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PLEASANT HILL – You might say that athletics is in Kyle McClain’s blood. McClain, the athletic director at Pleasant Hill High School since the beginning of the 2022 school year,…
PLEASANT HILL – You might say that athletics is in Kyle McClain’s blood. McClain, the athletic director at Pleasant Hill High School since the beginning of the 2022 school year,…
SPRINGFIELD – After losing their opener by 20 points to Parkrose, the Thurston Colts boys basketball team has won four in a row by a combined margin of 76 points.…
SPRINGFIELD – After losing their opener by 20 points to Parkrose, the Thurston Colts boys basketball team has won four in a row by a combined margin of 76 points.…
Three area teams help kick off inauguralI-5 Holiday Tournament. WHAT TO KNOWтЦа The Battle of I-5 Holiday Tournament makes its debut this weekend at three of our schools. Cottage Grove,…
Three area teams help kick off inauguralI-5 Holiday Tournament. WHAT TO KNOWтЦа The Battle of I-5 Holiday Tournament makes its debut this weekend at three of our schools. Cottage Grove,…
BOYS BASKETBALL PREVIEWS Springfield Millers: 1-4, ranked #29тЦа Tipping off: Springfield tries to stop a three-game skid at Class 6A Grants Pass on Thursday. The Millers have struggled offensively at…
BOYS BASKETBALL PREVIEWS Springfield Millers: 1-4, ranked #29тЦа Tipping off: Springfield tries to stop a three-game skid at Class 6A Grants Pass on Thursday. The Millers have struggled offensively at…
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Ready to repeat: Springfield star Romero-Ah Sam shoots even higher
BOB WILLIAMS / THE CHRONICLE. Springfield star basketball player Danaeja Romero-Ah Sam, the defending back-to-back state player of the year, led the Millers to the Class 5A state title last year as a junior. This season, Romero-Ah Sam knows her team will get everyone’s best shot each time out, but she’s making sure the Millers stay on top.
SPRINGFIELD – Sometimes, heartbreak is the best motivator. Danaeja Romero-Ah Sam got her heart broken on March 12, 2022 when the 7th-ranked Springfield girls basketball team fell to No. 9 Crescent Valley 50-39 in the Class 5A state championship game.
“After the loss (in 2022), I felt some type of way, because we weren’t supposed to lose that game,” Romero-Ah Sam said.
Romero-Ah Sam was named the Class 5A State Player of the Year as a sophomore in 2022, leading her team to a 21-8 record and a second-place finish. And yet, the entire team felt like it had failed.
“You’d think getting to the championship game, we would have been really excited about that,” said Joe Williamson, Springfield’s head coach since the 2020-21 season. “But I think just the loss, the pain of that loss, I mean, it was devastating to get there and lose. And we had to live with that for the whole offseason.”
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