Cottage Grove Sentinel
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Jan. 31
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THURSDAY | JANUARY 30, 2020
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CONTACT SPORTS REPORTER NICK SNYDER AT
942-3325 OR NSNYDER@CGSENTINEL.COM
Lions’ Berry beats the buzzer
• CGHS bball @
Marist (boys @ 5:45
p.m., girls @ 7:15
p.m.)
• Wrestling, Cottage
Grove Invitational @
CGHS
• NDHS bball vs.
Yoncalla (girls @ 6
p.m., boys @ 7:30
p.m.)
• Elkton bball vs.
Days Creek (girls @ 6
p.m., boys @ 7:30
p.m.)
Feb. 1
• Wrestling, Cottage
Grove Invitational @
CGHS
• Elkton bball vs.
NDHS (girls @ 6 p.m.,
boys @ 7:30 p.m.)
Feb. 2
• Wrestling, Cottage
Grove Invitational @
CGHS
ODFW R ECREATION
R EPORT
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
PHOTOS BY NICK SNYDER/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
(Right) Cottage Grove senior Daetryl Berry celebrates mid-court with his teammates after hitting the game-winning layup
with no time remaining. (Top left) Berry also made two free throws with under a minute remaining in overtime to tie the
game at 51. (Bottom left) Sophomore Jayden Cameron kept the Lions in the game, hitting a game-tying three late in the
fourth quarter to help send the game to overtime. Cameron led the Lions with 17 total points.
Cottage Grove senior Daetryl Berry makes multiple clutch plays, Lions get win
By Nick Snyder
nsnyder@cgsentinel.com
HUNTERS HAVE JUST ONE
WEEK 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.
ATTENTION ANGLERS – WE
WANT YOUR PHOTOS!
Whether you’re out after trout
or bass, steelhead or salmon,
surfperch or rockfish, we’d love
to see photos of your adventure.
When you submit your photos
to ODFW they could appear on
our website or signs, or in social
or brochures. What a great way
to share your experience with
others!
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.
BEST BETS FOR FISHING
• Steelhead fishing has been hot
on the Chetco. Current condi-
tions have been favoring anglers
plunking from the bank.
• Anglers have been catching
steelhead on the lower Rogue
using a variety of techniques, but
plunking is the current favorite.
• Anglers have been landing
winter steelhead in the Galice
area of the middle Rogue. With
rain in the forecast, except steel-
head numbers to increase.
• Trout have been biting in the
Holy Water, the stretch of the up-
per Rogue between the hatchery
and the Lost Creek Lake spillway.
• Bank anglers are catching
some nice trout from the bank at
Ochoco Reservoir, which also will
See
ODFW 4B
The Lions first league win of
the season came in thrilling and
improbable fashion last Friday
evening.
Cottage Grove (5-12 overall,
1-2 league) headed to Elmira
(4-12, 0-3) on Jan. 24 look-
ing to break through in the
win column after starting the
Sky-Em season 0-2. With an
injury-depleted roster and ear-
ly foul trouble plaguing their
chances, senior guard Daetryl
Berry took matters into his own
hands after the game went into
overtime, sinking high-pres-
sure free throws and putting the
cherry on top with a game-win-
ning, buzzer-beating layup that
earned the Lions the victory
and stunned the Falcon fans in
attendance.
ND girls gear up for playoffs
By Nick Snyder
nsnyder@cgsentinel.com
After earning their six-
teenth win in eighteen
games this season, now
is the perfect time for the
North Douglas girls’ basket-
ball team to get a break.
The Warriors (16-2 over-
all, 6-0 league) defeated vis-
iting Days Creek (8-8, 3-3)
on Sat., Jan. 25 by a final
score of 49-42, maintaining
sole possession of first place
in the Skyline league with a
half-game cushion over sec-
ond-place Elkton.
PHOTO C/O BECKY GERRARD
The game, however, was
NDHS may need young play-
a small letdown for a team
ers like freshman Savannah
that has mostly steamrolled
Harkins to step up to reach
opponents this year, includ-
their goal of a deep playoff
ing a much more dominant
run.
17-point victory of the same
own worst enemy last night.”
Days Creek team on Jan. 7 in
For a team with as much
their first matchup.
“It was a really sloppy game,” talent as North Douglas, being
said head coach Jody Cyr. “I
See NDHS 3B
felt like we were kind of our
Athlete of
the Week
The game was close through-
out all four quarters, but the
intensity truly began late in the
final period when sophomore
Jayden Cameron hit a three
from the left elbow with 28 sec-
onds remaining to tie the game
at 45.
The teams traded baskets in
overtime until the Lions found
themselves in dire straits: down
51-49 with under a minute re-
maining and Berry at the free
throw line needing to sink both
to have a chance at a win. Up to
that point, the team had made
just four of their nine free throw
attempts.
“I looked at Coach [Seth]
Hutchison when I was shoot-
ing the free throws and I was
kinda shaking,” Berry said after
the game. “I was like, ‘just gotta
See LIONS 2B
Warriors win, control
their own destiny
By Nick Snyder
nsnyder@cgsentinel.com
Win their remaining six
games and win the league
title. While not easy, North
Douglas’ path to playoff con-
tention couldn’t be clearer af-
ter last Saturday’s game.
The Warriors (12-6 over-
all, 7-1 league) hosted visit-
ing Days Creek (9-9, 5-1) on
Jan. 25 and eked out a narrow
victory, 51-50, thanks to a
game-winning free throw by
senior Cody Black with 0.8
seconds remaining. It was the
first league loss of the year
See WARRIORS 2B
PHOTO C/O BECKY GERRARD
Cody Black (34) celebrates with his teammates after hit-
ting the game-winning free-throw with 0.8 seconds left.
Th is week’s athlete of
the week is Cottage
Grove senior guard
Daetryl Berry who hit
the game-winning shot
against Elmira to give
the Lions their fi rst
league win of the 2020
season.
Berry also
plays run-
ning back
on the foot-
ball team
and uses his
strength to
barrel his
way to the
rim.
PHOTO BY NICK SNY-
DER/CG SENTINEL