EUGENE – Freshman Grady Saunders had an improbable game-winning play on Saturday at the University of Oregon’s PK Park, scoring on an inside-the-park home run in the bottom of the 8th inning to give the Thurston Colts Baseball team its first state title since 2009. Saunders was the lead-off batter[Read More…]
Springfield
Drifters media day: Barnes, Dryden finding roles
SPRINGFIELD – Braxton Barnes and Hunter Dryden are both sophomore right-handed pitchers for the Springfield Drifters, but their roles with the team are vastly different. The Drifters begin their second season Friday night in the West Coast League, a collegiate wood-bat league. Springfield plays host to Port Angeles in the[Read More…]
Valley lends slow, steady salute on Memorial Day
Nine hundred sixty-eight in World War I. Three thousand, seven hundred fifty-seven in World War II. Two hundred and sixty-nine in the Korean War. Seven hundred and nine in Vietnam. Six in Desert Storm. Sixty-nine in Iraq. Seventy-four in Afghanistan. During Monday’s Memorial Day Celebration at the Springfield Veterans Plaza,[Read More…]
Showing their mettle: CG, THS earn spots on podium
EUGENE – The Cottage Grove boys and Thurston girls both took home third-place finishes in the team competition at the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) Track and Field State Championships last weekend. For the Cottage Grove boys, the podium finish was the team’s first in 46 years, and it comes[Read More…]
Thurston girls 4x100m relay wins Athlete(s) of the Week
See photos from the 4x100m below:
PHOTOS: Thurston baseball takes down Lebanon, advances to semifinals
SPRINGFIELD — The No. 2 Thurston Colts baseball team took down the No. 7 Lebanon Warriors 4-0 on Thursday night, advancing to the Class 5A state semifinals on Tuesday, where they’ll host No. 3 Wilsonville. Sophomore Connor Molony pitched a full-game shutout with 10 Ks, and Adam Elliott added 2[Read More…]
A fab, fit run: Springfield Rotary hosts Prom 5K
SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield Twin Rivers Rotary hosted a Prom 5K last week. Participants were asked to dress glamorous and race through the park as part of a benefit for the Springfield Young Readers Dolly Parton Imagination Library Program. Her literacy project provides a free book every month for all[Read More…]
Thurston baseball perfect in league
SPRINGFIELD – The Thurston Colts baseball team finished a sweep of rival Springfield last week, securing an 18-0 record in the Midwestern League in the process. Thurston already secured its fifth straight league title in its series two weeks ago against Crater, but this year’s team becomes the first to[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.
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…]
