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2B COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL APRIL 25, 2018 A NNOUNCER continued from B1 Evan McClendon calls his fi nal Cottage Grove baseball game last Friday. the following basketball season, the position of play-by-play an- nouncer opened up. “I was like oh crap, now what do I do because we were right in the middle of the season at that time,” said KNND station man- ager Cameron Reiten. “Oh boy this is a problem because we had a game coming up in just a day or two. I got to fi nd some- body to do this game.” Aaron, who was classmates with Reiten at CGHS, was working at the station said that he would help but that his broth- er would be interested in the job. “So Cameron calls me up… and he says, ‘Hey, do you want to do a basketball game Fri- day?’” Evan recalls. At halftime, Evan then made a call to the station where Reiten then told him he was hired. “I owed it to somebody to give the same opportunity that I was given. I was just pleased to do that and work with an excel- lent young man and bring him along and see him develop into a very good quality broadcast- er,” said Reiten. “And give him the opportuni- ty to work at something that he is very enthusiastic about and enjoyed. It was very benefi cial for all of us and the fans have really enjoyed Evan over the years.” Since that fateful game, Mc- Clendon has called over 100 games as he has seen the Lions through highs and lows. At a moment’s notice, McClendon DENTAL Insurance A less expensive way to help get the dental care you deserve $1 a day* Keep your own dentist! NO networks to worry about NO annual or lifetime cap o n the cash benefi ts High school sports recap A look back at the busy week of high school sports in the area Cottage Grove Track and Field Last Thursday, the Lions travelled to Sutherlin for a meet against the Bulldogs and Junction City. The team rested most of their top competitors but the boys still came in fi rst while the girls fi nished second. On the boys side, the team had fi rst place fi nishes from Fernando Soto-Cruz (400), Jake Hopkins (shot put), Tako- da Brooks (pole vault) and Lo- gan Husk (long jump). On the girls side, Hayle Maitia won pole vault for Cottage Grove. The Lions showed off their dominance Saturday at the El- mira Relays winning both the boys and girls team competi- tions. The boys had dominance in the relay teams (see athlete of the week, B1) in addition to seeing Brooks (pole vault), Jacob Woods (long jump), Hunter Hall (shot put), Jace Bartram (javelin) and Erick Giffen (high jump) snag fi rst place fi nishes. No wait for preventive care and no deductibles – you could get a checkup tomorrow Coverage for over 350 procedures including BEST Technology... Value... TV!... 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North Douglas Baseball The Warriors went 2-2 last week. The week started with a loss to the Douglas JV team (8-7) and at Bandon (5-3). Last Friday the team picked up a pair of wins against Douglas JV in a double header (6-0, 8-0). Elkton/Yoncalla Baseball The Elks rolled through Mo- hawk last week winning their games 18-6, 29-1 and 34-0. Yoncalla/Elkton Softball The Eagles went 0-3 last week as they lost to Lowell 14-1 and 22-4 last Wednesday. Against Mohawk on Thursday the team lost 34-14. Yoncalla/North Douglas Track and Field At the Central Coast Invita- tional at Siuslaw, both teams took eighth place.On the boys side, Laaron Lopez was the top fi nisher with a second place fi nish in high jump. Join a summer league! Your Family Deserves The Physicians Mutual Insurance Company If you’re over 50, you can get coverage for about serves as a walking Sportscenter as he relives his favorite play- by-play for moments. “They had a fourth down and eight on the Astoria like 31 and they complete this 11 yard pass to Jacob Woods. (Blake) Sent- man rolled out to his left, found him on the sideline and the very next play they scored,” he said about Cottage Grove football’s improbably comeback victory against Astoria in the state semi- fi nals two seasons ago with the same excitement as if the game was unfolding live. “And that would have been the season if that pass is in- complete. That was the craziest one.” From basketball buzzer beat- ers, to seeing the baseball team win its fi rst league title in over a decade, to the football team that won its fi rst title this past sea- son, McClendon feels lucky to have been calling the games at such a historic moment in Cot- tage Grove history. While he remembers the Lions victories, with the same verve he can re- call the teams, and specifi cally players, that doomed Cottage Grove. “A buzzer-beater three by Matt D’Amore. I’ll never for- get his name. He played for La Salle Prep before they moved up. They had just over three seconds left and the kid shot a runner from the left-wing. Cot- tage Grove was up three and his momentum carried him to the backboard and he tied it up and La Salle Prep won in overtime,” he says of a 2014 boys’ basket- ball loss. Or there are the individual players and performances that stand out like the one from Sis- ters’ Joey Morgan from four seasons ago. “Joey Morgan now he was the Pac-12 player of the year for the University of Washington and I watched him hit two homeruns and a double out of here, he went four for four in a game.” A breathing encyclopedia of Cottage Grove sports history, McClendon thinks that there may be a time he calls another game, but for now, work comes fi rst. 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