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Creswell GOAT takes over Billies basketball program

PLEASANT HILL – Luke Jackson – perhaps best known locally as the leader to Creswell’s state 2000 basketball title, in addition to the school’s all-time leading scorer – is the…

Creswell GOAT takes over Billies basketball program

PLEASANT HILL – Luke Jackson – perhaps best known locally as the leader to Creswell’s state 2000 basketball title, in addition to the school’s all-time leading scorer – is the…

Colts baseball dominates – again

SPRINGFIELD – If there was a Midwestern League dictionary, the definition for “dominance” would surely read: “Thurston baseball.” After a series sweep over No. 10 Crater last week, the Colts…

Colts baseball dominates – again

First season of girls flag football ends for Bulldogs at Nike event

BEAVERTON – The Creswell Bulldogs girls flag football team’s reward for going undefeated in their league was to be one of eight teams to travel to the Nike Headquarters last…

First season of girls flag football ends for Bulldogs at Nike event

BEAVERTON – The Creswell Bulldogs girls flag football team’s reward for going undefeated in their league was to be one of eight teams to travel to the Nike Headquarters last…

HSSZ Capsules: Week of May 16

THE MAIN EVENT:TRACK & FIELD OSAA STATE TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPSÑ‚Ð¦Ð° Meet facts: Class 3A championships, Thursday-Friday, May 16-17 … Classes 4A and 5A championships, Friday-Saturday, May 17-18.Ñ‚Ð¦Ð° What to…

HSSZ Capsules: Week of May 16

Bengtson, Lions on the prowl

By Pierre Weil / [email protected]

PIERRE WEIL / CHRONICLE PHOTO. Cottage Grove’s Carter Bengtson pulls away in the home stretch.

COTTAGE GROVE – Cottage Grove High School held its annual Wally Ciochetti Invitational for track & field last Friday, with some of the top competition in Class 4A in attendance. One of those attendees was Cottage Grove junior Carter Bengtson, who set a personal-record 4:06.56 in the boys 1500 to win the race – beating out three of the top six 1500 runners in 4A in the process.

“The plan was to just let them take it out. (Coach) Knutson told me to go at around 500, and when I saw we had one lap to go, I just went,” Bengtson said after the race. “I knew I could hold on for the last 400; I was just seeing how much they would catch up to me. But it felt pretty good, I thought that was definitely an improvement from last week, and I feel much better.”

Bengtson also has the top time in 4A in the 3000m race, but decided to focus on the 1500 at the Ciochetti Invite because of the stout competition he and his coach knew would be there.

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