PLEASANT HILL – “Why do you play volleyball?” asked Lauren Anderson, director of the Warsaw Sports Business Center at the University of Oregon’s Lundquist College of Business. She was speaking to a room full of Thurston, Pleasant Hill, Creswell, and Cottage Grove volleyball teams at…

PLEASANT HILL – Building a successful volleyball program is never easy. You have to install a system and build a culture. Every great program has to establish a sense of continuity that brings good players into the mix every year.  Two area high schools –…

SPRINGFIELD – More than 40 high school soccer teams played at the 2025 Les Schwab Soccer Showcase last week, a two-day jamboree-style tournament on Aug. 28-29.  The girls’ teams played Thursday, followed by the boys teams on Friday at Les Schwab Sports Park. In its…

RECAPS PREVIEWS Football Football Mountain View 42, Springfield 13■ Recap: The Millers opened their season on campus against the Cougars last Friday. The Millers had strong opening performances from several top returners in the loss – particularly from Colby Kasperek and Adam Hernandez. Kasperek rushed…

RESULTS SCHEDULES Football Football Friday, Aug. 29Mountain View 42, Springfield 13Thurston 48, Caldera 17 Friday, Sept. 5North Marion at Cottage GroveGervais at CreswellSutherlin at Pleasant Hill Thurston at Silverton *All games at 7 p.m. Boys soccer Boys soccer Saturday, Aug. 30North Salem 2, Thurston 0 Friday, Sept.…

Class 3A Special District 3 might as well be completely renovated for the 2025 high school football season. With Cottage Grove moving back to Class 4A after its undefeated regular season last year in Class 3A, Harrisburg moving down to Class 2A after 10 years…

THURSTON – Last season came to a crushing halt for the Thurston Colts. After a season riddled with injuries, they suffered a 42-18 setback to state runner-up Mountain View in a game in which coach Justin Starck was forced to play most of his JV…

SPRINGFIELD – After a 2-7 season in which they finished seventh in Special District 4 and missed the postseason, it might appear the odds are stacked against the Millers making a return to the playoffs.  Adding to the challenge is the fact that Springfield opens…

COTTAGE GROVE – With a one-and-done Class 3A season in 2024, the Cottage Grove Lions face the lofty challenge of returning to Class 4A this year. Despite the unpredictability ahead, though, Steve Turner, in his third year with the Lions, remains staunchly grounded in his…