2B COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL , AUGUST 12, 2015
Yeack wins Wallbanger Cup at the line
Dills, Mayden and Towns also earn victories
BY BEN DEATHERAGE
For the Sentinel
Cottage Grove Speedway was
back in action on Saturday, Aug.
1 for the annual Wallbanger
Cup. This race is ran in honor of
the late Mark Howard, and it is
the biggest race of the season for
the CGS Street Stocks. Also on
the card were the Clark Printing
Extreme Sprints, IMCA Modi-
fi eds and Late Models.
The Street Stock main event
was a caution fi lled affair, but
despite all of the stoppages, it
was an extremely entertaining
race. Albany’s Bricen James
overtook Kevin Roberts from
Gresham on lap fi ve and would
hold the lead for much of the
main event.
A late-race restart saw Kyle
Yeack give James a run for his
money. Yeack made a bonsai
last-lap pass on James to beat
him out at the line by a mere
0.081 seconds. It was the fi rst
career Wallbanger Cup win for
Yeack.
James was a respectable
second, followed by Cottage
Grove’s Evan Britton in third.
Chris Sine from Eugene was
fourth, while Cody Smith of St.
Helens was fi fth.
In the Clark Printing Extreme
Sprints it was all about Patrick
Dills. The Cottage Grove ace
grabbed the lead on the start and
did not look back from there.
Dills led the entire way to col-
lect his second win of the sea-
son.
Michael Kofoid of Penngrove,
Calif., was second, while in third
was Orion Redmond. James
—doing double duty — fi nished
in fourth, and Eugene’s Raquel
Ivie was fi fth.
The IMCA Modifi ed feature
saw a great number of cautions,
but it was still a great race.
Kinzer Cox of Cottage Grove
was the early pace setter and re-
mained in that position until lap
fi ve. Springfi eld’s Jake Mayden
and Cox would battle side-by-
side for lap-after-lap. Cox re-
claimed the lead on lap eight
only to have it taken away on
the following lap by Mayden.
Mayden lost the lead to Cox
on lap 14, but he recaputred
the lead on the next circuit and
stayed in the lead the rest of the
way to win his fi rst IMCA Mod-
ifi ed event.
Cox was second, while Mark
Carrell from Redmond got third.
Fourth place went to Cottage
Grove’s Curtis Towns, and Ste-
ven Sturdevant of Springfi eld
was fi fth.
The Late Models staged a
wonderful race for their main
event. Towns, who was also
doing double duty, managed to
seize the lead on the opening
lap, but he came under serious
pressure in the closing stages.
Jesse Williamson of Eugene
passed Towns on lap 22, but
Towns regained the lead on
photo courtesy Dirt Monkey Productions
Kyle Yeack won his fi rst career Wallbanger Cup by beating out Albany's Bricen James
by a mere .081 seconds at the fi nish line.
lap 23 and managed to hold off
Williamson for the win. It was
the sixth win of the season for
Towns in the Late Model divi-
Continued from page 1B
times two!
Tom Mathis (left) and Ron
Bascue both bowled perfect
300 games during league play
at the Cottage Bowl Monday
night — for the same team,
and on the same lanes. The
occasion was also notable
because it was Mathis' birth-
day. After his last ball for 300,
Tom put his arms in the air
and shouted, "And it's my
birthday!"
photo by Natalie Clark
G OLF
First place, -23: Gary Ingram,
RW Ryan, Bud Lefl er, Dave
Tooker.
Second place (tie), -18: Larry
Emery, Ron Ackerman, Dar-
Middlefi eld Mens Club
Game: Scramble with
tie-breakers
Aug. 6, 2015
First place, -8: Dan Smith,
Glen Hibner, Darrell Lee,
Dick Winters.
Second place, -6: Larry Zuv-
ich, Ed Wilson, Bob Martin-
dale, Jim Cunningham.
Third place, -6: Dan Pearson,
Commission sets
bird hunting
regulations
The Fish and Wildlife Com-
mission set 2015-16 game bird
hunting regulations today at its
meeting in Salem. The major
changes from last year will:
End goose check stations
rell Lee, Dick Winters.
Second place (tie), -18: Mike
Helms, Jack Doleman, David
Morris, Russell Bryce.
Fourth place, -17: Jake Cox,
Gary Culp, Gary Sparks,
Larry Eyman.
Mike Helms, 68
Jack Doleman, 69
Dan Smith, 69
Low Gross:
Gary Ingram, 68
Low Net:
Richard Vargas, 57
Larry Zuvich, 60
Larry Dreiling, 61
Bob Armor, 62
Glen Hibner, 63
Bill Wilson, Dave Tooker,
Tom Arney.
Fourth place, -6: Mike Helms,
Les Rhodes, Jim Wamsley,
Ron Warner.
Fifth place, -6: Jake Cox, Milt
Levings, Bill Medin, Richard
Vargas.
Sixth place, -5: Jerry Singer,
Dan Duffy, Sam Kelder.
Seventh place, -5: Bruce
Dorman, Don Perkins, Bob
McCarthy, David Morris.
