Category Sports Zone

THE MAIN EVENT – GIRLS BASKETBALL WILLAMETTE AT SPRINGFIELD■ Game facts: Class 6A No. 6 Willamette (7-4) at 5A No. 4 Springfield (7-4); Wednesday, Jan. 3, 6:45 p.m.■ Tipping off: The Millers host the Wolverines in a matchup between the two top Lane County teams.…

Historic performance Pleasant Hill’s Gavin Inglish broke the school record by scoring 56 points in a 78-61 win over St. Mary’s in the Christmas Classic at Cascade Christian on Dec. 23 – after The Chronicle’s early deadline due to Christmas. Pleasant Hill’s previous points record…

The Chronicle’s Pierre Weil recaps the biggest high school sports stories in the southern Willamette Valley through 2023: Springfield girls get their revenge ■ The Springfield Millers girls basketball team took down Crescent Valley 44-29 in the Class 5A title game on March 10. The top-ranked…

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…