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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL January 21, 2014
B OYS B ASKETBALL
Continued from 1B
were going to need more of a
cushion,” he said.
Over the ensuing four min-
utes, Sisters (8-5, 1-0 Sky-Em)
showed patience in working
through its offense for high-per-
centage shots and went 7-of-11
from the free-throw line. On
the opposite end of the court,
the Lions committed two costly
turnovers and rushed many op-
portunities as they shot 1-for-6.
“Our defense did not let up to-
night,” said Sisters coach Rand
Runco. “It gave us time for our
offense to catch up, and that was
the key to the game.”
The Lions were forced to
play without regular starters
Jayden Tucker (concussion) and
Chance Hopkins (illness), leav-
ing them very short on depth.
But Yoss said the team handled
that adversity well, and he was
particularly pleased with fresh-
man Jordan Hagewood — who
made his fi rst-ever varsity start.
“For a freshman, that’s a pret-
ty big situation, and I thought he
did very well,” he said.
Although he did not score in
the game, Hagewood came up
with several key plays, includ-
ing a steal with 2:26 left in the
game.
“The coaching staff did a
great job of getting me ready
and all my teammates were, so I
felt great tonight,” he said.
Without Tucker and Hop-
kins in the frontcourt, the Li-
ons elected to play more zone
defense than normal. This in
part led to a very methodically
paced opening quarter in which
the teams combined for just 16
points.
During halftime, Runco said
he talked to his team about be-
ing more aggressive in its attack
of Cottage Grove’s interior.
“I thought that we were tenta-
tive playing from the perimeter
in the fi rst half, and maybe we
were trying too hard to execute.
So, we tried to use our size on
the inside and just be patient,”
he said.
The Outlaws responded by
outscoring Cottage Grove by 10
points in the third quarter and
took a 29-24 lead.
It was the umpteenth time
this season that the Lions failed
to keep pace with an opponent
during the third quarter, but Yoss
doesn’t believe that the team has
any particular issue with that
stage of a game.
and it’s going to depend on who
“A young team is going to shows up that particular night. I
struggle with execution at dif- think it’s going to be tough for
ferent points in the game and anyone to win them all or even
that leads to the lack of scor- be a frontrunner in the league,”
ing,” he said.
said Yoss.
As no Sky-Em team distin-
“We’re young; we’re resil-
guished through the preseason, ient; we shake things off pretty
the race for the league cham- quickly,” said Parent. “It’s en-
pionship fi gures to be a highly couraging to know that we’re
competitive one. However, wins not the only team that’s strug-
and losses stack up, and the Out- gling. We’re not the only team
laws recognize the importance that’s rebuilding.”
of drawing fi rst blood.
The Lions will have their re-
“It means a lot to start out match with Sisters on Feb. 6,
league play with a win,” said but in the immediate future lies
Hayes Moore, who scored eight dates with Junction City (sched-
points for Sisters. “Last year, we uled for Tuesday, Jan. 20) and
were all young players, and we Sutherlin (Jan. 23). Both teams
didn’t do very well. Whoever won their league openers.
improves most
is probably go-
ing to win the
Friday, Jan. 16
league
this
year.”
SISTERS 42, COTTAGE GROVE 32
Although
Cottage Grove
Sisters
6
8 15 13 — 42
is now chasing
Cottage Grove 10 9
5 8 — 32
the pack, coach-
es and players
Sisters: Harrer 12, Schaab 12, Moore 8,
are not discour-
Johnson 6, Greaney 4.
aged:
Cottage Grove: Parent 17, Sentman 11,
“It looks like
Murphy 2, Porter 2.
we can compete
with
anyone,
off-the-ball screens, or how
Chance Hopkins is boxing out
inside. But if I did that, my
play-by-play would be full of
holes, and therefore, so would
my game stories.
So, I need to talk specifi cally
about Kory and Blake and let
their growth as athletes also rep-
resent the growth that I’m sure
has taken place in each mem-
ber of the team — regardless of
what sport they played this fall.
I don’t know many 16-year
old kids that could have made
it through what Blake did this
football season. He threw eight
interceptions in guiding the
team to an 0-4 start before he
was benched for Kory. That ex-
perience could have been the
end for many young athletes.
