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Cottage Grove went 0-2 in their last regular scheduled games against St. Mary’s Medford and Gladstone. St. Mary’s Medford is a Class 3A private school that has gone 9-3-1 in Class 3A. These last two contests were unrankable and were to give the Lions more…

Cottage Grove lost to the Crescent Valley Raiders 49-25. After a close first half, the Raiders won at Don King Field thanks to several big offensive performances. Carlos Ochoa rushed for 107 yards and one TD on only five carries. The bulk of those rushing…

In the end of girls soccer, Class 3A Pleasant Hill won its first round against Salem Academy at home on Saturday. Senior Trinity Smead scored in the 60th minute with an assist from midfielder Zoe Dilts to win 1-0. Senior captain Kenna Caldwell-Copeland had 4…

All 14 of Thurston’s runners competing at the Midwestern League championships on Wednesday qualified for state. Both the boys and girls teams earned third-place finishes, with the boys scoring 74 and the girls 76. The boys had two top-10 finishers in Owen Smith (16:18.60) and…

CRESWELL — Under what felt like a monsoon, the No. 6-seeded Creswell Bulldogs boys soccer team dominated No. 13-seeded Valley Catholic Valiants 3-1 in the Class 1A/2A/3A second-round playoff match Wednesday night, advancing to the quarterfinals for the first time in a decade. “Last two…

THURSTON — The No. 7-seeded Thurston Colts girls soccer team fell 2-1 to the No. 10-seeded Canby Cougars in the first round of Class 5A playoffs Tuesday night, but in first-year head coach Browning Stupp’s debut season, the Colts’ future looks bright. “The way these…

CRESWELL — The No. 3-seeded Creswell girls soccer team survived a soggy second round Class 1A/2A/3A playoff at Markley Field on Tuesday night, holding off the No. 14-seeded Blanchet Catholic to 1-0 to stay on track for a deep state playoff run. “I think in…

CRESWELL – The Pleasant Hill Billies extended their winning streak to seven games on the strength of a powerful running game led by Jacob Neely, defeating rival Creswell 42-20 in a Special District 3 game at Markley Field on Friday – crashing Creswell’s homecoming party.…

THURSTON – The Springfield boys soccer team defeated Thurston 2-0 last week, and hoped the victory would lead to a Midwestern League title for the second consecutive year. “Winning this game and winning the next game against Crater on Saturday can hopefully give us more…