Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
SPRINGFIELD – Peyton Tyner won’t have to put as many miles on his car this summer. The outfielder from Lane Community College is spending his second year in the West Coast League with the Springfield Drifters. The Eugene native and Marist High School graduate spent…
TUESDAY, JUNE 9 WENATCHEE, Wash. – After the first homestand of the year, the Springfield Drifters started their six-game road trip on a high note, defeating the Wenatchee Apple Sox 11-6 thanks to multi-hit performances from five different Drifters and shutdown pitching from the back…
Spring chinook, also known as “springers,” are built for the long haul. Unlike their genetically identical counterparts, the fall chinook, which enter the river beginning in September and are already sexually mature, spring chinook start their freshwater migration in early March while still immature. They…
EUGENE – After a rainy start Saturday afternoon, the sun finally peeked through the dark clouds at PK Park during the Class 5A state championship baseball game. By that time, though, it was the third inning, and things couldn’t have been more dreary in the…
CRESWELL – Zero. In the 25 years before Kevin Feist took over the Creswell baseball program, the Bulldogs had zero 15-plus win seasons. In Feist’s three years at the helm, the Bulldogs have already had two such seasons, and this year’s team won 15 in…
SPRINGFIELD – The Drifters entered last weekend’s series against the Bellingham Bells with a 1-5 record. While they’d only won a single game up to that point, every loss was a competitive battle. After the dust settled on Sunday, the Drifters finished the series 1-2,…
SPRINGFIELD — On Monday, West Coast League officials named Springfield Drifters right-handed pitcher Tristan Ledbetter its Baker Tilly Pitcher of the Week following the first full week of games. Ledbetter, who just wrapped up his second season of baseball at Umpqua Community College, was nearly…
EUGENE – The southern Willamette Valley was well-represented at the OSAA Boys & Girls State Track & Field Championships this past weekend at Hayward Field. Thurston’s Brooklyn Anderson and Addie Nelson, Springfield’s Sailor Hall, and Pleasant Hill’s Ryan Thomas all won state titles.
THURSTON – Thurston girls track coach John Gillespie was substitute teaching a history class four years ago when he decided to do a little track and field recruiting. He had seen Addison Nelson play other sports, and knew she would be a valuable addition to…