COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL January 21, 2014
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photo by Matt Hollander
Sisters did everything it could to stop Cottage Grove's Conner Borgio. The
senior still fi nished with 20 points.
Gardner scored on a layup to put
the game out of reach.
“We got fl ustered and we looked
like we were going to give it away,”
said Clawson. “But they straight-
ened up and held tough. Everybody
did just enough.”
The keyword being ‘everybody.’
Sisters’ coach Julainne Horner
said that her team came in with a
game plan to make someone besides
Borigo try to beat them.
“She’s a really dynamic inside
player,” she said of Borigo, who set
a new school record of 34 points in
last friday's loss to Stayton. “We
wanted to make sure that she earned
every shot. We ran a zone defense,
gambling that some of Cottage
Grove’s guards wouldn’t make their
shots.”
Enter Neely and Sayles, who
combined for 12 points in the fourth
quarter.
“We weren’t expecting them to
come back, but we were able to feed
off of each other’s composure down
the stretch,” said Sayles. “ We were
pretty gassed from a hard week of
practice, but it paid off. And it’s su-
per important to start off with a win
in league.”
When the Lions began the game
on a 12-0 run, it looked like they out that medium.”
would run Sisters out of the gym.
Based on nonconference records,
But between 1:58 and 1:00 left in it would seem as though Cottage
the fi rst quarter, the Outlaws scored Grove is closer to the middle of the
nine straight points. However, Sis- pack in the Sky-Em than to Sutherlin
ters would still play in catch-up at the top. But Clawson would love
mode the rest of the game, and a chance at re-dos against Creswell,
Horner said that the slow start and Gladstone and Philomath.
21 fouls were the difference in the
“Obviously we can’t get those
game.
three games back, but 11-4 looks a
“We knew coming into the game lot different than 8-7. On the other
that putting Borigo on the line is a hand, we’re healthy and I feel like
bad idea. It was part of our game we’re ready to go for the league,”
plan to play stronger defense and she said.
not put them on the line,” she said.
The Lions were scheduled to host
The saving grace for the Outlaws Junction City on Tuesday, Jan. 20,
was that Cottage Grove left many and will travel to face undefeated
points at the free throw line; Borigo Sutherlin on Friday, Jan. 23. The
shot 8-for-12, but the entire team No. 1 Bulldogs have beaten their op-
combined was only 14-for-27.
ponents by an average of 25 points.
The Lions also committed 19
turnovers,
which
Friday, Jan. 18
Clawson sees as part
of a recurrent prob-
COTTAGE GROVE 57, SISTERS 50
lem.
“When we’re pa-
Sisters
11
9 12 18 — 50
tient we can be dan-
Cottage
Grove
15
14
9
19 — 57
gerous; whether it
goes down to Conner
Sisters: Bachmeir 14, Moore 14, Horner 6,
or somewhere else,”
Stewart 5, Knoop 4, Hudson 3, Mann 2, Smith
she said. “But when
2.
we’re
impatient,
Cottage Grove: Borigo 20, Neely 14, Sayles
that’s when we get
12, Arnold 4, Gardner 3, Nichols-Ferguson 2,
in trouble. And we’re
Thielman 2.
still trying to fi gure
S PORTS B RIEFS
Lion swimmers
back to racing
The Cottage Grove swim
team returned to competition on
Tuesday, Jan. 13 after a three-
week layoff due to the winter
holidays. Although the boys and
girls were swept by North Bend,
coach Tyson Pilling is pleased
with what he saw.
“Winter break is always the
hardest part of the season,” he
said. “Because of the holidays
we didn’t always have a full
team, but the ones who were
there put in solid work.”
The Cottage Grove boys lost
89-77, but the Lions won three
individual races: Senior Jarett
Raade took fi rst place in both
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the 200-yard (2:08.91) and 500-
yard (5:52.54) freestyles; soph-
omore Josh Ireland won the in-
dividual medley in 1:32.78.
The Lady Lions were defeated
123-47. Sophomore Tori Raade
claimed the 100-yard (1:06.25)
and 200-yard (2:20.82) free-
styles. Sophmore Clover Rudi-
cel picked up a win in the 100-
yard breaststroke (1:26.97).
Pilling said that the meet
against North Bend went pretty
well and that many of the kids
are on pace to set new personal
bests by the end of the season.
He added that several ath-
letes could compete for spots at
the state meet, including Raade
in the long freestyle races and
sophomore Ian Miller in the
100-yard fl y.
“Sometimes it really depends
on who’s coming back from last
year,” Pilling said of the team’s
state-meet hopefuls. “Not many
swimmers from last year’s fi nals
of the 200 and 500 freestyles
graduated. That being said, I
think Jarett could still make it.
