SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield Millers football team took down Marist Catholic 36-34 in an overtime thriller on Friday night. Not only did the win give Springfield a 2-0 start to…
SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield Millers football team took down Marist Catholic 36-34 in an overtime thriller on Friday night. Not only did the win give Springfield a 2-0 start to…
PLEASANT HILL – The No. 2 Pleasant Hill Billies volleyball team swept rival No. 6 Creswell last Thursday, extending their win streak in the Class 3A rivalry to three. While…
PLEASANT HILL – The No. 2 Pleasant Hill Billies volleyball team swept rival No. 6 Creswell last Thursday, extending their win streak in the Class 3A rivalry to three. While…
CRESWELL – After enduring a decade-long football playoff drought, this was the season Creswell expected to bust down the door and crash the postseason party. The Bulldogs are still hopeful…
CRESWELL – After enduring a decade-long football playoff drought, this was the season Creswell expected to bust down the door and crash the postseason party. The Bulldogs are still hopeful…
FOOTBALL GAME-BY-GAME PREVIEWS PHILOMATH WARRIORS (1-1)AT COTTAGE GROVE LIONS (0-2)тЦа Game facts: Friday, Sept. 15 at 7 p.m.тЦа What2Know: The Lions struggled last week, giving up 51 points against an…
FOOTBALL GAME-BY-GAME PREVIEWS PHILOMATH WARRIORS (1-1)AT COTTAGE GROVE LIONS (0-2)тЦа Game facts: Friday, Sept. 15 at 7 p.m.тЦа What2Know: The Lions struggled last week, giving up 51 points against an…
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Getting it right is top priority for new coach, upbeat Millers
BOB WILLIAMS/CHRONICLE PHOTO. New head coach Frank Geske – with two state title rings in his career – sees a bright future for Springfield High football.
SPRINGFIELD – Have you heard the news? The Springfield Millers football team is the talk of the town.
There’s good reason for the buzz.
Springfield lost only 10 seniors – a small number for a team of almost 50 players – from last year’s team that went 5-2 in league and made the postseason for the first time since 2015.
Part of the excitement was the offseason arrival of Frank Geske as the new head coach. Geske has the 15th-most wins (248) of any Oregon high school football coach, and won state championships at Marist (2009) and Tigard (’03).
After being let go by Marist earlier this year, Geske took over at Springfield, and he’s liked what he’s seen so far.
“The little things that I thought were over their head last week, they’re getting,” Geske said. “Which means we can install new stuff, or just wax the floor again next week and build up those little layers that are gonna make us really good.”
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