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Softball Previews

THURSTON ■ Coach: Jeff Litle■ Last year: 23-6, 15-3 in Midwestern League, second place. Defeated West Albany 15-13 in the first round of playoffs and defeated Wilsonville, 12-2, in second round of playoffs. Defeated Crater 18-15 in state semifinals before losing 9-0 to Ridgeview in…

Repeat feat? Bulldogs ready to run

CRESWELL – With a few returnees – including a state champion – and a talented transfer, Creswell will take a shot at defending its Class 3A girls track and field championship. The Bulldogs bring back three scorers from last year’s group that totaled 56 points…

Baseball Previews

THURSTON ■ Coach: Dennis Minium■ Last year: 26-4 overall, 18-0 to win Midwestern League title. Lost to Canby, 2-0, in the state semifinals.■ Outlook: The Colts have won seven straight league titles dating to 2018 and are favored to add to that list. The Colts…

Boys & Girls Track & Field Previews

THURSTON ■ Coach: K.C. Gillespie■ Outlook: The Colts placed sixth at state last year in the girls competition led by Brooklyn Anderson, who won the state title in the 100 hurdles in 14.93 seconds. She already topped that time as a senior by running 14.44…

WINTER SPORTS ALL-STATE

WRESTLING 5A BOYSFirst Team■ Samuel Greenstreet, 10, Thurston, 1st in Midwestern League, 108■ Michael Salas-Sanchez, 11, Thurston, 1st in Midwestern League, 120■ Bill Matheus, 12, Thurston, 1st in Midwestern League, 150 Second Team■ Lukas Salas-Sanchez, 10, Thurston, 2nd in Midwestern League, 113■ Tanner Brumble, 10,…

Ex-Drifter strikes out 13 for Bushnell

SPRINGFIELD – Drifters alum Austin Wolfe (2023) broke the Bushnell baseball record for strikeouts in a game, fanning 13 Oregon Tech batters across eight innings on Saturday. He walked only one batter and allowed two runs en route to his fourth victory this season. Wolfe…

Colts fall short of ultimate goal

McMINNVILLE – Defense has been the story all season for the Thurston Colts. They held five opponents to season-low point totals, and allowed the fewest points in Class 5A during the regular season. When they were down 13 points in the fourth quarter of their…

2025-26 WINTER SPORTS SUPERLATIVES

BOYS BASKETBALL THURSTONALL-MIDWESTERN LEAGUE■ Player of the year: Lucas LaBounty (second consecutive year)■ Defensive player of the year: Logan PiquetteFirst team■ Treyson HillSecond team■ Leofatu FilipeHonorable mention■ Logan PiquetteALL-STATE TOURNAMENTFirst team■ Lucas LaBounty SPRINGFIELDALL-MIDWESTERN LEAGUEHonorable mention■ Noah Solo■ Lejhaun Henderson COTTAGE GROVEALL-SKY EM LEAGUEFirst team■…