SPRINGFIELD – Justin Starck. Thurston athletic director and head football coach. Husband and father. 1995 World Bowl Champion? After playing football at Walla Walla Community College and the University of…
SPRINGFIELD – Justin Starck. Thurston athletic director and head football coach. Husband and father. 1995 World Bowl Champion? After playing football at Walla Walla Community College and the University of…
Challengers fall in state title game The Emerald Challengers, an American Legion baseball team made up of Springfield- and Eugene-area players, fell in the state championships last week in Swede…
Challengers fall in state title game The Emerald Challengers, an American Legion baseball team made up of Springfield- and Eugene-area players, fell in the state championships last week in Swede…
Two of Oregon’s 34 wild and scenic rivers run right through Springfield, offering numerous water recreation opportunities. The Willamette River, McKenzie River, and their tributaries are enticing in the hot…
Two of Oregon’s 34 wild and scenic rivers run right through Springfield, offering numerous water recreation opportunities. The Willamette River, McKenzie River, and their tributaries are enticing in the hot…
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Creswell athletic director Brandon Standridge has his eyes on building a culture from middle school through high school and into the community.
CRESWELL – Some people are born to walk down a certain career path, whether they know it or not. For Brandon Standridge, Creswell High School’s athletic director, everyone in his family had a feeling what his path was — except him.
“Growing up, for the most part, I wanted to go into law and be a sports agent. I caught the ‘Jerry Maguire’ bug. All through high school, and mostly through college, that was my goal,” Standridge said. “I was a history major with a political science minor and was gonna go pre-law. So high school teaching and coaching and athletic directing was not there at all.”
Born in 1981 in Roseburg and raised in Riddle, Standridge was an athlete from the get-go.
“I mean as far back as I can remember, we had tee-ball when I was five. We’d play baseball on the coast, play basketball on Saturdays,” Standridge said. “I’ve been doing this my whole entire life. When it was all said and done, I played four sports in high school: football, cross country, basketball, and baseball.”
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