High School Sports Zone April 3

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A real Keepers: Host families provide steady home base for Drifters

SPRINGFIELD – Providing home-cooked meals, family getaways, and a consistent place to sleep are normal things for a mother to do, but how does one receive them while hundreds of… Read more.

A real Keepers: Host families provide steady home base for Drifters

SPRINGFIELD – Providing home-cooked meals, family getaways, and a consistent place to sleep are normal things for a mother to do, but how does one receive them while hundreds of… Read more.

Baseball & Softball recaps, previews: local schools close out spring break tourneys

Recaps BASEBALL Cottage Grove struggled at its spring break tournament, going 0-3 at the White Buffalo Spring Break Classic in Madras last week. It started with a 14-2 loss to Crook… Read more.

Baseball & Softball recaps, previews: local schools close out spring break tourneys

Recaps BASEBALL Cottage Grove struggled at its spring break tournament, going 0-3 at the White Buffalo Spring Break Classic in Madras last week. It started with a 14-2 loss to Crook… Read more.

Baseball & Softball results, schedules: 3A to 5A schools begin to wrap up non-league

BASEBALL Tuesday, March 25 Creswell 13, Mazama 3 Lebanon 11, Springfield 5 Thurston 5, Quartz Hill 2 Thurston 14, Maine West 4 Wednesday, March 26 Crook County 14, Cottage Grove 2 Madras… Read more.

Baseball & Softball results, schedules: 3A to 5A schools begin to wrap up non-league

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Managing expectations

Thurston baseball coach Dennis Minium hopes to celebrate another state title this season — says the focus is on the present. PIERRE WEIL / CHRONICLE PHOTO.

THURSTON – It might be appropriate to look ahead for the Colts baseball team – the two-time defending Class 5A state champions.

Coach Dennis Minium won’t let that happen.

“The kids have a chance to have history again, and it’s a big thing on their back,” Minium said. “So far, they’ve done a good job of focusing on what’s in front of them and not what’s three weeks or a month down the road. Right now, the kids are focused on every Monday.

“Ultimately, in the back of their heads, they know they want to play on June 7 (championship game) but they don’t look to June 7,” he said.

It’s easy to understand why they might get ahead of themselves. The Colts are reining six-time Midwestern League champions and are favored again this year.

But their coach wants to slow down the clock amidst the awakened daffodils, the spring showers, and the green-dotted trees.

“We look at what’s in front of us that day. For the beginning of the season, that’s what we’re focusing on,” Minium said.