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B S PORTS Section B South Lane County Sports and Recreation Wednesday, December 23, 2015 Contact Sports, 942-3325 or e-mail sports@cgsentinel.com Girls' basketball nabs fi rst win at Siuslaw after another harsh loss to North Bend After a rough 0- 6 start, the Lions manage to get a win against Siuslaw on Friday Athlete of the Week Taylor Harsh led the way in the Lions' comeback win over Siuslaw on Friday BY SAM WRIGHT The Cottage Grove Sentinel We’ll start with the bad news fi rst. On Tuesday, Dec. 15, the Lions lost their sixth straight game to North Bend, leaving the girls still winless. In their 51-23 loss, Cottage Grove made only nine out of 30 attempted fi eld goals, made no three-point shots, and were only 22.73 percent from the free throw line. The Lions man- aged to hold the game quite close throughout the fi rst two quarters. By halftime, the score was only 23-15, a surmountable eight-point defi cit. But sadly, the Lions were outscored 20- 0 in the third quarter, and after that, it was all North Bend. Cottage Grove did see a new- comer in freshman Tara Child. The JV starter was able to see some playing time during the game and was one-for-one on fi eld goals. The top scorers of the game were Hannah Albre- cht, Hannah Arnold and Tay- lor Harsh, all with four points apiece. For this game, every- one’s numbers were pretty low. But if there’s anything to be said about the girls’ basketball team it is that they have unwav- ering poise and the ability to stay focused amid all of the frus- tration. Friday, Dec. 18’s game proved just that. Coming in at Photo by Sam Wright Freshman Tara Child stepped up on Tuesday from JV to help her varsity Lions against North Bend. 0-6, after losing by more than fore they began mounting their with seven offensive and seven 20 points for the fourth time in a comeback streak. At the start defensive rebounds, along with row, the Lions mounted a come- of the fourth quarter, the Lions four steals and eight points. The back win over Siuslaw to beat were down 34-24 but went on a swiftness of Dana Caro was 10-0 run to tie the game. It was seen by her fi ve steals and fi ve the Vikings 47-44. Interestingly enough, the Li- Harsh who stepped up in the defl ections on the night, along ons had a worse fi eld goal per- fourth quarter. She sank three with her total of nine points. centage than their last game three-point shots and another Other scorers were Ellie Brown, (24.24 percent), sinking 16 of two-pointer in the fi nal quarter; Keara Murphy and Delia Nich- 66 attempted shots. This time, she made 11 out of the 23 points ols-Ferguson with two points each. however, they shot slightly bet- the Lions scored in the fourth. “We’re getting better each Harsh scored a total of 13 ter from the free throw-line (30 points that game, with fi ve de- week,” said Head Coach Kevin percent). The Lions were outscored fl ections and fi ve total rebounds. Yoss, “We just have to keep 14-3 in the second quarter, and Arnold was close behind, as she practicing and get more accu- by halftime, Cottage Grove was scored 11 points with seven to- rate.” down 25-13. The girls found tal rebounds. Melissa Thielman themselves down by 14 be- dominated the rebound game When the Lions outscored the Vikings 23-10 in the fourth quarter, it was Tay- lor Harsh who sank three threes and another two-pointer to score 11 out of her total 13 points on the game. The Lions surmounted a 14 point defi cit during the game to beat Siuslaw 47-44. Wrestling team places well at Grants Pass Cottage Grove places sixth overall at Winter Kickoff Tournament Rose Witt swims the 100-meter butterfl y. Aqua Lions doing well, still room for improvement BY SAM WRIGHT The Cottage Grove Sentinel The Cottage Grove High School swim team hosted Junc- tion City and Marist on Tuesday, Dec. 15, looking to show more impressive times as they did the week before. Due to the amount of participants from each school in each event, it was Marist who dominated the scoreboard, the boys winning 128 to Cottage Grove’s 70 and Junction City’s 34, and the girls from Marist winning 129 to the Lion’s 97 and Junction City’s 8. The Ti- gers only had two participating girl swimmers and only four on the boys' team. The competition therefore fell between Cottage Grove and Marist; however the latter still maintained more participants in each event. Seth Chambers, Johnny Witt, Chris Clure and Josef Pifer kicked things off in the 266 meter medley relay, fi nishing second out of four with a time of 3:01.22. In the 133 meter in- dividual medley, Johnny Witt took fi rst place with a time of 1:27.03. Other fi rst place winners were Ethan Burleson at the 100- meter freestyle with a time of 58.85 seconds. Witt shortly af- ter had an extremely impressive time in the 500-meter freestyle with 5:30.25, taking another fi rst-place spot. Pifer fi nished that race third with 6:24.28. The last two fi rst place fi nishes were by Chambers in the 100- meter backstroke with a time of 1:06.06 and then the original relay group (Chambers, Witt, Clure, Pifer) winning the 400- meter freestyle relay with a time of 4:14.06. Unlike the boys, the Cottage Grove girls participated in all of the events, which kept things closer in terms of points. Al- though the girls scored higher in total than the boys (97 compared to 70), there was not a single fi rst-place fi nisher amongst the Aqua Lions on the girls’ side. Photo by John Howard, courtesy of the Daily Courier Andrew Bordeaux wrestles Gary Jantzer of Marshfi eld for the 170 pounds title match. Bordeaux lost 3-0 by decision. BY SAM WRIGHT The Cottage Grove Sentinel The Cottage Grove wrestling team trav- eled down to Grants Pass this past week- end to participate in the Grants Pass Winter Kickoff tournament. The Lions placed sixth overall out of 36 participating teams. Cottage Grove saw a big win from senior Alan Bordeaux who beat Austin Tillery of Henley in the tournament quarterfi nals. Last year, Bordeaux lost to Tillery in the state semifi nals. But the Lions saw success else- where. At 120 pounds, senior Bryce Allen placed third overall, at 160 pounds; Alan Bordeaux placed third and at 170 pounds and his twin brother Andrew Bordeaux fi nished second overall. Other honorable mentions were junior Seth Morris who placed 6th at 195 pounds and sophomore Adam Lamb placed fourth at 285 pounds. Senior Rodney Cham- berlain fi nished seventh at 138 pounds and junior Gage Herbert fi nished seventh at 152 pounds. “This is probably the toughest tournament we’ll face all year,” said Head Coach Kyle Temple. The tournament featured teams from 6A and 5A schools from around the state. And for Cottage Grove to fi nish sixth out of 36 teams is an impressive fi nish. The Lions placed fairly highly in the state fi nals last year, and it is not a stretch to think they can’t fi nish the job this year. “Some of the kids that we faced at this tournament, such as Marshfi eld, are prob- ably dominant by the time we get to the state fi nals,” said Temple. The head coach has been pleased with the way his team has been performing throughout the season and is eager to see what more of the younger wrestlers can do on the mat. 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