Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Category Sports Zone
BACK-TO-BACK: Thurston blanks West Albany, wins second-straight title
EUGENE – The Thurston Colts baseball team claimed back-to-back Class 5A state titles on Saturday with a shutout, 2-0 win over No. 4 West Albany at the University of Oregon’s PK Park. The 2nd-ranked Colts became the first 5A baseball team to win back-to-back titles,…
Party on: Colts open title defense by crushing early playoff opponents
SPRINGFIELD – The Thurston Colts baseball team is attempting something that’s never been done before – winning back-to-back Class 5A state baseball championships. After two commanding, 5-inning victories last week, the Colts are only two games away from achieving that feat. “They’re focused right now.…
Sports notebook: Molony making his (HR) mark with the Ducks
Maddox Molony, a freshman for the Oregon Ducks baseball team, smacked a home run over the left-field fence at PK Park on May 5 for his seventh home run of the season – an Oregon freshman record. Molony, a 2023 Thurston grad and member of…
Billies baseball advances to first state semi since ’19
PLEASANT HILL – After losing in the quarterfinals the past two years, the Pleasant Hill Billies were facing a familiar foe Friday – fifth-ranked Sisters – and ended up winning 4-1 and advancing to the state semifinals for the first time since 2019. “That was…
Challengers looking to build on success
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…
HSSZ Capsules: Week of May 30
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…
Colts advance, set up finals rematch
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…