Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
SPRINGFIELD – The top teams in basketball’s Class 3A Mountain Valley Conference (MVC) gathered last Saturday for the league tournament to decide playoff teams and seedings. The Creswell Bulldogs were the key beneficiaries on the day as the boys team took down Sisters 54-40 for…
The Springfield Board of Education approved money to convert the football fields at Springfield and Thurston high schools to artificial turf at its Feb. 12 meeting. Both schools requested the turf fields due to the deterioration of the grass fields during football season. In the…
SPRINGFIELD – Losing close games is never fun. Losing close games where you had a fourth-quarter lead is less so. Yet, for the Thurston Colts boys basketball team, having a fourth-quarter lead over No. 2 North Eugene both times the teams played this season has…
This week’s High School Sports Zone capsules contain: The Main Event, boys and girls basketball previews, a conference call, results/schedules, and recaps from last week’s basketball, swimming, and wrestling competitions. THE MAIN EVENT: WRESTLING ALL-CLASS STATE TOURNAMENT■ What2Know: 2024 state wrestling championships, Feb. 22-24 at…
EUGENE – The top-ranked Thurston Colts girls wrestling team went into the Class 6A/5A Special District 3 Championships at North Eugene High School last Saturday as the clear favorites. Almost 12 grueling hours later, the Colts proved why they’re the No. 1 team, winning their…
COTTAGE GROVE – Despite a 13-33 record the previous two seasons, the Cottage Grove Lions girls basketball team is turning things around – quickly. In coach Pete LeMay’s second season, the Lions are 13-8 overall, already surpassing their win total by nine games from last…
Editor’s note: This week’s capsules contain The Main Event, weekly previews and recaps for basketball teams, wrestling recaps, swimming recaps, cheer recaps, conference call, and results/schedules from our area teams. THE MAIN EVENT – MOUNTAIN VALLEY CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT■ What2Know: Class 3A conference playoffs. … Saturday,…