High School Sports Zone Feb. 16

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Billie girls finish perfect MVC season
PLEASANT HILL – One year ago the Pleasant Hill Billies girls basketball team was finishing a 6-11 regular season in which it went 2-6 in league play and missed the…
Billie girls finish perfect MVC season
PLEASANT HILL – One year ago the Pleasant Hill Billies girls basketball team was finishing a 6-11 regular season in which it went 2-6 in league play and missed the…
Bulldog boys clinch regular-season crown
CRESWELL – The Creswell Bulldog boys basketball team clinched the Mountain Valley Conference championship last week with a 60-41 home win over Sisters. The win also avenged Creswell’s sole conference…
Bulldog boys clinch regular-season crown
CRESWELL – The Creswell Bulldog boys basketball team clinched the Mountain Valley Conference championship last week with a 60-41 home win over Sisters. The win also avenged Creswell’s sole conference…
HSSZ: Weekly Previews + Results/Schedules
Boys Basketball Cottage Grove – The Main Event10-11, ranked #20In the bonus: Cottage Grove has a huge matchup tomorrow against No. 13 Marist Catholic. The Lions can’t automatically qualify for…
HSSZ: Weekly Previews + Results/Schedules
Boys Basketball Cottage Grove – The Main Event10-11, ranked #20In the bonus: Cottage Grove has a huge matchup tomorrow against No. 13 Marist Catholic. The Lions can’t automatically qualify for…
HSSZ: Weekly Recaps
Photo Provided Cheer Thurston and Central tied in the Class 6A/5A Coed Game Day routines with final scores of 124.50, meaning they became co-champions. In doing so, Thurston added their…
HSSZ: Weekly Recaps
Photo Provided Cheer Thurston and Central tied in the Class 6A/5A Coed Game Day routines with final scores of 124.50, meaning they became co-champions. In doing so, Thurston added their…
Pleasant Hill’s Gavin Inglish wins Athlete of the Week
Pleasant Hill’s Gavin Inglish, a sophomore, has been one of the top scorers in all of Class 3A. Inglish has averaged 21.2 points-per-game to lead the Billies to a 19-5…
Pleasant Hill’s Gavin Inglish wins Athlete of the Week
Pleasant Hill’s Gavin Inglish, a sophomore, has been one of the top scorers in all of Class 3A. Inglish has averaged 21.2 points-per-game to lead the Billies to a 19-5…

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Title IX still inspiring leadership, change

By Pierre Weil / [email protected]

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. BOB WILLIAMS / THE CHRONICLE

“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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