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Pleasant Hill football sees focus on better tackling pay off

PLEASANT HILL – Offensive players from La Pine’s football team took a beating as Pleasant Hill defensive linemen relentlessly extinguished their drives and forced turnovers Friday night in a 26-6 victory that was even more dominant than the score indicates. Only two weeks ago –…

XC Recaps: Oct.17 edition

Paul Mariman Invitational The #4 ranked Cottage Grove (CG) boys team battled with #3 ranked Philomath and the #2 ranked team from The Dalles on Saturday. They secured a third-place finish with the help of Easton Hutchins, Frank Garcia, David Culbert, Micah Hanke, and Jennings…

Bulldogs, Billies battle to scoreless finish

CRESWELL –  A spirited demarcation existed in the stands of the Creswell field on Monday night – despite the assembly sitting a mere couple of feet away from each other. The section on the right would roar and cheer, while the left deployed a barrage…

The Main Event: Cross Country Bramble Scramble

■ Just the facts: Saturday, 10:15 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Mens Races10:15 a.m.- 3,000 Meters Junior High12:30 p.m.- 5,000 Meters Junior Varsity2:00 p.m.- 5,000 Meters Varsity Womens Races 11:00 a.m. -3,000 Meters Junior High11:45 a.m. – 5,000 Meters Junior Varsity1:15 p.m. – 5,000 Meters Varsity…

Volleyball previews, recaps: Oct. 17 edition

PREVIEWS Cottage Grove Lions (9-6, #9) ■ Setting up: The Lions welcome the Marshfield Pirates to their home court tonight. This is the Lions’ third-to-last game of the season. Look for the Grove’s senior setter Bailee Fournier, junior outside hitter Mariah Bailey and junior second…

Girls soccer previews, recaps: Oct. 17 edition

PREVIEWS Cottage Grove Lions (3-4-2, #23) ■ Kicking off: The Lions will face an imposing league opponent, Marist Catholic, tonight. The Spartans beat them 6-0 earlier in the season. They’ll need to rely on standouts such as Brielle Engle, Emmy Bickford and Maddie France to…

Boys soccer previews, recaps: Oct. 17 edition

PREVIEWS Cottage Grove Lions (7-3, #9) ■ Kicking off: The Lions face Marist Catholic, who beat them 1-0 ealrier this season. CG will rely on Jack Allen, Felix Garza, Emmanuel Rea and Hayes Valley.  Creswell Bulldogs (8-2-1, #10) ■ Kicking off: The Bulldogs face Crosshill…

Lancers axe Thurston’s winning streak

THURSTON – You’ll forgive Colts fans if they didn’t see this coming. But there were signs. Two weeks ago, Thurston was coming off a 31-24 win at Class 6A powerhouse Roseburg, notching its third straight road victory. However, it was the Colts’ closest game of…