Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore.
Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010
(Photo by Dan Mancuso, Illinois Valley News)
Tough enough to wear pink
By KEVAN MOORE
IVN Staff Writer
The Illinois Valley
High School football team
lost 27-36 to Cascade Chris-
tian at home this past Friday
night.
Following the loss the
Cougars moved to 2-4-0
while Cascade Christian
Challengers moved to 4-1-0.
Despite the loss, IVHS
Head Coach Ray Yarbrough
was pleased with his team’s
efforts, especially in the
second half.
“We won the second
half which is what we asked
our guys to do at the half-
time break,” Yarbrough
said. “There’s absolutely no
shame in losing this one.
Cascade Christian is a great
football team and has been a
great football team for
years, including when they
recently won a state champi-
onship.”
The Cougars’ chances
appeared promising in the
early stages.
“We started out pretty
strong and recovered an on-
side kick and drove down
and scored just a couple of
minutes into the game,”
Coach Yarbrough noted.
“Their running game just
break, the Cougars trailed
29-7.
“But, our kids played
tough in the second half and
we put ourselves back into
position for a win,”
“We won the second half which is what we
asked our guys to do at the halftime break,”
Yarbrough said.
ended up being too strong
for us, though as the half
wore on.”
Going into the halftime
Yarbrough noted. “A two-
point conversion, at one
point, would have put us in
position for a win.”
Things just weren’t
meant to be, though. None-
theless, Yarbrough was
proud of his squad.
“Playing well … there’s
no shame in that,” he said.
Coach Yarbrough was
especially proud of junior
kicker Killian Mazity. In
addition to the opening
kickoff, Cougars special
teams were able to recover a
second on-side kick and
came very close to capturing
two others.
Junior receiver Tyler
Robbins also had a big
night, catching seven balls
for over 150 yards and two
touchdown receptions.
The Cougars two wins
so far this season came in a
24-18 win over Coquille
High School and 34-21 vic-
tory over Glide High
School.
The Cougars are now
set to travel to Chiloquin
High School for a 7 p.m.
start against the Panthers
this Friday, Oct. 15.
Boys’ soccer squad wins big
By KEVAN MOORE
IVN Staff Writer
The boys’ soccer team
at Illinois Valley High
School won in a landslide
last Tuesday when they
played Canyonville High
School at home.
The final score of the
game was 12-0 in favor of
the Cougars who moved to
3-5 on the season.
“I think the final score
may have indicated more of
where they are in their sea-
son than where we are, but I
hope it gives some indica-
tion of where we are at this
point in the season,” said
IVHS Head Coach Gary
Enoch.
Leading scorers for the
Cougars were sophomores
Jovany Sanchez and Jason
Meichtry, who each logged
three goals apiece in the
lopsided win.
Coach Enoch put cer-
tain conditions on his team
in the second half to slow
things down a bit, including
a rule that no shot could be
taken until everyone with an
IVHS uniform had at least
one touch on the ball.
“One of the things that I
really did like about the win,
is that we had seven differ-
ent people score which is
something we’ve really
needed,” Enoch said.
“We’ve really tried to
spread out our scoring op-
portunities.”
The boys were sup-
posed to face off against
Gold Beach High School on
Tuesday, but the game was
cancelled because GBHS
couldn’t field an entire
squad. The Cougars’ next
game will now be at 10 a.m.
on Saturday at Rogue River
High School.
Boaz Dillon, number 23, controls the ball during the Tuesday, Oct. 5 home game
against Canyonville Christian Academy. (Courtesy photo)
Lady Cougs beat New Hope 3-0
By KEVAN MOORE
IVN Staff Writer
The Illinois Valley High
School volleyball squad
picked up another convincing
win at home last week.
The Lady Cougars beat
New Hope Christian at home
this past Thursday by a final
of 3-0. With the win, the girls
moved to 4-7 overall on the
season.
Senior captain Alex
Miller had 28 digs and went
on a serving spree in the final
game to lead the Lady Cou-
gars. In addition, senior
Kayla Johnson had 16 kills
and Amy Weaver had nearly
ten blocks at the net.
“I was really happy with
our play,” noted IVHS Head
Coach Cathy Pope. “We
don’t normally get to try dif-
ferent positions with the girls,
but we actually had the op-
portunity in this match to get
girls in positions that they
don’t normally play.”
In addition, coach Pope
said that everybody on her
bench got a chance to play.
“We wanted to see dif-
ferent leadership roles within
the team and see how they
could uphold themselves with
different scenarios on the
floor,” Pope said. “They actu-
ally all did really well.”
In particular, Pope said
that senior Hailey Parker who
normally would get some
playing time in the back row,
and is one of the team’s short-
est players, got to move up on
the floor against New Hope.
“She didn’t get any
blocks, but was able to pull
some tips out,” Pope said.
“She knows the positioning
of where she needs to be and
did a really nice job for us.”
Senior Lucy Bell also
stepped up.
“She got to play at some
positions she wouldn’t nor-
mally be in and I think she
surprised herself and sur-
prised some of the rest of us,”
Pope said.
The Lady Cougars were
set to travel to St. Mary’s in
Medford on Tuesday and the
team has a bye on Thursday.
(Photo by Dan Mancuso, Illinois Valley News)
Natalie Wellen, Thea Barker-Cortrecht and Kayla Johnson look on as Amy Weaver spikes the ball during the
Thursday, Oct. 7 home game against New Hope Christian.