COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL April 20, 2016
Cottage Grove High School Athletics Schedule
Speedway
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start Shawn Hand would
again lose the lead. But this
time it would be to Eugene’s
Andrew Mathers. Mathers, in
his fi rst career Modifi ed start,
looked very impressive and
would build a decent-sized gap
between him and the rest of the
fi eld, but unfortunately all of his
hard work would vanish due to
several cautions occurring.
Chris Frisbie of Vancouver,
Washington would get past
Mathers on lap 10 after battling
back and forth. Frisbie would
get passed a few laps later by
Jorddon Braaten from Central
Point. Braaten would stay in
the position the rest of the way
to pick up the win in his No. 84
Dirtworks.
Chris Frisbie was second, and
Jasper veteran Gene Ashley was
third. The rest of the top fi ve
would consist of Shawn Hand
and Mike Medel in fourth and
fi fth.
Jorddon Braaten would have a
perfect night with being the fast-
est in qualifying and winning
the Dot’s Trophy Shop Trophy
3B
Dash. Braaten and Chris Fris-
bie were the heat race winners.
Last but not least, the Quality
RV Repair Hornets would put on
an entertaining race. No doubt
one of the most impressive per-
formances was Veneta driver
Brad Moffett leading for much
of the feature. Moffett would be
the car to beat for the fi rst six-
teen laps of the scheduled 20.
Moffett would be overtaken by
Joe Maricle of Veneta.
Maricle had to come from
the back earlier in the race due
to jumping a start. It looked as
if Maricle was well on his way
to the win, but a late race restart
would have Josh Corley get to
the front. Corley, of Westfi r,
would hold on for the fi nal lap
to pick up his fi rst win of the
season in his fi rst start.
Joe Maricle was second while
Mike Simmons from Cottage
Grove was third. Redmond’s
Ray Augustine would place in
fourth, and K.C. Scott placed
fi fth.
Dexter’s Mike Swaim would
set quick time. Mike Simmons
got the job done in the Dot’s
Trophy Shop Trophy Dash, and
heat race winners were Swaim,
Mike Simmons, and James Sim-
mons from Eugene.
Cottage Grove Speedway re-
turns to racing on Friday, April
22 for the fi rst Kage Kart race
of the year. General Admission
is free and Pit Passes are $10,
and Car and Driver fees will be
$35. The Pit Gate will open up
around 3 p.m. and the Pit Meet-
ing is at 6 p.m. with Hot Laps
and Racing to follow.
The ¼-mile will be back in
action on Saturday, April 23
for the Spring Showdown. The
360 Sprints will return for the
fi rst leg of the Interstate Sprint
Car Series Triple Crown along
with Late Models, IMCA Sport
Mods, and the Quality RV Re-
pair Hornets.
Baseball
April 19, 4:30 p.m. v. Sisters
April 22, 4:30 p.m. @ Sutherlin
April 26, 4:30 p.m. v. Sutherlin
Softball
April 19, 4:30 p.m. @ Sisters
April 22, 4:30 p.m. v. Sutherlin
April 26, 4:30 p.m. @ Sutherlin
Track and Field
April 21, 4 p.m. @ Elmira
April 23, 11 a.m. @ Willamette
University
April 29, TBD @ Stayton High
School
Boys' Golf
April 24-25, 8 a.m. v. Seaside @
Astoria
April 27, 11 a.m. v. Sutherlin @
Umpqua Resort
Girls' Golf
April 21, TBD v. Taft @ Chinook
Winds
April 25, TBD v. Stayton @
Santiam
Track and Field
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ever, freshman Konrad Raum
took second place with 4:31.30,
10 seconds behind a senior from
sisters.
Tharpe also won the 110-me-
ter high hurdles, although his
time was signifi cantly slower
than his personal best of 15 sec-
onds fl at. His winning time was
15.96, but in a more competitive
atmosphere and with sharper
starts, his time will only con-
tinue to improve.
Even though the boys were
dominating the board, Knutson
said it wasn’t their best perfor-
mance.
“Their marks and their times
were that fast, the guys just
seemed really heavy, especially
on their starts,” Knutson said. He
believes that it was due to hav-
ing so many meets leading up to
this one and its understandable
that there will be some slower
days.
On the fi eld side of the meet,
however, Knutson was pleased
with several events.
Cottage Grove took fi rst
through fourth place in the shot
put, with senior Brad Geisler
leading the way. Geisler fi n-
ished with a throw of 44 feet, 10
inches. He also set a personal
best in a preliminary throw that
broke 45 feet. Knutson said he
was particularly impressed be-
cause he had three throws break
44 feet.
The Cottage Grove girls
didn’t control the meet like the
boys did, but that’s not to say
there weren’t impressive perfor-
mances.
Melissa Powers had a per-
sonal best in the javelin, taking
second place with 111 feet, one
inch, only to be beat by one inch
by a junior from Sisters.
Melissa Thielman and Jaylene
Forrester took fi rst and second
in the high jump, and freshman
Cassidy Herbert beat out her
teammate for fi rst place in the
discus with a throw of 86 feet.
On the track, Abril Leal and
Breanna Wright took home fi rst
in the 1500-meter and 800-me-
ter races, respectively.
The team was missing Han-
nah Albrecht, who has been out
with an Achilles issue. “We’re
hoping to rest her on Thursday
and get her healthy for Satur-
day,” Knutson said.
Albrecht has been a vital part
of the team’s success on the
track.
With the home-fi eld advan-
tage, Cottage Grove looked to
end the game on their terms.
And that they did.
In the bottom of the eighth,
Payton Presley stepped up to
the plate with a man on base
and knocked the ball out of the
park for the Lions’ fi rst home
run of the season, the Lions’
10th win and the top seed of the
Sky-Em League. Once again,
the Lions batting average was
signifi cantly below that of their
opponent’s. Cottage Grove held
a .242 batting average and the
Falcons had a .303. Usually it
would be about the Lions base
running, but even in this game,
they had stolen fewer bases than
the Falcons. The win is chalked
up to just getting the right hits
at the right time, including Pre-
sley’s game-winning two-run
home run.
The Sky-Em top seed went
to Cottage Grove, but it isn’t
necessarily smooth sailing from
here. After their win against
Elmira, the Lions traveled back
to Sisters, where they suffered
a 6-0 loss to the Outlaws. Cot-
tage Grove faces Sisters one
more time (in Cottage Grove)
and then travels to Sutherlin on
Friday.
Baseball
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early in the fi rst and second
innings, including a double by
Hunter Harris that brought in
three runs, giving the Lions a
5-0 lead. But the Sky-Em lead-
ers wouldn’t be taken care of so
easily and shut down Cottage
Grove for four straight innings
while the Falcons slowly crept
back into the game. By the end
of the sixth inning, Elmira had
tied the game at 5-5. After no
one scored in the seventh inning,
the game went into an extra in-
ning. The Lions held on in the
top of the eighth without giving
up any more runs.
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