High School Sports Zone February 6

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The Chronicle’s Athlete of the Week:

Winner of The Chronicle’s Athlete of the Week:
Michael Salas Sanchez – Thurston Boys Wrestling

The sophomore state runner-up won the 113-weight class at Reser’s Tournament of Champions, which had 26 schools. He also won his weight class at the West Albany Tod Sumon Invitational, where the Thurston boys and girls reigned as champions.

Back to the future: Lions football returns to Class 4A

COTTAGE GROVE – The Cottage Grove football team is on the move – again. One year after moving from Class 4A down to 3A – and finishing the regular season…

Back to the future: Lions football returns to Class 4A

COTTAGE GROVE – The Cottage Grove football team is on the move – again. One year after moving from Class 4A down to 3A – and finishing the regular season…

Colts girls ‘know what we’re doing’

THURSTON — A young and inexperienced Thurston girls basketball team downed the Ashland Grizzlies on campus Friday night, pulling away in the second half to win 59-38, its third straight…

Colts girls ‘know what we’re doing’

THURSTON — A young and inexperienced Thurston girls basketball team downed the Ashland Grizzlies on campus Friday night, pulling away in the second half to win 59-38, its third straight…

Billies hit Bulldogs with their best shot

PLEASANT HILL – The long-anticipated showdown between crosstown rivals Creswell and Pleasant Hill didn’t live up to its billing. This one was all Billies. An overflow crowd looked on as…

Billies hit Bulldogs with their best shot

PLEASANT HILL – The long-anticipated showdown between crosstown rivals Creswell and Pleasant Hill didn’t live up to its billing. This one was all Billies. An overflow crowd looked on as…

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Bulldogs downed by the horns of the Billies

January 28, 2025. The Pleasant Hill Billies host the Creswell Bulldogs in Girls Basketball at Pleasant Hill High School. Credit: Craig Strobeck – Photographer

“We worked on (her shot) a lot this summer,” said Miller. “Her shooting has improved a ton if she shoots it with confidence. So if she’s open, the message to her is if it’s a quality shot you’ve gotta let it fly.”

On the other end, head coach Tyler Hollingsworth and the Creswell Bulldogs look at this game as a lesson on handling pressure.

“We’ve gotta handle pressure and we’ve gotta know when we’re getting pressured,” Hollingsworth said. “To their credit they played man, and we’ve played against zone for the last six games which is a bit different. I’ve gotta do a better job getting them ready to play against man.”

The Bulldogs entered this game with a noticeable size disadvantage. Despite this, Hollingsworth argues it didn’t play much of a role in this game.

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