COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL February 24, 2016
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But the story of the Lions’
season this year has been about
their tenacity and their strength
in spirit. Not wanting to go out
losing, the Lions traveled to
Sweet Home, where some of the
girls played their best games of
the season.
The Lions clobbered Sweet
Home 52-15 the last time they
played, but the Huskies weren’t
so easily pushed around. After
going up 9-1 early in the fi rst
quarter, the Lions got caught in
a Husky run, and Sweet Home
ended the quarter up 11-10. The
Huskies continued their run to
go up 21-10 (a 20-1 run) midway
through the second quarter. But
Cottage Grove responded with a
13-4 run as the half ended. The
Lions were only down by two
with a 23-25 halftime score.
The second half brought the
Lions into familiar waters with
the Huskies. Cottage Grove
dominated the entire second
half and outscored Sweet Home
37-21 and the Lions ran away
with the game 60-46.
Thielman led the team again
in points, only this time racking
up a whopping 24 points, a sea-
son high. Harsh and Blomquist
both scored 10 a piece, a season
high for Blomquist.
There has been a large im-
provement since the summer,
where the Lions were struggling
in their summer league. Now
fi nishing the season 7-17, Yoss
expects that the team will be a
lot more potent next year.
“We’ll all be more familiar
with each other, and the girls
now know my expectations,” he
said.
The All-League roster was
released, where seniors Han-
nah Arnold and Thielman both
made second team all-league
and Hannah Albrecht and Tay-
lor Harsh received honorable
mentions.
Photo courtesy of Gary Ordway
Dana Caro pulls up for a shot against Sisters.
Cheerleaders take second
The Lions took second place at the OCCA Cheerleading state championships over Valentine's Day
weekend. The members of the squad are: Abigail Bunce, 11; Alicia Humphries, 9; Allison Thomas,
11; Cora Cook, 10; David Dunn, 12; Destiny Silke, 12; Faith Latta, 11; Japheth Minson, 12; Kathy
Moreno, 10; Katie Dennis, 12; Tanin Minson, 9. Allison Thomas took fi rst place for individual perfor-
mance, her photo is featured on page 4B.
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Chance Hopkins and Jayden
Tucker were the next top scor-
ers for the Lions with 15 and 13
points, respectively.
It was a good thing that Cot-
tage Grove only needed one
win, because the second one was
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more diffi cult to secure against
Sweet Home on Friday. The 6-
16 Huskies came out swinging
against the Lions, and the low-
est ranked Sky-Em team looked
to have a shot at upsetting the
highest ranked Sky-Em team.
By halftime the Lions real-
ized they were in a scrap, tied
21-21. Sweet Home then man-
aged to outscore the Lions 15-
11 in the third quarter, and Cot-
tage Grove found themselves in
trouble, down by four going into
the fi nal period.
But the Lions clicked and,
like always, performed their
best in crunch time and went
on an 18-6 run and came out
with another win 50-42. It was a
fairly low scoring game for Cot-
tage Grove that night. The Lions
were only 34 percent from the
fi eld and went from shooting
four of seven three-pointers to
shooting four of 21.
For his last game of the regu-
lar season, Hopkins came out as
the leading scorer for the Lions
with 18 points. The senior was
seven-for-eight on fi eld goals
and four for six on fi eld goals.
Parent and Sentman had sea-
son lows in accuracy. Parent
went three-for-10 from the fi eld
and Sentman was two-for-10.
However, two of those for Par-
ent were three-point shots (out
seven attempts from beyond the
line).
Cottage Grove now tops the
Sky-Em League at 9-1 and the
next contenders are Junction
City and Sisters (both at 6-
4). Since the Lions are ranked
fourth in the state, they will be
favored against their playoff op-
ponent, which will be ranked
13. Pending the fi nalized rank-
ings, Cottage Grove would face
Sisters, which is currently occu-
pying the number 13 spot in the
OSAA rankings.
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