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4B COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL NOVEMBER 1, 2017 Continued from B1 This was the turning point for his mindset towards school and the sport he loves. “Halfway through that sea- son our quarterback coach JJ (Jordan Johnson) came up to me during a practice and said that I had potential to become next year’s quarterback,” said Graves. “I started taking second team reps at quarterback under our starting quarterback senior Blake Sentman, and then head- ing into summer and team camp I was taking fi rst team reps at the position,” Graves continued. He put in lots of work in the summer, between doing online schooling to catch-up academ- ically, to doing morning work- outs with quarterback coach Johnson to becoming more skilled at the leader position on the fi eld. “When week one of this sea- son came, I knew that I was go- ing to be starting quarterback. We had our plan for the fi rst game and I knew what I need- ed to do,” said Graves. “When I took those fi rst steps on the fi eld in the game, it was just a lot of rush, it felt like everything was coming at me at once,” he said. That reality set in when the fi rst three plays of the fi rst game came along. “In those fi rst three plays, I got completely blown up, abso- lutely destroyed, so I thought I was in for a rude awakening,” Graves said. But a rude awak- ening was the complete oppo- site from what really happened. In the next play after getting obliterated by the strong de- fense, Graves threw for a 70- yard touchdown to gain his fi rst of many touchdowns this season at quarterback. Graves has had an impres- sive season as the Lions start- ing quarterback. Cottage Grove went undefeated in league play this year and are holding a strong 8-0 record going into playoffs. The Lions’ football team has been ranked number one in the entire state for the 4A division for the majority of the season. “Heading into the playoffs, I am not too worried about any other teams in our way. We know what other teams are ca- pable of and I know what my team is capable of and I know we can execute,” said Graves. After a bye week, the Lions will play North Marion at home on Friday night. High school sports recap A look back at the busy week of high school sports in the area Cottage Grove Cross-Coun- try The girls team fi nished fi fth of fi ve teams at the district meet last week. Stella Sobot- kova was the top fi nisher for the Lions in 20th place. Rhea Florez, Nadia Witt, Lizbeth Zarate-Hernandez and Kenzie Parsons rounded out the top fi ve for Cottage Grove. North Douglas Football The Warriors were beat 60-0 by Falls City last Friday in a League Playoff game. The team is now the 16 seed head- ing into the playoffs and will face the number one ranked Hosanna Christian on Friday. Elkton Volleyball The Elks won their opening playoff game against Triad 3-0 last Wednesday. On Saturday they were swept by McKenzie. Yoncalla Football The Eagles defeated Siletz Valley 34-18 at home last Fri- day and will play Triad in the fi rst round of the playoffs next week. Yoncalla Basketball The Eagles hired Jarred Eakin to be the boys head coach and Nicolas Edera to be the girls head coach for the upcoming basketball season. 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