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Play ball! Drifters continuing to cultivate Baseball Youth Summer Camp

SPRINGFIELD – Hamlin Sports Complex, home of the Drifters, is usually filled with hotdogs, sunscreen, and cheers from the stands. Instead, on an idle Tuesday afternoon, the stands were empty…

Play ball! Drifters continuing to cultivate Baseball Youth Summer Camp

SPRINGFIELD – Hamlin Sports Complex, home of the Drifters, is usually filled with hotdogs, sunscreen, and cheers from the stands. Instead, on an idle Tuesday afternoon, the stands were empty…

Challengers earn 2nd-place finish at regional Legion event

BILLINGS, Mont. – For one moment the Eugene Challengers had a peek at baseball’s Everest – the American Legion Baseball World Series. But in the next moment it had all…

Challengers earn 2nd-place finish at regional Legion event

BILLINGS, Mont. – For one moment the Eugene Challengers had a peek at baseball’s Everest – the American Legion Baseball World Series. But in the next moment it had all…

Grovers still rooting for Botswana

COTTAGE GROVE – After witnessing the true power of their athletic potential at the 2022 World Track & Field Championships, Cottage Grove residents relished in the glory of watching their…

Grovers still rooting for Botswana

COTTAGE GROVE – After witnessing the true power of their athletic potential at the 2022 World Track & Field Championships, Cottage Grove residents relished in the glory of watching their…

State champs: Saunders helps lift Challengers to title

BOB WILLIAMS / CHRONICLE PHOTO The Eugene Challengers celebrate after their second state title in four seasons under head coach Kenny Niles.

The landscape of the Eugene Challengers’ routine post-game huddle looked different this time. As they gathered near the scoreboard, water droplets rolled off the athletes’ uniforms as some were still soaked from the celebratory water dunk. Others trailed behind as they got caught up with interviews and the new spectacle of media presence. And the rest were still facing the warm embrace from their beaming, yet teary-eyed parents.

For the first time in three years, the Eugene Challengers stood triumphant as American Legion state baseball champions. The Class AAA team, composed mostly of players from Springfield and Eugene, beat the Mid Valley Southpaws 2-0 on Wednesday at Swede Johnson Stadium, the site of the state tournament and the Challengers’ home field.

Next up is a trip to the regionals in Billings, Mont., on Aug. 7-11 and then, perhaps, the national tournament in North Carolina.

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