COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
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Elkton eviscerates Myrtle Point
Jayden Woody races to the end zone for a score.
By Zach Silva
zsilva@cgsentinel.com
Over 150 yards of rush-
ing. Nearly 300 all-purpose
yards. Five touchdowns.
And that was just in the
first quarter for Elkton.
The Elks rolled over Myr-
tle Point last Friday 74-8 –
with all their scoring com-
ing in the first half – in their
home opener that saw the
team dominant from the
start.
The Elks struck 14 sec-
onds into the game when
Austin Luzier returned the
opening kick for 75 yards
and a touchdown.
“I was going to do it for
my friend’s mom because
she told me, she said, ‘Next
one’s for me,’ and I was like,
alright, alright, alright,”
said Luzier. “And then I just
looked for a hole and I just
ran through it. And I got
good blocking, too.”
Luzier’s production was
just getting started on the
day as he came away with an
interception on the opening
Myrtle Point drive and on
offense finished the game
five-for-five passing for
114 yards and three touch-
downs.
Elkton’s first-half produc-
tion was staggering as the
team ran 20 offensive plays
that led to nine touchdowns
from five players: Trentyn
Halstead (3), Jayden Woody
(2), Spencer Moore (2), Jase
Billman (1), Trysten Woody
(1).
The game became a cel-
ebration of offense best on
display when four touch-
downs were scored in 1:02
of play stretching from the
end of the first quarter to
the beginning of the sec-
ond. It started with a Jayden
Woody 22-yard reception.
After a Myrtle Point turn-
over, Halstead secured a 16-
yard reception. Next came
the Bobcats lone-touch-
down via a 91-yard kick re-
turn from Tyler Huerta that
was promptly followed by a
45-yard run from Halstead.
Elkton’s head coach Bill
Shaw, saw the production
from his team as a testament
to their ability to execute.
“It’s good to see us be in
the right place at the right
time. They may have made
it a little too easy for us to
get those results but kudos
for the kids on the execu-
tion and doing the things we
do best at a high level,” said
Shaw. “It stands out when
the other team’s level doesn’t
match yours. You can’t help
but make the scoreboard go
crazy.”
Heading to the half with
504 all-purpose yards,
Shaw’s next goal was to stop
his own team. He had at-
tempted to slow the offense
in the first half which result-
ed in second-string running
back Trysten Woody break-
ing off a 45-yard run.
“But you don’t want to an-
swer to the OSAA because
things got all out of whack.
And their coach thanked
me at the end for what we
did so I think we left that
on a pretty good spot,” said
Shaw.
In the second half, the
Elks leaned on Oliver Beat-
tie and Lance Corvinus at
running back who are both
listed on the team’s roster as
offensive linemen.
Outscoring their first two
opponents 140-8, Shaw’s
goal is to make sure the
team stays focused so they
are prepared for when the
level of competition inevita-
bly goes up.
“I’ve warned my kids that
we can’t afford to ever come
out flat. We got to start the
game with no mercy and
play like we’re playing for a
championship,” said Shaw.
This Saturday the Elks
will be on the road at Days
Creek (2-0). Last season the
Elks beat the Wolves 66-6
but this year Days Creek
has started out hot winning
their first two games 48-0
and 46-0.
NCA honors CG cheer
By Zach Silva
zsilva@cgsentinel.com
The Cottage Grove cheer team now
has three All-Americans.
During the first weekend of Septem-
ber, two instructors from the Nation-
al Cheerleaders Association (NCA)
came to Cottage Grove to host a camp
at the high school for the team. In ad-
dition to team-bonding events, the
squad worked on routines, stunts and
jumps in preparation for the upcoming
school year.
The instructors also doled out the
prestigious honor of All-American to
Cottage Grove’s Angelica Manuntag,
Kyleigh Joseph and Zoey Bray.
“The instructors have very strict
guidelines that they have to follow.
And then they pull out their comput-
er and put it into a national database
that compares them to the other cheer-
leaders that tryout and they get chosen
based on that,” said head coach Melissa
Hatling. “So it’s not like, you have pret-
ty hair, it’s really skill-based. That was
pretty cool that those kids got that op-
portunity.”
With the accolade, the All-Amer-
icans get the chance to participate in
events such as the Macy’s Thanksgiv-
ing Day Parade and college football’s
Citrus Bowl with the caveat that they
would have to pay for said trips.
“They do have to pay for it all them-
selves and it is expensive, but even just
being honored. I know the three that
got it were just shocked,” said Hatling.
In the build-up to the award, mem-
bers of the team are nominated based
on specific skills. Manuntag was nom-
inated for jumps, Joseph for stunting
and Bray for motions. After the con-
clusion of camp, those nominated then
perform a routine in addition to jumps
and tumbling.
“So they said, Angelica and then
Zoey and then the last person they
said was me. I was like really shocked
because I did not think I would make
the actual team,” said Joseph. “Because
they were talking about like everyone
in America has to hit that number to
be on the team. I was like I don’t know
if I can do that. That was just really ex-
citing and like wow.”
She was certainly not the only one
filled with emotion.
“It’s stressful because you don’t know
the material very well. You just learned
it. It was stressful for me,” said the
sophomore Bray. “I saw my video and
I didn’t really see anything where I was
like, oh, I could have done that better.
I think that I put the best I could have
out on the mat. I was proud of myself.”
While the members who were
named All-Stars would certainly like to
go to the events, the financial realities
may not see this dream into fruition.
But that’s not stopping them from en-
joying the moment.
“It’s enough to just know that I made
the team,” said Bray.
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