Cottage Grove Sentinel
Sports & Recreation
SOUTH LANE COUNTY SPORTS AND RECREATION
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CONTACT SPORTS REPORTER NICK SNYDER AT
942-3325 OR NSNYDER@CGSENTINEL.COM
RPI Tourney is
Warriors biggest test yet
Calendar
Oct. 3
• CG VB vs. Marist,
6:30 p.m.
• CG boys soccer @
Junction City, 7 p.m.
• CG girls soccer vs.
Junction City, 7 p.m.
• ND VB @
Glendale, 6 p.m.
• Elkton VB @
Umpqua Valley, 6
p.m.
• Yoncalla VB @
New Hope, 6 p.m.
By Nick Snyder
nsnyder@cgsentinel.com
Oct. 4
• CG FB vs. Marist, 7
p.m.
• ND FB @ Elkton, 3
p.m.
• Yoncalla FB vs.
Lowell, 7 p.m.
• CG XC Oxford
Classic in Bend, Ore.
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WEDNESDAY | OCTOBER 2, 2019
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NICK SNYDER/CG SENTINEL
Nicki Derrick (2) and Natalie Draeger (8) are two of the
senior leaders for a talented North Douglas volleyball
team.
For a team with such a domi-
nant recent history, North Doug-
las volleyball (13-6 overall, 6-1
league) has already seen its rel-
ative share of ups and downs
throughout this 2019 season.
It was a day of highs and lows
last Sat., Sept. 28 as the Warriors
participated in the all-day McK-
enzie RPI Tournament in Vida,
Ore., ultimately splitting their
four matches and ending the day
with a loss in the consolation fi-
nal to fourth-ranked Damascus
Christian (13-2, 4-0).
“They always battle. I’m always
proud of them because they don’t
ever just give up and we haven’t
done that all year, no matter if
we’re down by 10, they’re fighting
the whole way till the game’s over,”
said head coach Emily Reed after
the tournament.
North Douglas started the day
locked in. Taking on the same
Damascus team they would lose
to later in the day, the Warriors
came out focused and energized,
defeating the Eagles in straight
sets, 2-0.
“When we played Damascus in
the morning, that was a dominant
performance. Everyone played
great and they were loud and had
energy,” said Reed, though the
team still had a long day ahead of
them.
“I know they were tired by the
end of the day. I get it, we played
four matches, but when we played
Damascus again we were like a
See VOLLEYBALL 2B
Lions remain undefeated in league play
Oct. 7
• CG boys soccer vs.
Marist, 7 p.m.
Oct. 8
• CG girls soccer @
Marist, 7 p.m.
• CG VB @ Siuslaw,
6:30 p.m.
ODFW R EGIONAL F ISHING
R EPORT
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
COTTAGE GROVE POND
(ROW RIVER NATURE PARK
POND): trout, warmwater species
Was last stocked the week of April
8 with 1,500 legal-size rainbow trout.
The next stocking is scheduled for
the week of Oct. 4.
Cottage Grove Ponds are open to
year-round fishing and via an asphalt
pathway behind the truck scales on
Row River Road. In addition to fish-
ing, these ponds also offer wildlife
viewing opportunities and a fishing
dock is available on-site.
LEABURG LAKE: trout
Was last stocked the week of Au-
gust 12 with 933 legal-size rainbow
trout.
Leaburg Lake is open to fishing all
year. Bait can be used from April 22
– Oct. 31, but beginning Nov. 1, an-
glers may only use lures and artificial
flies. All wild trout must be released.
Only hatchery fish may be kept.
MCKENZIE RIVER below
Leaburg Lake (R1): trout, salmon,
steelhead
Was last stocked the week of
Sept. 2 with 2,000 legal-size rainbow
trout. River levels have remained
consistent and fishing should remain
productive.
MCKENZIE RIVER above
Leaburg Lake (R2): trout, steelhead
Was last stocked the week of Sept.
9 with 1,833 legal-size rainbow trout.
COTTAGE GROVE RESERVOIR:
trout, warmwater species
Was last stocked the week of April
29 with 5,000 trophy-size rainbow
trout.
Cottage Grove Reservoir is south
of Cottage Grove and is open to
fishing all year. Lakeside boat ramp
is now open.
DORENA RESERVOIR: trout,
warmwater
Will be stocked this week with
5,000 trophy-size rainbow trout.
Dorena Reservoir is east of Cot-
tage Grove on Row River Road and
is open to fishing all year. Trout and
warmwater fish are available. Baker
Bay boat ramp is accessible at the
current reservoir elevation.
NICK SNYDER/CG SENTINEL
Junior forward/midfielder Sawyer Weybright was central to much of the action in last week’s league opener against
Marshfield.
By Nick Snyder
nsnyder@cgsentinel.com
The Sky-Em season is getting
off to a particularly successful
start for many of the fall Cot-
tage Grove sports teams.
In their first league clash of
the year last Tuesday, Sept. 24
the Cottage Grove girls soccer
team defeated the Marshfield
Pirates handily at Don King
Field by a final score of 4-0.
Coming off of back-to-back
close losses to Astoria and
Phoenix, the Lions (4-4 overall,
2-0 league) bounced back and
took care of business against a
Marshfield team that has man-
aged only one victory thus far
this season (1-6-1, 1-1).
Continuing a trend from
other recent games, the team
seemed to play with a touch of
anxiety out of the gate, unsure
of their next move when find-
ing themselves with the ball in
space. However, the girls re-
laxed after junior forward Saw-
yer Weybright tidily placed a
ball in the bottom left corner of
goal in the 24th minute of the
first half.
The second goal would come
only a minute later when ju-
nior midfielder Chanel Leach
scored again, allowing the Li-
ons to take a 2-0 lead into half-
time.
See SOCCER 4B
Breakouts on offense
not enough for Lions
By Nick Snyder
nsnyder@cgsentinel.com
In what has been a tough
season thus far for the Lions,
things didn’t get much easier
in their first league matchup
of the year.
Last Friday, Sept. 27 the
visiting Marshfield Pirates
secured an easy victory, win-
ning 78-29 in both teams’
first Sky-Em league game.
The Pirates began the
game sloppy, pushing the
opening kickoff out-of-
bounds for a penalty and
exhibiting some confusion
and miscommunication on
defense. The mistakes, how-
ever, were quickly corrected.
Marshfield jumped out to
a 28-0 lead early in the sec-
ond quarter on the backs of
two touchdown plays of 50-
plus yards. Facing another
deep hole and the nearly im-
possible task of competing
with only 14 players in uni-
form for the game, Cottage
Athlete of
the Week
See FOOTBALL 2B
NICK SNYDER/CG SENTINEL
Senior running back Daetrayl Berry had one of his best games
of the year, including a 42-yard rushing score in the first half.
Th is week’s athlete
of the week is Jacob
Dunn, the sole
returning all-league
player on the Lions,
who had three
receiving touchdowns
last week against
Dunn, a
senior, is
seen here
hauling
in one of
a number
of high-
light-reel
catches
he made
against the
Pirates.
NICK SNYDER/CG
SENTINEL