High School Sports Zone May 8

High School Sports Zone
The Chronicle

Pleasant Hill softball honors Jami Strinz;
the Molony legacy

The Chronicle’s Athlete of the Week:

Addison Hitt – Cottage Grove Softball

A senior, Hitt has been a bright spot for the Lions all season. She went 3-for-3 with an RBI against Marist Catholic last week. She also recorded a home run and scored a run for the Lions this past week.

Billies softball grieving, growing

PLEASANT HILL – Tuesday, April 29, was a typical spring day, with crisp, blue skies and the Pleasant Hill Billies taking on Sisters in a league softball game. The Billies… Read more.

Billies softball grieving, growing

PLEASANT HILL – Tuesday, April 29, was a typical spring day, with crisp, blue skies and the Pleasant Hill Billies taking on Sisters in a league softball game. The Billies… Read more.

Passion play: Molony enjoying grandkids’ success with Colts, UO

SPRINGFIELD – Ron and Melinda Molony have spent the past dozen years visiting baseball diamonds to watch their grandsons. From T-ball to Babe Ruth, Regionals and a couple of World… Read more.

Passion play: Molony enjoying grandkids’ success with Colts, UO

SPRINGFIELD – Ron and Melinda Molony have spent the past dozen years visiting baseball diamonds to watch their grandsons. From T-ball to Babe Ruth, Regionals and a couple of World… Read more.

Colts hire new volleyball coach

THURSTON – Thurston High School officials announced Monday that Kayla Devereaux would be the school’s new girls volleyball coach. It’s a return to the Thurston family. Devereaux, a Thurston alumn,… Read more.

Colts hire new volleyball coach

The Main Event: Boys Volleyball

#22 THURSTON AT #19 CRESWELL – Just the facts: Thurston is 5-7; Creswell is 12-1 …Thursday, May 8…7:30 p.m. start. Leading off: The Bulldogs play their last regular-season game… Read more.

The Main Event: Boys Volleyball

#22 THURSTON AT #19 CRESWELL – Just the facts: Thurston is 5-7; Creswell is 12-1 …Thursday, May 8…7:30 p.m. start. Leading off: The Bulldogs play their last regular-season game… Read more.

Spring sports recaps, previews May 8

Baseball Recaps COTTAGE GROVE went 0-3 against No. 1-ranked Marist Catholic last week. It started with an 11-0 loss on Tuesday, where the Lions went hitless with no runs.… Read more.

Spring sports recaps, previews May 8

Baseball Recaps COTTAGE GROVE went 0-3 against No. 1-ranked Marist Catholic last week. It started with an 11-0 loss on Tuesday, where the Lions went hitless with no runs.… Read more.

Results and schedules May 8

RESULTS BASEBALL Tuesday, April 29 Marist 11, Lions 0 Bulldogs 8, Elmira, 2 Sisters 10, Billies 8 Churchill 11, Millers 2 Colts 7, Crater 1… Read more.

Results and schedules May 8

RESULTS BASEBALL Tuesday, April 29 Marist 11, Lions 0 Bulldogs 8, Elmira, 2 Sisters 10, Billies 8 Churchill 11, Millers 2 Colts 7, Crater 1… Read more.

In case you missed it…

Creswell athletic director takes job at North Bend

Brandon Standridge, who has led athletics for the Creswell School District, is leaving his role as the Bulldogs’ athletic director for a similar position with North Bend High School. CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO

CRESWELL – Brandon Standridge, Creswell High School’s athletic director for the past six years, announced his next career move on social media Monday night.

Tuesday, he took a day off.

On June 30, Standridge will leave his roles as athletic director and assistant principal at Creswell to pursue a bigger challenge: full-time athletic director at Class 4A North Bend High School.

“It was a super difficult decision for me and my family,” he said Tuesday morning. “We’ve been here six years and had our kids here, and people have treated our family like their own. But … we felt like this job was a job that just doesn’t come around very often, and had to take the chance when offered.”

This will be Standridge’s third athletic director position. He said his main appeal for the opportunity was the full-time commitment to sports. North Bend offers a larger student body, which includes almost twice as many students as in Creswell, and provides a larger athletic community. The new role involves fewer administrative tasks, allowing him to focus on athletics.