But Blake showed humility,
poise and improvement as he
split time with Kory for the rest
Sky-Em Boys Basketball
Conference
W L Pct
Sisters
1 0 1.000
Junction C. 1 0 1.000
Sutherlin
1 0 1.000
Elmira
0 1 0.000
Sweet Home 0 1 0.000
Cott. Grove 0 1 0.000
Overall
W L Pct
8 6 0.615
9 6 0.600
9 6 0.600
7 8 0.467
4 7 0.364
4 11 0.267
Tuesday’s Games
Junction City @ Cottage Grove
(5:45)
Sutherlin @ Elmira
Sisters @ Sweet Home
Friday’s Games
Cottage Grove @ Sutherlin (5:45)
Junction City @ Sisters
Elmira @ Sweet Home
Sky-Em Girls Basketball
Conference
W L Pct
Sutherlin
1 0 1.000
Cott. Grove 1 0 1.000
Junction C. 1 0 1.000
Sisters
0 1 0.000
Elmira
0 1 0.000
Sweet Home 0 1 0.000
Overall
W L Pct
14 0 1.000
8 7 0.533
7 7 0.500
5 9 0.357
2 11 0.154
1 10 0.091
Friday’s Results
Cottage Grove 57, Sisters 50
Junction City 47, Elmira 25
Sutherlin 67, Sweet Home 25
Tuesday’s Games
Junction City @ Cottage Grove
(7:15 p.m.)
Sutherlin @ Elmira
Sweet Home @ Sisters
Friday’s Games
Cottage Grove @ Sutherlin (7:15
p.m.)
Elmira @ Sweet Home
Junction City @ Sisters
Cottage Grove High School
Thursday, Jan. 22
Wrestling vs. Sisters — 6 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 23
Swimming vs. Marshfi eld — 3 p.m.
League: Ball and Chain
Date: Jan. 16
High Game
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past summer, I couldn’t tell you
how much football has helped,”
he said after Friday’s game.
“Even having a little varsity
experience last year has carried
over to now.”
He went on to talk about how
the current uncertainty of the
Sky-Em hierarchy feels similar
to how it was during the fall. He
also said that the team has a goal
to fi nish top-two in the league
and host a postseason game.
That sounds like an ambitious
goal when you consider that the
Lions fi nished fi fth in the Sky-
Em-football standings. Howev-
er, these are not the same Lions.
Growth doesn't just happen over
the summer, between school
years. It happens between sea-
sons and even between games.
Back on Oct. 3, Sisters de-
feated Cottage Grove 7-0 in
a game that wasn’t as close as
the scoreboard indicates. The
Outlaws committed 14 penalties
Men: Craig Allen 248
Women: Elly Bright 200
Men Three-high series
1. Craig Allen 675
2. Jim Chenoweth 646
3. Mike McCarty 621
Women Three-high Series
1. Vanessa Chenoweth 527
2. Elly Bright 478
3. Callena True 475
2. Allie Simons 587
3. Dawn Cushman 574
Team
Cottage Bowl
Covered Bridge U
Bowling Stone
Kelly Trailer R.
CG Speedway
Taylor's Towing
Jerry Brown Co.
Funseekers
Commonwealth F.
Swearengin Design
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27
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30
33
34
High Game
Men: Butch Cardoza 259
Women: Kayla Simmons 220
High Series
Men: Butch Cardoza 700
Women:Kayla Simmons 573
League: 5 O'Clock Shadows
Date Bowled: Jan. 11
Team
V. Richenstein MD
Ames to be true
Amigos Quatro
Mid-State
All in the Family
Ace's High
Book Mine
4 U Simple Book.
Jim's Tire Factory
Jenni & the Jetts
CG Vac & Sew
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20
19
18.5
17
15.5
14
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12
13
13.5
15
16.5
11
15
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22
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20
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Team
Ten Pin Mafi a
Space Money
Hot Shots
Delivery Boys
Lane Damage
J Dawgs
Junior Who Cares
My Spare Ladies
Lane Rangers
Team to Beat
W
24
16
16
14
14
11
10
10
7
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League: Yamaha City League
Date: Jan. 15
Team
Who Cares
Dawgnauts
Addi's Diner
Drain Chainsaw
High-yield Tech
Gladiators
Jim's Tire
Urban Honey
Cottage Bowl
Gilkison & Dad
W
14
12
11.5
11
10
10
10
8.5
7
6
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8
8.5
9
10
10
10
11.5
13
14
Date: Jan. 12
Game: 3 Best Ball
1, Mike Helms, Jack Doleman, Tom
Arney, Pat Rickard (-16). 2, Dave
England, Jim Cunningham, Ron
Ackerman, Larry Dreiling (-14).
