Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Above, Creswell’s Lonn Robertson, left, cheers on Aleksi Ojala, far right, during hisrace walk. Below, Enni Nurmi keeps a steady pace during her race walk. The Finnish national team got its competition underway last week on the first day of the World Athletic Championships in…
Worlds Race through Springfield Activity from the 2022 World Athletics Championships can be seen through out Springfield. On July 17, men’s marathon contestants race through town, with Tamirat Tola of Ethopia earning first place.
The team signs autographs for some of its youngest fans. Botswana Team Manager Tshepo Kelaotswe andCottage Grove Mayor Jeff Gowing enjoy a special dinner together. COTTAGE GROVE – The Botswana Oregon22 team bid farewell to Cottage Grove on July 11t at a special dinner organized…
CRESWELL – Years of effort and planning culminated Friday night with an open house celebration of the Finnish track and field team in Creswell. The community-wide event, held at Creswell High School’s football field, made an impression on the Finns. “We all have traveled quite…
JOEY BLUM / CHRONICLE PHOTO- Thoumas Seppänen shows Creswell how to Throw the Hammer. Want to learn more? Joey Blum breaks down the Finnish team make up online at Chronicle1909.com. Perhaps no athletic event embodies the slogan, Citius, Altius, Fortius, “Swifter, Higher, Stronger” than does…
Track and Field officials working at Hayward Field often share a saying when things get hectic, “It’s just a track meet.” It’s a settling reminder that keeps us focused when the pressure mounts, television producers breathe fire down our necks, or something goes differently than…
Drifters players sign autographs for fans at Hamlin Sports Complex baseball stadium. SPRINGFIELD – Jack Thomson arrived in Springfield this summer with a hot bat. Thomson was named player of the year in the Northwest Conference as a senior at Lewis & Clark College in…
Peter Bellerby/NW Sports PicsGrady Thurman, who attended elementary and middle school in Creswell, finished his high school career in Eugene. EUGENE – Although he’s finished only one year of college, Grady Thurman says the game of soccer has already taken him on the thrill ride of…
MIKE EYSTER/ CHRONICLE PHOTO – GM Jamie Christopher high-fives Lincoln Allen. The Springfield Drifters opened their season on a rainy Friday night, but it couldn’t dampen the spirits of all associated with the game – especially coaches and players. The Drifters are a wooden-bat league…