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BACK-TO-BACK: Thurston baseball first Class 5A repeat champion

EUGENE – In the 17 years since the Oregon School Activities Association moved from a four-class system to a six-class system, no baseball team in Class 5A had ever won…

BACK-TO-BACK: Thurston baseball first Class 5A repeat champion

EUGENE – In the 17 years since the Oregon School Activities Association moved from a four-class system to a six-class system, no baseball team in Class 5A had ever won…

Saunders drives Colts success from the mound

EUGENE – As a freshman last season, Grady Saunders secured Thurston’s state title with a walk-off, extra-inning, inside-the-park home run. This season, Saunders secured the title through his play on…

Saunders drives Colts success from the mound

Embree takes control of Drifters in Year 3

SPRINGFIELD – Just before the Springlfield Drifters held their media day on Monday at Hamlin Sports Complex, season-altering news was released by the team. Tommy Richards, the Drifters’ head coach…

Embree takes control of Drifters in Year 3

Dellinger – Springfield and UO great – answers the Hall’s call

EUGENE – How dedicated of an athlete was Bill Dellinger? The legendary University of Oregon distance runner – after setting numerous national and world records – decided to hang up…

Dellinger – Springfield and UO great – answers the Hall’s call

EUGENE – How dedicated of an athlete was Bill Dellinger? The legendary University of Oregon distance runner – after setting numerous national and world records – decided to hang up…

Sheldon softball, West Linn baseball earn state titles

The second-ranked Sheldon Irish softball team won back-to-back state titles with a 5-0 win over No. 21 Glencoe on Saturday at the University of Oregon. Irish standout pitcher Payton Burnham,…

Sheldon softball, West Linn baseball earn state titles

The second-ranked Sheldon Irish softball team won back-to-back state titles with a 5-0 win over No. 21 Glencoe on Saturday at the University of Oregon. Irish standout pitcher Payton Burnham,…

Fast company: Billies’ Thomas sprints to title

KALLIE HANSEL-TENNES / THE CHRONICLE. Pleasant Hill sophomore Ryan Thomas stretches across the finish line first in the Class 3A girls 100-meter dash at Hayward Field on Friday.

EUGENE – Ryan Thomas, a sophomore for the Pleasant Hill Billies, claimed one of the marquee individual titles after pulling off an upset to win the Class 3A girls 100-meter dash at the Oregon School Activities Association State Track & Field Championships last weekend.

“I’m so excited. I’ve worked really hard for this moment, and I’ve been training for this for so long because I just recovered from an ACL tear during soccer (season),” Thomas said. “It’s really refreshing to be back at my ability that I was at a couple years ago so it’s really exciting.”

Thomas finished the 100 prelims with a time of 12.66 on Thursday – the second-best time in the prelims behind Ella Bulkley of Catlin Gabel, who came into the meet with the fastest time in 3A this season. Thomas came back on Friday and pulled off the upset, winning with a time of 12.49 and beating Bulkley by .07 seconds.

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