

Cottage Grove boys and girls both fall to Marist Catholic

Athlete of the Week
Pleasant Hill Boys Basketball – Landen Melvin

Melvin, a junior, scored 17 points in each of the Billies’ victories last week, including a game-winning shot in Pleasant Hill’s 52-51 victory over Sisters on Friday.
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COTTAGE GROVE – The No. 15 Cottage Grove Lions lost to No. 4 Marist 67-50 on Friday night, falling to 10-6 on the season and third place in the Sky…
COTTAGE GROVE – Early in the third quarter of Friday’s boys basketball game between No. 24 Cottage Grove and No. 3 Marist Catholic, Spartans junior guard Brodey Drennan went for…
THURSTON defeated Springfield 83-20 on Tuesday. Thurston had six players with seven or more points, led by Lucas LaBounty’s 22. The Colts took a 24-7 first-quarter lead and never looked…
SPRINGFIELD – The No. 2 Millers (15-1) continued their dominance last week. The Millers took down No. 15 Thurston (6-9) 63-35 on Tuesday before beating No. 30 Ashland (3-12) 96-15 on…
SPRINGFIELDTipping off: The No. 2 Millers (15-1) travel to No. 17 North Eugene (9-8) on Tuesday before hosting No. 3 Crater (14-3) on Friday. Friday’s matchup against the Comets will…
THURSTON (12-4, 4-0) – Tipping off: Thurston, No. 4 in Class 5A, has two league matchups this week. The first is on Friday, at 7 p.m. against No. 13 Ashland (11-5,…
SPRINGFIELD: The Millers will face off in the Tod Surmon Tournament this Saturday. The Millers will face Beaverton, Central, Churchill, Dayton, Glide, Marshfield, McMinnville, McNary, Mountainside, Newport, Philomath, Sheldon, South…
SPRINGFIELD: The Millers girls took second (84.5) while the boys finished sixth (116) at the Willamette Invitational last Saturday. All eight of the Millers’ girls placed within the top four…
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HUSTLE & INTENSITY: Colts overwhelm Highlanders in conference clash

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THURSTON – Thurston Colts sophomore Brody Corgain rotated in help defense, picking up the rolling North Eugene Highlanders player who was headed to the hoop. Corgain rejected the layup attempt, and a Colts teammate picked up the ball. Three passes later, the Colts’ Treyson Hill made an easy layup to give his team a 43-31 lead, kicking off a 10-2 Colts run to end the third quarter with an 18-point lead.
The defense-to-offense sequence was a theme of Tuesday’s 65-47 victory for the Colts. The visiting Colts recorded only seven steals, but were regularly forcing deflections and tough shots.
Defense has been a key to the Colts’ six-game win streak. In its first seven games, Thurston had a 3-4 record and was allowing 56.7 points per game; during the win streak that number has dropped to 44.7.



















