Summer Sports Zone June 25

Drifters pitcher a Beacon for younger teammates;
Springfield on road trip, back home on June 30

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By Chronicle News Service

Drifters salvage win vs. Portland; on the road until June 30 return

SPRINGFIELD – The Drifters hotly pursued a Portland Pickles lead for seven innings of the series opener in Springfield, but even a second life from a…

By Steve Mims FOR THE CHRONICLE

Stavros is a Beacon for ‘youngsters’ on the team

SPRINGFIELD – Age is a relative term in the Springfield Drifters’ dugout. As Blake Stavros spends his fourth and final summer as one of the elder statesmen with the team, he…

By Chronicle News Service

Wittenborn to lead Tigers sports teams

CRESWELL – Brandi Wittenborn, a longtime Bulldogs soccer coach, was named athletic director for Creswell Middle School. Wittenborn brings 33 years of coaching middle school and high school athletics and…

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Tyner at home with Drifters

Peyton Tyner adds to the Drifters local flavor this year. ADON ECCLES / THE CHRONICLE

SPRINGFIELD – Peyton Tyner won’t have to put as many miles on his car this summer.

The outfielder from Lane Community College is spending his second year in the West Coast League with the Springfield Drifters. The Eugene native and Marist High School graduate spent last season with the Marion Berries in Salem.

“I am really excited to be back in the league and the biggest change is not having to make that commute each day,” he said with a laugh. “I am really excited to come out and play in front of local fans, I will probably see a lot of faces that I recognize and have some people I am familiar with around me.

Hopefully they will fill up the seats and we can put on a show for them.”

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