Low Gross: 1, Steve Erickson 71. 2,
Helms 73.
Low Net: 1, England 65. 2t, Dreiling
66. 2t, Darrell Lee, 66.
Closest to the Pin: No. 5, Arney. No.
7, Dave Tooker. No. 14, Erickson.
Longest Putt: No. 12, Russell Bryce.
Date: Jan. 15
Game: 3 Points - Red tees
Men Three-high Series:
1. Don Perkins 601
2. Bob McCarty 600
3. Aaron Ames 570
Women Three-high Series:
1. Jana McTaggart 508
2. Cherry Bascue 504
3. Jennifer Saldana 488
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High Game:
Men: Don Perkins 233
Women: Cherry Bascue 199
Team
Three Amigos
Team Reliv
Lucky Ladies
Treasure Chest
Mom's Girls
Simand Chiro.
Emerald Valley
Charlie's Angels
Blue Sunshine
Ron's Girls
Addi's Diner
and failed to capitalize when
in scoring position. The Lions,
meanwhile, only had seven fi rst
downs for the entire game and
never moved past the Sisters’
27-yard line.
Last Friday, the game hung in
the balance until the very end.
Given the lack of a shot clock in
high-school basketball, whoev-
er has the lead in the fi nal min-
ute has such signifi cant edge to
win the game. If the Lions could
have pulled back even with the
Outlaws after they went up 34-
32 with 1:07 left, who knows
what would have happened.
Closing out a game is a skill,
but it also takes a lot of other
skills just to be in the position to
do so. These Lions may not have
enough time to grow into a team
capable of fi nishing in the top
half of the Sky-Em, but they’re
going to keep getting closer.
League: Junior Stars
Date: Jan. 10
League: Meri Rollers
Date Bowled: Jan. 13
COTTAGE BOWL
Team
Bowl Dozers
Party Patrol
Pin Pushers
Roman Numerals
Senior Funsters
Joe's Diner
Thunderboltz
More Beer
Cracker Jacks
Ally Oops
of the season.
Coming into the basketball
season, I was curious to see if
any of that would carry over
to the court; whether or not he
would want to bear the respon-
sibility of the game’s outcome.
“No,” coach Donn Pollard
said unequivocally when I asked
him that very question. “He’s a
competitor; he’ll be fi ne. When
things get tough, he plays hard-
er.”
And from the opening tip of
the season, Sentman has played
fearless.
After the Holiday Tourna-
ment, Sentman said that the
football experience helped him
improve as a basketball player,
particularly when it comes to
the mental pressure of varsity
competition.
I had fewer concerns about
Kory, but his play has exceeded
any expectations I had.
“Starting with weights this
League: Cottage Mixers
Date Bowled: Jan. 14
Friday’s Results
Sutherlin 59, Sweet Home 50
Junction City 52, Elmira 46
Sisters 42, Cottage Grove 32
Douglas G. Maddess, DMD
Brightening Lives One Smile at a Time
H OLLANDER
Continued from 1B
photo by Matt Hollander
Freshman Jordan Hagewood made his fi rst career start
in the Lions 42-32 loss to Sisters.
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High Game: Allie Simons 228
Three Game High Series:
1. Jacki Jackson 595
1, Jim Hoover, Leon Hayes, Dave
Tooker, Frank Gates — 137. 2, Mike
Cooney, Steve Erickson, Lynn Fer-
rin, Bob McCarty — 133. 3t, Larry
Emery, Jim Cunningham, Leroy
Bodine, Jim Wamsley — 133.
Low Gross: 1, Erickson 65. 2t,
Bodine 66. 2t, Helms 66.
Low Net: 1, McCarty 58. 2, Tooker
59. 3t, Hoover 60. 3t, England 60.
Closest to the Pin: No. 4, Emery.
No. 5, Bodine. No. 14, Deross
Kinkade. No. 17, Gary Ingram.
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League: CG Volleyball Assc.
Date: Jan. 15
Team
Patterson Cutting
Sets in the City
War Eagles
Backer's Ballers
Smashers
Lady Ducks
Ball Busters
* Total wins
W
6
2
3
4
3
0
0
TW*
9
7.5
7
5.5
5
0
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