COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL JUNE 13, 2018
WORLD CUP
from B1
pieces are there for both teams and it’s
just a matter of putting them altogether.
If you are a fan of Oregon State foot-
ball…
…then you should be cheering for
Saudi Arabia!
These teams are nearly one in the
same and not for the best reasons.
Much like OSU, this Saudi Arabia team
is overmatched. Coming into the World
Cup they are ranked 70th in the world
which is the lowest of the 32 teams
playing. Both teams know a good deal
2B
about finishing at the bottom of the
standings. More than performance on
the field, what is most striking is that in
the last year, both of these teams have
had three different head coaches within
the last year. But you know, hey — may-
be this is the year they turn it around?
No? Okay, moving on.
If you are a fan of UO football…
…then you should be cheering for
Sweden!
Sweden and Oregon football: The
eternal bridesmaids.
• Neither team has won the big game
but have both come agonizingly close
(Sweden has been to the semifinals four
times in their history)
• Both teams are searching for their
identity after the departure of a star
(Marcus Mariota’s graduation/Zlatan
Ibrahimovic’s retirement from interna-
tional play in 2016. Though to be clear,
the parallels in this stop right there be-
cause Zlatan comes off in interviews as
100 percent arrogant while Marcus is
just 100 percent perfect.)
• Thinking they maybe have that star
(Justin Herbert/Emil Forsberg) but are
ultimately unsure of how they can de-
liver.
So if you are into a small taste of suc-
cess and an unsure future, look no fur-
ther than each of these teams.
(Would like to note that this has
nothing to do with Sweden’s vanilla
jerseys. If this list was based off jerseys,
UO would most certainly be Nigeria for
their majestic green zig-zag jerseys that
sold out as soon as they went up online.
Over three million have been sold.)
If you are a fan of the Portland Trail
Blazers….
…you should be cheering for En-
gland!
Do you dwell upon that one time you
won a championship over 40 years ago?
Do you enjoy having your heart ripped
out? Do you try to lower your expecta-
KNUTSON
from B1
Athletic director Roberts
said, “I don’t know if me re-
sponding will make anything
better. Ricky’s a good friend of
mine,” when contacted about
Knutson's statement.
Knutson, a teacher at CGHS,
has been head coach at the
school since 2012 and began
as an assistant in 2006. Prior
to that he coached track and
cross country at Philomath and
tions on how the team will do only for
them to do just good enough so that
you think that maybe they really are for
real and in this moment of hope-filled
weakness they then crush your very
soul with a painful loss?
Wow, this feels just a little too on the
nose.
And there you have it, your 2018
guide to the World Cup. If none of
those teams do the trick for you and
you are really holding out to cheer
for U.S. men’s national team, the 2022
World Cup is just 1622 days away.
Qatar here we come!
South Albany.
“I would hope things would
get better at some point but I’m
not doing this to make a point.
It’s not a protest, it’s not a big
political move or anything like
that. When I coach, I’m all in,”
he said. “And I’ve got to feel
like our athletic department is,
too. And it that’s not what we’re
going to do, then I think we’re
sending the wrong message to
kids.”
Knutson reported that mul-
tiple high schools have reached
out to about coaching, but he
has no plans to move.
“I really like my job here
and I don’t know that I want
to move my kids. I really want
to teach where my kids go to
school. And I don’t really want
to commute. I mean, I know
people do it all the time but it
automatically goes from coach-
ing and spending time with my
kids to spending more time on
the road to coach somewhere
else,” said Knutson.
The track and field team celebrates its third-straight co-ed championship last week.
South Valley Athletics Summer Sports!!
PHOTO C/O CGHS PHOTOGRAPHY
Ladd (top) comes up with a tackle last fall as Glenn (bottom) comes away with an interception.
FOOTBALL
from B1
Glenn at wide receiver and de-
fensive back. Glenn was also
named 2017 all-state defensive
player of the year.
After entertaining offers from
other schools, the pair saw
George Fox as a place where
they would be able to thrive ac-
ademically and on the field. In
addition to being able to play
with one another.
“We influenced each oth-
er, I think. Because Cooper is
obviously a very good student
— he has like a 4.28 GPA or
something — so he found this
school and it’s a really good
academic school and I was
able to go there as well. And it
just worked out as well,” said
Glenn.
“It came together and we
were like, ‘Oh my gosh, my best
friend since sixth grade and I
get to play football with him for
another four years.’ At, again,
our most dedicated point, this
is college football. This is the
next level. It’s just a dream come
true,” said Ladd before adding,
“You better watch George Fox
in the next four years.”
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