2B
COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL May 13, 2015
Sky-Em Baseball
Team
Sisters
Sweet Home
Elmira
Cottage Grove
Junction City
Sutherlin
W
11
9
7
6
5
1
L
2
4
6
7
8
12
Wednesday's Results
Junction City 8, Cottage Grove 4
Elmira 12, Sisters 2
Sweet Home 6, Sutherlin 5
Thursday's Results
Junction City 10, Cottage Grove 9
Friday's Results
Sisters 8, Elmira 1
Sweet Home 17, Sutherlin 2
fi le photo
Youth football players from Cottage Grove and surrounding communities, shown at the CGHS Football Camp in
Aug. 2014, will form the South Lane Football Association this fall.
Y OUTH F OOTBALL
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age,” he said.
Co-president Bill Thompson also said
that the board is motivated to provide a
more affordable option for families inter-
ested in youth football. It costs $150 for k-1
students to play tackle football, and it costs
$210 for students in grades 2-6.
“We aren’t phasing out tackle football.
We are offering another option, and it’s
our hope that we can offer fl ag football for
$75,” he said.
Under this plan, South Lane’s tackle pro-
gram will continue to follow the guidelines
of Willamette Valley Pop Warner (K-6),
and those established by individual school
districts (7-8).
In addition to cost, the Pop Warner sea-
son, which runs from late August to mid-
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November, represents a signifi cant time
commitment for families. Roberts said that
the K-1 fl ag program will begin after Labor
Day and conclude by the Saturday before
Halloween.
In the short term, Thompson expects that
the numbers for K-1 fl ag and tackle foot-
ball will be strong enough to support both
leagues. And in the long-term, he said the
reorganized South Lane Youth Football
community will offer the support and fl ex-
ibility to adapt to ebbs and fl ows of partici-
pation.
“If you have a group of organizations that
support each other, its going to be easier to
promote the sport as a whole,” Thompson
said. “And when communities don’t have
enough players to fi eld a full team, we hope
that the South Lane Youth Football network
will make it easier to combine teams.”
Roberts said that the fl ag football league
will follow the NFL Flag model, and each
team will need a minimum of 6-8 players.
He also added that this will be a pilot pro-
gram and that fl ag football could be offered
to additional age groups in the future.
High School gearing up for 2015
With the spring sports season drawing
to a close, the Cottage Grove High School
program is preparing for some of its fi rst
offi cial activities of the year. The team will
have a week of spring practice during the
fi nal week of May. The Lions will then host
McNary, Pleasant Hill, Siuslaw and Willa-
mette in a 7-on-7 competition on June 13.
And in late June, the team will make its
annual trip to Seaside for the Camp Rilea
Football Camp.
F IELD
photo by Matt Hollander
Ryan Westerkamp placed sixth in the shot put on Friday.
elin with a toss of 105-01.
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The Lions showed their strength in the
distance races by placing runners in the
of weeks,” she said.
In all, the boys and girls of Cottage top-eight of the 800 (Hudson Weybright
Grove made 20 trips to the podium on — 6th, 2:27.73), 1500 (Halle Petersen —
Friday night — their fi nal tuneup for the 7th, 5:34.80) and 3000 (Jaylene Forrester
district meet, which begins tomorrow at — 5th, 12:11.93).
Despite not running in the fastest heats,
Junction City.
Conner Borigo had a historic day in the Celeste Pelham made two trips to the po-
shot-put circle. She fi nished third with a dium, as she placed fourth and sixth in the
throw of 37-02, which moved her into fi fth 100 hurdles and 300 hurdles, respectively.
“I know I haven’t been running really
place on the school’s all-time list.
Melissa Powers also cracked the school’s good this season but overall I feel that my
all-time top-10, fi nishing in fi fth in the jav- hard work is starting to pay off,” she said.
“It’s a little intimidating [when you’re
not running in the fastest heat] but it goes
to show that it doesn’t matter what heat
you’re in as long as you leave it all on the
track.”
The Lions, who fi nished eighth with
44.5 points, also saw top-eight fi nishes
by Hannah Albrecht (100 —7th), Faryn
Dahlen (100 hurdles — 6th) and Melissa
Thelma (high jump — 3rd).
Newport’s Rachel Vinjamuri and Dyani
Lopez went 1-2 in the 100, 200 and 400 to
power the Cubs to victory.
