COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL MAY 30, 2018
EXCITING
from B1
quarter collapse that saw them
give up a 10-point lead. With
the game knotted at 57, it was
Jake Gerrard who grabbed an
offensive rebound and put up a
runner in the lane before time
expired to secure the win for the
Warriors and clinch the two-
seed in the league tournament.
7. Cottage Grove boys’ basket-
ball free throw extravaganza
Free throws may not be the
most exciting part of a basket-
ball game, but they were against
Stayton in Cottage Grove’s home
opener this season. After shoot-
ing no free throws in the first
half the Lions went on to shoot
33 in the second half and over-
time as they clung to a 67-64
victory. It was just a wild finish
to a game that saw Erick Giffen
go six-of-15 from the free throw
line (with all of them coming in
the fourth or overtime) while
shooting five-of-11 from three-
point range in the win.
6. Cottage Grove girls’ bas-
ketball defeat Junction City at
home
In the first matchup of the
season, the Lions slowed down
the game and worked their way
to a 44-33 victory. Every single
possession felt like it was full
of meaning and consequence
as the Lions were able to break
through and beat a top team in
the state. This was not a game
of jumpers but had the feeling
of an old-school fight as every-
thing Cottage Grove did cen-
tered around their inside attack.
5. Cottage Grove football
semifinal against Mazama
I would like to point out that
the most exciting event of the
entire year was absolutely the
football team’s journey to the
state title. There is no question
about that but as games go, there
was never a last second play or
anything dramatic because they
were just too good. Even in the
championship game it was nev-
er close. The team was just so
dominant that the games lacked
that nervous gut wrenching feel-
ing of oh my gosh are they really
going to be able to pull this off
because, yes, of course they were
going to be able to pull it off.
That being said, the semifinal
game stands out because just
over a minute into the game the
Lions were down 8-0 and it felt,
for a fleeting second, that this
game had a chance to be close.
It was not.
Promptly after that, Cottage
Grove put up 41 straight points
to show that, yes, they are the
best team in the state.
4. Cottage Grove softball walk-
off win
Two outs.
Two strikes.
Down a run.
Bases loaded.
Bottom of the seventh inning.
It is a perfect recipe to be a
hero and Cottage Grove’s Chel-
sea Davis did just what she
needed to do as her hit to right
PHOTOS BY BECKY GERRARD
Elkton's Hannah Maxwell grabs a rebound against Elkton in the
most exciting game of the year.
field scored a pair of runs to give
the Lions a hard-earned victo-
ry when it looked like Cottage
Grove was out of the game.
3. ND Volleyball playoff victo-
ry over Griswold
Just thinking about this match
fills me with some stress.
In the first set, the Warriors
went down but rallied behind
a 15-2 run to win 25-20. After
winning the second set 25-14, it
felt like they had figured it out
and were headed to the quarter-
finals.
Griswold then won the third
set and clawed to a 27-25 fourth
set win. In the fifth and final set
the Warriors took a 10-4 and it
looked like they could breathe
easy but then again it was Gris-
wold coming back to tie every-
thing up at 14-14 before the
Warriors won 17-15.
Whew. Deep breaths.
2. Cottage Grove boys’ soccer
defeats Sisters
I have never seen a team as
happy as Cottage Grove was af-
ter they beat Sisters. And they
had every right to enjoy every
moment. Sisters entered the
game having not lost a game in
league since 2011 but the Lions,
at the very end, were able to
change that.
Sisters was awarded two pen-
alty kicks in the game including
PHOTOS BY CGHS PHOTOGRAPHY
Kyle Browning tracks down a header for Cottage Grove against
Sisters last fall.
one with less than 10 minutes where. Coming into the game
left to play that tied the game at North Douglas was ranked in
2-2. But in the final two minutes the top five and Elkton was 2-16
of play it was Kyle Browning, against them since the 2010-
who was celebrating his birth- 11 season. The gym at Elkton
day, scoring his second goal of was packed to the brim with
the game to lock-in a 3-2 victo- fans from both teams as they
ry.
watched their teams stay within
1. Elkton girls’ basketball beats five points the whole game in a
North Douglas at home
33-30 slugfest.
Number one. Of all the games,
This game had it all. It was
I attended this year, this was the loud, it was intense, it came
pinnacle.
down to the last minute. It felt as
While it was not a beauti- if it were straight from a movie
ful game (57 combined turn- and was just a thing of beauty.
overs!!!!!) it made up for it else-
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