Eighth place, -4: Bill Avery,
Ed Prunkl, Jerry Pennington,
Bud Lefl er.
Ninth place, -3: Gary Sparks,
Don Arendell, Jim Hoover,
Lynn Ferrin.
Tenth place, -3: Gary Ingram,
Don Hanly, RW Ryan, Frank
LaCosse.
Eleventh place, -2: Larry Em-
ery, Adrian Chatigny, Russell
Bryce, Ron Ackerman.
Twelfth place, -1: Mike
and check-in requirements for
goose hunters in Northwest Or-
egon.
Increase the canvasback dai-
ly limit from one to two; oth-
erwise duck bag limits remain
unchanged from last year.
Extend three-turkey spring
season limit statewide. Cur-
rently limited to two turkeys
everywhere but most of western
Oregon.
Tony Brakeall ended his night
in fourth, while Salem’s Britton
Donahoo was fi fth.
H OLLANDER
Perfection
Middlefi eld Mens Club
Aug. 3, 2015
Game: 1-2-3 Best Ball
sion.
Williamson was second, and
behind him in third was Rob
Campos from Scio. Lebanon’s
Extend forest grouse seasons
in eastern Oregon through Jan.
31, which will align with west-
ern Oregon.
Allow upland bird hunters
to leave wing or head on birds
they harvest as evidence of sex
and species. Currently, these
hunters must leave a head on
the bird.
The 2015-16 Oregon Bird
Hunting Regulations will be on-
Gary Sparks, 64
Leroy Bodine, 64
Closest to the pin:
No. 5 — Gary Ingram
No. 7 —Dick Winters
No. 14 — Darrell Lee
Longest Putt: Larry Emery
up before 5 p.m.
The fi nal newspaper also
scratched an itch of working to-
ward a tangible product. Not
many jobs offer the same clar-
ity of objective, and seeing that
work turn into something people
bought, and perhaps even saved
as a keepsake, was always very
satisfying. But Jon Stinnett will
tell you we’ve never made a per-
fect paper, and the element of
fi nality made the mistakes stress-
ful. Plenty of times I would jolt
awake on Monday nights, know-
ing I had made an error and that
there was nothing I could do but
look ahead to the next issue.
Over this year I also became
more and more aware of the sac-
rifi ces — to life schedule and life
style — that my peers at larger
publications routinely make to
stay in print journalism. I sup-
pose the operative word is ‘print,’
and though I didn’t need a year on
the job to learn that newspapers
aren’t the most lucrative indus-
try, I learned about the obstacles
and limitations that make them
so. I am certain that people will
always want and need the news,
but I’m not sure if the daily news-
papers offer the business model
to meet that evolving demand. I
can’t say that the Sentinel is im-
mune to these challenges, but I
also believe that it’s serving a dif-
ferent need, one more centered on
recording the history of Cottage
Grove.
I owe a sincere ‘thank you’ to
so many people who supported
me throughout this endeavor: to
Ben Schorzman, who gave me di-
rection when I fi rst began; to Ron
Bellamy, who mentored me as a
sports editor; to my family, who
understood the importance of this
journey; to the entire Sentinel
staff, who work tirelessly to keep
this ship afl oat, and of course Jon
Stinnett, who taught me how to
tell the stories of this community.
R ACQUETS
Continued from page 1B
Dean said he has yet to see the
need for even one more court, es-
pecially since there are plans to
Cooney, Mel Gowing, Pat
house pickleball at the Armory.
Rickard, Gary Ackley.
“Pickleball is still in its infancy
Thirteenth place, -1: Paul
here. We haven’t ever seen more
Hendrichs, Bob Armor, Rudy
than six players at one time at the
Nellermoe, Larry Dreiling.
courts. And while people may not
Fourteenth place, -1: Jack
see the courts being used for ten-
Doleman, Bill Beckett, Leon
nis very often, perhaps they aren’t
Hayes, Virgil Miller.
driving by the courts at 8:30 in the
morning when our group is out
Closest to the pin: No. 5
here with 10 or more players.”
— Ed Prunkl, No. 7 —Bill
Although the issue was not
Wilson, No. 14 — Dan Pear-
formally discussed by the Coun-
son.
cil, Councilor Heather Murphy, a
tennis player herself, said that she
found the yellow pickleball court
line by Aug. 15 and the booklet lines disorienting.
will be available at ODFW of-
Meyers said at this point there
fi ces and license sales agents by are no plans to add more pickle-
Aug. 24.
ball courts, but that the City will
consider all options that increase
use of the facility.
Dean’s group is not currently
affi liated with the Cottage Grove
Tennis Association, a non-profi t
organization headed by Ron Ir-
vine that raises money to support
tennis in Cottage Grove. Irvine,
who has friends in both parties,
said he has invited both groups
to come together through his or-
ganization toward the end of this
month. He also said there could
be different color schemes that
make the pickleball courts less
distracting to tennis players.
“I am confi dent that reasonable
heads will prevail,” he said. “For
now it seems reasonable the each
group will have two courts. But
of course we will continue to play
it by ear. If there is an onslaught
of pickleball players, we may
have to revisit the conversation at
a later time.”