Events like the 100 fl y, on the
other hand, seem to be wide
open. We just have to see what
happens.
Cottage Grove hosts Marsh-
fi eld at the Daugherty Aquatics
Center this Friday. It will also
be Senior Night for Raade and
Christi Willits.
CGHS Boys
Bowling
The Lions won their home
match on Jan. 4. Austin Renfro
regrouped after a diffi cult out-
ing the previous week and had
a very good day going 45-for-
48 on his frames. Skyler Arnold
also had a good showing as he
bowled 80 percenet. As a team,
all fi ve bowlers were over 75
percent for the day. The varsity
II team qualifi ed for the semi
fi nals for the fi rst time all year
but ran out of steam and fi nished
last out of eight teams.
At the Springfi eld Timber
Bowl this past Sunday, Cottage
Grove was in fi rst place through
the semifi nals but ended the day
in third. Renfro fi lled 42-of-48
frames and solidifi ed his second
place standing in the state’s all-
star rankings. Arnold fi lled 40-
of-48 frames and is currently
ranked among the top-six.
Cottage Grove beat North Bend
by fi ve pins in the fi nal series to
clinch fi rst place, 344 to 339.
The girls dominated the com-
petition at the Timber Bowl in
Springfi eld this past Sunday.
Cottage Grove entered the fi nals
in fi rst place. And despite turn-
ing in scores of 183, 184, 201
and 188 over their fi nal four
games, the Lions ended up fi n-
ishing in second to Springfi eld.
Both the boys and girls teams
will compete at the district
championships in Eugene this
Sunday.
Lion alumnae
make indoor track
season debuts for
OSU
Cottage Grove High School
alumnae Ahsha Mootz and Tri-
cia Ingraham competed for the
Beavers at the Washington Pre-
view at the Dempsey Indoor
Center in Seattle.
Mootz placed 12th out of 41
competitors in the 200-meter
dash. Her time of 25.50 was
ranks fourth all-time at Oregon
State.
Ingraham placed 23rd in the
shot put with a mark of 36’ 1
½”.
CGHS Girls
Bowling
CGESC to host
series of NSCA
shoots
The varsity girls out bowled
their opponents over the fi -
nal four games of the Holiday
Bowl in Florence, Ore. on Jan.
4 to walk away with fi rst place
medals. Fayth Stewart picked
up the ever-diffi cult, 5-7-10
(Sour Apple) split, adding extra
sweetness to an already deli-
cious victory. Fayth and older
sister Grace Stewart — who is
currently ranked fourth in the
state’s all-star standings — both
closed over 75 percent of their
frames.
On Jan. 11, the Lady Lions
again defeated six other teams
to bring home gold medals.
The Cottage Grove-Eugene
Sportsmen’s Club, along with
Siuslaw Sporting Clays, is host-
ing the fi rst leg in the 12th an-
nual Willamette Sporting Clay
Target League on Saturday, Jan.
24. In total, entrants will have
the opportunity to shoot 600
targets at the six stops in the se-
ries.
The entrance fee is $45.
Awards will be presented for
each individual shoot and for
the overall series, which con-
cludes on March 28.
CGESC will also league
shoots on Feb. 21 and Mar. 21.
Steve Wilhite and Jerry Har-
pole started the league 12 years
ago as a means of introducing
shooters to different clubs and
encouraging new shooters of all
skill levels.
Speedway gearing
up for 2015
It’s sure to be another great
year of racing at the historic
1/4-mile clay oval as the Cot-
tage Grove Speedway has an-
nounced 36 nights of action for
the upcoming season. Regular
classes will once again include
360 Sprints, IMCA Modifi eds,
Northwest Extreme Sprints,
Late Models, Northwest Ex-
treme Modifi eds, Street Stocks,
and Hornets.
This marks the third consecu-
tive season that Modifi eds at the
CGS will be sanctioned by the
International Motor Contest As-
sociation (IMCA). This class
over several seasons has proved
to be one of the toughest divi-
sions that CGS has to offer, fea-
turing very good car counts and
entries from all over the state of
Oregon on a weekly basis.
The Northwest Extreme
Modifi eds are returning for their
second year as a class in 2015.
They will also be using the
IMCA Sport Mod rules pack-
age.
Probably the biggest an-
nouncement is the return of the
World of Outlaw Sprint Car Se-
ries on Sept. 9 after a year hia-
tus. The season will conclude on
Oct. 3 with an event that should
produce a great car count as
many racetracks in the region
are closed down that weekend.
Other big events on the 2015
schedule inclde Marvin Smith
Memorial Grove Classic, Mark
Howard Memorial Modifi ed
Nationals and Historical Night.
To see the entire printable
2015 schedule click the link
http://www.cottagegroves-
peedway.com/downloads/get.
aspx?i=236946.