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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL JANUARY 23, 2019 ROBERTS from B1 Cottage Grove Principal Mike Ingman on Roberts’ decision to step down: By Zach Silva zsilva@cgsentinel.com After Gary Roberts announced he was stepping down, Cottage Grove principal, and assistant foot- ball coach, Mike Ingman shared his thoughts on what Roberts has meant to CGHS in his time as foot- ball coach. Ingman: (Gary Roberts) has high expectations for students and he has a belief that they can live up to them. Puts every student athlete in a position to be successful and then we’ll work to make sure they are successful. You can talk about all the three state championships in five years but like that’s not the impressive part. As a guy who has coached with him for a few years, his ability to create team, to cre- ate that family atmosphere, kids’ identity as they grow up and are part of that whole Lion football program is huge. The first year they went to the state championship, and you’re going to have to fact check and figure out when that was, the next year (the 2014-15 season) we were 2-7. And I think the kids would have practiced until April, they loved being out there, they loved every part of it. It never got old. It’s more than just a sport. It’s real- ly how Gary makes them feel. And that they know that they’ve got someone who is in their corner and that they’ll do anything they can to help. Not only, I mean, to help their teammates, this whole family thing is a really interesting dynamic that he has created here. And it’s fantastic. CG Sentinel: How do you go forward after such a successful coach? Ingman: As a building princi- pal it’s really sad to lose someone of that caliber and it’s a little scary. Where do we go from here? That’s just next steps, there’s seasons for everyone, guess that’s some world play there, and this has come to an end. Where we go from here is im- portant. And you know, he chose the time to step out very carefully and to give the next coach time to set up for spring, summer and is going to allow someone else to be as successful as they can be. CG Sentinel: What made Rob- erts successful in this position? Ingman: I’ve coached over 20 years of high school football. I’ve coached for a lot of different head coaches and Gary just has a cer- tain thing about him that makes him special. And in that, makes the program special. He allows kids and coaches to be who they are and to do the best that they can do. And that’s enabled him to get some good coaches around him, it’s enabled players to grow in confidence and ability and has allowed us to – I don’t know how many schools went to three state championships in a five-year span, that doesn’t happen. This is the one, he’s won the one state championship in this community. Those things matter. But again, the way he treats kids and the family atmosphere to me is much more important. Winning is cool but it’s the experience that kids have when they play football that really makes a difference. For me, and I’m an odd guy, as a principal, the wins don’t matter nearly as much as how kids and families feel as they go through the program. Only $99* We’ll make sure your system is running eff ectively and effi ciently. Call for details and an appointment today, and beat the winter rush! Complete Heating & Cooling System Service Reasonable Rates • All Work Guaranteed * Limited-time off er. Restrictions apply. Call for details. Cottage Grove’s Gary Roberts brings his team together during a 2017 jamboree game. job and how we could have done a better know, remodel projects at home, fixing up job.” a project car, learning to do things, learn- While Roberts is stepping away from ing to fly fish,” he said. Adding, “This has the position as head coach, he is still open been my identity for 11 years is being the to the possibility of being on the sidelines head football coach that now I want to try next season as an assistant if the next some things that I’ve not done before.” coach is interested in his help. Roberts, in the role of athletic director, “If the next head coach wants me help, has now started the search process for his then I’ll help. If the next head coach feels replacement but, as he told the team, he is like they don’t need me around, then that’s hoping to hire internally. fine. I’ll just be another body in the office “Our goal is to hopefully have a can- so to speak,” Roberts told the team. didate that is internal, I know we have at But for now, Roberts, who has two least one that is interested,” said Roberts. daughters, ages eight and five, is excited “And if that person decides not to apply about being with his family more and try- then we’ll take it external if nobody ap- ing new things. plies and see where it goes. We’re hoping “I’ve got a list of things that I want to to keep things running in the same direc- do. That I haven’t been able to do because tion.” I’ve been so involved with football. You High School Sports Recap: Winter Heating Tune-Up North Douglas Girls: On Friday night, the War- riors defeated Riddle 48-17 at home and outscored the Irish 42-10 through three quarters. The Warriors had 28 steals as a team including nine from Sofia Alcantar. Alcantar also led the team in scoring with 12 points. Abby Whipple filled the stat line with eight points, eight rebounds, four assists, four steals and a block. On Saturday North Douglas defeated Pacific on the road 40-30. The Warriors trailed 22-21 after three quarters and outscored Pacific 19-8 in SWITCH TO THE Aut o CONVENIENCE OF AUTO PAY! Pay SAVE TIME & SAVE MONEY Use your Credit or Debit Card account to renew your subscription to the Cottage Grove Sentinel (includes online edition) by using AUTO PAY. Complete the credit card information on the enclosed billing notice and make your payment the easy way with Auto Pay. LIONS from B1 the fourth quarter to secure a victory. Alcantar again led the team with 13 points and five assists. Yoncalla Girls: Yoncalla Girls: The Eagles dropped a pair of games last week to Pacific (37-36) and to Camas Valley (34-22). Elkton Girls: Elkton Girls: The Elks rolled past Riddle 60-20 at home on Saturday. Yoncalla Boys: Last week the Eagles de- feated Pacific 54-40 on Friday before falling to Camas Valley 45-37 on Saturday. Against Pacific Dominic Aguilar led the team with 14 points while Trace Graham had 10. In the loss to Camas Val- ley, Bryan Allen and Elijah Allen had 11 and 10 points respectively. Elkton Boys: Last Saturday against Riddle at home, the Elks lost 65-28. Mason Cox had six points and seven boards for the Elks. Jaydn Woody add- ed six points for the team. Creed Lufkin fights for position down low against Elmira on Friday. Elmira each time they entered into the paint. “I always talk about con- trolling the boards. Limiting teams to one shot possessions and then creating extra pos- sessions for us by rebounding hard,” said Hutchison. “Creed and Jasper do a great job using their strength and their length and their height. Cleaning up the boards for us. 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It was a great expe- rience and a great opportunity,” said Hutchison. Adding, “He kind of got me into the process of coaching and wanting to coach. I look up to that guy. He’s a great coach.” After starting the season with 10 straight losses, the Lions have now won three of their last four games including two league wins. The team will get a chance to see where they stand in league this week as they take on Junction City (7-10, 2-1) and Marist (10-6, 3-0) in a pair of road games. “Every game that we play… the next one is going to be big- ger than this one. They just get bigger as the season goes,” said Hutchison. “We have a great opportunity on Tuesday against Junction City who is a good team… And then we go to Marist but we can’t even think of that Marist game because that will be even bigger if we take care of business against Junction City.”
