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EUGENE – The Creswell Bulldogs softball team took a break from Mountain Valley Conference (MVC) play last week with three games. The Bulldogs capped off the week with a hard-fought…

Senior sendoff: A playoff victory?

EUGENE – The Creswell Bulldogs softball team took a break from Mountain Valley Conference (MVC) play last week with three games. The Bulldogs capped off the week with a hard-fought…

Sports Notebook: Martial arts event features good times, power-punching and more

The 5th annual Oregon State Hanmadang Martial Art Tournament & Expo makes its return to the Bob Keefer Center in Springfield this weekend. The event, organized by MooDo Taekwondo owner…

Sports Notebook: Martial arts event features good times, power-punching and more

The 5th annual Oregon State Hanmadang Martial Art Tournament & Expo makes its return to the Bob Keefer Center in Springfield this weekend. The event, organized by MooDo Taekwondo owner…

HSSZ Capsules: Week of May 2

THE MAIN EVENT: TRACK & FIELD WALLY CIOCHETTI INVITATIONALÑ‚Ð¦Ð° Meet facts: Cottage Grove and Creswell at Wally Ciochetti Invitational (CGHS). … Friday, May 3 at 2 p.m. … Admission: $5…

HSSZ Capsules: Week of May 2

THE MAIN EVENT: TRACK & FIELD WALLY CIOCHETTI INVITATIONALÑ‚Ð¦Ð° Meet facts: Cottage Grove and Creswell at Wally Ciochetti Invitational (CGHS). … Friday, May 3 at 2 p.m. … Admission: $5…

Eugene Sports Zone: May 1 Capsules

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Eugene Sports Zone: May 1 Capsules

Millers coach Embree brings series of successes to Springfield

By Pierre Weil / [email protected]

KALLIE HANSEL-TENNES / THE CHRONICLE Embree spends his time now rebuilding the Springfield High Millers’ baseball program. The former major league pitcher has managed in the West Coast League and at other high schools.

SPRINGFIELD – If there’s one thing Alan Embree knows how to do, it’s win.

Embree, in his first season at the helm of the Springfield Millers baseball team, has won at pretty much every level there is. The former left-handed pitcher won a state title at Prairie High School in Washington; a World Series championship with the 2004 Boston Red Sox; a West Coast League title as coach of the Bend Elks in ’15; and a state title as coach of Summit High School in ’16.

Now, the 54-year-old Oregon native takes over a Springfield program that’s desperate to win. The Millers are a combined 33-160 – a winning percentage of .17 – since Springfield’s last winning season in 2014.

Embree knows it won’t be an overnight turnaround, but said it can happen at some point.

“It starts with the youth programs. You’re only as good as your feeders, and we have enough young guys and support in the community,” Embree said. “The parents, the alumni, the school, the athletic director, have all been great with us. With the support we’re getting the pieces are in place, it’s just about getting it done.”

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