Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014,
Page A-3
Sports
(Photo courtesy of Kelly Augustadt for The Illinois Valley News)
#40 Senior Kimberly Crow goes in for a lay-up during an early season against North Valley.
IVHS basketball squads trying to make up for lost time
By
Jenna Larkin
IVN Contributing Writer
With school back in session following the
strong storm the Valley endured, high-school
sports were in full swing prior to the Christmas
holiday.
The IVHS girls’ and boys’ basketball teams
were playing catch-up all week in an attempt to
gain the games that were lost during the week
off from school academics and activities.
With only a couple of practices under their
belts, both teams played a total of four games
during the week of Monday, Dec. 16, to Friday,
Dec. 20. During the holiday break both teams
also participated in the Christmas Classic Tour-
nament at Cascade Christian.
The girls were 2-4 with a late game sched-
uled for Saturday, Dec. 28, during the tourna-
ment at Cascade Christian High School. The
girls played against Cascade Christian on
Thursday, Dec. 26, losing by a final of 33-55.
“Cascade Christian is the top 3-A school
in the league, they are a very solid team,” said
head coach Loren King of his team’s loss on
December 26.
On Friday, Dec. 27, the girls played North
Valley, losing 37-24. The Lady Cougars were in
the lead during the first half but fell behind in
the second half due to North Valley picking up
their game and taking the lead for the duration
of the game. In the fourth quarter, both teams
were able to score seven points, but IVHS was
unable to pull ahead.
With the lack of practices, King said it is
hard to get into the flow of the game and to be
able to get a feeling for the game. King also said
that his offense is not really quite sure what to
do. Even though the girls are struggling, they
are trying really hard and not giving up, King
added.
The girls are scheduled to play again Janu-
ary 2 against Hidden Valley while on the road.
The boys also struggled during the tour-
nament due to lack of practices and not really
having the time to come together as a team.
On Friday, Dec. 27, the boys went up against
Butte Falls, but struggled to keep up during the
game, losing 34-50. While not being able to
practice and just playing game after game, the
boys fought hard to keep up, but weren’t able to
catch up with Butte Falls.
Even with a loss, the boys were able to
keep good spirits and make the best of the game.
Conrad Davis, who plays center, was able to
score 14 points during the game while Lander
Nordal, a forward, had a total of six rebounds.
On Saturday, Dec. 28, the boys had a better
game against Rogue River, but lost 35-59. By
halftime the Cougars were behind 17 points and
were not able to draw near enough to overtake
Rogue River. During the second half, the boys
were able to hold their own, but still could not
score enough to take the win. Davis was able to
get eight rebounds and was chosen for the all-
star team for the tournament. Each team chose
one player to represent them during a future all-
star game. During the same game on Saturday,
Zak Welsh, a guard, scored 12 points.
The boys are now 1-5 with the same goals
as in the beginning of the season. Head coach
Jeff Winters wishes to improve defense and re-
bounds along with lowering the amount of turn-
overs.
“We know what the problems are and how
to improve we just need to get in practices to
improve,” said Winters.
The boys next scheduled game is slated for
January 2 against Hidden Valley on the road.
With an upcoming break in games, both
coaches are hoping to make the most of what
few practices they have and teach the players
those missing elements to make the teams bet-
ter and stronger.
Winding Trails: by Al Hobart
Thursday, August 22, 1963 – Il-
linois Valley News, Cave Junction,
OR –
Rambling in the Siskiyous
Ambling along the various
trails, in reality and in fantasy, some
of them obvious and clear, some
shadowy and devious – this is the
only life for me.
Observing and enjoying the
wild living things and natural beauty
that nature has to offer, trying to un-
derstand and learn about the wonder-
ful, amazing world we live in; hoping
and trying to gather some useful facts
to pass along to knowledge-hungry
others – all this surely must be a fre-
quently rewarding, always interest-
ing occupation. And, to a more or
less limited extent, over a number of
years in the past I have found this to
Arts Red
Garter
Where the
Valley comes
to play
be so.
The Siskiyou Mountain
chain is my adopted range and special
weakness, and its many old and beau-
tiful trails the lure that makes my old
cabin in Packer’s Gulch a summer-
time headquarters and stopping place
between hikes and jeep journeys into
the mountains, in search of more in-
formation on the wild plant life of the
Siskiyou – and for more and better
color transparencies of the animal
life and the unbeatable scenery to be
viewed from some of our high trails.
My love for this sort of thing
is so great that at times in hiking on
these old dream-inspiring mountain
trails, I find it almost impossible to
stop until weariness prevents me
from going on, and more than once
I have been caught in the dark a long
way from camp or home. I call this
B’
Wishes
Friday, Jan. 3
@ 5:30 p.m.
Taylor’s
Karaoke - Dancing
Country Store
Live Music
reckless urge the ‘trail raptures’.
The Siskiyou in general, and
specifically the Upper Illinois River
Valley, which is at the very heart of
this old, old mountain range – these
are two of old Earth’s countless con-
volutionary features that for more
than a quarter of a century have af-
fected me most deeply. They have
provided me with the greatest thrills
and deepest satisfaction of my life,
have given me health and happiness
of a kind that seems to provide an
answer to that often-thought, often-
asked question: What’s it all about,
anyway?
All through our mountains
are well-worn trails, some of them
unbelievingly long, following seem-
ingly never-ending interconnecting
ridges; or dipping down here and
there to cross through a high green
valley, some of them followed by
early pioneers and by the wilderness-
loving Indians before them. Many of
these wonderful historical old trails
have fallen victim to the tidal wave
of civilization and have become part-
ly obliterated by logging and other
operations, but many others are pre-
served by the Forest Service and oth-
er agencies and are enjoyed by more
and more riders and hikers who have
come to realize the great pleasure
and healthful exercise to be gained
by their use.
My ambition is to explore
these old mountains, hoping to
peep into some hidden nook or re-
mote, lonely spot where no one has
ever prowled, there perhaps find a
shy plant wildie that has never been
catalogued. I have had the pleasure
of finding new locations for sev-
Karaoke
Tim Mitchell
Sat., Jan. 4
@ 6 p.m.
Every Wed
Open Mic. Night
From
6-8 p.m.
eral plants far from their previously
known range, and found two new
ones for the state of California; but
the dream of every botanist is to find
a brand new, hitherto unnamed plant,
and no more likely place exists in the
country for such a discovery than here
in our Siskiyous. If I should ever be
lucky enough to find one, that will be
the uttermost, tiptop peak of my bo-
tanical effort.
I’ll keep on searching and
hoping. Meanwhile the facts of my
trail-rambling experiences that seem
worthy of telling, and anything of
educational or entertainment value I
gather or dream up, I’ll pass along to
those who are interested, especially
to my old friends in and about the
Valley.
Kate’s
Redwood
Bar and Grill
New Years Eve Party
Tuesday, Dec. 31
9 p.m.
New Years Eve
Dec. 31
&
Friday Jan. 3
Happy Hour 3-5
@
Stop in and see
@
Kate and Mamie
Mc Grew’s
Sportsmans
Tavern
Tuesday to Sunday
Noon to Close
Is
open!
Today!
$3 cover
Dawna Crocker
&
DJ GAL x SEE
Course