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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, March 9, 2005
Good job, Cougars. You are great!
(Rear from left) Manager Jessica Hart, coach Mark Higgins, Kirsten Wood, Sheena
Cole, head coach Steven Morton and statistician Chelsea Hocker; (center from left)
Raesha Wanstrath-Yeoman, Erika Riley, Emily Dudley, Ashley Ellis and Leilani Tau-
saga; (front from left) Jaimie Wylie, Sarah Houston and Serena Barry. Not shown,
Kelcie Yeoman. (Photo by Lifetouch Sports Portraits)
Emily Dudley (left) was a leader for the Cougars. Among those boosting spirit at the
game were (from left) Nicole Navarro, the Cougar mascot, and Ashley Withers of the
cheerleading team. (Photos by Dale Sandberg)
IVHS girls lose in overtime for state
Illinois Valley girls
played to win, but lost 47-
42 to Junction City in
overtime in a fast-and-
furious state playoff game
in a packed Ken Mann Me-
morial Gym on Saturday
night, March 5.
In regular season play,
the Cougars, for the first
time in 23 years, captured
the Skyline Conference
championship with a 10-2
record.
Although they share
the Skyline limelight with
Phoenix, I.V. was seeded
#1 because of beating
North Valley twice, while
the Knights had a 1-1 mark
playing the Pirates.
Playing to a large,
stomping and cheering
partisan crowd Saturday
night, the Cougars roared
to a 6-1 lead in the first
quarter.
The game was a battle
to the end, with fans defi-
nitely getting their
money’s worth. The Junc-
tion City Tigers, #2 team
from the Sky-Em League,
were giving up no more
than 30 points per game.
The Cougars scored
38, noted head coach Ste-
ven Morton, in his fifth
year directing the girls.
For a while it appeared
that the Tigers would not
live up to their reputation,
as they shot numerous
times, often under the bas-
ket, to no avail.
But the visitors were
determined, and went to
the locker room at the half
with a 17-17 tie score.
During the third quar-
ter, the teams see-sawed on
scoring, with the period
ending 28-21 in favor of
the Cougars. A Tiger bas-
ket at the buzzer was too
late to count.
Seconds into the final
period, the Tigers sank
one, making the score 28-
23. As the competition
escalated, with both teams
well aware of the clock,
the skirmish continued; the
Tigers eventually getting
to 30-29 and then to 33-32
in their favor.
I.V. took the lead at
35-33 in the closing sec-
onds, and then, following a
time out, the Tigers put
one in for a 35-35 tie.
In the four-minute
overtime, the gym seemed
to vibrate from the cheer-
ing and stomping. Junction
City had some 100 fans on
hand; the rest were cheer-
ing for I.V., and booed
numerous times at what
some called questionable
calls by the officials.
One man, leaving the
gym at the end of the
game, said he wanted to
congratulate the officials
and name them “most
valuable players.”
Overall, I.V. was
called for 10 fouls; the Ti-
gers on eight.
As overtime began, the
Tigers got the tip-off and
made the score 37-35; con-
tinuing their drive to 41-
37. I.V. pushed back, scor-
ing with 51 seconds left
and making several free
throws count.
But with 13 seconds
remaining, the Tigers
made good on two free
throws, and the game
ended as a heartbreaker for
Illinois Valley: 47-42.
I.V.’s Emily Dudley
led scoring with 16 points.
Starter Sheena Cole scored
10. Dudley and fellow
team stalwart Sarah Hous-
ton fouled out in the final
minutes, with Morton put-
ting in Jaimie Wylie and
Leilani Tausaga.
Despite the loss, the
coach and others feel that
what the Cougars accom-
plished this season is not
diminished. And indica-
Sports serve society by providing vivid
examples of excellence.
- George F. Will -
tions are that I.V. will
again be a power, as it’s
losing only two seniors,
Barry and Kirsten Wood,
who didn’t play due to an
injured right knee.
“The girls were a bit
heartbroken,” said Morton,
“but I felt that they played
well enough to win the
game. I challenged them to
smile and realize what they
accomplished this year
“They were as upbeat
as could be expected under
the circumstances,” Mor-
ton said.
“I’m very-very proud
of the way our girls played
and executed our game
plan,” he added.
“Our defense worked
well,” he said, “but with a
game that close it just
takes a couple of little
things to change the out-
come. We are happy with
our successes, and look
forward to next season.”
