PLEASANT HILL – Heading into Pleasant Hill’s softball doubleheader against No. 16 Creswell last Tuesday, the Billies were in a dead heat with No. 9 Harrisburg for the Mountain Valley Conference title. Needing two wins to secure the title outright, Pleasant Hill did just enough, taking down the rival Bulldogs[Read More…]
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May Sports Notebook: Thurston golf takes fourth at state
CRESWELL – The Thurston boys golf team took fourth place at the State Championships last week. The tournament was held at Emerald Valley Golf Course in Creswell on Monday and Tuesday, with the Colts taking fourth in the team standings for the second straight year. Junior Peyton Wiedenmann led the[Read More…]
HSSZ: Baseball and Softball capsules + results/schedules
Baseball Creswell: Creswell finished its season with two losses at rival No. 12 Pleasant Hill, ending its season at 5-17 and missing the playoffs. Evan Jenkins led the way against Pleasant Hill, finishing Game One with 3 Ks, 1 hit and 1 run, and Game Two with 1 hit and[Read More…]
Thurston’s Breanna Raven wins Athlete of the Week
Raven is the defending state champion in the 200m, long jump and triple jump. After defending her league titles last weekend, she now leads the team into the state championship this weekend. See photos below of Raven at a meet earlier this season. Photos by Bob Williams.
Murphy pacing contending Lions
COTTAGE GROVE – Brennan Murphy, a standout performer on Cottage Grove’s boys track and field team, completed a record-breaking day at the Wally Clochetti Invitational at CGHS on Saturday, becoming only the second athlete in school history to run the 400-meter dash in less than 50 seconds. His final time[Read More…]
HSSZ: All weekly capsules
As postseason brackets won’t be posted until later this week and early next week, the normal High School Sports Zone capsules have been adjusted. This week’s capsules include Track and Field district previews, The Main Event, schedules/results, as well as some adjusted recaps that include hypothetical postseason scenarios for the[Read More…]
Cottage Grove’s Brennen Murphy wins Athlete of the Week
PHOTOS: Cottage Grove, Creswell compete at Wally Ciochetti Invitational
Cottage Grove and Creswell’s Track and Field teams competed at the Wally Ciochetti Invitational at CGHS yesterday. See some of the photos from the meet below. All photos by Pierre Weil / The Chronicle.
Hanmadang 2023: Springfield martial arts festival breaks the mold
SPRINGFIELD — This year’s Oregon State Hanmadang was the fourth annual event, with the first three editions taking place in different parts of Eugene. This year, organizers Tim Greathouse and Lada Korol decided to move the event to the Bob Keefer Center in Springfield. Greathouse said the extra space allowed[Read More…]
Lions softball coach sees bright future as young players emerge
COTTAGE GROVE – Coach Adam Dimock, in his second season leading the Cottage Grove Lions’ softball program, has seen his share of ups and down this season. The Lions are 8-10, ranked 17th in Class 4A, and have a victory over ninth-ranked Marshfield earlier this season. “We’ve got a young[Read More…]