Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield Millers dominated on both sides of the ball at home Friday in their league opener against Crater, taking down the Comets 33-15. The Millers keys to victory were winning the turnover battle by a whopping +5 (6 Comets turnovers to 1…
CRESWELL – In a battle of top-10 volleyball teams, and Mountain Valley Conference rivals, the Creswell Bulldogs outmatched the Pleasant Hill Billies at home last Thursday and won a competitive match 3-1. The hard-fought match-up proved many things, one of which is that both of…
EUGENE – Springfield learned a couple of things about itself Friday night in a 41-20 loss at Marist Catholic. One, the visiting Millers found out they could stand toe-to-toe with a powerhouse program like the No. 8-ranked Class 4A Spartans. Two, they need to play…
PLEASANT HILL 25, SALEM ACADEMY 10 What2Know: The Billies hosted Salem Academy in a Saturday morning game, and took care of business in a smoky home opener. A team that didn’t win all of last season now starts this one 2-0. Pleasant Hill’s defense was…
Volleyball ■ No. 15 Thurston won two road games, defeating North Salem 3-1 and Ashland 3-0. ■ Springfield had two tough, hard-fought losses. The Millers fell in four sets to No. 12 Marist Catholic, and three sets to Mountain View. ■ No. 8 Pleasant Hill…
Creswell Bulldogs vs. Corbett Cardinals Game facts: 7 p.m. at Creswelll … Bulldogs (1-1); Cardinals (0-2). What2Know: The Bulldogs were shut out last week by a talented Santiam Christian team. They should have a great chance to bounce back this week in their last non-conference…
VOLLEYBALL ■ Second-ranked Creswell will look to stay undefeated with a tough week ahead. The Bulldogs host #3 Siuslaw tonight before playing the Salem Academy tournament Saturday. Creswell then returns home on Monday to face #7 Sisters. ■ Ninth-ranked Pleasant Hill will travel to Harrisburg…
SPRINGFIELD – The Thurston Colts football team has had a historic run the past few seasons, but returned only three starters for this season. That means many players were making their first start on Friday night against a veteran Wilsonville Wildcats team. In a rematch…
COTTAGE GROVE – Jeremiah Heacock spent 21 years as an assistant coach at state powerhouse Thurston High School, playing in four state title games and winning two. So when he took over this year as head coach at Pleasant Hill, everyone was curious to see…