2B COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL AUGUST 9, 2017
Kids at summer camps Adults can play, too
PHOTO C/O SOUTH VALLEY ATHLETICS
PHOTO C/O TRESELLE EMERY
The winners of the 2016 adult soccer league pose for a picture after claiming the league title.
The girls of cheer camp walk in the Bohemia Mining Days parade.
By Zach Silva
zsilva@cgsentinel.com
Summertime means summer
camps. Things were no differ-
ent in Cottage Grove when this
summer, South Valley Athletics
has put on camps for volleyball,
soccer and cheerleading and
have a tennis camp later this
month.
The turnouts at the camps
this year were higher than they
were last year. This year saw the
return of cheer camp which 19
girls attended and the start of
soccer camp that saw 44 camp-
ers. Volleyball camp grew from
17 campers to 23 this year and
tennis camp is currently at 23
individuals, which is the same
amount as last year.
The focus of these camps is to
get students primarily between
third to sixth grade, active and
excited about athletics.
“It sets them up early for suc-
cess and gets them involved
with sports and wanting to do
other things,” said cheer coach
Treselle Emery. While Emery
said that in high school cheer-
leading was everything to her,
she acknowledged the impor-
tance of trying all sorts of dif-
ferent sports.
Courtney McGowen who
is in charge of volleyball at
South Lane and ran the camp
last week, touched on the same
ideas and further emphasized
the importance of team work
that these programs bring to the
table.
“I think they learn how to be
a team. I think they learn how to
Oregon
active at World
Championships
By Zach Silva
zsilva@cgsentinel.com
Last Friday marked the start of the 2017 IAAF
Track and Field World Championships in London.
There are plenty of Oregon ties at the meet with
13 either current or former Oregon Ducks com-
peting and 18 other athletes who are connected
through Nike Oregon Project, Oregon Track Club
Elite and the Bowerman Track Club.
The biggest story over the weekend was Oregon
alum Devon Allen missing the fi nal of the 110m
hurdles by just three thousandths of a second. He
was edged out by Jamaica’s Hansle Parchment
who fi nished with a time of 13.262 compared to
Allen’s 13.265.
Former Duck Daejah Stevens, who announced
in June that she will be forgoing her senior year at
Oregon to go pro, and current Duck Ariana Wash-
ington both made it out of the fi rst round of the
100 over the weekend.
In the semi-fi nal race Stevens and Washington
fi nished seventh and eighth in their respective
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By Zach Silva
be better on a personal level and
not just at volleyball but how
to work with others and how
to listen to their coaches,” said
McGowen.
More than anything else,
McGowen likes to see how her
campers progress throughout
the week.
“I had this one girl that came
up to me and said, ‘I’m not very
good. I can’t get my serve over.’
And I said, ‘Well that’s why
we practice,’” said McGowen.
After some continued practice
and some success, the same girl
came up to McGowen and told
her that she was “defi nitely” go-
ing to be playing this season.
“I love those moments,” said
McGowen.
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On Wednesdays during the
summer, soccer players rang-
ing from 15 years old to 50
years old take to the Cottage
Grove High School soccer
fi eld for a summer league sea-
son. The season, that starts in
June and runs through August,
is not about competition as
much as it is about just having
a good time.
“We’re out there for fun and
exercise,” said program co-
ordinator Shelly Heintz who
is also a player herself. “At
the beginning of each season
I give everybody the speech,
‘Hey, we’re here for fun and
we have to go to work tomor-
row.’”
The league, in its sixth year,
is run by South Valley Athlet-
ics and is the only adult sports
league that it facilitates. Each
year they have between four
and six teams and the make-
up of the teams are all a little
different. There is one team
that features just high school
students who have to not play
during OSAA’s moratorium
week, which is a dead week
in high school sports that does
not allow any contact between
coaches and players. Other
teams consist of soccer players
varying in skill and passion.
“We defi nitely have a lot of
people that wouldn’t otherwise
play. Especially people who
are like, 'Oh I played in high
school 20 years ago; sure I’ll
come play,'” said Heintz. “It’s
heats to eliminate them from the competition.
Elsewhere, former Oregon high school stand-
out Ryan Crouser fi nished sixth in the shot put
competition.
In the sprints, the storyline was all about Jamai-
ca’s Usain Bolt. This is Bolt’s last World Cham-
pionship before he heads for retirement. The day
was taken away from him when Justin Gatlin of
the United States won the race in a time of 9.92.
Christian Coleman, also from the United States
and the winner at the NCAA Track and Field
Championships at Hayward
Field in June, took second and
Bolt third.
In the men’s 10,000, Great
Britain’s Mo Farah, who lives
and trains in Portland, defended
nice to have a local option.”
Those who play see this lo-
cal option as a way to see their
friends on a weekly basis.
“I get to see a lot of people
that even though there are dif-
ferent teams we have friends
on all the different teams. So
it’s kind of fun to see each oth-
er and talk and just have fun,”
said Craig DeGarlais who has
organized a team each year
since the league started. “But
it’s just for fun. Whether we
win or lose, when the other
team scores a goal you give
them a high-fi ve and say, ‘nice
shot.’”
After excessive amounts
of heat delayed last week’s
games, the season will be com-
ing to an end on Wednesday
August 16th.
his title and edged out Uganda’s Joshua Chep-
tegei at the line to win the distance race by just
four tenths of a second. Oregon Track Club Elite’s
Hassan Mead fi nished in 15th place.
The races to watch in the next few days include
the women’s 200 with Stevens and Washington
racing and the men’s 200 which will see former
Duck Kyree King. The meet will draw to a close
on Sunday.
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