THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2019
THE CHRONICLE — 17
SPORTS
CHS Bulldogs: Week in review
FOOTBALL
to make quick, efficient passes to the feet and poor
on-field communication allowing the Eagles to maintain
possession of the ball and find multiple shot opportu-
nities. In the second half, the Bulldogs came out with
more hustle, better passes and more talk, and it all
paid off as Grant Marshall headed in a corner kick by
Cam Nguyen to tie the score about 15 minutes into the
second half. Dawson Sharkey followed another corner
kick by dribbling through two defenders and scoring
what appeared to be the go-ahead goal for Creswell,
but it was called back on a foul. Both teams had other
chances, but neither managed to score again.
Game: at Oakland, Oct. 18
Results: Despite attempting to ride the momentum of
their Oct. 10 Homecoming victory over Central Linn, the
Bulldogs lost to the Oakers, 35-7.
Recap: The Oakers led 14-0 after the first quarter and
28-0 at the half. The Bulldogs scored in the third quarter,
as QB Dallton Dewey made a 20-yard TD run and Nano
Giffen added the PAT. Oakland added a final TD in the
fourth. Oakland QB Conrad James threw for 260 yards
and four TDs – three to RB Corbin Picknell. Creswell
punted only once and failed on several fourth-down
attempts. On offense, the Dawgs got some good drives
going, “but every time we needed a big play, we had
a bad snap, or a penalty called against us,” said coach
Scott Worsham.
Creswell stats: Each team had 10 to 12 shots on goal,
and Creswell goalkeeper Jayden Pratt made 14 saves in
the game. “Jayden had some phenomenal saves,” said
coach Brandi Wittenborn.
Reflections: “One of our biggest problems in this game
and this season has been finishing when we’re right
there in front of the goal – and we’ve still been working
on cleaning up our passing and our communication,”
Wittenborn said. “As a team, we’ve had a really emo-
tional season with lots of personal stuff happening and
lots of injuries and illnesses, so we’re a little beaten up;
but I’m hoping we can come back strong and win our
final games – especially this Thursday on Senior Night.”
Creswell offensive stats: Dewey completed 6-of-14
passes for 103 yards. Tyler Nicol made 2 catches for 51
yards. Rushing, Dewey made 24 attempts for 55 yards,
with 1 TD and 1 fumble. Caleb Wilson made 12 rushes
for 47 yards.
Creswell defensive stats: Wilson made 11 tackles (1
for loss) and 1 fumble recovery. Anthony Cox made
6 tackles, Logan Johnson had 5 tackles (2 for loss)
and Connor Hanson had 3 tackles and a third-quarter
interception.
GIRLS’ SOCCER
Reflections: “We knew we needed to shut down their
sweep, and we did a pretty good job of that, but their
QB could throw, too; he threw a lot of great passes, for
four of their five touchdowns. We got beat on some deep
money balls that got past our defensive backs and hurt
us for sure,” Worsham said.
Game: at Santiam Christian, Oct. 17
Results: The Lady Bulldogs – now 0-5 in league and
0-10 overall – fell to the Eagles 3-0.
Recap: The game was played in a torrential downpour.
Fifth-ranked Santiam Christian – undefeated in league
at 6-0 and is 11-0-1 overall – scored within the first 10
minutes and made another midway through the first half
for a 2-0 halftime lead. SC sent in a final goal with about
10 minutes remaining. Defenders Gracelyn Ehrich,
Brielle Brick and Riley Lamm “played extremely well
the entire game,” said coach Dan Smathers. “Gracelyn’s
goal kicks were tremendous – they’d go almost to mid-
field.” Addie Cortez also came up from JV and played
significant minutes. The Lady Dawgs were without
the injured Genesis Velazquez and Shelby Lamm and
Velazquez’s loss was particularly costly: “Genesis is
one of our main midfielders, running and passing well,”
Smathers said. “We’re already struggling offensively,
and this made that struggle even harder.”
VOLLEYBALL
Game: vs Pleasant Hill, Oct. 17
Results: With top hitter Breanna Dapron ill and on the
bench for most of the match, the then-second-ranked
Lady Dawgs lost the first set 23-25 but won the next
three, 25-13, 25-19, 25-22.
Recap: The first set was tied repeatedly and there were
a number of long rallies in each set. Creswell generally
passed serve well and served tough, with aces by
several players in each set.
