High School Sports Zone October 31

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Billies top Sisters, solidify No. 1 ranking

PLEASANT HILL – Go bonkers, Billies backers! The 2024 Class 3A Volleyball State Championship began this week, and Pleasant Hill – by virtue of winning the District 4 title Saturday…

Billies top Sisters, solidify No. 1 ranking

PLEASANT HILL – Go bonkers, Billies backers! The 2024 Class 3A Volleyball State Championship began this week, and Pleasant Hill – by virtue of winning the District 4 title Saturday…

No more hitch in Thurston Colts’ giddy-up

THURSTON – At Thurston’s previous home game, spectators witnessed the rare site of a team taking care of the Colts when Churchill came to The Farm. It was a different…

No more hitch in Thurston Colts’ giddy-up

THURSTON – At Thurston’s previous home game, spectators witnessed the rare site of a team taking care of the Colts when Churchill came to The Farm. It was a different…

Pleasant Hill’s Davis rushes past Bulldogs, brings ‘veteran energy’

PLEASANT HILL – Friday night’s homecoming game was a big night for Pleasant Hill as it faced its crosstown rival, Creswell. The Billies were not very gracious hosts, blanking the…

Pleasant Hill’s Davis rushes past Bulldogs, brings ‘veteran energy’

PLEASANT HILL – Friday night’s homecoming game was a big night for Pleasant Hill as it faced its crosstown rival, Creswell. The Billies were not very gracious hosts, blanking the…

HSSZ previews & recaps: Oct. 31 edition

PREVIEWS VOLLEYBALL Cottage Grove Lions (10-9, #9) Ñ‚Ð¦Ð° Setting up: Cottage Grove earned a postseason berth thanks to a third-place finish in the 4A Sky-Em league. After their home match…

HSSZ previews & recaps: Oct. 31 edition

PREVIEWS VOLLEYBALL Cottage Grove Lions (10-9, #9) Ñ‚Ð¦Ð° Setting up: Cottage Grove earned a postseason berth thanks to a third-place finish in the 4A Sky-Em league. After their home match…

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Bengtson scary good: CG Lions’ top distance runner dominates Scramble

Lion senior Carter Bengtson leading the race in Cottage Grove’s Bramble Scramble. CGHS YEARBOOK / PHOTO

Don’t get spooked if you’re a local 4A cross country runner, because the postseason begins on Oct. 31, and Cottage Grove senior Carter Bengtson is putting his game face on.

Competing on his home course Saturday in the Lions’ annual Bramble Scramble, Bengtson – the defending Class 4A state champion – quickly pulled away from the 26-team field of runners and shaved 20 seconds off his 5K course-record time. He finished in 16:06.0, beating out runner-up Conor Thompson (16:34.4) of Marist by nearly 30 seconds.

“Carter had been sick the week before and couldn’t run,” Cottage Grove coach Ricky Knutson said. “A lot of teams are not at full strength right now – our boys team had three of our top six guys out. We only ran three girls; only seven schools fielded a full team and ran five runners.

“We don’t normally have meets this late. The Bramble is a little later than usual this season, but it felt more like September. It was really warm, in the 70s.”

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