COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL FEBRUARY 6, 2019
North Douglas rolls past Days Creek, Glide
Warriors get big
win against reigning
league champs
By Zach Silva
zsilva@cgsentinel.com
North Douglas was hoping
for a win against Days Creek.
But facing the defending
league champions on the road,
the Warriors (18-4, 9-1 Skyline)
exceeded even their own expec-
tations as they secured not just
a win but recorded an absolute
rout of the Wolves (11-8, 7-2)
last Tuesday in a 50-28 victory.
“Not in my wildest dreams
did I expect that,” said North
Douglas head coach Jeff Da-
vis. “I thought, coming down
here… the game would be in
the 30s and we would have to
grind ‘er out and whoever made
more free throws would actual-
ly win it.”
Instead, the game turned
into the Sofia Alcantar show.
The junior guard from North
Douglas did a little bit of ev-
erything throughout the game
as she finished with 19 points,
seven rebounds, six steals and
five assists.
“She just continued to be
aggressive offensively and she’s
as quick as any kid we’ve had
at North Douglas,” said Davis.
“Look at how many deflections
she had, she’s just got those ter-
rific instincts that’s almost in-
describable. Just real proud of
her.”
Typically when Alcantar
leads the team in scoring, it is
against an opponent that gives
up steals to the North Douglas
press which lead to open layups
in transition. But on Tuesday,
her scoring extended past that
as she was consistently driving
through the lane in the half-
court offense to score at the rim
or find an open teammate.
“I think we played as one and
we brought it today. And we’re
not going to lose anymore,
we’re going to bring it to each
game,” said Alcantar.
Entering the game, the War-
riors put an emphasis on a fast
start and they executed their
plan perfectly on Tuesday night
as they outscored the Wolves
9-2 in the opening quarter.
North Douglas held Days
Creek to seven first half points.
The Warriors' defense held
the Wolves in check includ-
ing reigning player of the year
junior Moriah Michaels. Mi-
chaels, primarily guarded by
North Douglas’ Natalie Thomp-
son. Michaels, an ever-present
scoring threat, finished the
game with 16 points but was
held to two points in the first
half. No other Days Creek play-
er finished with more than one
made field goal.
“I don’t know if our interi-
or defense is all that good but
if we can get out and pressure
the ball, if Sofia plays and Riley
(Black) and Nat play defense,
then (we are in pretty good
shape). Days Creek is a pretty
good offensive team,” said Da-
vis.
This was the fewest points
PHOTO BY BECKY GERRARD
North Douglas senior Abby Whipple sends a pass down court
against Days Creek to start a fast break.
Days Creek has scored since
their first game of the season
(Nov. 28) in a loss against 2A
Bandon.
North Douglas was also
helped by their nose for the ball
as they out-rebounded Days
Creek 47-21, including 16 of-
fensive rebounds. Abby Whip-
ple had nine rebounds for the
Warriors while Rilie-Jo Olds
had seven and Natalie Thomp-
son six. Olds, Thompson and
Whipple were also active scor-
ers finishing with 10, eight and
seven points respectively.
On Saturday night, the War-
riors defeated Glide 41-14 in a
non-league game and held the
Wildcats scoreless in the first
half. Whipple led the team with
10 points and nine rebounds.
Alcantar had eight points and
four assists while Nicki Derrick
had eight points and four steals.
The Warriors, currenly in
the driver's seat for the league
title, finish out the regular sea-
son this weekend at Yoncalla on
Friday night and home against
Elkton on Saturday.
Elks wrap week with win over Hornets
By Zach Silva
zsilva@cgsentinel.com
Despite the victory, Elkton
head coach Rob Parker was not
pleased with his team’s execu-
tion Friday night.
“We were, I don’t know, brain
dead?” said Parker after the
Elks (12-8, 7-2 Skyline) defeat-
ed Camas Valley (10-10, 6-4
Skyline) 39-26 at home. “We
weren’t taking advantage of
what they were giving us. Peo-
ple weren’t going to the right
spots, we just didn’t play smart
basketball. I’m surprised we got
the win. We just weren’t playing
smart basketball.”
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It was the Camas Valley de-
fense packing it inside and giv-
ing Elkton trouble. The Hor-
nets executed a similar style
of tough defense mixed with
some offense in late January
when they pulled off a 21-18
upset against North Douglas.
