B
S PORTS
Section B
WEDNESDAY MARCH 22, 2017
South Lane County Sports and Recreation
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Ducks outlast Rhode Island
Oregon's Tyler Dorsey hit two three-pointers to tie the game and take the lead in the fi nal minutes of the Ducks' second-round match
against the Rams. Oregon now moves on to the Sweet Sixteen to play Michigan on Thursday
By Sam Wright
sports@cgsentinel.com
It was a scary moment on
Sunday for the Oregon Duck’s
Men’s Basketball team. The
Ducks faced off against the
University of Rhode Island in
the second round of the NCAA
tournament after soundly han-
dling Iona in the fi rst round.
With just under two minutes
remaining in the game, Ore-
gon’s Tyler Dorsey hit a clutch
three-pointer to tie the game at
72 and continue a run that gave
the Ducks an outstanding come-
back victory. A minute later,
Dorsey pulled up from the top
of the key to hit the go-ahead
three-point shot with 38 sec-
onds left. Rhode Island’s E.C.
Matthews attempted to send the
game into overtime with a des-
perate three-point shot with un-
der 10 seconds left, but he air-
balled and Oregon was able to
hold on to win a 75-72 thriller.
Initially, the Ducks had a
shaky start, with several turn-
overs within the fi rst few min-
utes of the game, but Dorsey be-
gan to put on a show and helped
Oregon maintain a lead for the
majority of the fi rst half. But
Rhode Island wasn’t going to
lay down so easily.
In the fi nal three minutes of
the fi rst half, the Rams went on
a 14-2 run which gave Rhode
Island a dangerous 46-38 lead at
halftime.
The 11th-ranked Rams held
onto a strong lead for the ma-
jority of the second half, and it
looked like Rhode Island was
on its way to another upset after
defeating Creighton in the fi rst
round.
But a 20-10 run for Oregon
late in the second half put the
Ducks within striking distance
of their fi rst lead since just un-
der four minutes in the fi rst half.
Rhode Island’s Stanford Rob-
inson was a massive threat for
the Duck’s defense, and Robin-
son matched his career high of
21 points on the night.
Oregon also saw another star
player rally late in the game.
Dillon Brooks was just sev-
en-for-20 from the fi eld but
racked up 19 points for his team.
Brooks also took a charge late
in the game—just after Dorsey
tied the game— which sent Or-
egon to the free-throw line.
Dorsey went nine-for-10
from the fi eld and fi nished with
27 points on the night. He was
also four-for-fi ve from beyond
the arc.
Jordan Bell led the Ducks in
rebounds with 12 (six offensive
and six defensive) on the game.
CGHS Boys' Golf 2017 Lineup
The Ducks were 25-for-52
from the fi eld overall, and shot a
solid 43.8 percent from beyond
the three-point line. But the
Ducks only shot 66.7 percent
(18-for-27) from the free-throw
line.
Rhode Island sank 30 of its
59 fi eld goals (50.8 percent),
but was just six-for-22 (27.3
percent) from three-point range.
The Rams did, however, have
a much better day at the free-
throw line, shooting at a rate of
75 percent.
Throughout the game it
looked as if Oregon was strug-
gling to get defensive rebounds,
but the Ducks still out-rebound-
ed the Rams 20-19 on the defen-
sive side, and 15-9 on offense.
Oregon has now won its sec-
ond tournament game without
defensive stud Chris Boucher,
who tore his ACL late in the
season. Boucher leads the team
in blocks and his absence has
been felt in the Ducks’ defense.
Oregon now travels to Kan-
sas City, where the team will
play seventh-seeded Michigan.
The Wolverines have just come
off of an upset victory over sec-
ond-seeded Louisville and have
a strong potential to send the
Ducks packing after their Sweet
Sixteen matchup on Thursday.
Lions baseball
kicks off season
with shutout win
The Cottage Grove Lions’
baseball team was scheduled to
host Douglas on Friday, but the
St. Patrick’s Day season opener
for Cottage Grove was moved
to Douglas High School in Win-
ston.
Cottage Grove defeated the
Trojans 4-0 to give Douglas its
second loss of the season.
The Lions sit at just 1-0 but
have earned themselves an
11th-ranked spot in the OSAA
rankings, tied with North Val-
ley, who Cottage Grove will
host on Thursday. The loss for
Douglas dropped the Trojans to
30th on the state rankings for
class 4A teams.
Though it is still early in the
season, the Lions will have their
work cut out for them when it
comes time to begin league
play. The Sky-Em League holds
two teams in the top 10, with
Sisters ranked fi fth and Junction
City ranked 10th.
The Lions will look to suc-
ceed in the upcoming Hidden
Valley tournament, where they
will face off against Cascade,
Hidden Valley and Cascade
Christian (March 27-28). Cot-
tage Grove will then fi nish its
non-league matchups against
North Bend, which sits at 14,
despite its two losses to start the
season.
