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2B COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL May 18, 2016 2016 Track & Field State Qualifi ers Connor Howard (100, 400, 200, 4x100 relay) Michael Tharpe (110 hurdles, 100, 4x100 relay) Jacob Woods (4x100 relay) Brynden Howell (4x100m relay) Cooper Ladd (4x100m relay alternate) Chad Bottorff (4x100m relay alternate) Konrad Raum (3000m) Brad Geisler (shot and discus) Seth Green (discus) Jayden Tucker (Long jump and triple jump) Tucker Porter (Triple Jump) Hannah Albrecht (100, 200, 400, 4x400 relay) Hudson Weybright (3000, 4x400 relay) Breanna Wright (3000, 1500, 4x400 relay) Melissa Thielman (4x400 relay) Jaylene Forrester (4x400 relay alternate) Zarah Wemple (4x400 relay alternate) Keara Murphy (High Jump) Speedway returns after Saturday's rain cancellation BY BEN DEATHERAGE For the Sentinel TRACK & FIELD CONTINUED FROM PG 1B For the distance events, Bre- anna Wright made a statement during her last run by taking gold in the 1500 and 3000-me- ter races. Wright fi nished the 1500-meter in just under fi ve minutes with a time of 4:59.54. Her fi rst place time of the 3000- meter run was 11:33.88, and her junior teammate, Hudson Wey- bright, fi nished just behind her with a time of 11:41.29. In the fi eld events, Brad Geisler and Jayden Tucker were both named co-most valuable fi eld athletes of the meet. Giesler led the way by taking fi rst place in the discus with a throw of 133 feet, three inches, and teammate Seth Green placed second with 128 feet, eight inches. Geisler also placed second in the shot put with a distance of 47 feet, two inches, just barely behind fi rst placer Tristan Needham of Sutherlin (48 feet, 0.75 inches). Tucker similarly took home one gold and one silver medal for his jumping performances. In the long jump, he placed second with a distance of 21 feet, two inches. His triple jump, how- ever, stole fi rst place with a dis- tance of 41 feet, 10 inches. His teammate, Tucker Porter, took second with a strong jump of 39 feet, six inches. With 18 state qualifi ers, Cot- tage Grove is in good shape to continue the success of the track program. The state meet will take place this upcoming Friday and Saturday at Hayward Field in Eugene. BASEBALL CONTINUED FROM PG 1B pitch an entire game, pitching all seven innings with an ERA of exactly one. Hunter Harris took over for the next game at home. Harris also had an ERA of one and al- lowed only seven hits in six in- nings. However, the Lions bat- ting average fell to .280 on the day. The two losses for Elmira bounced the Falcons down to third place with a 9-6 league record, and Sisters took sec- ond with a 10-5 record. Cottage Grove held its top position with a 13-2 record. D. Redmond and King win during Friday night thriller at CG Speedway The Lions now look towards the play offs, where their fi rst contest is against Blanchet Catholic on Saturday. The Cav- aliers are a menacing team that went 15-0 in league play and has scored up to as many as 27 runs in one game. But Blanchet Catholic is a 3A school, and its entire season has been fi lled with lighter competition. The Lions have overcome 5A and 6A schools this year. So, even a team that still holds a 15-game winning streak and hasn’t lost since April 8 will need to be very wary when facing Cottage Grove on Saturday. If you missed the May 13, $5 Fast Friday, then you missed one of the best races of the whole season. Despite only two classes on the card, a great turn- out of 48 cars would fi ll the pit area. The two classes were the Clark Printing Extreme Sprints and Dwarf Cars. Sixteen Clark Printing Ex- treme Sprints signed in on the registration sheets and they had a thrilling race. Medford teen- ager Bailey Hibbard showed the way for the most laps. Hibbard took the lead on the opening lap and it seemed that he was on his way to his fi rst career victory. Two cautions kept the fi eld bunched up but Hibbard was good on the restarts. As the race started to enter the fi nal stages, some heavy lapped traffi c was approaching the leaders. Roseburg’s Dusty Redmond was able to somehow fi nd a way to master the bottom when the high side seemed to be the fastest way around, and he got past Hibbard with just a few laps to go. Redmond managed to create a little bit of space to have some breathing room. When the checkered fl ag was dropped it was Redmond with the victory and the second time that the No. 57 Rocket entry has visited victory lane in 2016. Orion Redmond, also from Roseburg (and Dusty’s son), edged out Hibbard for second place at the line. The rest of the top fi ve was made up of Albany teenager Bricen James, driving for car owner Tim Galloway, and Eugene’s Raquel Ivie in fi fth. Ivie was fast time of the night, and the winner of the Dot’s Trophy Shop Trophy Dash was Medford native Dave Hib- bard. Heat race winners were Medford’s Brandi Crockett and Ricky Ashley from Thurston. A whopping 32 Dwarf Cars would make the trip from the states of Oregon, Washington, and California. Kelso, Wash- ington’s Jess Turner Sr., was the leader of lap one. Turner lost the lead on lap three to Eagle Point chauffeur Brock Peters. Peters looked to complete a clean sweep after dominating preliminary action. Unfortunately for Brock Pe- ters, he was passed on lap nine by Josh King. King, who now resides in Red Bluff, California, checked out from the rest of the fi eld, but several cautions didn’t allow him to build too big of a lead. He briefl y lost the lead to Medford’s Kalvin Morton, but the yellow would come out giving the lead back to King. King would master the rest of the restarts to put himself in the winner’s circle. Kalvin Morton was the run- ner-up, while third went to Brock Peters. Molalla’s Henry Corbin III crossed fourth, and Jess Turner Sr. ended his night in fi fth. Heat races were won by Josh King, Rob Gergel from Grants Pass, Brock Peters and Kalvin Morton. Peters was able to top the fi eld in the Dot’s Tro- phy Shop Trophy Dash, while Grant Pass driver Kaycee Sheel- er was victorious in the consola- tion feature. After getting rained out last Saturday, Cottage Grove Speed- way is excited to get back to rac- ing this weekend. Everything gets kicked off on Friday, May 20 with the Kage Karts as they will be on hand for their second race of the season. The Satur- day, May 21, will feature the Wingless Sprint Series, IMCA Modifi eds, IMCA Sport Mods, and the Quality RV Repair Hor- nets for Armed Forces Night. There will be a special Military price for $5 on Saturday. On Friday for the Kart races General Admission is free and Pit Passes are $10, and Car and Driver fees will be $35. The Pit Gate will open up around 4 p.m. and the Pit Meeting is at 6 p.m. with Hot Laps and Racing to follow. The Wingless Sprint Series is in its inaugural season as the parties of the Northwest Wing- less Tour and the Oregon Double Shot Series got back together to form one unifi ed Non-Wing organization this past offsea- son. They have raced just once and Rob Lindsey swept the fi rst round of competition at Madras Speedway on May 7. The IMCA Modifi eds have yet to see a repeat winner as they have had four different drivers visit victory lane. Col- len Winebarger, Craig Hanson, Mark Wauge, and Kinzer Cox have all tasted success in the 2016 season. The opposite can be stated for the IMCA Sport Mods with Jorddon Braaten the only driver to have managed to win this season. Braaten has won all two Sport Mod races at CGS in the current campaign. Last but not least in the Qual- ity RV Repair Hornets a streak is on the line. Josh Corley has been the class of the fi eld by winning the last three features consecutively. K.C. 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