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B S PORTS Wednesday, October 7, 2015 Section B South Lane County Sports and Recreation Contact Sports, 942-3325 or e-mail sports@cgsentinel.com Girls' soccer maintaining dominance and success as 4A power After fi ve straight wins, there seems to be no stopping these Lions on the soccer fi eld BY SAM WRIGHT The Cottage Grove Sentinel The girls’ soccer team con- tinues to be on a roll, grabbing its fi fth win in a row since the team’s last loss in North Bend on Sept. 14. The fi rst game of this past week took place at home against Sisters, a team that Head Coach Vern Stewart says the Lions have been unable to top in the four years he’s been coaching the soccer program. The Lions ended their los- ing streak against Sisters in a 5-2 offensive blowout on Tues- day, Sept. 29. The high scoring was mainly due to star forward Josie Mootz, who had a hat trick that night. Mootz, a senior, also leads the team in overall scor- ing. She was also accompanied by another top scorer, Kia Hem- enway. Another goal came from Hudson Weybright, who Stewart says plays the position of defen- sive mid. Weybright scored the second goal of the game to put her team ahead. “With our communication and our speed, we were great at holding the middle of the fi eld,” Stewart said. “It’s great that we also get a wide variety of scor- ers; we don’t want to be one- sided because other teams could catch on to that.” On Thursday, Oct. 1, the Li- ons traveled to Elmira to face the Falcons in what would be a much tougher game. The Fal- cons eventually succumbed to the Lions' offensive pressure and gave up a goal in the sec- ond half, allowing the Lions to take the game 3-2. Cottage Grove saw two goals from Jas- min Lopez and one goal from, yet again, Mootz. The two goals that were scored against Cottage Grove both came from Elmira set plays, something Stewart says the team will work on defend- ing throughout this week. Athlete of the Week: Josie Mootz Mootz scored a hat trick against Sisters and leads the Lions in overall scoring. Please see GIRLS SOCCER, Page 2B Volleyball bounces back after loss, looks to improve After losing to a tough Sisters team, the Lions overcame Elmira to regain momentum BY SAM WRIGHT The Cottage Grove Sentinel The Lions’ volleyball team hosted Sisters this past week on Tuesday, Sept. 29 and struggled against a quality Outlaw squad. Sisters swept Cottage Grove, 3- 0. However, Head Coach Jason Corwin wasn’t very disappoint- ed in how the Lions played. “Sisters is very good, they’re very well coached,” Corwin said. He maintains that the Li- ons moved very well and fought back in the second set, but un- fortunately suffered an injury to Cassidy Herbert. “Cassidy is a good player, and that defi nitely hurt us,” Corwin stated, “but we never stopped playing and we never stopped fi ghting, so I’m proud of our team for that.” Cottage Grove then bounced back on Thursday, Oct. 1 against Senior Abigail Ladd sets up to serve against Sisters during the Lions' hard loss on Sept. 29. Elmira, who they beat 3-1. Abigail Ladd stood out with 14 kills and 14 digs during Thursday’s game, along with Kalea Borelli, who recorded 22 digs, and Allyssa Ganchegui with 10 kills, 19 digs and seven aces. “We played some good Vol- leyball,” Corwin said, “We’re getting really good at serving, but there’s defi nitely still some things we need to work on.” On Saturday the Lions strug- gled in the Junction City tourna- ment, but Corwin has identifi ed what needs to be fi xed. “We need to fi nd some consis- tency, we need to work on being the same all the time,” Corwin explained. “We can’t let the situation dictate how we serve, and we also need to work on our passing.” Corwin said that their set- ters are improving and doing a good job, but accuracy will need to improve to set up for better spikes. The volleyball squad will host Sutherlin High School on Thursday, Oct. 8 at 6:30 p.m. Photo by Sam Wright Blake Sentman hands the ball to running back Zane Levings during Friday's game against Sweet home. Lions unable to top Sweet Home, still put up numbers The Lions fall to 2-3 after Friday's match up, but against such a tough team, it's not so discouraging BY SAM WRIGHT The Cottage Grove Sentinel It was a diffi cult night for the Lions football team on Friday, Oct. 2, as they lost to the Sweet Home Huskies 42-35. However, the struggles that the team faced did not extinguish the fi re that was lit within the heart and soul of the team. “Our kids played hard, effort Cross Country sees great improvement after Oxford Classic wasn’t an issue, but execution was,” Head Coach Gary Rob- erts said. “In games against good teams, the team that plays hard and executes better usually wins.” It was a night of sloppy errors where Cottage Grove turned the ball over four times and Sweet Home only coughed it up once. Junior quarterback Blake Sent- man threw three interceptions, something Roberts attributes to outstanding defensive play by the Huskies, and wrong routes ran by Lion receivers. “One interception, they [Sweet Home] had a kid who made an amazing play,” Roberts said, “the other two were where we had wide receivers running incorrect routes, and we threw to a bad spot of the fi eld.” To lose by only a touchdown in a game that saw 4 lost turn- overs by the Lions proves the tenacity this varsity squad has, and the intensity the coaches have been trying to instill in their players all season. The Li- ons were only able to run three plays the entire third quarter and 10 plays in the fourth, yet still managed to maintain a one score defi cit by the end. Along with the intercep- tions, Sentman completed 11 of 18 passes for 126 yards and a touchdown; he also scored on the ground as well. Hybrid receiver and running back Brynden Howell ran the ball 10 times for 97 yards and two touchdowns. Please see FOOTBALL, Page 4B BY JIM SETTELMEYER For the Sentinel The Lions’ cross country team traveled to Bend on Friday, Oct. 2 to compete in the Oxford Classic at Drake Park. Thirteen of the 30 Lion Cross Country runners that ran the course fi n- ished in season and/or lifetime best times. These runners include Mitch- ell Johnson (27:21), Ryan Barger (20:23), Connor How- ard (21:04), Chelsea Armstrong (28:02), Abigail Bunce (27:47), Savannah Davis (27:35), Tes- slyn Foster-Grant (32:17), Kate Johns (27:36), Aramie Ny- dam (27:58), Abril Leal-Coro- nel (23:06) and Jeramy Hall (23:13). Leal-Coronel recently joined the team, and her time of 23:06 leads the Lions’ girls’ squad. The top fi nisher for the boys continues to be freshman Kon- rad Raum, who fi nished with a time of 18:34 in this effort. The fast times were a good introduction to a series of fl atter courses to end the season. Har- riers seek more personal bests next, running a Grants Pass course on Wednesday, Oct. 7, and then at the George Fox Invi- tational on Saturday, Oct. 10.
