Cottage Grove Sentinel
Sports & Recreation
SOUTH LANE COUNTY SPORTS AND RECREATION
Calendar
Dec. 4
• NDHS basketball
vs. Alsea (girls @ 5:30
p.m., boys @ 7 p.m.)
• EHS basketball @
Reedsport (girls @ 6
p.m., boys @ 7:30
p.m.)
Dec. 5
• YHS girls basket-
ball vs. Lowell, TBD
Dec. 6
• CGHS basketball
@ North Bend (girls
@ 5:15 p.m., boys @
6:45 p.m.)
• CGHS swimming,
duel meet vs.
Marshfield @
Daugherty Pool, 4
p.m.
•
WEDNESDAY | NOVEMBER 20, 2019
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CONTACT SPORTS REPORTER NICK SNYDER AT
942-3325 OR NSNYDER@CGSENTINEL.COM
Searching for clarity in controversy
The visceral nature of hazing elicits more questions than answers. Where does
the conversation begin?
By Nick Snyder
nsnyder@cgsentinel.com
(Editor’s note: This part one of an ongo-
ing series taking a look at the culture, causes
and possible solutions associated with hazing
incidents, the reporting of which has been on
the rise within athletics programs across the
country at the high school and college levels.
Our objective is to continue the important
community conversation that was sparked
following the recent hazing incident at Cot-
tage Grove High School this past September
and reported on in The Sentinel on Oct. 30.)
It happened on a girls high school gym-
nastics team in Vermont as well as a high
school baseball team in Ontario, Ore. A
track and field squad in Arizona and a bas-
ketball team 100 miles north in Molalla.
Since as far back as the early 1980s in ath-
letics programs around the country and as
recently as several weeks ago and as close
to home as Cottage Grove High School, in-
cidents of hazing in sports — specifically
“broom handling” has had a steady pres-
ence in the U.S.
Three weeks ago, The Sentinel report-
ed on allegations stemming from an inci-
dent in late September in the CGHS locker
room. The accusations surfaced when a
freshman junior varsity player alleged that
he was harassed by two older players. Spe-
cifically, one of the older players held him
down on the locker room floor while an-
other attempted to penetrate the younger
student’s rectum with a broom handle.
An investigation by the Cottage Grove
Police Department determined that no of-
ficial sex crime had taken place, given that
there had been no penetration due to the
clothes and football gear the victim had
been wearing. Nonetheless, the viscer-
al, cruel and potentially sexual nature of
the assault came as a shock to a tight-knit
Cottage Grove community that was unac-
customed to such disturbing acts within its
school district. Since the incident was first
publicized, concerns and questions contin-
ue to abound.
Perhaps the largest concern — partic-
ularly for parents who put their children’s
safety in the hands of school staff five days a
week — has been the worry that this recent
event represents a pervasive “culture” of
hazing and harassment. It is a concern that,
if valid, would understandably damage the
public’s trust in a school’s ability to provide
See HAZING 2B
Fall sports’ final kick
Dec. 7
• CGHS wrestling,
Perry Burlison Classic
@ Cascade H.S., 9
a.m.
Dec. 10
•YHS boys basket-
ball @ Prospect
Charter, 7 p.m.
ODFW H UNTING R EPORT
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
HUNTING REPORT:
The Coast Elk 2nd season begins
on Nov. 16 and runs through Nov.
22. Hunters should refer to the 2019
Oregon Big Game Hunting Regula-
tions on pages 38-39 for elk regula-
tions and the included units.
General Deer Archery season:
Some units have an additional
late season from Nov. 16 – Dec. 8.
Hunters should refer to the 2019 Big
Game Regulations for the included
units and the respective bag limits.
Deer regulations are located on
pages 26-27.
Hunters who were successful in
drawing a 100M tag, but failed to
pick up a tag before the Sept. 28
deadline can still pick up their tags
if they stop in their local ODFW
office, for a late fee of $25.50 in
addition to the price of the tag.
Hunters should refer to the 2019
Oregon Big Game Hunting Regula-
tions on page 33 for applicable units
and bag limits.
Successful Elk Hunters: In coop-
eration with Oregon State Univer-
sity, ODFW is asking for hunter’s
assistance on an elk DNA project.
Successful elk hunters are asked to
take a small tissue sample (a piece
of meat about the size of a nickel),
put it in a Ziploc bag with records
of the harvest date, location, WMU,
and gender and then place it in the
freezer. Samples can be dropped off
at local ODFW offices at the hunter’s
earliest convenience to be included
in the study.
Fall black bear: The fall black bear
season will be open through Dec. 31
in western Oregon. Hunters should
target areas supporting seasonal
forage. Food sources will change as
the season progresses. Early in the
season raspberries, cascara berries,
trailing blackberries and insects are
important sources of food. Later in
the season, bears will shift foraging
efforts to include Armenian (Hima-
layan) blackberries, manzanita, arc-
tostaphylos species, huckleberries,
madrone berries and other fruits.
PHOTOS BY NICK SNYDER/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
From the football field to the
swimming pool, 5k courses
around the state to basketball
and volleyball gym floors, it
was a vibrant fall sports sea-
son for all area teams. Of the
10 total OSAA teams from
Cottage Grove, Drain, Elkton
and Yoncalla, six made the
playoffs, including CG volley-
ball, CG boys and girls soccer,
ND football, ND volleyball and
Elkton volleyball. For more fall
sports photos see page 12B.
Boat registration renewal notices mailed
The Oregon State Marine Board mailed
approximately 37,000 boat registration re-
newal notices to boaters whose registra-
tion expires on December 31, 2019. Each
renewal notice is unique to the owner and
their boat. An additional 38,000 renewals
will also be sent electronically to boat own-
ers with emails on file in an effort to en-
Athlete of
the Week
courage online renewal.
Renewing online using the Marine
Board’s online store is fast and easy. After
completing the transaction, boat owners
can print a temporary permit and go boat-
ing right away. There is no transaction fee
when using a credit or debit card online.
Another option is to mail the payment and
Th is week’s athlete
of the week is CGHS
freshman midfi elder
Aldo Rea. Rea, in his
fi rst year on the team,
was named to the
Sky-Em All-League
First Team.
coupon to the Marine Board. Registration
decals are mailed within 7-10 business days
from the date of receipt but may take an ad-
ditional 2-4 weeks to arrive by US Mail.
Any watercraft with a motor or sailboats
12 feet or longer are required to title and
See BOATS 3B
Rea was
not only an
All-League
selection,
but was
a top
goal-scorer
in the Sky-
Em league
as well.
PHOTO BY NICK SNY-
DER/CG SENTINEL