Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
VOLLEYBALL■ Eleventh-ranked Thurston went 0-2 at home before posting a 2-1 record at the Mountain View Invite tournament on Friday. They then traveled to 6th-ranked Ridgeview on Monday and took the Ravens down in a tight five set match (25-22, 21-25, 25-18, 26-28, 15-9).■ Pleasant…
COTTAGE GROVE – “The Three Amigos of Pleasant Hill” was a smash hit back in the day. Perhaps this is premature to say, but “The Three Amigos of Pleasant Hill, The Sequel” already seems to be in the embryonic stages. This is Jessica Crawford’s fifth…
THURSTON – Being the defending champs is hard. Being the back-to-back defending champs is harder. That was the Thurston Colts football team last year as they looked to three-peat. Everything was going according to plan, too. The Colts went undefeated in a regular season that…
SPRINGFIELD – Four years ago, the junior class now coming through Springfield won the seventh-grade championship. A year later, they were eighth-grade champions. Now, they’re ready to put their stamp on a Millers program that hasn’t posted a winning record or reached the playoffs since…
CGHS Football Facebook photo Cottage Grove coach Joe Polamalu said he’s focusing on setting standards for commitment and competitiveness. COTTAGE GROVE – When Polamalu took over as head coach two years ago, the program was in rough shape. The Lions had gone winless in 2019,…
Dear editor, Congratulations and thank you all for making the Drifters possible in Springfield. The team is a wonderful asset to our community, our families, our young athletes, and sports fans. In addition to taking Drifters photos, I am actively involved in Springfield serving on…
COTTAGE GROVE – Bull riding gets intense at the 72nd Cottage Grove Rodeo on Aug. 13. The two-day event draws a crowd for events like calf roping, steer riding and wrestling, barrel racing and mutton bustin’. “I thought it all went incredibly well, especially since we…
FRANK ARMENDARIZ / FOR THE CHRONICLE Armendariz with an Umpqua smallmouth bass caught while fly fishing. Armendariz landed a couple of dozen fish that were much larger. Pictured is an average-sized fish from a stretch of the river down stream from Tyee. From the confluence…
To see the top 100 players in Oregon high school football in 6A, 5A and 4A divisions this season, go to scorebooklive.com Thurston placed two players on the list – senior LB Vaun Halstead at No. 35 and senior QB/DB Darien Witham at No. 43. …