COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL Wednesday, September 27 2017
Warriors stay
perfect in
league
High school sports recap
By Zach Silva
zsilva@cgsentinel.com
North Douglas volleyball
team moves to 7-0 in
league play
By Zach Silva
zsilva@cgsentinel.com
After taking second in state last year, the
North Douglas volleyball team is working
to get back to top of the state.
The road to the top ran through Powers
last Tuesday when the Cruisers came to
Drain. Coming into the clash of top teams
in the Skyline League, Powers boasted a 6-2
record. The now 19-5 Warriors – notably
undefeated in league – were ready to show
that they are the real deal.
The Warriors struck early and went up
11-1 in the fi rst set. After a Powers timeout,
Amy Dooley of North Douglas tallied off
nine straight serves and guided the team to
a 25-5 fi rst set win.
In the second set the Warriors started to
falter. Poor passes and missed serves kept
Powers close throughout. It got as close as
14-12 but then North Douglas surged away
with kills from Arianna Helgren and an 8-0
run, they won the set 25-16.
“The fi rst game… everything we got a
touch on was great,” said head coach Amy
Campbell. “And sometimes [the game] just
turns. And when you don’t have the same
fi re or intensity, those touches that you get
don’t always turn into something that is
playable.”
“Volleyball is a funny sport so when you
have that fi re and intensity those weird little
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PHOTO BYZACH SILVA
The North Douglas volleyball team celebrates after they win the second set against Powers on Tues-
day at home.
touches that you get can turn into something
spectacular. We just had to try to get those
back.”
In the third set, North Douglas continued
to fl ounder chances as Powers was deter-
mined to make it a match. Point after point
Powers was able to grind out points. While
it was not always pretty and dependent on
the staples of passing, setting and hitting,
they tied the set at 14-14, which caused
North Douglas to call a timeout.
“I told them that they needed to clean up
their game,” said Campbell. “The fi rst two
games we had a lot of intensity and fi re and
we needed to get that back and clean up our
game. We had way too many hitting errors
and we were just a little tentative and not
in our spots. We just lost a little bit of in-
tensity.”
Powers then took the lead for the fi rst
time of the match at 15-14 but North Doug-
las rallied back and the set stayed within
two points until the Warriors outlasted the
Cruisers at the end to win 25-22.
With the win, the Warriors moved to 7-0
in league play. Campbell, who lost fi ve se-
niors from last year’s successful team, not-
ed that the team is not at the same level yet
but are working to get there.
“I feel like we’re doing well. I feel like
we have been steadily improving,” she
said.“We had a lot of inexperienced players
starting this season. They were skilled but
they just didn’t have a lot of court experi-
ence. But they work really well together and
they don’t give up. We’ve had several close
matches where we had to claw our way out
and we’ve done a pretty good job at that.”
Over the weekend North Douglas partic-
ipated in the McKenzie Tournament where
they placed second after losing to Culver,
the number one ranked team in the 2A clas-
sifi cation. Their next match is Thursday
when they face Elkton at home. The Elks
are currently in third place in league and
were beat by North Douglas in straight sets
earlier this season.
Cottage Grove Cross-Country
Last Saturday the boys and girls cross-country team travelled
to Camp Rilea for the Three Course Challenge hosted by the
Seaside cross-country team. This renowned course that boasts
slow times features a mud pit in addition to a waist-high water
crossing. Competing on the “hard” course, Konrad Raum took
35th with Jimmy Talley fi nishing a second behind him in 37th.
On the girls hard course, Nadia Witt took 116th and Kenzie
Parsons 135th in the fi eld of 166 runners.
Cottage Grove Volleyball (4-5)
After losing the opening Sky-Em league match to Sisters,
last week the Lions bounced back. Last Tuesday they defeat-
ed Elmira in straight sets at home. Thursday they edged out
Sutherlin on the road to win 3-2. The team is now 2-1 in league
play and tied for second with Sweet Home.
North Douglas Football (3-1)
Last Friday North Douglas defeated Siletz Valley at home
54-16. North Douglas was led by running back Caleb Parks
who rushed for 177 yards on just fi ve carries and scored three
touchdowns. Parks was also two-for-two through the air for
41 yards. As a team, North Douglas compiled 459 yards and
held Siletz Valley to just 170 yards. Additionally, Siletz Valley
had the ball for 35 minutes of game time while North Douglas
had just 11 minutes of possession. At 2-0 in league play, North
Douglas is now fi rst in their league.
Elkton Football (2-1)
The Elks fell to Camas Valley on the road Friday 52-6. Elk-
ton is now 0-1 in league play.
Elkton Volleyball (13-4)
After dropping their last league game, Elkton volleyball went
2-0 last week defeating both Powers and Glendale in straight
sets. They are now 5-2 in league play where they sit in third
place behind North Douglas and Days Creek.
Yoncalla Football (2-2)
Last Friday the Eagles overpowered Mapleton on the way to
a 94-44 win.
Yoncalla Volleyball (2-6)
The Eagles fell at home to North Douglas 3-0 last Tuesday.
They are now in 7th place in league.
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