Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
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…
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,…
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…
McMINNVILLE – The “stars” just didn’t line up in Springfield’s favor in this year’s Class 5A Girls Basketball State Championship game. Payton Starwalt scored 26 points and extended her all-classification record for 3-pointers in a season with 136 as West Albany – fittingly a long…
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…
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■…
SPRINGFIELD – Three 2025 Springfield Drifters – Cesar Chavez, Andrew Gauna, and Sonny Pena all had their best week of baseball this season. Chavez, an outfielder at Cal State Los Angeles, went 10-for-15 at the plate in four games against Cal State Stanislaus. He batted…
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THURSTON – The No. 4 Thurston Colts took down No. 13 Ridgeview (13-12) 57-40 on Friday in the first round of the OSAA Class 5A state playoffs.While they ended the first half tied at 20, the Colts were able to pull away in the third…