Monday, Feb. 28
*10:20 a.m., medical
assist (M.A.) with American
Medical Response (AMR),
100 block Barlow Street.
*3:11 p.m., districtwide
medical standby (DIMEDS)
for AMR.
*7 p.m., M.A. with
AMR, Ollis Road.
*7:02 p.m., DIMEDS.
Tuesday, March 1
*2:59 a.m., M.A. with
AMR, 24500 block Red-
wood Hwy.
*8:11 a.m., motor vehi-
cle accident (MVA), Red-
wood Hwy./Laurel Road.
*8:12 a.m., DIMEDS.
*9:25 a.m., M.A. with
AMR, 1300 block Lake-
shore Drive.
*9:26 a.m., DIMEDS.
*11:09 a.m. DIMEDS.
*2:42 p.m., smoke in-
vestigation, 5200 block
Dick George Road.
*3:38 p.m., open burn,
300 block S. Redwood
Hwy.
Wednesday, March 2
*11:15 a.m., illegal
open burn, 100 block S. Old
Stage Road.
*12:10 p.m., M.A. with
AMR, W. Lister Street/N.
Kerby Avenue.
*12:11 p.m., DIMEDS.
*6:42 p.m., grass fire,
6500 block Caves Hwy.
Thursday, March 3
*6:43 a.m., M.A., 300
block S. Redwood Hwy.
*3:05 p.m., M.A., 600
block Althouse Road.
*3:44 p.m., MVA, Red-
wood Hwy./E. River Street.
*3:51 p.m., DIMEDS.
*4:54 p.m., MVA, Ken
Rose Lane/Cascade Drive.
*8:09 p.m., MVA, 600
block Sherwood Avenue.
Friday, March 4
*9:04 a.m., DIMEDS.
*10:59 a.m., illegal
open burn, 18000 block
Redwood Hwy.
*2:37 p.m., DIMEDS.
Saturday, March 5
*9:26 a.m., M.A. with
AMR, 200 block S. Old
Stage Road.
*12:09 p.m., M.A. with
AMR, 100 block Hogue
Drive.
*12:10 p.m., DIMEDS.
*4:25 p.m., M.A. with
AMR, 2600 block Caves
Hwy.
*10:52 p.m., M.A. with
AMR, 800 block Caves
Hwy.
*10:56 p.m., DIMEDS.
Sunday, March 6
*4:17 a.m., M.A. with
AMR, 1300 block Lake-
shore Drive.
*9:29 a.m., open burn,
7400 block Takilma Road.
*6:33 p.m., open burn,
Dick George Road/Jackadel
Drive area.
RODENT RESCUE - After I.V. Fire District (IVFD) extin-
guished an illegal open burn with foam last week next
to Caves Christian Fellowship, a doused mouse was
saved by Firefighter De ‘Dr. De-Little’ Spellman. The
mouse was released to the open fields. (Photo by Dale
& Elaine Sandberg/IVFD photographers)
New I.V. road work eyed
Some $2,550,000 mil-
lion worth of funding that
could be approved by Con-
gress would pay for a left
turn lane and one passing
lane on Hwy. 199 in Illinois
Valley.
There is also the possi-
bility that $171,000 could be
approved for Josephine
Community Transit to ac-
quire three new buses.
The proposed funds are
part of a six-year $284 bil-
lion federal highway and
transit funding bill approved
last week by the House
Transportation & Infrastruc-
ture Committee.
If OK’d by Congress,
$2 million would be used to
install a left-turn lane for
southbound Hwy. 199 traf-
fic at Laurel Road at the
north edge of the city of
Cave Junction.
Cedar Brook Estates, a
four-phase 120-lot single-
family home development,
is under construction on
Laurel, a short distance east
of the highway. In addition,
because traffic generally
moves through the intersec-
tion at 55 mph, those mak-
ing left turns now often face
hazardous situations.
In addition, the west
side of the intersection pro-
vides access to Illinois Val-
ley Golf Course.
Also under the House-
approved bill, a passing lane
would be built between
mileposts 21 and 22 on the
southeast side of Selma just
prior to Sis’s Gap/Gold
Canyon, the site of numer-
ous traffic accidents.
Construction cost for
the passing lane would be
approximately $550,000.
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