Athletes of the Week
There's a pot
of gold in
Empire Lakes
Due to a production error, The Sentinel was unable to publish the roster for the boys' golf team in the Sports Pre-
view. Here is the 2017 lineup:
Seniors: Jeramy Hall, Garren Taylor, Jessy Thomason; Juniors: Johnny Bench, Aaron Boitz, Gabe Glenn, Trey Hus-
ko, Mitchell Johnson, Tyler Woertink;
Freshmen: Zac Anlauf, Dawson Husko, Braeden Rinck. The starting varisty players include: Jessy Thomason, Jer-
amy Hall, Trey Husko, Gabe Glenn and either Garren Taylor or Tyler Woertink for the fi fth spot.
Lady Ostriches take fi rst place in CG Women's Volleyball Association
Courtesy of the ODFW
The Cottage Grove Women's Volleyball Association fi nished up its second season last week. The Lady Ostriches took fi rst place. The players
from left to right are: Courtney McGowen, Alexis Gaethle, Lia Davey, Shawna Burdett, Brook Hand and (front) Shannon Davey. The team fi nished
with a total of 35.5 wins on the season. The Ballers took second place with 32 wins, and the team Soft Serve took third place with 24 wins.
The pot of gold isn’t at the
end of the rainbow; it’s swim-
ming in Empire Lakes. A $50
VISA gift card goes home with
anglers who catch a specially
tagged rainbow trout here.
Anglers who harvest trout
with a specially marked
four-digit tag number will re-
ceive a $50 VISA gift card
when the tag is brought to the
Charleston ODFW Field Offi ce.
All other tags can be reported
by calling the fi eld offi ce or us-
ing this online form.
Empire Lakes is a popular
coastal rainbow trout fi shery,
and ODFW biologists need an-
glers to help them keep it that
way by reporting tagged fi sh
they catch.
ODFW is tagging 500 le-
gal-plus (12 to 13 inches) hatch-
ery rainbow trout through June.
Fisheries biologist Gary Von-
derohe asks anglers to report
tags on fi sh they catch even if
they don’t harvest them.
“We stock a lot of trout here,
and we want to make sure we’re
giving anglers a quality fi shery
to enjoy. Tag reporting helps us
know how many fi sh are being
Please see FISHING, Page 2B
The Big O Roller Derby Rolls into Eugene May 5-7
Nine countries, 35 teams,
hundreds of bodies, three days,
three tracks and eight wheels:
The sixth-annual Big O Roller
Derby Tournament has grown to
become the premiere early-sea-
son tournament for men’s and
women’s fl at track roller derby
teams from around the globe.
The three-day Big O Tourna-
ment takes place May 5-7 at the
Lane Events Center, and will
host 35 women’s, men’s and ju-
nior roller derby teams. Teams
from as far away as Argentina,
Sweden and Finland will be
competing this year, as well as
many of the highest-ranking
teams in the world. Competition
is fi erce and the stakes are high.
Teams compete to gain ranking
points to attend playoffs and to
ultimately compete for the title
of world champions.
Teams include the repeat
2015 and 2016 Women’s Flat
Track Derby Association World
Champions, Portland’s Rose
City Rollers, along with six
more of the top-10 women’s
teams including Victorian Roll-
er Derby League, Angel City,
Arch Rival Roller Derby, Den-
ver Roller Derby and the Texas
Rollergirls. Local Lane County
Concussion and Emerald City
Reservoir Dolls will be playing
in the men’s and junior divi-
sions, respectively.
The 2016 Men’s Roller Der-
by Association World Champi-
ons—the St. Louis Gatekeep-
ers—will also be competing,
along with several other top-
ranked men’s teams including
Portland’s Bridgetown Menace
and Puget Sound Outcast Roll-
er Derby. The full line-up of
teams is available on the Der-
by’s website at http://ecrg.com/
bigo/2017/teams.
More than 4,000 skaters, fans,
offi cials and volunteers from all
over the country and beyond are
expected to attend. The 2016
big O had 40 registered teams,
including nine of the top-ranked
men’s and women’s teams in the
world, as well as Team USA.
The event had more than 4,000
participants in 2016. It was rec-
ognized by Eugene, Cascades
& Coast Sports Commission’s
2016 Sustainable Event of the
Year.
Daily and weekend ticket-
st are available for $15-$60 at
Brown Paper Tickets. On Fri-
day and Saturday nights, tickets
are $15 after 5 p.m., day passes
are $25, and weekend passes are
$60.
The event will have a full
house of local and national ven-
dors, as well as local food and
beer for the attendees. Volun-
teers are still needed. No experi-
ence is necessary and volunteers
receive one-day entry for each
three-hour shift worked. To vol-
unteer, please email bigvolun-
teers@ecrg.com.