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B S PORTS Section B Wednesday, February 10, 2016 South Lane County Sports and Recreation Contact Sports, 942-3325 or e-mail sports@cgsentinel.com Lions drop in rankings after two straight losses, winning streak ends BY SAM WRIGHT The Cottage Grove Sentinel The saying “all good things come to an end” rang especial- ly true for the Cottage Grove High School boys’ basketball team when its 10-game winning streak was brought to an abrupt end by Marist Catholic on Tues- day, Feb. 2. The frustrations car- ried over onto the next game, as the Lions fell to Elmira three days later. The Lions found themselves up over Marist Catholic at half- time, 32-29, but the small lead was shattered when the Spartans went on a 26-9 run in the third quarter. Despite the valiant ef- forts of the Lions for a fourth- quarter comeback (outscoring Marist 23-19), Cottage Grove fell short, losing 74-64. Part of the trouble came from starter Kory Parent, who has been sick for the past week and reportedly had a fever of 103 degrees at one point. The illness refl ected Parent’s performance on the court. The junior only had 12 points, rela- tively low for this season, and only played 24 minutes (al- though he was benched occa- sionally for being in foul trouble with four personal fouls on the night). It seemed that Cottage Grove was outmatched by a team that wasn’t going to miss a step all night. Although the Lions shot a decent 43 percent from the fi eld (21-for-48), the Spartans shot 55 percent (27-for-49). Even from the line the Lions scored 72 percent of their free throws, but Marist was 81 percent. The Lions were also out- rebounded 35-12, one of the widest margins they’ve had all season. Junior Blake Sentman was the team’s top rebounder with only four, while the top Sentman takes charge Photo by Gary Ordway Tucker Porter leaps for the basket against Sutherlin from last week. rebounder on the Spartans’ side had 11. Sentman took the reigns and stepped up as the leading scorer with 22 points. He shot 50 per- cent from the fi eld (seven-for- 14) with three of those being three-point shots. Along with his aforementioned rebounds, Sentman had one assist and two steals. But the one great performance wasn’t enough. Usually Parent is able to keep pace if not surpass Sentman in scoring but because of foul trouble and being sick, he wasn’t able to perform to the best of his abilities. Parent had 12 points, three re- bounds and one assist, compar- ing to previous games this sea- son, the was the quietest game yet. Chance Hopkins also had trouble. The senior only ac- counted for two rebounds all game, a place where he usually fi nds himself leading in. His 11 points contributed, but after fi ve personal fouls, he only played 22 minutes. Despite the loss, the Lions still remained at No. fi ve in the OSAA rankings, but that changed after 32 minutes in Elmira. Cottage Grove struggled throughout the entire game and never held a lead against Elmira. The Falcons outscored the Lions 13-8 in the fi rst quarter and 19- 12 in the fourth quarter, which became the deciding parts of the game as each team scored 20 points in the second and third quarters. The result was a frus- trating 52-40, the lowest score the Lions have been held to all season. Lincoln Middle School takes second place at district meet After a third-quarter blowout, the Lions were able to snag a come-from-behind win over the top Sky-Em team The girls’ basketball team only had one game this week, but it was a good one for the Lions, as they came back to beat Elmira 41-38. The win was even more impressive with the absence of starting point guard Melissa Thielman who had a concussion (the seventh one of the season for the girls’ program) and start- ing post Keara Murphy, who broke her nose in practice. It was a slow start for Cottage Grove, which was outscored 8-1 in the fi rst quarter, and the Lions found themselves in familiar waters, down 20-12 at halftime. But the third quarter saw a 16- 3 run by Cottage Grove as they took the lead and fought hard in the fourth quarter to maintain it. They were outscored 15-13 in the fourth quarter but were able to fi ght off the Falcons and snagged their second win