Spring Sports Preview 2025 - The Chronicle Newsletter March 20 - The Chronicle

Spring Sports Preview 2025
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Track and Field Previews 2025

COTTAGE GROVE LIONS Head coach: Ricky Knutson’s 12th year at Cottage Grove 2024 season: Boys 1st in Sky-Em League and finished 6th at 4A State Championships. … Girls took fourth… Read more.

Track and Field Previews 2025

COTTAGE GROVE LIONS Head coach: Ricky Knutson’s 12th year at Cottage Grove 2024 season: Boys 1st in Sky-Em League and finished 6th at 4A State Championships. … Girls took fourth… Read more.

Softball Previews 2025

COTTAGE GROVE Head coach: Sarah Keefauver’s first year with Cottage Grove with a 0-0 coaching record 2024 season: 8-15 overall … 1-11 in league … 5th in Sky-Em League …… Read more.

Softball Previews 2025

COTTAGE GROVE Head coach: Sarah Keefauver’s first year with Cottage Grove with a 0-0 coaching record 2024 season: 8-15 overall … 1-11 in league … 5th in Sky-Em League …… Read more.

Baseball Previews 2025

COTTAGE GROVE LIONS Home games: 1375 S. River Rd. Head coach: Nathan Rheuban’s third year at Cottage Grove (15-32 record) 2024 season: 7-18 overall … 0-12 in league … 5th… Read more.

Baseball Previews 2025

COTTAGE GROVE LIONS Home games: 1375 S. River Rd. Head coach: Nathan Rheuban’s third year at Cottage Grove (15-32 record) 2024 season: 7-18 overall … 0-12 in league … 5th… Read more.

Results and schedules: End of winter sports, spring sports roll in

RESULTS BOYS BASKETBALL Thursday, March 13 Summit 54, Thurston 46 Friday, March 14 Thurston 50, Crescent Valley 49 Saturday, March 15 West Albany 58, Thurston 47 GIRLS BASKETBALL Wednesday, March 12 South Albany 59, Springfield 36 Thursday,… Read more.

Results and schedules: End of winter sports, spring sports roll in

Springfield girls fall at state tourney

McMINNVILLE – Despite their tumultuous season with a loaded schedule, the Millers still shot for the stars at the 5A Girls Basketball State Championships – confident in their ability to… Read more.

Springfield girls fall at state tourney

Ailing Colts finish sixth at state

McMINNVILE – Just how crazy was the Class 5A boys basketball state tournament this past weekend? For starters, the underdogs – the teams with the less-favorable seeds – won seven… Read more.

Ailing Colts finish sixth at state

McMINNVILE – Just how crazy was the Class 5A boys basketball state tournament this past weekend? For starters, the underdogs – the teams with the less-favorable seeds – won seven… Read more.

In case you missed it…

Class 3A: Billies boys top public school, #2 overall

Billies players (from left) Gavin Inglish, Jamon Heacock, and Isaiah Wilson with their silver medals at state. JOSIE HEACOCK / PHOTO

COOS BAY – It was the stuff dreams are made of. Trailing by 13 points midway through the second quarter, Pleasant Hill stormed back to defeat Valley Catholic in a dramatic finish at the 3A Boys State Basketball Championship.

Unfortunately for the Billies, that game was on Friday night in the semifinals. They still had to play about 24 hours later in the title game, and their dreams of a state title turned into a nightmare. Top-seeded Westside Christian (24-3) took control early and won 65-47 over No. 2-seeded Pleasant Hill.

“I’m just proud of these kids. They gave it everything they had, but we just didn’t play a fundamental game and we have to live with it,” Pleasant Hill coach Luke Jackson said. “It should have been closer. We didn’t settle down and we kept turning it over and not relying on our fundamentals and our game plan. I kept calling all the timeouts I could, but that’s what happens when you play like that.

“Second place is a big deal, though, and that’s just the way it is. We went all the way through the season without losing to a 3A team until the championship game and that’s a big accomplishment. I’m really proud of the kids – all of them. Every single kid made a difference. Some had to sacrifice, some played through injuries, and some played through sickness.