COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL Sept. 7, 2016
SPEEDWAY
FOOTBALL
Dills Earns top five at Cottage Grove to garner second Straight Championship
BY BEN DEATHERAGE
For the Sentinel
Patrick Dills secured his
second straight Cottage Grove
Speedway track championship
following a top-fi ve fi nish dur-
ing the Extreme Sprints season
fi nale last Saturday.
Dills fi nished the season tied
for the division lead in wins
(two), top fi ves (eight) and top
10s (10), but his strong qualify-
ing and heat race performances
were the difference makers.
“It means a lot to win back-
to-back championships,” he
said. “That was a big goal of
ours, and to accomplish it after
a grueling season means a lot to
myself, my family, the team and
our sponsors. All the hard work
paid off.”
Dills kicked off last Saturday’s
event by qualifying ninth-quick-
est. He then advanced from fi fth
to fourth place in a heat race.
“We just missed the setup in
qualifying and we had a Rac-
eSaver tire on,” he said. “The
track changed drastically, and
we didn’t catch it. Plus, I ran the
top in qualifying, and I should
have run the bottom. I didn’t
make two good laps. That closed
the gap from 19 points to nine
going into the heat races.”
Dills gained points in the heat
race and secured the title by ad-
vancing from ninth to fi fth place
in the main event.
“In the feature I was up to
fourth at one point and I blew
the cushion in turns one and
two,” he said. “I fell back to
sixth or seventh and picked off
another car or two after that.”
Dills also ranks fi fth in the
Triple Crown standings follow-
ing the fi rst of three events. The
next round is Saturday at Coos
Bay Speedway in Coos Bay,
Ore. The fi nal race is Sept. 10 at
Southern Oregon Speedway in
White City, Ore., although Dills
currently plans on competing in
a 360ci race at Cottage Grove
Speedway that night.
Championship Weekend at Cottage Grove
Speedway next, karts on Friday, Sept. 9
The fi nal time to see some
of the best racing in the Pacifi c
Northwest is this weekend at
Cottage Grove Speedway. The
Kage Karts will have their fi nal
race on Friday, Sept. 9 while the
¼-mile clay oval will race on
Saturday, Sept. 10. Divisions
on the card for Saturday include
360 Sprints, Late Models, and
the Quality RV Repair Hor-
nets, while the Modifi eds will
be open comp and non-points.
All three championships on the
line are mathematically up for
3B
grabs.
For the Kart races General
Admission is free and Pit Pass-
es 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. Roger Crockett has the
most wins in the 360 Sprints
with three trips to victory lane.
Kyle Miller is the only other
multi-feature winner, with two,
while Jason Solwold and Trey
Starks have one win each. Kyle
Miller has a 35-point advantage
over second place Roger Crock-
ett. Garen Linder, third in the
standings, is 40 markers back
behind Miller.
In the Late Model division,
Ron Brewster leads in the win
column with three victories
over Britton Donahoo’s two.
Donahoo, though, has a 58-
point lead over Brewster in the
race for the championship. Dar-
ren Coffell, Rob Campos, John
Duty, Preston Luckman, Jesse
Williamson and Brian Cronk all
have one Late Model win this
year.
In the Quality RV Repair
Hornets Joe Maricle has the
most wins and points so far.
Marcile has made seven trips to
the winner’s circle while Josh
Corley has six victories. Cor-
ley trails Maricle by 31 markers
headed into the fi nal event. K.C.
Scott, Brad Moffett, and Chris
Pierce have one win to their
credit.
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over and he managed to bring
the defensive end down to save
a touchdown, but not before
he entered the red zone. From
there, Newport took several
plays to get into the end zone
but managed to score its only
points before going into the sec-
ond half.
“He knew what he did wrong,”
Roberts said, “but for a kid that
hasn’t played quarterback in
over 10 weeks and is then told
to go out and run the show after
only four days of practice, he
did a fantastic job.”
Cottage Grove went on to
score fi ve more touchdowns in
the second half. Parent added on
to his spectacular performance
through the air, going 16 for
19 for 320 yards. Clafl in and
Markus Julien each rushed for
a touchdown. Clafl in had nine
carries and totaled 50 yards to
go with his rushing touchdown.
Giffen had six receptions for
98 yards and two touchdowns.
Other stand-out receiving per-
formances came from Hayden
Glenn (three receptions for 73
yards and two touchdowns),
and Trenton Grover and Jacob
Woods had one long reception
each for 46 and 54 yards.
With 115 yards on the ground,
the Lions' offense racked up a
whopping 435 yards of total of-
fense. Roberts says that the pro-
duction comes down to a slight
weakness on Newport’s defen-
sive side along with the good
execution of the Lions’ offense.
“When you have kids who
can do really well in space and
players are executing, that will
happen,” Roberts added.
The Lions could have possi-
bly scored three more times if
it weren’t for a few turnovers,
including a fumble at the goal
line.
Parent's 84 percent comple-
tion rate proved the senior as a
very effi cient passer, despite his
two interceptions. He complet-
ed passes to a total of seven dif-
ferent receivers, though Giffen
seemed to be his primary target
throughout the night.
The Lions will travel east
this Friday to face Madras High
School, a team comparable to
Newport. Though on the road,
Cottage Grove should have
similar success with an offense
that seems to be clicking in all
aspects.
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