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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…

Creswell boys soccer defeated Valley Catholic 3-1 in the first round of the OASAA 3A state playoffs at Creswell High School, November 5, 2025. Photos by Craig Strobeck.

Hailey Fergason of Cottage Grove at the finish of the 2025 OSAA girls 4A cross country championships at Lane Community College, November 8, 2025. Photo by Craig Strobeck for The Chronicle

Chronicle archive photo of Steve Turner.

PLEASANT HILL – As Jacob Neely neared the end zone on another fall evening he lowered his shoulder, opting to put an exclamation mark on his night, and ran over one more defender. Neely finished the game with 356 yards and five touchdowns as Pleasant…