2B COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL MARCH 6, 2019
SPRING
SPORTS
SNOW from B1
PHOTO C/O CG SPEEDWAY
We have a lot of down trees all
over that stretch, we had some
fences come down,” said Boyce
in a phone interview on Friday.
“Same kind of damage I think
everyone around town is having
to deal with, unfortunately, we
just have a pretty short timeline
to getting it fixed.”
The short timeline is due to
the fact that the Speedway is set
to have their first event of the
season on Saturday March 16
with the first race the following
week.
“So that’s still only a few weeks
out and I think we’re going to
have our work cut out for us to
PHOTO BY ZACH SILVA/CG SENTINEL
get all the damage and clean-
up taken care of before those
are supposed to happen,” said
Boyce. “It really depends on the
weather between now and then.
I mean, when we schedule stuff
in March, we kind of always
know there’s a chance it won’t
happen because of the weather
around here. But this is definite-
ly putting a damper on it.”
In addition to the downed
trees, the track itself is still full
of snow and will need time to
dry out before it is race ready.
A looming fear now is if there
is any flooding in the area and
how that will impact the track
from B1
good about that, that a week
in the long-term hopefully
won’t be a big deal.”
While issues with the
weather are commonplace for
baseball and softball, it was
new territory for the Cottage
Grove track and field team to
have to cancel practice. First
year head coach Gyna Walton
noted that while athletes have
been preparing for the season
all winter, they aren’t missing
on the finer skills but the joy
of the season.
“I think it’s just the excite-
ment. All the kids were excit-
ed to start on Monday,” said
Walton who pointed out that
the team will now have “sev-
en or eight” practices before
their first meet of the season.
Left: A building at the Cottage Grove speedway collapses under the weight of the snow: Right: Downed trees are a common sight all
across Hidden Valley Golf Course.
over a foot of snow still sat on
the course last week, he received
a call from a loyal golfer who
was checking to see if they could
come and play that day.
At the Cottage Grove Speed-
way, downed trees were block-
ing the road to even allow gen-
eral manager Heather Boyce a
look at the track and the sur-
rounding area. Once she got out
there, there was plenty of dam-
age including to the shop.
“We’ve got to wait for some of
(the snow) to melt so we can get
the roof off and see what kind
of damage we have in there.
And then start to rebuild that.
TRACK and
FIELD from B1
because of its close proximity
to the river. But with that being
down the road, Boyce and her
team are just trying to clean up
and prepare for the season.
“It’s just stuff, nobody was
hurt. It could have been worse
so we’re just going to regroup
and do the best we can,” said
Boyce as the power went out at
the track during our phone call.
“What doesn’t kill us makes us
stronger, I guess. Hopefully it
just means we’ll be set for a re-
ally good season because we got
all the bad stuff out of the way in
the offseason.”
currently holds the school
record in both the 100 and
300 hurdles. After high
school she competed at
Boise State, LCC and then
the University of Oregon
for a year.
“There’s only three of
us coming back from staff
last year so (we are) su-
per excited to have a new
coaching staff that’s eager
to build the program and
keep it going because track
has been a big program in
Cottage Grove for years,”
said Walton on the new
staff.
The Lions begin their
season next Wednesday
(March 16) at the Pleasant
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