SPRINGFIELD – There was lots of talk coming into the season that the annual crosstown rivalry football game between the Springfield Millers and Thurston Colts was going to go differently than the recent history of the game. Someone forgot to tell the Colts, who waltzed into Springfield’s Silke Field and[Read More…]
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Spooky season starts soon: Willamalane to kick of Halloween with Ghostly Golf
SPRINGFIELD – As we enter October next week, it’s time to break out the boxes of Halloween decorations and start planning your costumes. Among the Halloween festivities, Willamalane will be hosting the first event of the Halloween season with its fourth annual Ghostly Golf: a glow in the dark, Halloween-decorated[Read More…]
Millers-Colts rivalry game hinges on line play Friday
SPRINGFIELD – This Friday, the Springfield Millers (4-0) host the Thurston Colts (2-2) in the annual football rivalry game. With stars abound on both sides, it’d be easy to get caught up in the action of the quarterbacks, running backs, and wide receivers – the usual suspects. But if you[Read More…]
Golf tourney to support disabled children
SPRINGFIELD – No child should feel excluded – especially when it comes to a physical or mental disability. That’s why Springfield’s Tom Chesnut partnered with The Arc Lane County to host a charity golf event centered around raising money and support for children with disabilities. The event, which will take[Read More…]
Colts’ overhauled roster making strides
SPRINGFIELD – It hasn’t been an easy start to the season for the Thurston Colts girls soccer team. A tough non-league schedule was made more difficult as the Colts were trying to figure out how to replace six seniors from last year’s quarterfinal team — including four all-state athletes. Despite[Read More…]
Play review: Speed dating William Shakespeare
SPRINGFIELD — What do you get when you combine three actors, 37 plays and one Elizabethan playwright? You get “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” now playing at Pegasus Playhouse in Springfield. The 97-minute parody of Shakespeare’s comedies, tragedies and histories is directed by Scott Frazier-Maskiell and was written[Read More…]
Millers stay undefeated, blank South Eugene
SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield Millers football team used a heavy dose of running and stout defense to blank South Eugene on Friday night. Springfield won the game 35-0 behind a 21-point second quarter and moved to 4-0 for the first time since 2015. “It’s a work in progress. We’re still[Read More…]
Spark now; shine soon: Connections, opportunities arise at Booth-Kelly
SPRINGFIELD – When you’re young, discovering and navigating to your passions can be an extensive and arduous journey. But for youth in Lane County, there is a new, dedicated space for hands-on experience, vocational learning, and plenty of room for exploration. Spark at Booth-Kelly, Connected Lane County (CLC)’s second innovation[Read More…]
Colts back to familiar form with high-octane offense
SPRINGFIELD – Going into last Friday night’s game against North Eugene, the Thurston football team found itself in familiar territory. For the second consecutive year, the Colts were 0-2 with losses to Wilsonville and Summit. And for the second consecutive year, Thurston stopped the losing streak by beating North Eugene,[Read More…]
Springfield pops with vibrant celebration of community
SPRINGFIELD – From a party on Main Street, to uncovering of new public art, and a vivid celebration of culture, a trio of events on Sept. 8 in Downtown Springfield put the definition of “community” on full display. The BLOCK Party’s organizer Benjamin Wilkinson said it was “a wild success,”[Read More…]