The loss is North Douglas’ only
league loss of the season.
But for Elkton on Friday,
when they were able to find
their spots on offense – or,
more aptly, when they were
able to find Aspyn Luzier – the
team was able to score. Lu-
zier led the way for the Elks
with 19 points including three
three-pointers. After some
early misses for Luzier, she
knew that she just had to keep
shooting.
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“At the beginning of the game
I wasn’t making them but it was
because I was rushing them. So
in the second half I started tak-
ing more time and they started
going in,” said Luzier. “I just
keep telling myself that I’m go-
ing to make them.”
“We were trying to get the
ball to her, she was our focus,”
said Parker. “They weren’t
covering her really well and if
they’re going to leave her open,
we’re going to take advantage of
that. And no one else was hit-
ting real good.”
Luzier was the only player
in the game with double figure
scoring. Alexis Halstead added
eight points for Elkton while
Sadie Olson had six.
Leading by one after the first
quarter, the Elks held the
Hornets to two points in the
second quarter and went to
the half with an 11 point lead.
Camas Valley cut their deficit
to six points with under three
minutes to play before Elkton
finished with seven straight
points to record the win.
To end the regular season, the
Elks have a tough test as they
close out the year with three
road games. After New Hope
on Tuesday (after The Senti-
nel’s press deadline) the team
travels to Days Creek on Friday
and finish with North Doug-
las on Saturday. The Wolves
and Warriors are the only two
teams that the Elks have lost to
in league play this season.
“I want to win three games.
That’s it, win. I don’t care if we
win ugly, that’s still a win. We’ll
take it any way we can get it,”
said Parker.
In the final week of play
North Douglas, Days Creek
and Elkton are fighting for the
top spot in, not only the North
Division, but the league as a
whole. The top finisher will re-
ceive the number one seed and
a first-round bye at the Skyline
League District Tournament
while the other two teams will
face each other next Tuesday or
Wednesday in the first round.
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WARRIORS from B1
Creek was 15-of-20 from the
line including eight-of-11 in the
fourth quarter. North Douglas
finished the game one-for-eight
from the line and had four miss-
es in a row in the final 23 sec-
onds of the game.
“I don’t know,” said Vancil on
how the team can get better at
free throw shooting. “I’ve been
trying to shoot free throws ev-
ery day in practice. I don’t know.
That killed us at the end.”
The Warriors and Wolves are
in a pack of four teams – along
with Umpqua Valley Christian
(18-3, 10-1) and Riddle (19-3,
9-2) – at the top of the Sky-
line League fighting for three
spots to get to the state tourna-
ment. While all four teams have
clinched spots at the district
tournament, the race is now on
for an elusive one seed that se-
cures a first round bye. Riddle
has locked in the one seed in
the South region, and, after last
Tuesday’s game, it is now Days
Creek and UVC fighting for that
top spot in the North division.
“The District playoff is going
to be a nightmare. It is. Because
we’re all four, if we all do our job,
should get into the playoffs. And
one of those guys has to stay
home, only three advance. And
it’s a shame,” said Ellis. “But for a
coach, it’s an anxiety attack wait-
ing to happen because it’s going
to be tough.”
Unless there is a massive up-
set before the weekend, the one-
seed will be determined by Sat-
urday’s game between UVC and
Days Creek. The Warriors will,
presumably, play the winner
of that game on the road next
Tuesday or Wednesday in the
first round of the Skyline League
District tournament. North
Douglas lost both matchups to
UVC and split their games with
Days Creek.
“Anybody can beat anybody
in this league on any night. So
we’re not overlooking anybody,
we’re trying to get ready for ev-
ery single team we play and the
boys know that,” said Vancil.
“I just tell them in the locker
room, ‘Hey, we’ve got to have
some urgency towards the end
of the season.’”
On Saturday the Warriors lost
to 2A Glide 53-41 on the road in
a non-league game. Caleb Parks
had 25 for North Douglas as Jus-
tin Smith added 10.
North Douglas faces Yoncalla
(9-14, 4-8) on the road on Fri-
day before finishing the regu-
lar season on Saturday at home
against Elkton (4-17, 1-9).
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