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SPRINGFIELD – After rolling through the first two rounds of the Class 5A playoffs, the Thurston Colts baseball team had yet to be truly tested this postseason. That changed Tuesday…

Colts advance, set up finals rematch

SPRINGFIELD – After rolling through the first two rounds of the Class 5A playoffs, the Thurston Colts baseball team had yet to be truly tested this postseason. That changed Tuesday…

Party on: Colts open title defense by crushing early playoff opponents

SPRINGFIELD – The Thurston Colts baseball team is attempting something that’s never been done before – winning back-to-back Class 5A state baseball championships. After two commanding, 5-inning victories last week,…

Party on: Colts open title defense by crushing early playoff opponents

Sports notebook: Molony making his (HR) mark with the Ducks

Maddox Molony, a freshman for the Oregon Ducks baseball team, smacked a home run over the left-field fence at PK Park on May 5 for his seventh home run of…

Sports notebook: Molony making his (HR) mark with the Ducks

Maddox Molony, a freshman for the Oregon Ducks baseball team, smacked a home run over the left-field fence at PK Park on May 5 for his seventh home run of…

Billies baseball advances to first state semi since ’19

PLEASANT HILL – After losing in the quarterfinals the past two years, the Pleasant Hill Billies were facing a familiar foe Friday – fifth-ranked Sisters – and ended up winning…

Billies baseball advances to first state semi since ’19

PLEASANT HILL – After losing in the quarterfinals the past two years, the Pleasant Hill Billies were facing a familiar foe Friday – fifth-ranked Sisters – and ended up winning…

Challengers looking to build on success

The Emerald Challengers have been knocking on the door every season during coach Kenny Niles’ tenure. Will this be the year they finally bust it down? Now entering his sixth…

Challengers looking to build on success

The Emerald Challengers have been knocking on the door every season during coach Kenny Niles’ tenure. Will this be the year they finally bust it down? Now entering his sixth…

HSSZ Capsules: Week of May 30

THE MAIN EVENT: BASEBALL CLASS 3A: #4 PLEASANT HILL (21-6)VS. #9 BROOKINGS-HARBOR (19-7), 4 P.M.CLASS 5A: #2 THURSTON (26-3)VS. #3 RIDGEVIEW (24-5), 5 P.M.Ñ‚Ð¦Ð° What2Know: The final week of the…

HSSZ Capsules: Week of May 30

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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