Cottage Grove Sentinel
Sports & Recreation
SOUTH LANE COUNTY SPORTS AND RECREATION
Calendar
Oct. 10
• CG FB @ Elmira, 6
p.m.
• CG VB vs.
Marshfield, 6:30 p.m.
• CG boys soccer vs.
Marshfield, 7 p.m.
• CG girls soccer @
Marshfield, 7 p.m.
• ND FB vs.
Oakridge, 7 p.m.
• ND VB vs. Riddle,
6 p.m.
Oct. 11
• Yoncalla FB @
Mapleton, 7 p.m.
Oct. 12
• CG VB @ Seaside
Tournmanet, time
TBD.
• ND VB vs. Powers,
4:30 p.m. and vs.
Yoncalla, 6 p.m.
• Elkton VB vs.
Camas Valley, 6 p.m.
• Yoncalla VB vs.
Powers, 3 p.m. and @
North Douglas, 6
p.m.
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WEDNESDAY | OCTOBER 9, 2019
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CONTACT SPORTS REPORTER NICK SNYDER AT
942-3325 OR NSNYDER@CGSENTINEL.COM
Warriors’ run game too much for Elks
North Douglas racks up 317
rushing yards, four touch-
downs on 47 carries
By Nick Snyder
nsnyder@cgsentinel.com
It was a tale of two halves in the High-
way 38 rivalry game between North
Douglas and Elkton, particularly for the
Warriors.
On Fri., Oct. 4 in Elkton, North Doug-
las raced out to a 42-14 halftime lead, only
to be held in check in a defensive second
half that saw only one more touchdown by
the Elks, ending in a final score of 42-20.
Despite a relatively dominant showing
on the scoreboard, North Douglas head
coach JJ Mast focused on a sloppy, plod-
ding second half when talking about his
team’s performance.
“We need to be more disciplined,” Mast
said after the game.
“We gotta be dependable play after play
instead of just picking one out of every
four plays or we’ll get in trouble. We saw
NICK SNYDER/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
Two Elkton defenders try to take down North Douglas running back Wyatt
McDaniel, who was a thorn in the Elks’ side all afternoon.
it last week. We played with Lowell punch
The Warriors were helped by their first-
for punch for a quarter and then the mis- half performance when their running
takes start to take over a little bit. And I game scored four touchdowns along with
wouldn’t even call them mistakes, just a
See FOOTBALL 3B
lack of focus.”
Beloved pool returns to CG, Aqua Lions
ODFW R ECREATION R EPORT
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
PHEASANT, CHUKAR AND
EASTSIDE DUCK HUNTING
OPENS THIS WEEKEND
Several popular bird hunting
season open this Saturday, in-
cluding the general Northeast and
Central fall turkey hunts. To see
how the season could be shaping
up, checkout the 2019-20 Game
Bird Hunting Forecast.
FALL BIRD AND BIG GAME
MIGRATIONS MAKE FOR
GREAT WILDLIFE VIEWING
The fall migration of ducks,
geese and other birds is under-
way across the state. Both serious
birders and casual viewers look
forward to this annual passage.
Big game animals like deer and
elk also are on the move as they
shift from summer ranges in the
mountains to lower elevations
and better forage.
BEST BETS FOR WEEKEND
FISHING
With many outdoor enthusi-
asts preoccupied with hunting,
this can be a good time to hit the
water. Fish like the cooler weather
and you’ll like the quieter, slower
pace.
• The recent rains were enough
to get hopes up, but not river
levels in most north coast rivers.
Instead, look for fish to be stack-
ing up in the bays waiting for a
big rain to bring river levels up.
• Lost Creek Reservoir was
stocked this week with legal-size
and larger trout, with the cooler
temperatures the fishing will be
good and both boat ramps are
accessible.
• Coho continue to move into
the Sandy and Clackamas rivers.
• Anglers have been catching
decent numbers of steelhead on
the lower Deschutes River from
the mouth to Sherars Falls.
• Fly-fishing on the Chewaucan
River has been excellent, with one
angler landing a 28-inch redband!
• The Klamath River below
Keno Dam is the best bet for good
fishing in the Klamath Basin.
NICK SNYDER/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
Dozens of attendees participated in the community “jump-in” to become the first community users of the fully-renovated
aquatic center.
By Nick Snyder
nsnyder@cgsentinel.com
After a long 11-month clo-
sure, Cottage Grove finally has
their beloved pool back and
better than ever.
On Tues., Oct. 2 Sue Tay-
lor - wife of longtime Cottage
Grove High School (CGHS)
water polo and swimming
coach, Bud Taylor, and a for-
mer lifeguard - cut the rib-
bon on the new and improved
Warren H. Daugherty Aquatic
Center in front of a crowd of
about 200 eager locals.
The ribbon-cutting signaled
the end of a lengthy closure
that, while inconvenient for lo-
cal swimming enthusiasts and
youth athletes, brought myriad
improvements to a pool fa-
cility that desperately needed
it after 63 years of continued
service to the Cottage Grove
community.
Even more people filtered
through the shiny new lobby
throughout the course of the
evening and around 300 peo-
ple attended the event in total,
culminating in a community
“jump-in” where dozens of at-
tendees, mostly children, leapt
into the water in unison to be-
come the first members of the
public to enjoy the upgraded
See POOL 2B
Lions stalk Spartans to victory
Win places CG second in
Sky-Em with season wind-
ing down
By Nick Snyder
nsnyder@cgsentinel.com
NICK SNYDER/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
Matty Ladd (14), Blakely Herbert (9) and
Gracie Arnold proved too much for the vis-
iting Marist squad, seen celebrating here
after the match.
Athlete of
the Week
There are certain rivals - for any team
in any sport - that bring an extra level of
competitiveness, an added desire to win,
for one reason or another. For Cottage
Grove, Marist Catholic High School is
one of those rivals and at least last Thurs-
day, Oct. 3, the Lions volleyball team got
the job done.
In their second five-setter in five
league games, Cottage Grove (8-6 over-
all, 4-1 league) prevailed against the vis-
iting Spartans (2-9, 2-3) behind contri-
Th is week’s athlete of
the week is M.J. Raade
of the CG water polo
and swimming teams.
She is also one of the
head lifeguards at the
Daugherty Aquatic
Center and spoke at the
grand re-opening before
the ribbon-cutting.
butions from several players, recovering
from an error-riddled first set to claim
victory 3-2 (16-25, 25-22, 25-20, 25-27,
15-9).
In the first five-set match in league
play against Siuslaw, head coach Kendra
Anderson emphasized the youthfulness
of her team and their still-emerging abil-
ity to move on quickly from mistakes.
This match was evidence of a step in the
right direction.
“They did a better job of not being
tight,” Anderson said of her team after
the match. “They let a few things happen
and then let it go instead of holding on to
it. So they were better about being able to
bounce back quicker.”
See LIONS 4B
Raade
speaks to
the crowd
at the pool
opening,
just before
doors
offi cially
opened.
NICK SNYDER/CG
SENTINEL