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#16 MARSHFIELD (7-6) at #19 COTTAGE GROVE (5-6)  ■ Just the facts:  Friday, April 25….Doubleheader games at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. ■ Leading off: The Lions invite Marshfield to their field on Friday for a late afternoon doubleheader. The No. 16 Pirates (7-6) and the…

Baseball Recaps COTTAGE GROVE went 0-3 last week against the North Bend Bulldogs. It started on Tuesday when North Bend pulled away with a 14-0 victory, when the Bulldogs made 9 runs within the third and fourth innings. In Game One in their doubleheader on…

RESULTS BASEBALL Tuesday, April 15 ■ North Bend 14, Cottage Grove 0 ■ Creswell 13, Harrisburg 1 ■ Pleasant Hill 13, Elmira 3 ■ Springfield 7, Eagle Point 6 ■ Thurston 6, North Eugene 0 Friday, April 18 ■ North Bend 8, Cottage Grove 2…

THURSTON — After a successful non-league season, featuring a 3-2 record coming out of a competitive tournament in Arizona, the Thurston Colts baseball team had yet to face an early-season scare.  They opened Midwestern League play at Churchill on April 9 with an 8-1 victory,…

Springfield area schools have witnessed several coaching changes this season. Thurston assistant football coach Chase Beach has chosen to take over Creswell’s football program as head coach. This fills in the vacancy left by Scott Worsham, Creswell’s former head coach of eight years.  Following Creswell,…

#23 CRESWELL (5-6) at #27 PLEASANT HILL (4-5)  ■ Just the facts: A Mountain Valley Conference doubleheader … 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. ■ Leading off: The Bulldogs and the Billies face off in a Mountain Valley Conference doubleheader this Friday. Both teams have struggled in…

Baseball Recaps ■ COTTAGE GROVE fell behind Sweet Home 7-6 after Sweet Home scored a last-minute run in the top of the eighth inning. The Lions attempted to rally at the bottom and Evan Emmick scored a single and was able to advance to second…

RESULTS BASEBALL Tuesday, April 8 ■ Sweet Home 7, Cottage Grove 6 ■ Thurston 8, Churchill 1 Wednesday, April 9 ■ Santiam Christian 6, Creswell 1 ■ Cascade 5, Pleasant Hill 1 Friday, April 11 ■ Glide 5, Creswell 4 ■ Glide 8, Creswell 7…

SPRINGFIELD – For a team that has won a grand total of three games over the past four seasons, Springfield High School is one lucky baseball program.  Life on the field has shifted quite dramatically now that Kyle Casperson has taken the reins as head…