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second half, winning a race
to a loose ball in the box and
covering it before the Molalla
forward could take a shot.
Chamberlain attributed
the second-half effort to her
frustration about the goal
Molalla did manage in the
fi rst half. She had turned
away a free kick by Molalla,
but the ball bounced away
from her and Albright scored
what at the time was the
tying goal in the 31st minute.
“I just got really mad
about the entire goal, and
then my anger I put out on
the other team,” she said.
“I said, ‘You’re not getting
another goal.’”
La Grande immediately
responded to the goal from
Albright with Garlitz’s sec-
ond to take the 2-1 lead into
the half.
The Tigers also caught a
break with about 19 minutes
to play, when Albright scored
what appeared to be the
game-tying goal, only to have
it waved off by an offsides
call.
Garlitz put the game away
by completing her hat trick
with 9:45 to play.
“They were tough. They
never gave up,” Garlitz said
of Molalla. “I like that about
them, giving us a challenge.
(Our) team did really good.
We did not give up. We kept
going, and we were really
strong in the second half.”
The Tigers faced pressure
from the Indians’ offensive
attack most of the night. La
Grande took more shots —
holding a 17-12 edge — but
Molalla held the possession
longer and kept the ball in
its attacking third of the
fi eld.
The Indians, though, had a
tough time breaking through
against the La Grande
back line, and what did get
through was turned away by
Chamberlain.
“We really had to work on
playing confi dently because
we aren’t used to teams
pressuring us this hard, so it
was a real shift in thinking
with them all over us all the
time,” senior defender Lara
Insko said.
Garlitz praised the effort
the defense put on to keep
the Tigers ahead.
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“I gotta say good job to the
defense. It was so tough back
there,” she said. “I’m proud of
them for keeping it up, and
Lexy (saved) so many goals.”
Insko called Chamberlain
the team’s “lifesaver” on
defense.
“She was our savior. They
had one really strong player
in the center (Albright) who
had many goal scoring op-
portunities, and Lexy has no
fear,” Insko said. “She’s will-
ing to come out and tackle
those girls. She did a great
job tonight.”
The win, La Grande’s third
in a row in the fi rst round,
sends the Tigers into a
quarterfi nal match at North
Valley Saturday afternoon in
Grants Pass.
“I think we can do it,”
Chamberlain said of the
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upcoming match. “If we play
La Grande goalkeeper Alexyss Chamberlain watches a shot come her way during the
the way we played (today),
fi rst half Tuesday. Chamberlain made eight saves in the Tigers’ 3-1 win over Molalla.
we have a chance.”
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“I had some doubts in my-
self coming into the season
off the broken leg,” he said.
But Reed said any doubts
he had dissipated on his 59-
yard touchdown run on the
Tigers’ third play from scrim-
mage this season during
La Grande’s 36-14 season-
opening win over Pendleton.
McIlmoil said he noticed
apprehension in the running
back during summer camps,
but felt it was gone by the
time the season began.
“There is a major (mental)
block that happens to all ath-
letes coming off an injury,”
the coach said. “As he worked
on it and did some things
mentally to improve himself
and his mental game, (his
confi dence) started to come
back. He took the bull by the
horns, did what he needed
to do and got to where he
needed.”
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noted for his rushing ability,
McIlmoil said he is also a
solid defender, adding Reed’s
play at middle linebacker
gets overlooked in the midst
of offensive accolades.
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mal,” McIlmoil said.
He’s also stayed healthy
partly due to being pulled
early in the blowout wins.
He said he’d like to be
on the fi eld more but he
understands the potential
long-term benefi t of limiting
touches during the regular
season in lieu of the playoffs,
which begin Friday against
Estacada.
“Last year at this time he
was banged up (from the
long season). This year he’s
healthy, (and) this is when
we need him to be the most
healthy,” McIlmoil said.
Reed said he’s entering
the playoffs at 100%, and he
feels he’s in better condition
than this time a year ago.
He said, too, he won’t be
satisfi ed with anything less
than what the team set out
for at the beginning of the
season — a state champion-
ship.
“I’ve gotten second place
enough. I’ll be very disap-
pointed if we don’t win it as a
team in football,” he said.
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