PLEASANT HILL – Tuesday, April 29, was a typical spring day, with crisp, blue skies and the Pleasant Hill Billies taking on Sisters in a league softball game. The Billies entered the contest 3-10 and the Outlaws were 2-14. Not much was on the line. …

THURSTON – Thurston High School officials announced Monday that Kayla Devereaux would be the school’s new girls volleyball coach.  It’s a return to the Thurston family.  Devereaux, a Thurston alumn, played collegiate volleyball at Bushnell University following her prep career with the Colts. Devereaux played…

#22 THURSTON AT #19 CRESWELL  ■ Just the facts: Thurston is 5-7; Creswell is 12-1 …Thursday, May 8…7:30 p.m. start. ■ Leading off: The Bulldogs play their last regular-season game against the Colts. The Bulldogs, coached by the decorated Anna Baltrusch, have lost only one…

Baseball Recaps ■ COTTAGE GROVE went 0-3 against No. 1-ranked Marist Catholic last week. It started with an 11-0 loss on Tuesday, where the Lions went hitless with no runs. Marist Catholic’s pitchers Raith Huffman and Grady Hazen combined for nine strikeouts. Then, the Lions…

RESULTS  BASEBALL Tuesday, April 29 ■ Marist 11, Lions 0 ■ Bulldogs 8, Elmira, 2 ■ Sisters 10, Billies 8 ■ Churchill 11, Millers 2 ■ Colts 7, Crater 1 Thursday, May 1 ■ Churchill 18, Millers 2 ■ Churchill 22, Millers 0 Friday, May…

Creswell athletic director takes job at North Bend CRESWELL – Brandon Standridge, Creswell High School’s athletic director for the past six years, announced his next career move on social media Monday night.  Tuesday, he took a day off. On June 30, Standridge will leave his…

COTTAGE GROVE – When Cottage Grove’s new softball coach, Sarah Keefauver, was offered the unexpected opportunity to oversee an entire program as the Lions’ head coach, she leaped at the chance. After all, she was only fulfilling her lifelong dream. “This is my dream job,”…

Girls flag football and boys volleyball While baseball and softball continue to take center stage, spring club sports are heating up. Thurston girls flag football is undefeated (10-0, 7-0 in league).  Colt standout Macy Taylor received an offer at Ferrum College – a Division II…

THURSTON & SOUTH EUGENE AT CRESWELL  ■ Just the facts: Thurston (10-0) and South Eugene (4-3) at Creswell (6-1) … Thursday, May 1 … 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. ■ At a glance: The undefeated Colts head to Creswell to face the Bulldogs and the…