High School Sports Zone December 11

Basketball season tips off;

Billies, Colts boys lose ‘Mac Court‘ games

Athlete of the Week

Creswell Boys Basketball – Ace Arnold

Arnold is off to a torrid start for the Bulldogs through one week. He has scored 15+ points in all three games. Friday he had 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting, with 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals against Corbett.

The Main Event

Top Stories, Recaps & More

By Seth Thompson

Millers get defensive in opening victory

SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield Millers girls basketball team opened its 2025 season at Marist Catholic on Wednesday, dominating the second half. After exiting the first half with a six-point lead,…

By Ron Hartman – Reporter

Billies fall to Ridgeview at ‘Mac Court’

EUGENE – Saturday’s “Return of the Mac” showdown between Pleasant Hill and Ridgeview was the two-week tournament’s featured attraction because of the coaching matchup: former University of Oregon stars Luke…

By Erin Tierney-Heggenstaller – Executive Editor

Boys basketball recaps and previews

RECAPS – THURSTON defeated Central 62-41 on Wednesday, Dec. 3 in its season opener. Lucas LaBounty led the Colts with 22 points. Ridge Lindsay, Leo Filipe, and Treyson Hill all…

By Seth Thompson

Girls basketball recaps and previews

RECAPS – THURSTON – The Colts beat Roseburg 35-32 last week.Ashtyn Bellmore and Addi Nelson led the way for Thurston with 11 and 9 points, respectively. While Thurston got the win,…

By Seth Thompson

Boys and girls wrestling recaps and previews

RECAPS – THURSTON – The Thurston Colts opened their 2025 wrestling season at the Kenny Cox Memorial Tournament last weekend. Here, to say the Colts crushed their competition might be an…

Outdoors

State hunting org names new executive director

After a nationwide search, Dr. Todd Adkins was appointed as the new executive director of the Oregon Hunters Association (OHA). Adkins holds a PhD from the University of Notre Dame and a law degree from the University of Iowa, with more than 30 years of experience in hunting and conservation.

Previously, he served as senior vice president of the Sportsmen’s Alliance, where he expanded staff and resources to protect hunting nationwide, and as managing director of state and local affairs for the NRA-ILA.

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