Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Challengers fall in state title game The Emerald Challengers, an American Legion baseball team made up of Springfield- and Eugene-area players, fell in the state championships last week in Swede Johnson Stadium at North Eugene High School. The Challengers were the top seed, earning their…
Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a series of profiles on our area’s high school athletic directors. Be on the lookout in the coming weeks for Parts 2-5. CRESWELL – Some people are born to walk down a certain career path, whether they…
Helicopter lands at Springfield camp The Valley Football Camp at Springfield High and sponsored by the Oregon Army National Guard, ended with a bang Friday as the Army landed a Black Hawk Helicopter at Silke Football Field. The three-day camp had two separate sections, a…
SPRINGFIELD – With all-time classic songs such as “Under the Boardwalk,” “Stand By Me,” and “This Magic Moment,” the Drifters have produced some of the most timeless R&B music ever made. John Over has produced a few magic moments himself with the Springfield Drifters, being…
Challengers reach 45 wins, eye state tournament The Emerald Challengers went 6-1 last week, moving to 45-5 overall on the season. Early last week the Challengers completed a four-game sweep of the defending state champion Medford Mustangs, winning Game 3 of the series 7-1 and…
SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield Drifters continued their busy summer schedule last week, going 3-3 with two non-league wins. The Drifters went into the midseason break 12-15, and after a series against Corvallis, Springfield has six-striaght games against the last-place team in the South Division, the…
ScorebookLive.com compiles “best of” teams ScorebookLive Oregon, one of the state’s premier high school sports coverage outlets, put together a list of the best performing athletes in each team sport this season. Multiple area athletes made the lists, with all but one of those athletes…
EUGENE – The Emerald Challengers took down the Puyallup Untouchables 8-6 on Friday night in the 47th annual Papa’s Pizza Tournament, securing coach Kenny Niles his 200th win at the helm of the program. Niles is in his fifth year with the Challengers, coaches the…
SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield Drifters stopped a six-game losing streak with their 7-1 win over the Ridgefield Raptors on Sunday thanks to a stellar performance from pitcher Hunter Dryden. Dryden pitched 6 innings, allowing only 1 run and striking out 5. On the year Dryden…