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■ THURSTON defeated Century 5-3 in a non-league matchup on Thursday. Brody Corgain was 2-for-3, with a HR, a triple, and 2 RBI. Grady Saunders was 3-for-3, with a triple, a sacrifice fly, and threw two scoreless innings. ■ CRESWELL won two of three games…

Thurston graduate Calvin Green and his teammate, Cade Stubbs, shot 3-under par during two rounds of stroke play at the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball championship in Scottsdale, Ariz. this week, but failed to make the cut for medal play. Green and Stubbs were inside the cut…

■ PLEASANT HILL was 3-1 last week. Tuesday, a 12-7 win over La Pine saw Acadia Bloxham reach in all four plate appearances with 4 RBI, and Zaira Duarte hit a HR. In Wednesday’s 4-2 win over non-league opponent North Douglas, Duarte and June Johnson…

CRESWELL (21-5, 14-1, #2) ■ Leading off: The Bulldogs moved up to No. 2 in Class 3A this week despite losing their undefeated league record. This week, the Bulldogs have a non-league matchup with No. 7 South Umpqua/Day Creek (18-8, 13-2) to finish off the…

THURSTON (3-21, 3-12, #27) ■ Leading off: Thurston will finish the season with a Thursday road doubleheader against No. 19 Ashland (8-14, 5-10). The Colts are looking to carry the momentum of a sweep over Springfield into the series against the Grizzlies, and finish the…

RECAPS ■ CRESWELL and PLEASANT HILL competed at the Three Sisters Twilight Meet in Sisters on Friday. A Billie or Bulldog won every boys track event. For Creswell, Connor Nguyen won the 100m and 200m, Lukas Garzanelli won the 400m, Lincoln Criddle won the 3000m,…

COTTAGE GROVE – The Cottage Grove Lions might have felt like it just was not going to be their day this past Friday. They had lost 7-0 on Tuesday, and now had only two baserunners through five innings of Game One of a Friday doubleheader.…

THURSTON – Eric Orton has been promoted to head boys basketball coach at his alma mater. Orton, who starred for Thurston as a senior in 2002 when the Colts won the Midwestern League title and reached the state quarterfinals, has spent the past two seasons…

SPRINGFIELD – Lucas Geren, who joined the Drifters at the end of last season and will return this summer, pitched another gem for Lane Community College, throwing 6.2 scoreless innings for the Titans in their final series of the regular season against Umpqua Community College.…