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THURSDAY | JANUARY 23, 2020
CONTACT SPORTS REPORTER NICK SNYDER AT
942-3325 OR NSNYDER@CGSENTINEL.COM
Lions dominate in league opener
Cottage Grove enters the
Sky-Em season as the favor-
ite to win the league title
Jan. 23
• NDHS girls bball vs.
Gervais @ 6:30 p.m.
By Nick Snyder
nsnyder@cgsentinel.com
Jan. 24
• CGHS bball @
Elmira (boys @ 5:45
p.m., girls @ 7:15)
• CGHS wrestling,
Sky-Em Duels @
Marshfield
• CGHS swimming @
North Eugene @ 4:00
p.m.
• NDHS boys bball @
Umpqua Valley @
7:30 p.m.
• Elkton vs. Yoncalla
bball (girls @ 6 p.m.,
boys @ 7:30)
PHOTO BY NICK SNYDER/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
Lions’ junior Matty Ladd battles Siuslaw
senior Mia Collins for a rebound off of a
missed Vikings’ free throw.
The Cottage Grove boys’ basketball league
opener against Siuslaw came down to the final
seconds of overtime before it was decided. In the
second game of the evening, it was a very differ-
ent script.
In the first game of the 2020 Sky-Em girls’
basketball season on Fri., Jan. 17, the Lady Lions
(10-5 overall, 1-0 league) jumped out of the gates
to a 17-3 first quarter lead over the visiting Siu-
slaw Vikings (1-14, 0-1) and never looked back.
Cottage Grove eventually won the game by a fi-
nal score of 63-31, completing step one of their
quest to win a league basketball title.
Friday’s victory came quite easily to a talented
Lions roster, but for head coach Steve Eastburn
the effort may need to be even better if the team
wants to reach their ultimate goals.
“Solid win, but could’ve been better,” East-
burn said. “We substituted a lot in the second
See LIONS 2B
CG falls short in OT thriller
Jan. 25
• CGHS wrestling,
Bay City Duels @
Marshfield
• NDHS bball vs. Days
Creek (girls @ 6 p.m.,
boys @ 7:30)
• Yoncalla girls bball
vs. Siletz Valley @ 6
p.m.
• Yoncalla boys bball
vs. Umpqua Valley @
730 p.m.
ODFW R ECREATION R E -
PORT
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
HUNTERS HAVE JUST TWO
WEEKS TO REPORT THEIR
2019 HUNTS
Hunters have until Jan. 31 to
report their 2019 hunts. If you
purchased a tag, reporting is
mandatory even if you didn’t hunt
or harvest an animal.
REGISTER YOUR NEW HUNT-
ER FOR A HUNTER EDUCA-
TION CLASS/COURSE
Hunters 17 years old and
younger need to complete a hunt-
er education course and field day
before they hunt this fall. Tradi-
tional classes and field days are
available now, and online courses
can be taken anytime. Taking care
of hunter education now will be
one less thing to worry about as
hunting season approaches.
DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR A
SPRING BEAR TAG IS FEB. 10
The controlled spring black
bear season opens April 1.
BEST BETS FOR FISHING
Think winter steelhead and ice
fishing (not necessarily together)
• This will be a good weekend
for steelhead fishing on the north
and mid coasts. Recent rains have
brought more fish into the rivers.
While several rivers are still run-
ning high, they are on the drop
and should be fishable later this
week and into the weekend.
• In the Rogue, the first winter
steelhead are starting to move
upriver. A few have been reported
in the Galice area, and the wet
weather should encourage more
to move in.
• The North and South
Umpqua should be dropping into
shape for some steelhead fishing
this weekend.
• It’s getting to be prime time
for winter steelhead on the Sandy,
and fishing conditions for the
weekend should be good.
See
ODFW 3B
PHOTOS BY NICK SNYDER/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
(Left) Sophomore Carter Bascue skies up for the overtime tip-off against Siuslaw. (Top
right) Senior Daetryl Berry filled in for an injured Landon Colburn. (Bottom right)
Sophomore Jayden Cameron continues to impress in his second season with the Lions.
