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After AJ Hodge’s 65-foot shot was ruled to be just a fraction of a second after the first-quarter buzzer, one could have looked upon that as being a bad omen for the Bulldogs. As it turned out, Friday night’s ending was their worst nightmare.  Santiam…

MIKE EYSTER/PHOTOS Hamlin Sports Complex is ready to take its place among other iconic sports venues in southern Lane County. The new home of the Bushnell Beacons and Springfield Drifters was made possible by visionary leaders. SPRINGFIELD – Autzen Stadium. Matthew Knight Arena. Hayward Field.…

SPRINGFIELD – The area’s amateur baseball scene took a big step forward in positioning itself as a force in American Legion with the announcement that the Eugene Challengers and Springfield Timbers were merging to form one American Legion Baseball program in Lane County. Both Boards…

Tyler Vanderhoff and Nicole Dobler, on the Les Schwab Sports Park field at the Bob Keefer Center, are combining their passions for sports and business. ERIN TIERNEY/CHRONICLE PHOTO When Tyler Vanderhoff graduated from North Eugene High School in 2009, he was not sure if he…

Pleasant Hill’s cheer team competed in its first Game Day event this past weekend in Roseburg. Front row, from left: Morgan Perkins, Isabella Navarro, and Madi Hardy. Back row, from left: Morgan Jorgensen, Katelynn Litson, coach Tangeila Clark, Callie Buffan, and Caedence Wheaton. Photo provided

A Cottage Grove player is fouled as he drives to the basket late in the fourth quarter against Creswell. RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTO CRESWELL – Playing against a young and outmanned Taft team, Creswell snapped out of its two-game funk, getting back on the winning track…

Cottage Grove’s Gracie Arnold scores late for the Lions as Creswell’s rally fell short on Thursday night. RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTO CRESWELL – The sky isn’t falling on the Creswell girls basketball team, but after a 4-6 start the Bulldogs couldn’t feel much more frustrated.  Not…

Now that Christmas break has come and gone, the basketball teams at Creswell High School look to begin the new year on the right foot.  For the boys, they look to continue their undefeated season. The No. 3-ranked Bulldogs (8-0) were facing a busy week,…

CRESWELL – Saturday’s championship game of the inaugural Bulldog Invitational presented the Creswell girls with a stage unlike anything they’d seen before.  “For almost all of our girls, that was the biggest game they had ever played in,” Bulldogs coach Tyler Hollingsworth said of his team’s…