Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
The new scoreboard was clear and bright during the Bulldogs’ final home football game of the season. PHOTOS BY RON HARTMAN/THE CHRONICLE CRESWELL – It’s too bad the fancy new scoreboard at Creswell High School wasn’t able to debut with a big winning splash, as…
No. 1 Thurston 9, No. 10 Crater 0 Gavin Levesque kicked a 24-yard field goal in the second quarter, Brycen Indell scored on a one-yard run in the third, and the Colts prevailed in a defensive struggle with the visiting Comets. The game was a rematch…
Senior captain Liesel Geyer (14) charges toward the ball during a recent match. PLEASANT HILL – Ryota Sugitani has a revolutionary style of coaching. It must be working wonders, because his Pleasant Hill boys soccer team has outscored its opponents 50-1 while compiling a 6-0…
CRESWELL – Cade Dimmick’s efforts against Glide on Friday night provided another testament of Creswell’s grit and intestinal fortitude on the football field. Dimmick had fumbled at the end of a nice run during the first half, as a Wildcats defender pulled the ball free…
Blum “The important thing in life is not the triumph, but the fight; the essential thing is not to have won, but to have fought well.” – Pierre de Coubertin, on July 24, 1908 Fine words spoken by an aristocratic French educator, historian and…
Blum EUGENE – After working the past 10 days of The Olympic Trials at Hayward Field, I struggle to capture the story. TrackTown, NBC, USATF, and The USOC all are pumping out the hype, records, and “made for TV” excitement on their social and mainstream…
RON HARTMAN/THE CHRONICLE Creswell’s Conner Hanson shoots during the team’s final game. CRESWELL — When the coaches and players look back on Creswell’s Covid-reduced 2021 basketball season, they probably won’t think so much about the wins and losses. Instead, they’ll focus on the many positives…
Sam Kendricks Reporting from The U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials … EUGENE – At long last, the new Hayward Field had fans in the stands as competition began on June 18 for spots on the United States Olympics team. Despite COVID-19 precautions in place,…
FILE PHOTO Allyson Felix, the biggest start coming into the U.S. Olympic Trials. A close friend of mine likes to say that, “Life is a zero-sum game,” meaning things tend to balance out. Such was certainly true May 29, when news came to track and…