B
S PORTS
Section B
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
South Lane County Sports and Recreation
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Girls win, boys fall short as
Aqua Lions resume
Athletes of the Week
The girls triumph over North Eugene and the boys shortcomings are not from a lack of
winning races
Bowling champs!
Audrey Wardwell, Raelene Ames, Callena True and Fran Rothauge of Cot-
tage Grove brought home the Oregon State USBC Division 2 Team Event
Championship this past week.
Wrestling Results
Photo by Sam Wright
Brianna Allen swims freestyle against North Eugene on Friday.
The other group featured Tori Raade,
BY SAM WRIGHT
Karli Isaacs, Emma Meyers and Rose
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
Witt. The former group took fi rst with
The girls’ swim team is perform- a time of 3:23.43 and the latter took
ing at a very high level. On Jan. 15, second with a time of 3:36.97. In this
the Lions hosted North Eugene at the case, the Lions found themselves in a
Daugherty Pool and beat them by a personnel advantage as North Eugene
solid 24 points. Junction City brought only had one group.
The Lions took fi rst place in seven
two swimmers to compete in a friend-
out of the 11 races, giving them an in-
ly fashion.
The boys, however, found them- surmountable lead over the Highland-
selves in trouble, but it wasn’t for a ers.
In the 200-meter freestyle, Raade
lack of skill or speed in the water. The
boys' team just seems to be a bit short- found herself taking fi rst place with
2:13.65, while Edelbute fi nished third
handed.
“It’s tough because it’s not like we’re (out of four) with 2:21.90
The Lions then had Phillips and Ru-
not winning races, we’re just short one
or two boys,” said Head Coach Tyson dicel take fi rst and second respectively
in the individual 133-meter medley
Pilling.
In specifi c races, the boys found with times of 1:44.40 and 1:47.64.
One of the races that the Lions
themselves outnumbered, and there-
fore didn't have as much potential to didn’t fi nish in fi rst was the 66-meter
freestyle, where Meyers and Brianna
create points for their team.
However, the girls did not have that Allen took second and fourth place
problem this week and were able to respectively, however they fi nished
with the respectable times of 45 and
come out victorious.
At the beginning of the meet, Pilling 52 seconds.
Directly afterwards, North Eugene
put in two groups for the 133-meter
medley relay. The fi rst group includ- found themselves taking fi rst place
ed Amelia Phillips, Clover Rudicel, again in the 100-meter butterfl y while
Madisen Kelty and Sophia Edelbute. Meyers (1:25.12) and Kelty (1:33.62)
took second and third. However, a
second and third-place fi nished gave
Cottage Grove four points and three
points, making North Eugene’s sin-
gle fi rst place win inadequate with 6
points.
Eventually, the Lions defeated the
Highlanders 85-61. Other decisive
victories came from the 100-meter
backstroke, where Phillips (1:17.50)
and Raade (1:18.53) took fi rst and
second place. Raade, Phillips, Edelb-
ute and Rudicel raced together in the
266-meter freestyle relay, placing fi rst
with a time of 2:58.19.
Another impressive performance
was in the 500-meter relay, where
Witt fi nished secondd with a time of
6:22.15.
The boy Aqua Lions found them-
selves in a similar position as the girls
from North Eugene. In certain races
the Lions were a few bodies short,
making a fi rst-place win sometimes not
enough to gain the edge. The results
from the boys’ meet will be released
next week. In the mean time, Pilling
will have to make some adjustments to
ensure there are enough swimmers in
each race to give the Lions a chance
to win.
170 Andrew Bordeaux (Cottage
Grove) over Nick Payton (Elmira) (Fall
0:02)
182 Levi Hanson (Elmira) over Jason
Stalder (Cottage Grove) (Fall 0:01)
195 Kevin Dennis (Cottage Grove)
over Unknown (For.)
220 Elijah Farrell (Cottage Grove) over
Logan Schmidt (Elmira) (Fall 3:00)
285 Adam Lamb (Cottage Grove) over
Dale Miller (Elmira) (Fall 4:52)
106 Chance Ralston (Cottage Grove)
over Unknown (For.)
113 Hunter Davis (Elmira) over
Richelle Rolfe (Cottage Grove) (Fall
1:47)
120 Logan Walker (Elmira) over Un-
known (For.)
