4B COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL OCTOBER 25, 2017 High school sports recap A look back at the busy week of high school sports in the area Cottage Grove Volleyball (9-9, 6-4 Sky-Em) In their fi nal regular season match of the season, the Li- ons were swept against Sweet Home. On Tuesday night, the Lions hosted North Marion in a play-in game. Because the paper goes to print on Monday night, we will have full cover- age of this game in next week’s paper. Cottage Grove Girls Soccer (5-7-1, 4-5-1 Sky-Em) The Lions fi nished their sea- son last week with a 3-0 loss to Junction City and then a 2-1 vic- tory on the road at Sweet Home. North Douglas Football (6-2, 4-0 Special District 3) The Warriors beat McKenzie 68-18 last Friday. This Friday, the team travels to Falls City for a league playoff game. Elkton Football (6-1, 4-1 Spe- cial District 2) The Elks beat Glendale 58- 28 on the road last week. This Friday they host Chiloquin in a league playoff game. Elkton Volleyball The Elks fi nished third in league play and will play at Triad Wednesday in a playoff game. Yoncalla Football (4-4, 3-1 Special District 3) The Eagles beat Mohawk Lions prepare for districts 74-6 on the road and will now host Siletz Valley in a league playoff game. Yoncalla Volleyball (4-14, 2-10 Skyline) The Eagles beat Umpqua Val- ley in the league playoff before falling to New Hope Christian 3-1. For high school sports updates follow @sports_cgs on Twitter. n The Northwest’s Finest Gardening Seed n Flowers, Herbs, & Shrubs n Vegetable Transplants n Fruit Trees 20 Palmer Ave. n Cottage Grove n (541) 942-0510 Health, Happiness & Wellness A guide to local businesses committed to helping our community thrive Counseling & Mental Health South Lane Mental Health PHOTO BY ZACH SILVA/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL Cottage Grove's Konrad Raum (right) and Jimmy Talley (left) speed through the course at Richardson Park. Cottage Grove cross- country ready for tomorrow's district meet By Zach Silva zsilva@cgsentinel.com In a fi nal preparation for the district meet that takes place tomorrow at Lane Communi- ty College, the Cottage Grove boys and girls team competed last week in the Country Fair Classic. The meet that has always weaved through the historic fair- grounds in Veneta was moved to Richardson Park at Fern Ridge this year after the Country Fair was presented with a letter to cease and desist all events at the site so they can widen the roads and if they did not comply, the entire summertime event would be in jeopardy. The historically fl at and fast course at the fairgrounds – that was sometimes found to be shorter than 5000 meters – was traded for the course at Richard- son Park. “The course was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be. I thought it was going to be real- ly fl at,” said Cottage Grove run- ner Konrad Raum. “The course is really uneven at the grass lev- els, lots of potholes. Then there is this area over there for some reason that felt really hard.” Despite the challenge, Raum fi nished 16th overall in a time of 17:15 and was the fi rst fi nisher of the Cottage Grove boys. “I’ve been getting pretty good at pacing myself lately,” said Raum “I was trying to go 5:20 miles. 5:22 is what I got for my fi rst split. After that I slowed down, it was 5:32 and then 5:45. I wasn’t feeling my best this race.” He was followed closely by Jimmy Talley in 21st at 17:22. Jesse Ellingworth was 36th, Justin Francis 102nd and Eric Cortes 107th to fi nish out the Lions top fi ve. The team fi n- ished ninth of the 27 teams that competed. On the girls side, the Li- ons fi nished 20th of 23 teams with Stella Sobotkova leading the way in 83rd place. Nadia Witt, Rhea Florez, Lizbeth Za- rate-Hernandez and Kenzie Parsons were the other scoring runners for Cottage Grove. “I think that [both teams are] going in the right direction. Their times won’t show it today because four days ago they tore it up in a really fast course,” said head coach Jim Settelmey- er. “I expected this to be another fast course but it was really a bit of punishing course. I’m a little worried about that because the little side hill running you have to do. But we’ve got a full week. We’ll recover, we’ll be ready.” At districts, the boys team is projected to get second place – which would qualify them for the state meet – and the girls are projected at fourth. Caring for your Health Serving Cottage Grove Since 1988 • Outpatient Counseling for Children, Adults & Couples • Psychiatric Medication Management • Crisis Assistance 541-942-2850 • 541-942-3939 • www.slmh.org Dental Health Delaying going to the Dentist? 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