No. 2 THURSTON (22-3) vs No. 7 SUMMIT (18-8) ■ Tipping off: After a nailbiter against No. 15 Centennial, Thurston faces No. 7 Summit. The close finish might have been a wake-up call for the Colts, who had an undefeated run in the Midwestern League.…

PORTLAND – On Saturday at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland, the Thurston girls wrestling team cheered, wept and celebrated on the mat as they held up their second Oregon state-shaped blue trophy after claiming another 6A/5A girls team title in two years. “Our girls,…

PORTLAND – The Thurston boys wrestling team was the state runner-up for the third year in a row, a pattern that head coach Mike Simons has been trying to chip away at in the face of Crater’s challenge.  However, brothers Micheal and Lukas Salas-Sanchez walked…

PORTLAND — After sweeping first at the Boys 3A-Special District 3 Championship last weekend, and finishing fourth in the state, earning a state champion since 2019, and the most wrestlers ever placed at state, it is official – the Pleasant Hill wrestling program has a…

THURSTON – Some high school basketball coaches might be hesitant to add a former head coach to their staff. They might come with a big ego, their own ideas, and maybe even a desire to eventually take over the program. Yet when Blaine Liberatore first…

SPRINGFIELD – Hoisting her team onto her back has been somewhat of a commonplace occurrence this season for Springfield junior guard Darissa Romero Ah-Sam.  That was out of the question Friday night. Playing host to No. 1-ranked Crater, the No. 6 Millers got crushed by…

BOYS BASKETBALL RECAPS ■ Cottage Grove won its regular-season finale against North Bend 59-58 on Tuesday, then lost against No. 8 Newport in the 4A state play-in game, 70-41. ■ No. 10 Creswell upset No. 7-seeded Riverside 66-59 on the road last weekend and advanced…

RESULTS BOYS BASKETBALL Tuesday, Feb.25 ■ N. Eugene 74, Springfield 61 ■ Thurston 50, Churchill 39 Cottage Grove 59, N. Bend 58 Friday, Feb.28 ■ Crater 76, Springfield 58 Thurston 74, Ashland 62 GIRLS BASKETBALL Tuesday, Feb.25 ■ Springfield 52, N. Eugene 40 ■ Thurston…

SPRINGFIELD – Season tickets are now available for the fourth season of the Springfield Drifters, a collegiate wooden-bat league played from May to August. Single-game tickets are “coming soon,” according to team officials.  The team is a member of the West Coast League’s South Division.…