Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
SPRINGFIELD – High school volleyball fans are set for a new experience later this month when the inaugural North Star Volleyball Jamboree is held at Springfield High School on Aug. 29. The tournament features a jamboree-style competition among the Class 5A Millers and Thurston Colts,…
EUGENE – After a bracket change due to their role as hosts in the upcoming state tournament, the Eugene Challengers had the opportunity to take down an old semifinalist foe, Salem’s Post 20 Dirtbags, 9-1 last Friday. The victory helped propel the team to victory…
CRESWELL – The National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA) will present Creswell High School athletic director Brandon Standridge with the Quality Program Recognition award during a ceremony Dec. 15 in Austin, Texas. The NIAAA’s initiation of its Quality Program Assessment identified Creswell High School’s athletic…
EUGENE – Ole Athletics, the new A-level American Legion baseball team under the same management as the Eugene Challengers, beat Salem’s AAA team – the Post 20 Dirtbags – 8-6 Friday night. It was a slow start for the first-year team. The Dirtbags led 2-0…
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. – Bushnell University broke ground last week on a Player Development Center for the Beacons golf program, as part of a new partnership between the University and Pine Ridge Golf Club. Pine Ridge will be the home for one of the nation’s premier…
SPRINGFIELD – Representing your hometown is always an honor in sports – and when it comes to Thurston graduate and Drifters assistant coach Rocco Ferrari, Springfield is just in his DNA. “It’s a really cool thing in my opinion to have a team here. And…
For the second straight season the Pleasant Hill Billies earned the top finish of any school in the area in the OSAA Cup. After finishing 8th last season, the Billies earned 7th in Class 3A. The OSAA Cup is an annual competition where schools earn…
It was no surprise when last week the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife shut down spring Chinook fishing on the McKenzie River for the remainder of the season. The number of returning hatchery salmon, as expected, had been pitifully low and meeting the production…
SPRINGFIELD – Fireworks? You want fireworks? The Springfield Drifters delivered on and off the field July 4 with an 18-4 victory over a college all-star team at Hamlin Sports Complex in front of the largest crowd in team history – 1,326. “This is the coolest…