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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL FEBRUARY 7, 2018 Buzzer-beater lifts Warriors past Elks W ARRIORS By Zach Silva zsilva@cgsentinel.com PHOTO BY BECKY GERRARD Hannah Maxwell and Rilie-Jo Olds battle for a rebound. they did quite well,” said Parker. The Elks looked to foul late to force a free throw contest late but the Warriors were able to hit enough shots to extend their lead and fi nish with a victory. North Douglas was 14-of-31 from the line. Der- 3B rick led the team going sev- en-of-10. Riley Black had 11 points and Rilie-Jo Olds added 10 for the Warriors. North Douglas outrebound- ed Elkton 37-14 in the game. Abby Whipple led the team with eight boards. Winter Heating Tune-Up Only $99* While it’s better to be lucky than good, as the saying goes, North Douglas’ Jake Gerrard had just enough of both to pro- pel the Warriors to a win on Fri- day night at home. After teammate Caleb Parks’ three-pointer bounced off, Ger- rard grabbed an offensive board and got a shot in the lane off be- fore time expired to beat Elkton 59-57 at the buzzer. “I was thinking, I just need to get the rebound, hopefully it takes the correct bounce and High school sports recap A look back at the busy week of high school sports in the area Cottage Grove Girls Basketball Last Tuesday the Lions defeat- ed Sisters at home 63-38. Mikaela Blomquist led the team in scoring then do what I can do with it in 1.5 seconds. It was lucky, really lucky,” said Gerrard. “I was like, good luck, see if my prayer comes through here and I’ll be darned, it did.” Friday’s win, coupled with Saturday’s 72-34 victory over New Hope Christian locked the Warriors into the second seed at the district tournament. The team will host the three seed from the South next Tuesday. “Jake went in there and got the biggest rebound of the game and put it up and it went in. It was awesome,” said North Douglas head coach Tyler Van- cil. For the Warriors, they felt that they should have not been in the position to need a last second shot. “We had a 10 point lead going into the fourth and I said hey, let’s extend that and then they started hitting threes and we couldn’t get a shot down here and they just brought it right back. They were fi ghting hard,” said Vancil. For the Elks it was Brad Doudna, who fi nished with 24 points, leading the charge. In the fi nal two minutes of the game it was his teammate Mason Cox who hit a pair of threes that tied the game at 57. “Our defensive intensity picked up a bit and to our kids credit they battled through. They didn’t get their heads down; they didn’t get frustrat- ed and you know they just kept chugging away,” said Elkton head coach Gary Trout. “And making shots certainly helps but we were getting good looks and we were running our offense to get them. Got to be pleased with that.” The Warriors were led by Parks with 14 points, Kyle Bow- en with 11 and Gerrard with 10. with 11 points. Maria Pardee had nine points and eight rebounds. The Lions defeated Sisters on the road last Friday 54-19. Blomquist led the team with 10 points. Reil- ly Kelty added nine points and 14 rebounds. North Douglas Boys Basketball The Warriors rolled past New Hope Christian 72-34 on Saturday night. North Douglas Girls Basketball On Saturday on the road, the Warriors beat New Hope 54-21. Sofi a Alcantar led the team with 12 points, eight assists and seven steals. Elkton Boys Basketball The Elks fell at home against Glendale 44-39 on Saturday. Brad Doudna fi nished with 14 points and 12 rebounds for Elkton. Elkton Girls Basketball On senior night the Elks beat Glendale 90-5. Hannah Maxwell fi nished with 24 points and 11 re- bounds. Yoncalla Boys Basketball The Eagles fell to Camas Valley at home 57-46 on Friday night be- fore defeating UVC 55-47 on the road. Yoncalla Girls Basketball The Eagles won back-to-back games this week. Friday night they defeated Camas Valley 23-21 be- hind Shanausi Hardy’s 10 points. On Saturday the team downed UVC 43-39. Kaleigh Soto had 21 points. where it needs to be has got- ten better, so too has the Lions defense. Playing weaker oppo- nents than earlier in the season, Cottage Grove has been able to force their will on the defensive end. During a four-game stretch during league-play the Lions blocked an eye-popping 20% of their opponent’s shots. While the Lions are tall, there is not a consensus on what phase of the game the team best utilizes their heights. Yoss sees it on the defensive end which has led to transition points. Kelty sees it in their ability to score from down low. Ladd sees it as the offense’s ability to adapt to different sit- uations. Gardner believes it is in how they can see over defend- ers and make the right passes. Murphy says it is the ability to crowd the lane on defense. Regardless of who is right, what’s clear is that in all phases of the game the Lions can pres- ent a problem to any team that they face. While the Lions struggled early in the season, as things are going right for them now, there is no team that would look forward to playing this multi-faceted squad. “Coaches, after we give high- fi ves after the game, they always talk about how tall our girls are. Like they always, even if they’re like technically a better team than us ranked or whatev- er, they’re always like, we dread playing you,” said Lions guard Sam May. “We don’t want to play. Because no one wants to play against six-footers that can swat you every time you drive in.” N EW H EIGHTS We’ll make sure your system is running eff ectively and effi ciently. Call for details and an appointment today, and beat the winter rush! Complete Heating & Cooling System Service Reasonable Rates • All Work Guaranteed * Limited-time off er. Restrictions apply. Call for details. Family & General Dentistry Douglas uglas G. G Maddess, M ad d d ess DMD DM Cottage Grove's six-foot stars: Matty Lad (left), Reily Kelty and Keara Murphy. “They’re so focused on the one thing of getting the ball to the post that they forget that they can also dribble and relieve some pressure and then still get it to the post,” said Yoss after a Dec. 20 loss to Philomath. Being able to get the ball inside became the focus of ev- erything the Lions did. Both in games and at practice; the importance was turned up. In practice, when bad passes were made during their scrimmages Yoss noted that the players then faced “consequences.” It was not making the individual run more but having their team have to play 4-on-5 to show just how costly it is to the team. “We’ve been working a lot on post entries, our guards have, and so if I’m standing there and I’m open and I have both hands up and like I’m ready for it, I can work my way around the girls,” said the 6 foot 3 Kelty. 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