Creswell stats: Kylee Whitson paced Creswell with
18 kills. “She played really well,” said coach Anna
Baltrusch. Sarah Lanz had 6 kills and 5 aces. Jane
Marquess had 27 digs and 4 aces; Jenessa Mallory
provided 23 assists; and Emme Whitson and Makaela
Seiber each had 2 stuff blocks.
Reflections: “The girls played really well, and Pleasant
Hill was playing really well,” Baltrusch said. “With
Breanna out the first two sets and not going in until the
last few points of the third set we’d made some lineup
changes, and the girls adjusted to it.”
Game: at Cascade Christian, Oct. 19
Results: The Lady Dawgs, who dropped from second
to third in 3A state rankings following the match, were
swept by the sixth-ranked Challengers in three straight
sets: 27-29, 20-25, 7-25.
Recap: Creswell had players out sick and missing prac-
tices, so there were different lineups in each set, and
The Bulldogs' Bailey Hutchinson gets a block for Creswell against Pleasant Hill.
GINI DAVIS/THE CHRONICLE
As Hayward Field at the University
of Oregon begins to take shape, excite-
ment is growing around the 2020 U.S.
Olympic Team Trials for Track & Field.
There is little doubt that all eyes will
be on Hayward Field in 2020.
With upgraded permanent seats,
spacious leg room, and unobstructed
views, watching the selection of the
world's best team will be more comfort-
able than ever.
The stadium has been designed to
feature incredible acoustics and to foster
Notable: Creswell has scored just seven goals so far
this season, with three games remaining. Most of those
goals belong to freshman Maddie Boettcher, the Lady
Dawgs’ leading scorer this season.
after a five- or six-hour bus ride to the Medford area, the
Lady Dawgs came out a bit flat. Still, they built leads in
each of the first two sets only to see Cascade Christian
come back and serve four or five consecutive points at
the end to take the set, and Creswell never really got on
track in the third set.
pass the ball well – and we weren’t hitting well at all;
everybody had more errors than kills,” Baltrusch said. “I
made lineup changes in all three sets and nothing was
working – I can’t really explain it. They were firing on
all cylinders and we were not; that’s just the way it goes
sometimes.”
Creswell stats: Dapron led with 9 kills. Lanz had 12
digs, Mallory had 7 assists and 3 aces, and Bryndal
Olson had 3 assists.
Game: vs. Santiam Christian, Oct. 17
CROSS COUNTRY
Results: The Bulldogs and Eagles tied, 1-1.
Reflections: “We really struggled with serve receive,
so we were not passing the ball well – and we always
Recap: Santiam Christian scored in the first half, with
Creswell’s lack of hustle to be first to the ball, failure
The Bulldogs had no XC events scheduled between Oct.
17 and Oct. 21.
a sense of intimacy and proximity to the
greatest athletes in the world.
Team USA brought home 29
medals from the 2019 IAAF World
Championships in Doha, and those
medalists will all start their journey
to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
right here in Eugene and the southern
Willamette Valley.
The “Hayward magic” will be buzz-
ing in only eight months, and fans will
want to be a part of it.
“Join the crowd that lifts up the
athletes like no other crowd on the
planet,” Track Town offi cials said.
Reflections: “We’re still trying to learn how to manu-
facture offense and score some goals and take some
pressure off our defense," Smathers said.
BOYS’ SOCCER
Team USA’s journey to Eugene and beyond underway
Chronicle wire services
Creswell stats: The team had two shots on goal. Carley
Wilkerson made 5 saves; Carter Kruger made two
saves during the final 20 minutes of the game.
In other news, the governing body
made several important changes.
To better accommodate athletes seek-
ing to compete in both the 100m and the
long jump, USA Track & Field (USATF)
announced the following competition
updates:
The long jump and triple jump
competitions have been adjusted in the
schedule with the men’s and women’s
triple jumps to be contested on Days
1-2-3 (June 19-21 ) and the Long Jumps
contested on Days 4, 7 and 10 (June 22,
25, 28).
– Compiled by Gini Davis
Athlete of the Week
The cross country team
heads into the Special District
4 3A Boys and 3A/2A/1A
Girls Cross-Country fi nals on
Tuesday, Oct. 29.
The meet begins at 12:15
p.m., and will take place at Lane
Community College in Eugene.
Creswell’s top girls’ runner,
freshman Leona Marquess,
has the fourth-fastest 5k in girls’
SD-4 going into district cham-
pionships.
Congratulations, Leona, and
best of luck in Districts!
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