The Cottage Grove boys also made fre-
quent trips to the podium, beginning with
a third place fi nish in the 4x100 relay. The
team of Connor Howard, Brynden How-
ell, Michael Tharpe and Jacob Woods ran
44.12, which is the fi fth-fastest time in
school history.
Before this season, Howard focused on
the short dashes. But after fi nishing sec-
ond in the 400 and fourth in the 200, he
looks more and more like a long sprinter.
His times — 51.71 and 23.18, respectively
— rank 11th in school history.
Tharpe also contributed a pair of top-5
fi nishes in the 100 (5th, 11.71) and 110
hurdles (3rd, 15.73).
Tyler Ledford came from the back of the
pack in the 800 to place fi fth in 2:01.80.
His time is ranked eighth in the state.
Ryan Westerkamp placed sixth in the
shot put with a throw of 43-11 — just four
inches off of his best. Brad Geisler fi n-
ished eighth in the discus (123-06). Jayden
Tucker was eighth in the long jump with a
jump of 19-04.25.
In the team race, Henley won a close
battle over Elmira, 94.5 to 88.5. Cottage
Grove fi nished ninth with 37 points.
Siuslaw’s Joe Dotson set a meet record
in the 300 hurdles (39.33) and also won
the 400 (50.78).
Friday's Games
Sweet Home at Cottage Grove
4:30pm
Elmira @ Sutherlin 4:30pm
Junction City at Sisters 4:30 p.m.
Sky-Em Softball
Team
Elmira
Sweet Home
Junction City
Cottage Grove
Sutherlin
Sisters
W
13
9
7
5
4
1
L
0
4
6
8
9
12
Wednesday's Results
Junction City 9, Cottage Grove 4
Sweet Home 12, Sutherlin 2
Elmira 20, Sisters 1
Thursday's Results
Elmira 16, Santiam Christian 3
Friday's Results
Sweet Home 16, Sutherlin 1
Junctio City 9. Cottage Grove 0
Elmira 10, Sisters 0
Elmira 19, Sisters 3
Friday's Games
Cottage Grove at Sweet Home
4:30pm
Sisters at Junction City 4:30pm
Sutherlin at Elmira 4:30pm
COTTAGE BOWL
League: Cottage Mixers
Date: May 6 — Playoffs
Team
Commonwealth F.
Fun Seekers
Cottage Bowl
Total Pins
3320
3290
3289
High Game
Men: Cody Simons 286
Women: Mary Whetstone 214
High Series
Men: Errol Miller 616
Women: Mary Whetstone 538
MIDDLEFIELD MENS GOLF
Date: May 4
Game: 3-2 Best Ball
1T, Ingram, Winters, Fisher,
Ackerman (-28). 1T, cooney, Culp,
Rickard, Wamsley (-28). 3T, Eyman,
Wile, Wilson, Gowing (-27). 3T,
Beckett, Hayes, Armor, Pennington
(-27).
Low Gross: 1, Helms 69. 2T, Culp
73. 2T, Cox 73.
Low Net: 1, Eyman 58. 2T, Penning-
ton 59. 2T, Rickard 59.
Closest to the Pin: No. 5, Gowing.
No. 7, Pennington. No. 14, Ingram.
Longest Putt: No. 18, Waterman.
Date: May 7
Game: 3-2 Points
1, Duffy, England, Fisher, Miller
121. 2, Hoover, Eyman, Hibner,
Gowing 118. 3, Gates, Prunkl, Arney,
Gilmore 117.
Low Gross: 1T, Cox 73. 1T, Helms
73. 3T, Smith 74. 3T, Doleman 74.
Low Net: 1, Gowing 54. 2, Rickard
59. 3, Winters 60.
Closest to the Pin: No. 5, Gowing.
No. 7, Gowing. No. 14, Bodine.
Longest Putt: No. 18, Pennington.
Cottage Bowl Champs
Golding Enterprise, a
team of (from left) Ellie
Golding, Beverly Mi-
chaels and Dixie Law-
son, won the Dynamic
Trios League, which
concluded in late April.
Common Wealth Fi-
nancial took fi rst place
in the playoffs of the
Cottage Mixers League
on May 6. Its team in-
cluded (Front row, from
left) Cody Simons,
Tiffanie Williams, Dave
Richardson and Laura
Cardoza, and (back
row, from left) Vince
Fiattarone and Joe
Simons.
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