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Cottage Grove Sentinel Sports & Recreation SOUTH LANE COUNTY SPORTS AND RECREATION Calendar Dec. 19 • CGHS wrestling @ Sutherlin, 5 p.m. • CGHS bball @ Seaside Holiday Tourn. (boys vs. Madras @ 2:30 p.m., girls vs. Newport @ 1p.m. and vs. Washougal @ 4 p.m.) • YHS boys bball @ Regis Tourn. • YHS girls bball vs. Sutherlin JV @ 6 p.m. Dec. 20 • CGHS swimming, double dual vs. Churchill/Henley @ 4:30 p.m. • CGHS bball @ Seaside Holiday Tourn. (boys and girls games both TBD) • NDHS bball @ Lowell (girls @ 6 p.m., boys @ 7:30 p.m.) • YHS boys bball @ Regis Tourn. • • THURSDAY | DECEMBER 19, 2019 B1 CONTACT SPORTS REPORTER NICK SNYDER AT 942-3325 OR NSNYDER@CGSENTINEL.COM Strong start continues for Yoncalla After recent years of struggle, the Eagles are getting back on track By Nick Snyder nsnyder@cgsentinel.com Through the first six games of last year’s basketball season, the Yoncalla boys’ and girls’ teams stumbled out to a combined 3-9 record. The first six games for each team of the 2019-20 sea- son, however, have been the complete inverse. On Thursday, Dec. 12 the two Eagles’ squads continued their turnarounds with both teams earning wins against visiting Mapleton. In the early game, the girls (5-1) de- feated the Sailors in a wire-to-wire dom- inant performance, never allowing more than four points in a single quarter, ending in a 53-10 final score. The boys (4-2) faced slightly stiffer competition, but also got the victory in a 52-32 game where the final margin belies the effort it took for the Eagles to come away suc- cessful. Despite the 20-point victory, the boys trailed 19-20 at halftime. Mapleton brought size that clogged the paint, forc- ing Yoncalla into jump shots and, in the first half, the shots simply weren’t fall- ing. “Every now and then, just like every- body, they have their moments,” said coach Lourie Hall after the game about her team’s cold-shooting first half. “And unfortunately the [North Clackamas] game, the one game we lost, everybody got it at once.” Thursday evening was more of the same until the beginning of the sec- ond half. The Eagles, who in past years may have found those early struggles too frustrating to overcome, refocused, found their resiliency and the shots be- See EAGLES 2B PHOTO BY NICK SNYDER/CG SENTINEL Yoncalla’s lone senior, Elijah Allen, drives to the hoop against Mapleton’s Nate Neece. Basketball is back at CGHS Dec. 21 • CGHS wrestling @ Liberty Tourn., TBD • CGHS bball @ Seaside Holiday Tourn. (boys and girls games both TBD) • NDHS bball @ Crosshill Christ. (girls @ 4:30 p.m., boys @ 6 p.m.) • YHS boys bball @ Regis Tourn. ODFW R ECREACTION R EPORT H IGHLIGHTS www.dfw.state.or.us/RR 2020 licenses now on sale: Hunters and anglers can now buy their 2020 licenses online, at a license agent and at ODFW offices that sell licenses. Winter trout and steelhead are best bets for winter fishing: • Anglers are starting to catch winter steelhead in mid- and north coast rivers. Fish low in the systems until there’s some rain to get the fish moving. • Late fall/early winter can be a good time to target native redband trout in rivers like the lower De- schutes, Fall, Metolius, Crooked and Blitzen. The fishing is a little slower, but sharing the river with fewer people can make up for it. • Trout anglers also should con- sider the upper Willamette between Albany and Harrisburg. It’s open for trout year-round and fishing can be very good when flows are cooper- ating. Big game hunting classes in Tuala- tin: Come learn the basics of big game hunting in one of four classes ODFW is offering in December in Tualatin. Each two-hour class will cover what and where to hunt, what licenses and tags you need, and how to select the right weapons and other gear. PHOTO BY NICK SNYDER/CG SENTINEL (Top left) CG’s Ty Kishen (so.) battles North Valley’s Tylin Blaich (jr.) for a rebound. (Bottom left) Landon Colburn (so.) attacks the rim. (Bottom right) Matty Ladd (jr.) defends on the perimeter. (Above) Mikaela Blomquist leads the fast break against the Knights. CGHS started the year mostly on the road, but both Lions’ teams returned home last Friday By Nick Snyder nsnyder@cgsentinel.com After a stretch of away games to start the season, both Lions’ basketball teams finally re- turned to their dens at Cottage Grove High School on Friday, Dec. 13. The girls’ and boys’ squads took on the visiting North Val- ley Knights in a non-league con- test. Despite coming out of the gates strong, keeping the game tied at 11 early in the first half, the boys (0-4) couldn’t come away with a win against a long and strong Knights team, losing 66-48. The girls (2-2) bounced back from back-to-back losses to Gladstone and Hidden Val- ley, trouncing the visitors 65-33 to even their season record. The year is still young, with only four games played for each team, and competition will ramp up once the league sched- ule begins, but girls’ head coach Steve Eastburn is pleased with his team’s performance thus far. “We’re working through some things,” Eastburn said after the game. “But obviously tonight we made some small steps in getting better. We’ve faced some really good teams up to tonight and North Valley played real- ly hard, but obviously we were better athletically and our skills were a little bit better.” On Friday night, those skills were showcased by a trio of Li- See LIONS 3B Elkton, North Douglas girls remain undefeated By Nick Snyder nsnyder@cgsentinel.com Considering the season began just two weeks ago, the Elkton and North Douglas basketball programs have seen a lot of each other already. However, they won’t actual- ly play a head-to-head game for another month. After hosting the Elkton Tip-off Classic two weekends ago, the Elks made the short Athlete of the Week trip west to Drain to participate in the two- day North Douglas Winter Invitational on Fri. and Sat., Dec. 13 and 14 along with the host school, Lowell and Reedsport. As they follow each other around Doug- las County, the results follow in kind with both the Elks and the Warriors going 3-1 combined in the tournament, two wins and zero losses each for the girls’ teams and a win and a loss apiece for the boys. Th is week’s athlete of the week is Cottage Grove sophomore post player Gracie Arnold who scored 21 points to lead the Lions to victory against North Valley. The Elkton girls (6-0) made easy work of their two opponents, beating Reedsport 66- 25 on Friday and Lowell 44-27 on Saturday. The Elks started off the second game in a small shooting slump and, despite their full-court press forcing Lowell into repeat- ed turnovers, held a narrow 19-13 halftime lead. “Sometimes that just happens and there’s See INVITATIONAL 3B Arnold (22) looks for the inbounds pass in the second half against the Knights. PHOTO BY NICK SNY- DER/CG SENTINEL
