High School Sports Zone June 11

Thurston no-hit in state title game;
Creswell baseball falls in semifinals

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By Ron Hartman – Reporter

No-hitter ends Thurston’s title hopes

EUGENE – After a rainy start Saturday afternoon, the sun finally peeked through the dark clouds at PK Park during the Class 5A state championship baseball game. By that time,…

By Eli Thomas

Creswell’s historic season ends in semis

CRESWELL – Zero. In the 25 years before Kevin Feist took over the Creswell baseball program, the Bulldogs had zero 15-plus win seasons. In Feist’s three years at the helm,…

By Seth Thompson

Close calls: Drifters face tight finishes

SPRINGFIELD – The Drifters entered last weekend’s series against the Bellingham Bells with a 1-5 record. While they’d only won a single game up to that point, every loss was…

By Chronicle Staff Report

Ledbetter earns Pitcher of the Week

SPRINGFIELD — On Monday, West Coast League officials named Springfield Drifters right-handed pitcher Tristan Ledbetter its Baker Tilly Pitcher of the Week following the first full week of games. Ledbetter,…

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Anderson, Nelson complete state championship quests

Thurston’s Brooklyn Anderson embraces a teammate after competing at the Class 5A State Track & Field Championships at Hayward Field. GARY BREEDLOVE / THE CHRONICLE

THURSTON – Thurston girls track coach John Gillespie was substitute teaching a history class four years ago when he decided to do a little track and field recruiting. He had seen Addison Nelson play other sports, and knew she would be a valuable addition to the track team. Brooklyn Anderson was a skilled gymnast, and someone not on Gillespie’s radar. Still, he pitched her on the idea of joining the team.

He was able to convince both to join the Colts track team, and that has proved pivotal for all involved.

On Friday, Nelson won the Class 5A state title in the triple jump and Anderson won the 100m hurdles for the second consecutive year. Anderson set a state meet record of 14.27 seconds in the process, and was the fastest athlete across all classifications. She had originally set that same record in the prelims by running 14.35, but one-upped herself in the quest for the title.

Anderson memorably somersaulted over the finish line to win last year’s state title, and almost had an unfortunate repeat of the accident this year.

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