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COOS BAY – It was the stuff dreams are made of. Trailing by 13 points midway through the second quarter, Pleasant Hill stormed back to defeat Valley Catholic in a dramatic finish at the 3A Boys State Basketball Championship.  Unfortunately for the Billies, that game…

COOS BAY – This was supposed to be a rebuilding season for the Creswell boys basketball team.  But for those who haven’t been paying close attention, they don’t do rebuilding seasons at Creswell these days … and that goes for both the boys and girls…

THURSTON – The Thurston Colts boys basketball team – riding high on a 12-game winning streak – went into Saturday’s playoff game against No. 15 Centennial blazing hot. They did not expect the Eagles to be equally en fuego. The higher-seeded Colts trailed most of…

SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield girls basketball team, after battling through injuries and illness in the last week – and a 30-point loss to No. 1 Crater – still stamped their ticket to the state tournament after beating Crescent Valley 54-45 last Friday. It wasn’t without…

RESULTS BOYS Thursday, Mar.6 ■ Pleasant Hill 61, Creswell 47 Friday, Mar.7 ■ Cascade Christian 74, Creswell 60 ■ Pleasant Hill 46, Valley Catholic 42 ■ Springfield 54, Crescent Valley 45 Saturday, Mar.8 ■ Westside Christian 65, Pleasant Hill 47  ■ Thurston 50, Centennial 48…

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…