in a row. The Lions shot 33 percent from the fi eld, sinking 10 shots compared to Elmira’s 14. How- ever, Cottage Grove was able to make 19 of their 38 free throws, while the Falcons only sank nine of 22. The Lions also won the re- bound battle (39-34), a key as- pect of the game that head coach Kevin Yoss has been wanting to improve since the beginning of the season. Cottage Grove was beaten in the paint due to Elmira’s size, with only 12 points coming from inside the paint compared to the Falcon’s 26. But the Lions' abil- ity to score from the outside, in- cluding two clutch three-point- ers from Hannah Albrecht and Despite the two losses, Sentman took charge of his team as the top scorer on both games while the regular leading scorer, Kory Parent struggled through his illness this past week. Sentman had 22 points against Marist and even managed 13 points against Elmira, a game where the Lions were held to the lowest points scored in a game all season. Please see Boys' Basketball, Page 4B Girls' basketball downs Elmira BY SAM WRIGHT The Cottage Grove Sentinel Athlete of the Week Taylor Harsh, kept them in the game and eventually gave them the lead. Hannah Arnold led the team with a whopping 16 points that came from 12 free throws and two fi eld goals. She also led the team in rebounds with a total of nine. Albrecht fi nished the night with a total of eight points, but her stand-out performance isn’t seen on the statistics. The junior defended Elmira’s top player, Miranda Jensen, all night. Jen- sen scored 22 points on the Li- ons during their fi rst encounter this season, but Albrecht held her to only three points this time around. Freshman Tara Child had her fi rst start of the season due to the injuries and played a good game, according to Yoss. She 12 students place at Valley League District Tournament Please see Girls' Basketball, Page 3B Photo courtesy of Jamie Nelson Sam Cruden stands victorious at the Valley League Dis- trict Tournament Saturday. Lincoln Middle School al- ready had a lot of success the previous weekend at their re- gional tournament, taking sec- ond place overall. Head Coach James Deatherage knew from past events that his team was strong and confi dent, and noth- ing changed going in to the Val- ley League District tournament on Saturday. Lincoln fi nished in second overall again, with many stu- dents taking top places in their respective weights. Sam Cruden and Trace Nel- son took fi rst place, followed by Triston Aldrich, Drew Swenson, Luke Johns and Nick Naro all fi nishing in second place. Jayden Owens fi nished in third. Jacob Dunn, Nano Giffen, Walker Humprey, Austin Dempsey and William VanHoy all took fourth place. The second place fi nish has put Lincoln Middle School on a roll of success in their wrestling program. Lions improve at invitational after loss to Huskies After a rough 64-18 loss, Cottage Grove's wrestling team saw many second-place fi nishes at their invitational Photo by Gary Ordway Freshman Tara Child started her fi rst game this year against Elmira. On Thursday, Feb. 4, the Sweet Home Huskies came into to Cottage Grove and took care of the Lions 64-18 in a dual that showed a lot of diffi culties for Cottage Grove. It started off with Sweet Home’s Kobe Olson setting the pace by defeating Cottage Grove’s Bryce Allen by major decision, 9-0. From there, the Lions suf- fered four pins in a row on Tra- vis Thomas, Rodney Chamber- lain, Tyler Woertnik and Rafe Barkley. Alan Bordeaux was the fi rst winner for the Lions when he pinned Oscar Hernandez in the second period. Jayson Stalder put up a tough fi ght, but eventually yielded to Bryce Coulter in the third pe- riod. Andrew Bordeaux, like his brother, pinned his Sweet Home opponent, Devin Stafford early, in the second period. Adam Lamb was the only other win- ner from Cottage Grove that evening, pinning Gavin Baskin in the fi rst period. After that, Chance Ralston and Aaron Boitz were both pinned quickly in the fi rst round. Over the weekend, the Lions hosted the Cottage Grove Invi- tational, where they saw more individual success from their mat men. Bryce Allen made it to the fi rst- place match at the 126-pound weight class after going 4-0 and Please see Wrestling, Page 3B