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2B COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL JULY 18, 2018 Snapshots : 70th Annual Cottage Grove Rodeo Rodeo competitors compete in calf riding (left), bareback riding (center) and calf roping (right) at the 70th annual Cottage Grove Rodeo over the weekend. EASTBURN from B1 CROATIA from B1 ticipating in a few tournaments and attending team camp at Western Oregon University, where a typical day, according to Gardner, included waking up at 6:30 a.m., eating break- fast at 7 a.m. and playing bas- ketball until 8 p.m. “You get away from your parents, you get really tired, you get to see who is leaders and who aren’t and everybody kind of has to survive. It’s really neat to watch the kids through that process. So you get to real- ly know them really well,” said Eastburn. “That’s been the main thing, so in the last four or five weeks got to really strengthen those relationships with the high school girls. Get to know them even better, get to observe them play basketball to give me an idea of going forward for this next season of what we’re possibly going to be do- ing with them.” next three matches and went to extra time in all of them in- cluding two penalty shootout victories. Regardless of the difficult journey, Croatia was now heading to the World Cup final. With a Croatian flag proudly hanging at the front of their house, the Sušec’s welcomed in a group of fam- ily and friends for breakfast and the biggest game in their beloved country’s history. There is a wide spectrum of sports fans. On one end, you have those who cheer for their side more for social reasons and less a love of the game while on the other end, you have those who have a deeply-engrained passion for their team mixed with a knowledge of the history of the side. Seemingly all of the Sušec’s, who were all decked out in the red and white checkers of the Croatian coat of arms, fall Backer DDS towards the latter side of the spectrum. The running commentary throughout the game was not surface level but about the history of the team and a shared love/hate relationship with left back Ivan Strinić. It was clear these were real fans when eight-year-old Tatja- na chastised Croatia’s goalie from her seat in front of the TV for not jumping to stop France’s first goal of the game. As the game progressed, emotions ebbed and flowed but mostly flowed. Croatia’s first goal gave everyone rea- son to believe. It was also a good time for Heidi to offer a warning about giving Nikola room after goals because he likes to jump. The game took a turn both on the pitch and in the living room when Croatia was, af- ter a video-review, called for a handball. 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