Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Multiple area athletes who graduated in 2023 are competing, or preparing to compete, collegiately. Here are a few athletes who competed this year who are first-year college athletes. COTTAGE GROVE ■ Brennen Murphy, track & field Murphy, a freshman at Western Oregon University, competed for…
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK ■ January: Danaeja Romero-Ah Sam, Bailey Tovey, Max Velarde, Allison Palluck ■ February: Nate Stiffler, Claire Crawford, Gavin Inglish, Danaeja Romero-Ah Sam ■ March: Kolton Malone, Connor Hanson, JB Robinson, Kiley Campos, Hope Ukolov ■ April: Maddox Molony, Brennen Murphy, Grady…
BASKETBALL PREVIEWS BOYS BASKETBALL #17 Cottage Grove (5-4) ■ Tipping off: The Lions return from the holiday break and travel to the Stayton HS tournament Wednesday-Friday. Cottage Grove has benefited from the emergence of 6-foot-5 freshman Trevor Cooper. #20 Creswell (5-5) ■ Tipping off: Creswell…
COTTAGE GROVE – Saturday night’s Battle of I-5 Holiday Tournament girls final was quite a test of wills. Crosstown rivals Pleasant Hill and Creswell weren’t backing down from one another. Ultimately, the Billies were able to stand up to that test, winning 53-46 behind Claire…
CRESWELL – Any team that has hopes of contending late in the season for a league or state title hopes to be battle-tested early in the season. Mission accomplished for the Pleasant Hill boys basketball team as the Billies won three close games in as…
BOYS & GIRLS BASKETBALL PREVIEWS Pleasant Hill Billies boys: 7-1, ranked #2 ■ Tipping off: The Billies boys team, fresh off a Battle of I-5 Tournament win, head down to Medford for the Cascade Christian Tournament. Pleasant Hill opens against No. 13 Catlin Gabel on…
PLEASANT HILL – You might say that athletics is in Kyle McClain’s blood. McClain, the athletic director at Pleasant Hill High School since the beginning of the 2022 school year, is the grandson of Dick McClain. Grandpa McClain was the founding athletic director at Linn-Benton…