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B S PORTS Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016 Section B South Lane County Sports and Recreation Contact Sports, 942-3325 or e-mail sports@cgsentinel.com Lions upset Fishermen with fourth- quarter comeback, advance to semifi nals Down 14-3 at the start of the fi nal quarter, Cottage Grove made clutch plays to steal a win from third-ranked Astoria BY SAM WRIGHT The Cottage Grove Sentinel Cottage Grove racked up an- other victory like they’ve been doing all season, but this win came in a much different fash- ion. The Lions have won by an average margin of 34 points this season, their closest game com- ing from Scappoose in a 24-21 win. This was the fi rst time Cot- tage Grove had trailed a game. Teams have tied the Lions, but Cottage Grove has never had to fi ght from behind, let alone trail for three quarters. The Lions were down 14-3 as the fourth quarter started. They outscored Astoria 22-7 in the fi - nal quarter to seal a 25-21 quar- terfi nal victory. Both offenses struggled all game, and the score was only 7-3 at the end of the fi rst half. The Fishermen came back out and scored in the third quarter, and Cottage Grove found them- selves behind two scores enter- ing the fourth quarter. But Astoria wasn’t ready for what the Lions were about to unleash. A 22-point quarter was not what the Fishermen were expecting. Cottage Grove’s offense Please see COMEBACK, Page 3B Photo courtesy of David Miller, the Daily Astorian Zane Levings and Chad Bottorff take down a Fisherman ball carrier in the Lions' 25-21 win Friday night. Local boys to compete in youth football tournament in Vegas; Hoover to coach Courtesy photo Corbin Hoover, Chandler Houck and Nathin Lemmon will compete in Las Vegas over Thanksgiving. in Las Vegas over Thanksgiving. ing staff. Hoover and the play- BY SAM WRIGHT The tournament takes place be- ers have started a Gofundme The Cottage Grove Sentinel account under “CG Jr. Pee Wee tween Nov. 23 and Nov. 25. The team is comprised of kids Football Las Vegas,” to help For many youth football leagues, the football season is from Eugene, Springfi eld, Elk- raise money needed for travel over and it’s time to shoot hoops ton and Cottage Grove, which expenses and equipment. Five on the basketball court. But that includes local boys Corbin players were originally invited, won’t be the case for a few gift- Hoover, Chandler Houck and but two had to cancel due to be- ed fourth-grade students from Nathin Lemmon. The players ing unable to afford expenses. The players are hoping to will also be accompanied by Cottage Grove and Elkton. Three students have been in- Cottage Grove’s Jr. Pee Wee raise around $1,200 before vited to participate in the Pig- coach Brent Hoover, who was Please see VEGAS, Page 3B skin Youth Football Tournament invited to be a part of the coach- Athlete of the Week Junior receiver Jacob Woods made several fantastic plays to cap off the most intense fourth quarter the Lions have played all season. Cottage Grove had struggled to con- vert on third and fourth down all night and only scored three points in the fi rst half. How- ever, in a fi erce Cottage Grove rally, Sentman hit Zane Levings and Kory Parent for touchdowns, shrinking the Lions' def- icit to only three points. After forcing the Fisher- men to punt, the Lions found themselves in yet another fourth-down situation. But Sentman and Woods connected on a 13-yard gain for a fi rst down. The very next play, Woods caught yet another pass, and he used his fi nesse to waltz into the endzone for the go-ahead touch- down. His teammates swarmed him after the score. "I just wanted to score and win," he said after the game. Two clutch receptions by Jacob Woods in the fourth quarter propelled the Lions to victory and to a semifi nal match against Cascade Photo courtesy of David Miller, the Daily Astorian Cottage Grove Sentinel