High School Sports Zone May 1

High School Sports Zone
The Chronicle

Standridge leaving Creswell to North Bend, meeting Cottage Grove’s Sarah Keefauver, and sports notebook

The Chronicle’s Athlete of the Week:

Kaylie Leonard – Creswell Track & Field

Photo Credit / CHS SOFTBALL

Leonard helped lead the Bulldogs’ girls to first place at the Aaron and Marie Jones Invitational AMJ Invite last weekend. She took first in the steeplechase with a PR of 9:15.04, second in the 400-meter dash with a season best of 1:01.83, second in the 300-meter hurdles at 49.85, and second in the high jump.

Game over: Standridge moving on

Creswell athletic director takes job at North Bend CRESWELL – Brandon Standridge, Creswell High School’s athletic director for the past six years, announced his next career move on social media Monday… Read more.

Game over: Standridge moving on

‘Living the dream’: Lions’ new softball coach developing players, enthusiasm

COTTAGE GROVE – When Cottage Grove’s new softball coach, Sarah Keefauver, was offered the unexpected opportunity to oversee an entire program as the Lions’ head coach, she leaped at the… Read more.

‘Living the dream’: Lions’ new softball coach developing players, enthusiasm

Spring sports notebook: Club sports galore and upcoming area sports events

Girls flag football and boys volleyball, while baseball and softball continue to take center stage, spring club sports are heating up. Thurston girls flag football is undefeated (10-0, 7-0 in league).… Read more.

Spring sports notebook: Club sports galore and upcoming area sports events

The Main Event: Flag Football

THURSTON & SOUTH EUGENE AT CRESWELL Just the facts: Thurston (10-0) and South Eugene (4-3) at Creswell (6-1) … Thursday, May 1 … 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. At a… Read more.

The Main Event: Flag Football

THURSTON & SOUTH EUGENE AT CRESWELL Just the facts: Thurston (10-0) and South Eugene (4-3) at Creswell (6-1) … Thursday, May 1 … 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. At a… Read more.

Spring sports recaps: May 1

BASEBALL RECAPS COTTAGE GROVE went 0-3 last week against Marshfield and goes into the third week of Sky-Em league with a 0-6 record. It started with their 13-3 loss on Tuesday… Read more.

Spring sports recaps: May 1

BASEBALL RECAPS COTTAGE GROVE went 0-3 last week against Marshfield and goes into the third week of Sky-Em league with a 0-6 record. It started with their 13-3 loss on Tuesday… Read more.

Results and schedules: May 1

RESULTS BASEBALL Tuesday, April 22 Marshfield 13, Cottage Grove 3 Creswell 7, La Pine 3 Pleasant Hill 22, Harrisburg 2 Thurston 9, Eagle Point 7 Wednesday, April 23 Pleasant Hill 13, Glide 2 Friday,… Read more.

Results and schedules: May 1

In case you missed it…

Building the ‘Billies baseball’ legacy

Right-hander Kyle Miller allowed seven hits and four runs while striking out eight and walking none in the Colts’ first game on Saturday. CRAIG STROBECK / CHRONICLE PHOTO

PLEASANT HILL – After the Pleasant Hill Billies baseball team fell to the Creswell Bulldogs 12-10 in Game One of its doubleheader, first-year head coach Boone Casarez pulled his team together for a long huddle before Game Two.

With his players clustered around him, he noted that the loss was painful and then outlined the main aspects they needed for a win: speed, pace, consistency, and, most importantly, a supportive culture.

The pep talk was a success – the Billies came back with a 5-4 victory against the Bulldogs in Game Two when they scored 6 runs from the third through the fifth innings.

“They did a better job picking each other up, too,” Casarez said after the second game. “Especially after an error happened, or a miscue, or a bad at-bat. In Game One, we had a few guys getting on each other or just quitting a little bit.”

This key aspect of Casarez’s pep talk – a supportive and uplifting team culture – also represents a larger philosophy that Casarez hopes to instill in the program for generations to come: integrity.