked #31■ In the bonus: The Lions travel 90 minutes north to the Stayton Holiday Classic Wednesday-Friday of this week. Cottage Grove matched up with No. 5 Stayton last night, and its opponent tonight depends on that result. The…

HSSZ The week ahead: Basketball

GIRLS BASKETBALL Springfield Millers: 4-2, ranked #8■ In the bonus: Springfield plays in its final consolation bracket game at the Nike Tournament of Champions in Arizona today before coming back home for the holiday break. Regardless of how the team does at the tournament, it…

HSSZ: Winter sports recaps

BOYS BASKETBALL ■ Cottage Grove Lions: Cottage Grove had a busy week, beating Sisters 73-56 last Tuesday before traveling to the Seaside High School Tournament on Thursday-Saturday. There the Lions went 1-2, falling to Elma HS of Washington 59-49 and Madras 50-41 before beating Rochester…

Experienced youth leading Springfield

SPRINGFIELD – It might seem at first like “experienced youth” is a contradiction, but for the Springfield Millers girls basketball team, that might not be true. The Millers have only two seniors on the team and their starting five consists of one senior, one junior…

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