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Colts’ opening-day ace Molony leaves after five pitches EUGENE – It was an unexpectedly bumpy return to the University of Oregon’s PK Park for the Thurston Colts baseball team. Nine…

Rocky start for defending champs

Colts’ opening-day ace Molony leaves after five pitches EUGENE – It was an unexpectedly bumpy return to the University of Oregon’s PK Park for the Thurston Colts baseball team. Nine…

Billies pitching provides sweet revenge

PLEASANT HILL – The Pleasant Hill Billies baseball team earned sweet revenge last Friday with a 7-3 win over Brookings-Harbor, the No. 3 team in the Class 3A preseason coaches…

Billies pitching provides sweet revenge

PLEASANT HILL – The Pleasant Hill Billies baseball team earned sweet revenge last Friday with a 7-3 win over Brookings-Harbor, the No. 3 team in the Class 3A preseason coaches…

HSSZ: Week of March 21 Capsules

THE MAIN EVENT: SOFTBALL #6 PLEASANT HILL (2-0) VS. #14 HARRISBURG (2-0)Ñ‚Ð¦Ð° Series facts: Tuesday, March 19 at Pleasant Hill, 4:30 p.m. … Friday, March 22 at Harrisburg, 2 and…

HSSZ: Week of March 21 Capsules

THE MAIN EVENT: SOFTBALL #6 PLEASANT HILL (2-0) VS. #14 HARRISBURG (2-0)Ñ‚Ð¦Ð° Series facts: Tuesday, March 19 at Pleasant Hill, 4:30 p.m. … Friday, March 22 at Harrisburg, 2 and…

‘Romero-Ah Sam Era’ ends at state

By Pierre Weil / [email protected]

PIERRE WEIL / CHRONICLE PHOTO. Springfield coach Joe Williamson (right) greets Danaeja Romero-Ah Sam (left) and Diamond Wright as they exit the court following the team’s quarterfinal loss to Crater. The Millers finished in fourth place in the state.

McMINNVILLE – It wasn’t the dream return to the state tournament that the Springfield girls basketball team was hoping for – but don’t mistake the failed title defense for a failed season. After falling to Midwestern League rival and second-ranked Crater in the quarterfinals, the Millers battled their way through the consolation bracket to earn fourth in the state one year after winning the title.

“Fourth place is not what we came here for, but I think we played well. I think Crater and us, we kind of felt like we were two of the top teams,” Springfield coach Joe Williamson said. “So when we didn’t win that game, all we could do was come out and win our next two. The highest we could get was fourth place, so we did the most we could do under the circumstances.”

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