Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
SPRINGFIELD – Andrew Miller is spending the summer reconnecting with old friends. The Springfield Drifters pitcher spent the first 12 years of his life in Pleasant Hill before moving to the coast, where he graduated from Knappa High School. A decade after moving away, Miller…
TUESDAY SPRINGFIELD – Drifters pitchers Tristan Ledbetter, Blake Stavros, and Cooper Mullens combined to secure a 2-1 victory over the Berries. It was the team’s first win since June 23. “After the road trip, that was huge. Our pitching staff came out tonight and gave…
Two former Thurston teammates could both be selected in the Major League Baseball Draft this weekend. Maddox Molony was a senior and Grady Saunders a freshman when they helped the Colts win the 2023 Class 5A state title with a 2-1 win over West Albany.…
SPRINGFIELD – When J.J. Altobelli recommended LJ Layhew spend his summer in Springfield, the Rice catcher searched a map. “The first thing I had to do was look up where it was at,” Layhew said. “I’ve never been anywhere near the Northwest before.” Layhew is…
DRIFTERS RECAPS TUESDAY WALLA WALLA, Wash. – The Drifters’ offense could muster only four hits and one unearned run through seven innings last Tuesday. But after right-hander Sonny Pena struck out the side in the bottom of the seventh, everything changed for the Drifters’ offense.…
On June 26, the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife Commission convened in Redmond to address a range of fisheries and wildlife-related topics. The outlook from the meeting was largely optimistic for local anglers, signaling a promising fall salmon season ahead with expanded opportunities for…
SPRINGFIELD – Age is a relative term in the Springfield Drifters’ dugout.As Blake Stavros spends his fourth and final summer as one of the elder statesmen with the team, he has earned a new nickname. “I got a couple guys who keep calling me ‘Unc’…
DRIFTERS RECAPS FRIDAY ■ SPRINGFIELD – The Drifters hotly pursued a Portland Pickles lead for seven innings of the series opener in Springfield, but even a second life from a dropped pop fly in foul territory that would’ve ended the game wasn’t enough to flip…
CRESWELL – Brandi Wittenborn, a longtime Bulldogs soccer coach, was named athletic director for Creswell Middle School. Wittenborn brings 33 years of coaching middle school and high school athletics and three years of experience as athletic director at Creswell High School from 2009-12. School officials…