PLEASANT HILL – The Pleasant Hill Billies softball team is off to a fast start this season after opening Mountain Valley Conference (MVC) play with a 10-0, six-inning mercy rule win over Harrisburg last Tuesday. The win was a major one despite how early in the season it is for[Read More…]
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Morganic Roots owner, a former point guard, finds true outside game COTTAGE GROVE — A couple of decades ago, the Morgan family was known as a basketball family. After graduating from South Eugene High School in 2005, point guard Arnold E. Morgan Jr. – better known as J.R. Morgan – moved[Read More…]
Billies pitching provides sweet revenge
PLEASANT HILL – The Pleasant Hill Billies baseball team earned sweet revenge last Friday with a 7-3 win over Brookings-Harbor, the No. 3 team in the Class 3A preseason coaches poll and the team that knocked out Pleasant Hill from the postseason in the quarterfinals last year. Did the win[Read More…]
Creswell girls’ defense drives playoff run
CRESWELL – After losing their first battle against Coquille to open the season, the Creswell Bulldogs girls avenged that loss Saturday night, winning 61-41 to advance to the quarterfinals of the state playoffs. According to head coach Tyler Hollingsworth, the win was a testament to how far the team has[Read More…]
Mountain Valley tournament: CHS boys, girls make playoffs
SPRINGFIELD – The top teams in basketball’s Class 3A Mountain Valley Conference (MVC) gathered last Saturday for the league tournament to decide playoff teams and seedings. The Creswell Bulldogs were the key beneficiaries on the day as the boys team took down Sisters 54-40 for the third and final automatic[Read More…]
Pleasant Hill’s Gavin Inglish wins Athlete of the Week
Billies avenge only conference loss in dominating fashion vs. Harrisburg
HARRISBURG – The Pleasant Hill Billies boys basketball team took a huge step toward at least a share of the Mountain Valley Conference title on Saturday night, routing 8th-ranked Harrisburg 67-35 on their home floor. The win avenged Pleasant Hill’s sole conference loss this season – a 46-41 defeat at[Read More…]
Pleasant Hill’s Claire Crawford wins Athlete of the Week
Power outages, tree debris dominate post-storm work
As the ice melted and a welcome thaw set over the southern Willamette Valley this week, the rising temperatures matched frustrated residents and volunteers. Lane County, Springfield, Cottage Grove, and Creswell all declared a state of emergency last week – a declaration that should speed resources and help to the[Read More…]
Billies boys, girls sweep Bulldogs
CRESWELL – It might have been the quintessential high school basketball doubleheader last Tuesday at Creswell High School – particularly if you’re supporting the Pleasant Hill Billies boys and girls teams, who won their games in the Bulldogs’ gym. “It’s huge. It’s huge for us to get the win here[Read More…]