B
S PORTS
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Section B
South Lane County Sports and Recreation
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Adams breaks out, Ducks begin
to roll after dominating Cal
After a sluggish start, Oregon racked up 777 total yards on offense
in their rout against the Golden Bears on Saturday.
Athlete(s) of the Week
Pictured left to right: Dixie Lawson, Mildred Hand, Beverly Michael
and Meagan McNary of Cottage Grove snagged fi rst place in the
Super Bowl bowling tournament. The four women won $1,500, out-
bowling everyone in the state.
BY SAM WRIGHT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
The Oregon Ducks celebrated
their homecoming night with
a victory over the California
Golden Bears on Saturday. After
what seemed like a gloomy be-
ginning to the game, the Ducks
scored 31 unanswered points
after being down 10-0 early in
the fi rst quarter. Quarterback
Vernon Adams Jr. ran the ball
into the end zone from ten yards
out to tie the game at ten a piece
in the second quarter, and from
there, the Ducks never looked
back.
It was a night to remember
for Adams, who completed 17
of 29 passes for 300 yards and
four touchdowns through the
air. Despite two interceptions,
the transfer quarterback got in
a groove and was able to ex-
tend plays and make miraculous
throws on the run. Adams found
seven different receivers during
the game, with his top receivers
Darren Carrington and Bralon
Addison on top of the board.
Carrington had four receptions
for 112 yards and Addison had
fi ve receptions for 79 yards along
with two touchdowns. Adams
also found Charles Nelson out
of the backfi eld for a 20 yards
passing touchdown, along with
two passes to Dwayne Stanford
for 19 yards and a touchdown.
“We started slow at fi rst, but
then we got this going,” Adams
said of his offense. “The O-
line…I owe ‘em.”
While the passing game was
stout, what was even more im-
pressive was the Ducks ability
to run the football. Not since
the days of Lamichael James
or Kenjon Barner has Oregon
seen such a performance from
the backfi eld. The Ducks ran
the ball a total of 63 times for a
whopping 477 yards. Strangely
enough, however, the only rush-
ing touchdown came from Ad-
ams in the second quarter.
Royce Freeman had another
100+ yard game with 29 carries
for 180 yards. But Oregon man-
aged to utilize other weapons
in the backfi eld. Tony Brooks-
James ran the ball seven times
for 101 yards, Kani Benoit had
94 yards on just eight carries,
and Taj Griffi n also had eight
carries for 59 yards. Had Ben-
oit gotten the ball one or two
more times, Oregon could have
had three different rushers with
other 100 yards on the game.
Adams, too, ran the ball eight
times for 43 yards and a touch-
down on the ground.
The Ducks reached the height
of their offensive production on
Saturday, accounting for 777
total yards on offense, a school
record.
Defensively, the second-
ary still struggled, as Cal’s star
quarterback, Jared Goff, had
329 passing yards, although he
only completed 18 of 42 passes.
The ground game on the other
hand was much better. Oregon
held the bears to only 103 to-
tal yards rushing. Compare that
with Oregon’s 477 and the fi nal
score doesn’t seem to do the
Duck’s domination justice.
The Ducks head to Palo Alto
to take on Stanford next week,
which was ranked No. 8 this
week and will probably move
up after their domination over
Colorado.
“We just have to take in one
game at a time, we’ll get right
to looking at game fi lm on Mon-
day,” said Adams.
U14 Orange Crush team wins fi rst place in SVA fall soccer
Left to right:
Albert Newton
Berenice Hernandez
Ashton Miller
Coach Jeremy Spear
Braedon Rinck
Easton Nowak
Cameron Ish
Jaden Owens
Arianna Collier
Ben Rodrigues
Carson Sayles (back)
Coach Chelsea Smart
Alyssa Peters
Forest Dewitt
Gage Lydick
Sy Williams
Christian Spear
SVA youth volleyball 2015 champions
Volley Girls take fi rst place
CGHS fall sports
come to an end
Fall sports at Cottage Grove High School wrapped up this past
week with no teams making it past the fi rst round of the playoffs.
Boys soccer was unlucky as the No. 16 ranked Lions had to play
their fi rst playoff game against No. 1 ranked Stayton. The Lions
were unable to pull off the upset and lost 2-0. The Volleyball team
had similar luck, also being ranked No. 16 and playing against No.
1 ranked Banks who beat the Lions 3-0.
Football was unable to get past their play-in match, falling to
Baker City 34-28 in a close and well-fought match.
The most promising of Lions teams was girls’ soccer, a team
that went into the playoffs ranked No. 8 after winning the Sky-Em
league. It was the fi rst time Cottage Grove had won the Sky-Em
league in girls’ soccer, and Head Coach Vern Stewart was even
awarded coach of the year. The Lions went in to play No. 9 ranked
Gladstone, but couldn’t keep their playoff run alive with a heart-
breaking 2-0 loss.
Left to right: Coach Merin Waggoner, Madison Goins, Savannah Willits, Logan Zolezzi, Isabel
Thompson, Keira Waggoner, Selena Matney, Ann-Marie Barlow, Coach Billie Kittel
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