COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL APRIL 18, 2018
Racers visit hopsital
Scores
Middlefi eld
Men’s Club
Monday
4/9/2018
Game: 3, 2,
1 Best Ball
(tie): -12
Jim Cun-
ningham, John
Kallbrier, Don
Perkins, Dave
Tooker
First Place
(tie): -13
Larry Emery,
Frank Gates,
Gary Ingram,
Pat Rickard
Third Place
(tie): -12
Tom Arney,
Larry Eyman,
Jim Wamsley,
Larry Zuvich
First Place
(tie): -13
Al Nelson,
Jerry Haugen,
Larry Strick-
land, Jim Cun-
ningham BD
Fifth Place:
-11
Keith Rowl-
ing, Tom Marx,
Bob McCarty,
Gary Rider
Low Gross:
Jake Cox: 75
Third Place
STANDINGS:
Team
PHOTOS BY CHERYL ZUMWALT
Top: Cottage Grove's Demetry Garrett lays down a bunt on Friday.
Bottom: Wyatt Sayles has a conversation with the umpire before an at-bat.
High school
sports recap
A look back at the busy
week of high school
sports in the area
Cottage Grove Track and
Field
The Cottage Grove boys team
beat Sisters and Sweet Home in
a three-team meet last Thursday
at Sisters. Cooper Ladd (100),
Jacob Woods (200), James
Talley (800), Drew Chapman
(1500), Hayden Glenn (300
Hurdles), 4x100 (Glenn, Ladd,
Joshua Clafl in, Woods), Hunter
Hall (shot put, discus, javelin)
all recorded fi rst place fi nishes
for the Lions.
On the girls side, the team
took second to Sisters. Faryn
Dahlen won the 300m hurdles
while Raina Herzog won shot
put and Sydney Boxberger took
fi rst in triple jump and javelin.
Saturday at the Meet of
Champions at Willamette Uni-
versity, Woods won the 100 and
200 while anchoring the fi rst
place 4x100 team. Talley won
the 3000.
Cottage Grove Baseball
In a week of games against
the top two teams in the Sky-
Em league, the Lions went
1-2. Against Sweet Home last
Tuesday, the Lions lost 6-3. The
team had three hits in the game.
Cottage Grove’s pitchers struck
seven batters out.
In a double-header with Sis-
ters, the Lions lost the fi rst game
9-3 and won the second 5-4. The
fi rst game saw four Lions come
away with hits. The team had
fi ve stolen bases including two
from Wyatt Sayles. The Out-
laws had 12 hits in the game.
In the second game of the
day, the teams were tied in the
bottom of the seventh before the
Lions were able to walk away
with the win. The team had
fi ve hits in the game. Conner
Browning pitched fi ve innings
and recorded the win.
While sitting in fourth in the
standings, the Lions are a game
and a half back from fi rst place
Sweet Home. The team is cur-
rently tied with Sutherlin in the
standings and face the Bulldogs
on Friday.
Cottage Grove Softball
The Lions split a double-head-
er with Sisters last Friday. The
fi rst game was a high-scoring
contest that saw the Outlaws
take a 24-23 victory. In the sec-
ond game, the Lions rolled to
an 18-4 victory. On Friday, the
team travels to Sutherlin for a
double-header.
North Douglas Softball
At a non-league tournament
at Bonanza High School, the
Warriors went 2-1. The team
defeated Bonanza twice and lost
to Union/Cove 10-0.
Sky-Em Baseball:
League Overall
Sweet Home 4-1
Sisters
4-2
Junction City 3-2
Sutherlin
3-3
Cottage Grove 3-3
Elmira
0-6
Team
3B
8-4
10-5
9-5
9-6
6-9
3-10
Sky-Em Softball:
League Overall
Junction City
Elmira
Sweet Home
Sutherlin
Cottage Grove
Sisters
6-0
4-1
3-3
2-4
1-4
1-5
13-1
12-2
10-5
8-6
3-8
2-11
2A/1A SD3 Baesball
Team
League Overall
Oakridge
North Douglas
Monroe
Oakland
Elkton/Yoncalla
Lowell
Mohawk
5-1
4-2
3-0
3-0
3-3
0-6
0-6
7-2
5-4
6-4
5-4
4-4
0-9
0-10
By Ben Deatherage
Drivers and personnel from
both Cottage Grove Speedway
and Willamette Speedway
were part of a special event
on Wednesday, April 4th at
Shriner’s Children Hospital
in Portland. They would visit
with children that were suffer-
ing from various illnesses that
required them to be hospital-
ized. It was a perfect opportu-
nity for the kids to receive a
rare opportunity to meet real
race drivers face-to-face. The
event was dubbed as the Vic-
tory Visit and was the second
consecutive year it has taken
place.
“Last year we just had
drivers from just Willamette
Speedway come up,” com-
mented event organizer Buzz
Mitchell, who is a longtime
race fan and track sponsor at
the Lebanon 1/3-mile facil-
ity. “This winter I ended up
to talking to Heather (Boyce)
down at Cottage Grove and
wanted to include her too.
I have a lot of friends from
down there and I wanted
to make sure they were in-
volved.”
In addition to meeting with
patients, the visitors were also
given a full tour of the facil-
ity. After everything was said
and done all parties involved
would end the day with smiles
on their faces. It proves just
how wonderful and caring
individuals in the racing com-
munity are towards their fans
and the public.
2A/1A SD3 Softball
Team
League Overall
North Douglas
Oakland
Monroe
Oakridge
Lowell
Yoncalla/Elkton
Mohawk
5-0
3-0
3-0
3-2
1-3
0-4
0-6
10-2
6-3
4-2
3-5
3-5
2-7
0-9
“It is a trip that I look for-
ward to every year,” said
Willamette Speedway Race
Director, Jeremy Means, “We
had a lot more drivers from
Willamette this time versus
last. We even had more kids
to see this year too which was
very cool. A lot of the kids that
I interacted with in the activi-
ty room were girls and having
female drivers there put a big
smile on all their faces.”
“I want to send a big thanks
to Buzz Mitchell for invit-
ing members of the Cottage
Grove Speedway to be a part
of such a moving event,” stat-
ed Heather Boyce, General
Manager of CGS, “I can’t
wait to come back next year
because it was so incredible
to see all the kids’ reactions
to visiting with all the drivers.
It’s so heartwarming to see
their lives touched in such a
positive manner.”
Shriners Hospitals for Chil-
dren is a network of twen-
ty-two non-profi t medical
facilities across North Amer-
ica. Children with orthopedic
conditions, burns, spinal cord
injuries, and cleft lip and pal-
ate are eligible for care and
receive all services in a fam-
ily-centered environment, re-
gardless of the patients' ability
to pay.
Headquartered in Tampa,
Florida, the hospitals, known
as "The World's Greatest
Philanthropy" are owned and
operated by Shriners Inter-
national, formerly known
as the Ancient
Arabic Order
of the Nobles
of the Mystic
Shrine, whose
members
are
known as Shri-
ners. For more
information or
to donate today
visit www.shri-
nershospitals-
forchildren.org.
Shriner's Children Hospital in Portland.
5 reasons why summer camp
is a good choice for kids
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Cottage Theatre presents
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concludes with an original show on the CT stage. Tuition: $150
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especially for beginning performers. Tuition: $75
July 9 – 20: Melodrama Camp (ages 12 – 14) A two-week theatre camp culminating in
three public performances of an original melodrama on July 20, 21, and 22. Tuition: $250
ummer vacation off ers students a respite
from lessons and the routine of school.
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