Category Sports Zone

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.…

EUGENE – The Thurston girls have set themselves up, and now have a chance to win their sixth state wrestling championship this weekend at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland.  Four Colts – senior Eily Asher (100 pounds), sophomore Teagan Merritt (115), senior Kristal Zamora (140),…

CRESWELL – Two weeks ago, the Creswell girls basketball team was riding a wave of elation after winning the Mountain Valley Conference regular-season title against Pleasant Hill. But on Friday, the Bulldogs lost to the Billies 45-25 at home in the final Mountain Valley Conference…

CRATER AT SPRINGFIELD ■ Just the facts:  No. 1 Crater Comets (23-1) at No. 5 Springfield (16-6) … Friday, Feb. 28, 5:30 p.m. at Miller Pavillon. … Tickets: $15 for family, $6 for adults, $4 for students. Seniors and under 6 free. ■ Tipping off:…

RESULTS BOYS BASKETBALL Tuesday, Feb.18 ■ Marshfield 60, Cottage Grove 49■Thurston 60, Springfield 28 Thursday, Feb.20■ Sisters 56, Creswell 53  Friday, Feb.21 ■ Junction City 62, Cottage Grove 49■ Ashland 59 at Springfield 53 Saturday, Feb.22■ Pleasant Hill 51, Sisters 42 GIRLS BASKETBALL Tuesday, Feb.18■Marshfield 60,…