Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
The Emerald Challengers have been knocking on the door every season during coach Kenny Niles’ tenure. Will this be the year they finally bust it down? Now entering his sixth season, Niles has compiled a 220-59 record with the Class AAA American Legion team. Last…
THE MAIN EVENT: BASEBALL CLASS 3A: #4 PLEASANT HILL (21-6) VS. #9 BROOKINGS-HARBOR (19-7), 4 P.M.CLASS 5A: #2 THURSTON (26-3) VS. #3 RIDGEVIEW (24-5), 5 P.M.■ What2Know: The final week of the high school sports season is upon us, with Thurston and Pleasant Hill baseball the only…
SPRINGFIELD – After rolling through the first two rounds of the Class 5A playoffs, the Thurston Colts baseball team had yet to be truly tested this postseason. That changed Tuesday though, as the 2nd-ranked Colts held a narrow 3-2 lead on No. 3 Ridgeview midway…
EUGENE – Ryan Thomas, a sophomore for the Pleasant Hill Billies, claimed one of the marquee individual titles after pulling off an upset to win the Class 3A girls 100-meter dash at the Oregon School Activities Association State Track & Field Championships last weekend. “I’m…
PLEASANT HILL – The Pleasant Hill Billies softball team battled through more than just a challenging on-field schedule this year; the team’s season took an unexpected turn when Steve Williams, the head coach last season and most of this season, stepped down at the beginning…
PLEASANT HILL – It was all right there for the taking. The Pleasant Hill Billies baseball team was set up for a conference title – what would be its second in three years – after winning Game Two of a doubleheader over No. 7 La…
THE MAIN EVENT: BASEBALL #15 CENTRAL (16-10) AT #2 THURSTON (24-3)■ Game facts: Tuesday, May 21 at 5 p.m. at Thurston High School. Tickets: Adults $10, Students $6.■ Leading off: The Thurston Colts begin their title defense on Tuesday with a game against Central, and…
SPRINGFIELD – The 2nd-ranked Thurston Colts baseball team cruised into their third-straight quarterfinals with a 10-0, 5-inning victory over No. 15 Central in the 1st round of the Class 5A playoffs. After leading 1-0 midway through the 4th inning, the Colts blew the game wide…