B
S PORTS
Section B
South Lane County Sports and Recreation
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
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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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