2B COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL FEBRUARY 27, 2019
Elks fall to Jordan Valley, defeat Alsea
Elkton exits state
tournament in second
round
By Zach Silva
zsilva@cgsentinel.com
Top: Sadie Olson reads the defense on the road at Alsea. Bottom:
Aspyn Luzier drives past the Wolverine defense.
Traveling over seven hours by bus
and into Mountain Standard Time, 14th
ranked Elkton lost to 3rd ranked Jordan
Valley 48-38 last Saturday in the second
round of the state basketball playoff s.
With the victory, the Mustangs punched
their ticket to Baker City for the 1A quar-
terfi nals.
But in the fi rst round last Wednesday,
the Elks travelled to Alsea where they de-
feated the Wolverines 50-44.
It was the third time the two sides had
met this season with Elkton winning both
of the December contests. But for Elkton,
they were trying to not dwell on their past
victories.
“We know everybody improves and last
time we played them was clear in Decem-
ber. We knew they were going to better,
hopefully we’re better. And playing on
their homecourt, that makes a diff erence,
too. So we knew it was going to be tough,”
said Elkton head coach Rob Parker aft er
the victory.
In the opening quarter it was both
teams trying to work their full-court press
to their advantage as the game turned into
a race up and down the court.
“Th e fi rst quarter, there’s a lot of excite-
ment. Everyone’s up, everyone’s ready to
go. And it kind of got a little chaotic at
times,” said Elkton junior Kieryn Carnes.
“We just wanted to make sure we were
settling in and getting into the game and
playing what we know how to do. But fi rst
quarter was crazy, it was like calm down!”
Th e Elks led throughout the fi rst half,
but the Wolverines took their fi rst, and
only, lead of the game to start the second
half. But helping Elkton calm down was
the steady shooting presence of Aspyn
Luzier. Luzier, who hit four threes in the
second half, fi nished the game with six
made three-pointers and 20 points.
“We’re always looking for her. Most
teams try to take her out of the game and
they were there, they had a player on her
pretty good but when they went to a zone
for a little bit– the zone wasn’t picking her
up all the time,” said Parker. “Anytime she
can catch, set and shoot, I mean, she prob-
ably shoots 80 percent.”
As turnovers plagued Elkton through-
out the second half, Alsea never quite went
away and were on the verge of a comeback
before a pair of Luzier three-pointers took
the air out of the building and helped the
visiting Elks seal the win.
“She’s a great, great shooter,” said Alsea
head coach Ricki Hendrix. Th e Alsea de-
fensive game plan was to lock onto Luzier
across the court but aft er hitting a near
NBA-range three in the fi rst half, the Wol-
verine defense was stunned by her range.
“[One of my players] came out and said,
‘I defi nitely underestimated how far back
she can shoot for,’” said Hendrix.
Carnes fi nished the game with 10 points
for Elkton.
NDHS from B1
like, ‘Yes, this time you can play. And next
time, if there is a next time, you’re not going
to play,’” said Smith who had seven of his
team’s 11 points in the fi rst quarter as the
Warriors cut their defi cit to four. Smith fi n-
ished the game with 11 points. “I like doing
that for my team. I just had to get rid of the
goose-egg on the scoreboard.”
It was a mixed bag of scoring contribu-
tors the rest of the way for North Douglas
with Tanner Parks leading the way with 12
points. Parks helped seal the victory in the
fi nal minute of the game with a put-back off
of a missed free throw to push the team’s
lead back to nine and dispel any thoughts
of a Mohawk comeback. Caleb Parks, the
team’s leading scorer, faced foul trouble
throughout the game – including a techni-
cal – and fi nished with seven points.
Cal Parks goes up against Damascus Chris-
tian last Friday night.
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