2B COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL MARCH 15, 2017
B ASEBALL
Kids can learn to hunt turkey April
1 at White River Wildlife Area
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the aforementioned seniors.
He racked up eight RBIs off of
28 hits. He also had two triples
on the season, something Pres-
ley only did once.
Ollivant also earned the Sky-
Em’s Pitcher of the Year award
with a 2.00 ERA and one shut-
out. As the starting pitcher, Olli-
vant held a 77.8 win percentage.
Ollivant won’t be alone when
it comes to fi lling the shoes of
the departed seniors. Jaydin Os-
bin will also be a current senior
to watch out for. He fi nished
last season with a .235 batting
average and a 31.6 on-base per-
centage.
It will be tough for Cottage
Grove to fi nish at the top of the
Sky-Em for a consecutive year
without players such as Pres-
ley, who was awarded Sky-Em
Player of the Year in 2016. But
the Lions still have plenty of
potential as younger players are
now more experienced.
Cottage Grove became experts at stealing bases last year. The team doubled the national average with 108 steals in 2016,
leading the Sky-Em league.
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during the fall as part of the
second-place football team.
Paesen Timm will also return
as one of the top distance run-
ners in the Sky-Em League, and
he will be assisted with new-
comer Jesse Ellingworth, who
fi nished in second place at the
district cross country champi-
onships.
On the girls’ side, there were
fewer impactful losses as op-
posed to the boys’ team. Return-
ing this year will be Hannah Al-
brecht, now a senior, who was
a state qualifi er in four different
sprinting events last year (100,
200, 400 and 4x100-meter rac-
es). Senior Hudson Weybright
also qualifi ed for state in the
3000-meter race, and Keara
Murphy was a state qualifi er
in the high jump, and Knutson
says she will be a top contender
in all of the jumping events this
season.
Knutson also reports that
newcomer Sabrina James made
training adjustments over the
winter after fi nishing in 10th
place at the district meet for
cross country and “is prepared
to surprise some teams this
spring in the distances events.”
Every year, Cottage Grove
strives to be a contender to
take all three Sky-Em Trophies,
which include boys, girls and
coed.
“The guys and girls take a lot
of pride in working together to
ensure the success of both pro-
grams,” Knutson noted. “We
hope to see this strength and
balance again in May when we
battle at the Sky-Em Champion-
ships in Sutherlin.
Register by March 28 for the
annual turkey hunting clinic
for kids ages 8 to 17, a popular
event sponsored by ODFW, Or-
egon Hunters Association and
Celilo Bowmen.
The event is Saturday, April 1
at the White River Wildlife Area
near Tygh Valley.
Kids who attend will learn the
tricks, tips and strategies need-
ed to turkey hunt including: tur-
key identifi cation and behavior,
scouting techniques like sign
identifi cation and how to locate
turkeys in the woods, plus tur-
key calls and calling techniques.
There is also a hands-on session
about how to pattern a shotgun,
establish effective ranges and
hold a shotgun as a tom ap-
proaches. New this year, Celilo
Bowmen will be teaching kids
how to shoot compound and
traditional bows at a 3D target
range set up at the event.
“This is a fun annual event
that will get your child ready
for the statewide general spring
turkey season April 15-May
31,” said James Reed, ODFW
hunter education coordinator.
“Kids can also hunt the special
youth-only season April 8-9.”
Hunter education certifi cation
is not required to attend this
clinic.
Pre-registration is required
and costs $10. The deadline to
register is March 28 and a max-
imum of 100 youth will be ac-
cepted. Each youth must be ac-
companied by an adult.
Register online at ODFW’s
license sales site, or register at
any license sales agent. Regis-
tration includes lunch; adults
can purchase lunch for an addi-
tional $5 at the clinic.
For more information, see
the event listing at www.odfw-
calendar.com or contact Myr-
na Britton at (503) 947-6028 /
Myrna.b.britton@state.or.us
Cottage Grove's 4x100-meter relay team broke a school record last year that stood for 12 years. The team got silver in the district meet when the boys won a Sky-Em
League title, the fi rrst for CGHS in fi ve years.
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