Sports
Ready to repeat: Springfield star Romero-Ah Sam shoots even higher
SPRINGFIELD – Sometimes, heartbreak is the best motivator. Danaeja Romero-Ah Sam got her heart broken on March 12, 2022 when the 7th-ranked Springfield girls basketball team fell to No. 9 Crescent Valley 50-39 in the Class 5A state championship game. “After the loss (in 2022), I felt some type of[Read More…]
Shot clock, free-throw rules add new wrinkles in Oregon
OREGON – Two new in-game rules that will shake up prep sports are debuting this season for Oregon high school basketball teams. Each season the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), an organization that the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) gets its rulebooks from, makes minor rule changes[Read More…]
Winter Sports Previews: Boys Basketball
COTTAGE GROVE LIONS ■ Head coach: Seth Hutchison, 6th year, 36-72 overall ■ 2022-23 season: 10-15 overall, 2-6 Sky-Em League, ranked #22, Lost in Play-In at North Marion State titles: 1 (1991) ■ School colors: Dark Blue and Gold Top Returners ■ Gannon Leach, Guard, Sr., 2022-23 Honorable Mention All-league[Read More…]
Winter Sports Previews: Girls Basketball
COTTAGE GROVE LIONS ■ Head coach: Pete LeMay, 2nd year, 4-19 overall ■ 2022-23 season: 4-19 overall, 1-7 Sky-Em League, ranked #31, Missed playoffs ■ State titles: 1 (2010) ■ School colors: Dark Blue and Gold ■ Returning starters: 3 Top returners ■ Mariah Bailey, guard, Soph., 2022-23 starter ■[Read More…]
Winter Sports Previews: Wrestling
BOYS & GIRLS WRESTLING CAPSULES COTTAGE GROVE LIONS■ Head coach: Charlie Kent, 1st year■ 2022-23 season: Boys 7th in league. Girls 26th in league.■ School colors: Dark Blue and GoldTop boys returners■ Nathan Abrams, Sr., 285-lb weight class, 2022/23: 2nd-place in Sky-Em League■ Carter Bengtson, Jr., 132-lb weight class, 2022/23:[Read More…]
HSSZ: Week of Nov. 30 Capsules
THE MAIN EVENT: GIRLS BASKETBALL ■ Game facts: Wednesday, Nov. 29 at 6:45 p.m., SHS■ Tipping off: The defending-Class 5A state champion Millers host Canby to open the season. Canby went 16-9 last season and made the postseason. Springfield coach Joe Williamson is unsure if Wednesday’s game would serve as[Read More…]
A leg up on the competition: Meadors’ gameplan more than football
SPRINGFIELD – When Grant Meadors made his debut at Autzen Stadium during Oregon’s spring game in April, his first kickoff went out of bounds. “That was the most nervous that I have ever been,” the UO kicker said. Meadors’ nervousness was understandable because he would have been finishing up his[Read More…]
Drifters open home season June 4
SPRINGFIELD – The Drifters, a summer collegiate wood-bat baseball team playing at the Hamlin Sports Complex, released its upcoming schedule that includes a June 4 home opener against Yakima and home games against seven-time and reigning West Coast League champion Corvallis on June 21 and 23. Springfield finished 22-32 overall[Read More…]
Wilsonville ends Thurston postseason streak, season
WILSONVILLE – The Thurston-Wilsonville football matchup is one of the best non-league rivalries in 5A football in recent memory. Top-ranked Wilsonville, which had won the past two regular-season meetings, added another chapter by ending Thurston’s three-game postseason head-to-head streak with a 49-21 victory Friday in the state quarterfinal playoffs. “Unfortunately,[Read More…]