By Nick Snyder
nsnyder@cgsentinel.com
In the world of sports, it’s of-
ten difficult to feel encouraged
after a loss, but that was exact-
ly the case last Friday for the
Cottage Grove boys’ basketball
team.
After struggling to a 4-10 re-
cord in their non-league sched-
ule, the Lions (4-11 overall, 0-1
league) were hoping to start
the Sky-Em season with a bang
on Fri., Jan. 17 against visiting
Siuslaw (7-8, 1-0). At the end
of an overtime period, Cottage
Grove found themselves on the
losing end, 56-54, but saw their
path to improvement more
clearly than at any point this
season.
B1
“The confidence in the lock-
er room after the game was not
shot. It’s still there,” said head
coach Seth Hutchison after the
game.
“They answered the chal-
lenge. Now, it’s doing that for
four quarters. That’s been our
biggest thing so far this year.
Elk and deer
winter migra-
tion underway
Sheriff’s offi ce
urges motorists to
use caution, be on
the lookout during
winter commutes
Th e Central Oregon
Coast is experiencing
its seasonal cold weath-
er. Although the weath-
er slows down our daily
commute, we are not
nearly as aff ected as
wildlife, specifi cally elk
and deer.
Natural food sources
are lean in the upper
elevations in the coast
range during the winter
as snow falls, covering
the ground. Th is time
of year with snow ac-
cumulation in the coast
range and freezing tem-
peratures periodically
down to sea level, elk
and deer may move to
even lower elevations to
fi nd adequate food.
Th ese
additional
movements oft en mean
that the animals are
crossing major roads
both day and night
which creates hazards
to motorists. Th e Lin-
coln County Sheriff ’s
Offi ce would like mo-
torists and spectators
to be mindful of the
animal movements. If
you see one deer cross
in front of you, chances
are there is another one
behind.
Please take into ac-
count that the animals
are oft en stressed due
to additional migration
in search of food. When
spectating please keep
a minimum distance of
100 yards from wildlife.
If the animals begin to
move from your pres-
ence, don’t follow them.
Oregon Revised Statute
498.006 does protect
the chasing or harassing
of wildlife.
For more informa-
tion and tips, visit our
web site at www.lincol-
ncountysheriff .net and
Like us on Facebook
at Lincoln County Sher-
iff ’s Offi ce – Oregon.
See OVERTIME 2B
BLM announces fee-free days for 2020
To encourage visita-
tion and appreciation
for America’s public
lands, the Bureau of
Land
Management
(BLM)
announced
that it will waive rec-
reation-related visi-
tor’s fees during five
2020 Fee-Free Days.
On these five days,
recreation-related fees
for all visitors to agen-
cy-managed
public
lands across the nation
will be waived.
“One of the greatest
assets we have in this
country is our pub-
lic lands,” says Depu-
ty Director of Policy
and Programs for the
BLM, William Perry
Pendley, exercising the
Athlete of
the Week
authority of the BLM
Director. “With our
fee-free days, we hope
that Americans will get
outside to enjoy these
national treasures –
the 245 million acres
of public lands across
our nation, most of
which are in the West
and Alaska.”
The Fee-Free Days
for 2020 are: January
20 (Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day), Feb-
ruary 17 (President’s
Day), June 13 (Na-
tional Get Outdoors
Day), September 26
(National Public Lands
Day), and November
11 (Veterans Day).
Th is week’s athlete
of the week is
CGHS senior Zach
Anlauf. One of only
two seniors on the
team, Anlauf brings
relentless positivity and
leadership to the 2020
Lions squad.
See BLM 3B
COURTESY PHOTO
If one deer is visible from
the roadway, there are
probably others. Drivers
should use caution.
Anlauf was
a big reason
the Lions
pushed
Siuslaw to
overtime
on Jan. 17.
He had
17 points
and 16
rebounds.
PHOTO BY NICK SNY-
DER/CG SENTINEL