Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, January 7, 2015
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No. 12 IVHS junior Allison Primeau shoots during win against Gold Beach in North Valley Dec. 20.
Cougars stumble over holiday tourney
By
Jenna Larkin
IVN Contributing Writer
IVHS Lady Cougars learned a valuable
lesson this past week, with high points comes
low points. The Cougars traveled to Sisters to
compete in a three day tournament sponsored
by Sisters High School.
Monday, Dec. 29, the girl’s squad went up
against Henley and faced their biggest loss this
season. Henley took the game with a final score
of 81-8.
“Henley is a really tough team,” said head
coach Serena Barry. “I didn’t have my normal
starters; four out of the five girls were not at
practice this week.”
With those girls not at practice Barry felt
they did not deserve to start and brought up a
few JV players. The pressure was felt by the JV
girls going up against a team who is currently
ranked number three in the state. Even with the
pressure the girls fought hard and managed to
put a few points on the board for the Cougars.
Allison Primeau lead with five points, Avery
Neville scored two and freshmen Courtney
Scott scored one point.
“Commitment is very important to me
as a coach. This game was a tough learning
experience,” Barry said. “Hopefully we can put
this behind us and move on.”
Tuesday, Dec. 30, was a slightly better
game for the Lady Cougars despite the fact that
the team still did not have the normal starting
lineup. The Cougars competed against Sisters
putting up a better offense this time around.
IVHS was down by 10 points at the end of
the first quarter and slowly fell behind during the
second quarter. As the halftime buzzer sounded
the Cougars were struggling defensively and
were down by 21 points. Going into the third
quarter the squad stepped onto the court with
a little more spunk and ended up scoring 20
points during the second half to Sisters’ 17
points. As hard as the Cougars fought, Sisters
won the game with a final score of 51-33.
Primeau was the lead scorer with 10 points.
Alex LaFlamme was close behind with seven
and fellow teammates Neville and Aundrea
Miller each put up four points.
“I felt like we played really bad defense
during the first half,” said Barry. “In the second
half the winning team that we know was back.
It felt good.”
The final day of the tournament, Wednesday,
Dec. 31, IVHS took on the Madras White
Buffaloes.
“This was a closer game,” commented
Barry.
Madras was still able to grab the win with
a final score of 4 -23. Barry noted that the girls
had great momentum during the game but let up
during the third quarter. The White Buffaloes
were able to pull ahead with a large scoring
margin. In the fourth quarter the frustration
became too much and the squad began to shut
down making mistakes that were not common
of the girls.
“Madras is a pretty skilled team. I’ve got to
give them credit,” said Barry.
In the next few days the Cougars have
to figure out where they want to go. Barry is
hoping that the girls learn about the importance
of commitment to create a respectable team.
She also wants them to remember the team
motto “We, not me” as the first league game
approaches.
The Lady Cougars were scheduled to
compete against Douglas during a home game
Tuesday, Jan. 6.
Oregon looks to add to statement season
By
Anne M. Peterson
AP Sports Writer
Within moments after winning the Rose Bowl for a spot
in the national championship, the T-shirts were up on Oregon’s
website.
“Won Not Done,” the shirts read.
The sentiment — also on tees made for opponent Ohio
State — was perfect for the Ducks, who are a win away from
proving once and for all that they belong among the nation’s
elite. It’s a position they’ve been in once before, when they
faced Auburn for the national title to cap the 2010 season and
came up short.
“We’ve still got to finish this. We’re one step closer to
achieving everything we ever worked for, everything we ever
wanted,” senior linebacker Derrick Malone Jr. said.
Oregon has never won a national championship. The
Buckeyes have seven national titles dating back to 1942.
Just a decade ago, the Ducks finished the season 5-6
but they’d flirted with national prominence in 2001 when
quarterback Joey Harrington helped lead Oregon to the Fiesta
Bowl.
Then Chip Kelly arrived in Eugene in 2007 and reworked
Oregon’s offense into a distinctive high-flying spread. Since
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Kelly was promoted from offensive coordinator to head
coach before the 2009 season and the next year the Ducks went
12-1 and first played for the title. Oregon fell to Auburn 22-19
on Wes Bynum’s 19-yard field goal as time expired.
Afterward Kelly vowed, “We’ll be back.”
Kelly’s successor, Mark Helfrich, made good on the
promise: Here the second-seeded Ducks are, following a 59-
20 victory over Florida State in the Rose Bowl. Ohio State
defeated Alabama 42-35 in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans
later Thursday night.
The loss in college football’s first-ever playoffs snapped
a 29-game winning streak by the third-seeded Seminoles, and
Oregon emphasized its dominance by piling up the most points
ever scored in a Rose Bowl game. It was quarterback Jameis
Winston’s first
and maybe only, if he decides to go to the
NFL — college loss.
“They were undefeated the last two years, and I mean
just that in itself says a lot about what they’ve been able to
do. Coming in, we didn’t focus on that,” quarterback Marcus
Mariota said. “We just wanted to focus on ourselves and really
just trying to execute to the best of our abilities.”
But in the midst of the game, Oregon also took a huge step
in changing the national perception of the Ducks — shoving
aside the image of a gimmicky team with a multitude of
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“I hope they keep saying they (the Ducks) are soft, because
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Mariota is the personification of Oregon’s ascent, becoming
the first Duck to win the Heisman Trophy.
He has an ongoing conference record with 40 touchdown
passes this season. He’s also passed for a touchdown in each of
his 40 games of his college career — the longest streak in FBS
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The junior from Hawaii, who opted at the end of last
season to stay at Oregon, has 56 total touchdowns this season.
Along with his 40 via pass, he’s also run for 15 scores and
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Never one to put the focus on himself, Mariota was grateful
for the opportunity to add to the team’s legacy with a shot at the
title.
“All the hard work, all the stuff that we put into it during
the offseason and for it to kind of pay off and allow us to be
a part of this game, it’s a great feeling,” he said. “We’re very
fortunate to be a part of it, and we’re excited to get going and
get prepared for it.”
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