126 Tony Winders (Elmira) over Chan
Kripeerapan (Cottage Grove) (Dec 5-2)
132 Scott Sanders-Anderson (Elmira)
over Saul Martin (Cottage Grove) (Fall
1:21)
138 Rodney Chamberlain (Cottage
Grove) over Zach Russell (Elmira) (Fall
2:56)
145 Brandon McElhose (Elmira) over
Tyler Woertink (Cottage Grove) (Dec
7-6)
152 Mason Walker (Elmira) over Na-
than Farrell (Cottage Grove) (Fall 1:13)
160 Alan Bordeaux (Cottage Grove)
over Ethan Agnes (Elmira) (MD 18-6)
Straps down on mat (106)-1.00 (CG)
Team Score:
CG: 39
Hello from the top fi ve, sing Lions
Two more wins bring
the Lions into the top
fi ve as they climb to
the top one game at
a time
Girls' basketball is
down but not out as
they suffer through
two more losses
entering league play
BY SAM WRIGHT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
Two more wins over Brook-
ings-Harbor and Elmira have
now put the Lions at number fi ve
in the OSAA rankings, jumping
Junction City (who moved down
to number eight).
Cottage Grove kicked off its
league play against the Falcons
on Saturday, Jan. 16 and took
care of business once again
against a tenacious Falcons
team.
After being down in the
fi rst quarter 20-15, the Lions
bounced back to take control
before halftime as the game was
neck and neck at 34-32 and tied
at 49 going into the fourth quar-
ter.
Cottage Grove turned on the
heat and went on a 16-8 run in
the fourth to overcome Elmira
65-57.
The Falcons and Lions were
both 50 percent on fi eld goals,
and Elmira even sank three more
than Cottage Grove. But what
separated the Lions from the
Falcons was the daunting statis-
tic of shooting 55 percent from
three and 64 percent from the
free-throw line. The team also
showed great ability in passing,
totaling 13 assists compared to
Elmira’s one.
It was another high-scor-
ing game for Cottage Grove’s
starters. Junior Kory Parent led
the team with 19 points and
fi ve assists, the second-highest
game Parent has had all season,
behind a 26-point game in the
Endurance
and
tenacity
BY SAM WRIGHT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
Photo by Sam Wright
Tucker Porter jumps for two against Elmira on Saturday.
Lions rout against Creswell.
Parent was also two for two on
three-pointers, something we’ve
seen him getting better at each
game. Chance Hopkins fi nished
the game with 17 points, one as-
sist and four rebounds (a fairly
low number considering the re-
bound numbers Hopkins usually
achieves). Junior Blake Sentman
was the last double-digit scorer
with 14 points, six rebounds and
one steal.
It was the Lions’ accuracy and
slight edge in the rebound game
that allowed them to pull away
in this matchup. Cottage Grove
struggled with 12 turnovers to
Elmira’s six, although the Lions
did have six total steals and the
Falcons only had one. Elmira
also racked up 20 personal fouls
and the Lions shot a total of
28 free throws, sinking 18 and
giving the Lions a big edge as
Elmira only sank six free throws
of 20.
The Lions now hold a spot as
the fi fth ranked team in the state
and will work viciously to main-
tain or improve that position as
they set to face 14-ranked Sis-
ters and Junction City, which
leers over Cottage Grove at
number eight. At 10-3 the Lions
will look to defeat the Outlaws
and the Tigers twice, and from
there the road should be easy, as
Sutherlin is ranked 21 at 9-6 and
Sweet Home is last at number
40 at 1-11 on the season.
Last week, the girls’ basket-
ball team won two games in
a row and was seemingly on
a road toward improvement.
However, the past two losses to
Brookings-Harbor and Elmira
stand to potentially undo the
turning point and the direction
for which the Lions would like
to be headed.
But the losses aren’t going to
deter Cottage Grove from their
continuous and hard-working
search for answers this season.
While the two losses were hard,
they were delivered by teams
that are ranked much higher
than Cottage Grove, and the
Lions still managed to put up a
strong fi ght.
The fi rst loss came on Tues-
day, Jan. 12 against Brookings-
Harbor (11-4). The Bruins came
into the game ranked in the top
ten and now sit at fi fth in the
state in the OSAA rankings. The
Lions (now 3-12) are ranked 32,
a position they have been stuck
at for a few weeks. With the Li-
ons track record this season, one
would defi nitely expect a blow-
out and another loss by over 20
points for Cottage Grove. Yet it
wasn’t the case for the Lions,
who fought hard, eventually los-
ing 63-47, and the score doesn’t
exactly refl ect the closeness of
the game.
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