COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL OCTOBER 11, 2017
Elkton excites as they win big, again
PHOTO BY ZACH SILVA
Elkton's running back Ausin Luzier looks for running room against Days Creek.
the game did not start smoothly led to a Moore 25 yard touch-
Elks run through for Elkton. On the fi rst series down run; a Days Creek turn-
Days Creek in win of the game, Jesse Abraham over on downs led a Halstead
dropped back and threw an in- rushing touchdown; and anoth-
terception in what would be the er Days Creek fumble led to
By Zach Silva
zsilva@cgsentinel.com
only turnover, and miscue, that Abraham scooping the ball up
the Elks made all game. The and scoring a defensive touch-
In the week leading up to the defense avenged the error in- down. This put the Elks up
game, Elkton (4-1) head foot- stantly when Trentyn Halstead 32-0 at the end of a busy fi rst
ball coach Bill Shaw stressed grabbed an interception and quarter.
Elkton continued to score
that Days Creek (3-3) was ran it back for a touchdown.
“I thought it would be a clos- with another Moore rushing
going to be a tough game. It
turned out to be anything but er game but apparently Days touchdown and a Bradley
that as the Elks ran away a 66-6 Creek didn’t come to play Doudna receiving touchdown
today. I was a little bit ner- in the corner of the end zone to
victory.
“That wasn’t the way I ex- vous but once we got that fi rst put the Elks up 46-0.
The Wolves showed a fl ash
pected this to go,” Shaw said touchdown I was amped,” said
at halftime when the Elks were Elkton running back Spencer of life in the fi nal two minutes
Moore.
of the half when they had a re-
up 54-6.
A Days Creek fumble then ception for 60 yards that led to
While they went up early,
their only score of the game.
Determined to answer before
the end of the half, the Elks ran
a screen play to Moore who
scored from sixty yards out
for his third touchdown of the
half.
“Last night we were doing
play polish... and I must have
made them run the screen play
ten times last night because
I was so stinking mad they
couldn’t get it right. And then
they ran it right so it was worth
it,” said Shaw whose team was
up big at the half.
In their last two games the
Elks have outscored their op-
ponents 116-6 in the fi rst half.
“We just put the machine
back on and just did what we
do and that feels good. That
feels good when we can do our
stuff and execute well and be
successful,” said Shaw.
With their backups in
throughout the second half,
Elkton scored just twice with
touchdowns
from
Trystn
Woody and Micah Cox. It was
each of their fi rst high school
touchdowns of their career.
With the victory, Elkton has
moved to 2-1 in league play
and currently sits in the fourth,
and fi nal, playoff spot in their
district. Next week the Elks
play host to Powers (2-4) on
senior night.
Powers has had an up and
down season - last week win-
ning 60-0 but losing the week
before 52-0 - but have been a
perennial powerhouse in the
1A division.
3B
Sisters show storied
strength
Cottage Grove volleyball makes it close,
but get swept by the Outlaws
By Zach Silva
zsilva@cgsentinel.com
To talk about Sky-Em volley-
ball league, it is essential to talk
about the Sisters Outlaws.
The last time the Outlaws
lost in regular season match to
a Sky-Em opponent was when
Cottage Grove beat them 3-2
on October 27, 2009. Last Tues-
day in Cottage Grove, Sisters
extended their league streak to
a 76 as they defeated the Lions
in straight sets (25-20, 25-19,
25-23). But it was not without a
fi ght from Cottage Grove.
With the stands full of not
only the usual parents and spo-
radic students, it was also fi lled
with bright neon jerseys of
youth volleyball players who
play in the South Valley Athlet-
ics. Announced as the “future
of Cottage Grove volleyball”
the third through sixth graders
brought in cheers for the home
team and impromptu dance par-
ties between each set as Bruno
Mars and Miley Cyrus poured
through the gym speakers.
In the start of the fi rst set, both
teams came out fl at. As each
team struggled to get their of-
fense going, it was Sisters who
was able to capitalize on Cot-
tage Grove mistakes. Still stuck
in a warmup mode, the Outlaws
went up 12-2 and forced an
early Lions timeout. The Out-
laws continued to struggle to
get going as Cottage Grove’s
Reilly Kelty held serve and got
the Lions back into striking dis-
tance down 15-10. Kelty ended
the match with nine digs, seven
kills and three blocks. Sisters
then settled with trading points
and closed out the set 25-20.
In the second game, things
got close. After giving up the
fi rst three points, Cottage Grove
battled back and cut the lead
one at 7-8. Sisters quickly went
on a 9-4 run and put the game
away 25-19.
In the third game, the Lions
came out fi ring and took their
fi rst lead of the entire match at
7-6 thanks in part to the preci-
sion serving of Cassidy Herbert
that was hindering the Outlaws’
ability to get into their offense.
The game was back and forth
with no team getting a lead of
greater than four points through-
out the set. Setter Lauren Witty,
who had 20 assists in the match,
was fi nding teammates and the
Lions were locked in a close
battle. Ultimately, Sisters was
simply too much for Cottage
Grove and they closed out the
set 25-23 to take the match in
straight sets.
Cottage Grove head coach
Kendra Anderson declined to
comment after the loss.
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