SPRINGFIELD – The Thurston boys wrestling team earned the Midwestern League title last week, beating out Crater and Eagle Point to clinch its fourth consecutive league championship. The Colts came…
SPRINGFIELD – The Thurston boys wrestling team earned the Midwestern League title last week, beating out Crater and Eagle Point to clinch its fourth consecutive league championship. The Colts came…
COTTAGE GROVE – The Cottage Grove boys basketball team finished the regular season last week with a 56-52 overtime loss at home against No. 11 Marist Catholic on senior night.…
COTTAGE GROVE – The Cottage Grove boys basketball team finished the regular season last week with a 56-52 overtime loss at home against No. 11 Marist Catholic on senior night.…
Boys Basketball Recaps Pleasant Hill: Pleasant Hill had an important win in a league playoff game Saturday. The Billies beat No. 19 Sisters 50-37 to clinch the second seed in…
Boys Basketball Recaps Pleasant Hill: Pleasant Hill had an important win in a league playoff game Saturday. The Billies beat No. 19 Sisters 50-37 to clinch the second seed in…
Wrestling – the main event All area schools, boys and girls, head to the Wrestling State Championships this weekend in Portland. Classes 1A-4A compete on Thursday and Friday; Classes 5A-6A…
Wrestling – the main event All area schools, boys and girls, head to the Wrestling State Championships this weekend in Portland. Classes 1A-4A compete on Thursday and Friday; Classes 5A-6A…
Springfield’s Danaeja Romero-Ah Sam makes her return as Athlete of the Week after a 24 point, 5 steal and 3 assist performance in the Millers’ 76-41 win over Churchill last…
Springfield’s Danaeja Romero-Ah Sam makes her return as Athlete of the Week after a 24 point, 5 steal and 3 assist performance in the Millers’ 76-41 win over Churchill last…
PJ Rees, left, and Bev Smith pose together at the Kidsports field, where Smith works. Both Rees and Smith played sports at the University of Oregon in the 1970’s during the first era of Title IX.
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“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”
These 37 words were passed into law in 1972, changing the course of history for millions of girls and women around the country.
In the Southern Willamette Valley, the lasting legacy of the law weaves its way through the stories of four women who continue to represent and perpetuate its goals:
– Bev Smith, former University of Oregon women’s basketball player (1978- ‘82) and coach (2001- ‘09) and current executive director of Kidsports;
– PJ Rees, former UO volleyball, basketball, and softball player (1973-‘77);
– Jessica Crawford, Pleasant Hill High School volleyball coach and former New Mexico State volleyball player; and
– Keri Green, Springfield High School volleyball coach and former Bushnell volleyball player and golfer.
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