■ Address: 333 58th St.■ Head coach: Kevin Durfee, 3rd year at Thurston■ Total returners: TOP RETURNERS■ Addi Nelson, G, Sr., 5-8, #22024: All-League 1st team■ Payton Tovey, G, Jr. 5-7, #122024: 2nd team All-League■ Emmiana Gerdrum, PG, So., 5-7, #202024: Honorable Mention All-League as…

Address: 875 7th St.Head Coach: Joe Williamson, 6th season at SHSTotal returners: 7 TOP RETURNERS■ Darissa Romero-Ahsam, G, Sr., 5-7, #12024: Defensive player of the year, first team all conference■ Sailor Hall, G, Jr., 5-9, #322024: First team all-conference■ Iyahna Woodard, P, Jr., 6-1, #30■…

■ Address: 84455 N. Enterprise Rd.■ Head coach: Terry Newton was coach at Perrydell for 23 years, 12 w girls, 10 w boys, multiple top 5 in state finishes … coached Vernonia in 2024■ Last year: Billies won league tournament; lost in playoffs■ Total returners:…

■ Address: 33390 Niblock Ln.■ Head coach: Jesse Thomas’ 10th year at Creswell … has won four league titles in past nine years.■ Last season: Reached playoffs■ Total returners: 6 TOP RETURNERSLuke Bailey, F/Post, Sr., 6-5, #232024: Averaged 11 pts, 6 reb per game ……

SPRINGFIELD – The Drifters named Jake Willard their new general manager Monday. Willard – who has spent the past six years with TrackTownUSA and the Prefontaine Classic – takes over for Barry Bokn, who retired this fall. Team officials said Willard brings a community-focused approach…

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Senior Caleb Jones (left) reacts after Thurston’s season-ending loss to Churchill last Friday in the state playoffs.

EUGENE – The Lane Community College Titans men’s and women’s cross country teams finished second and fourth, respectively, at the 2025 Northwest Athletic Conference Championships in Spokane Valley, Wash., on Monday, Nov. 10. Led by third-year head coach and NWAC Southern Region Coach of the…

CRESWELL — The third-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 reach the state semifinals. “I think in the end, we were the better team.…

THURSTON Thurston coach Devin Vanscoy stated last week that the girls team was hoping to place within the top eight, and that Carson Buergey on the boys hoped to finish within the top five overall racers at the Class 5A cross country state championships. They…