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Cottage Grove Sentinel Sports & Leisure B1 THURSDAY | MARCH 11, 2021 Pet Tips ‘n’ Tales By Mary Ellen “Angel Scribe” Garfi eld’s Girls Elkton jukes Jewel in six-man FB debut Sports Calendar into it. It’s been too long!” This is Elkton’s first year run- ning a six-man football pro- gram, and Lockhart explained some of the major differences to the game; it’s his first time coaching six-man as well. “I’m starting to get used to it,” said Lockhart. “It’s 15 yards for a first down, a field goal is worth four points. A kicked extra point is worth two points. A conven- Note: Game times and dates are subject to change By Zeahna Young Cottage Grove Sentinel On Friday (March 5), the Elks hosted the Blue Jays for their first game of the season, finish- ing with a lopsided 34-6. Victo- ry. Coach Jeremy Lockhart was pleased with his team’s perfor- mance. “It was a good game,” he said. “It was good to get back tional two-point conversion in eight-man or 11-man is worth one point for a conversion, so a run or pass.” In addition, the quarterback cannot run the ball for a touch- down, so they must hand the ball off, pitch it or throw it. The quarterback can have the ball thrown back to them, but See ELKTON 2A Garfield with his neighbors and friends. G arfield is an orange, 100 per- cent purebred Cottage Grove kitten who’s taken to his lumber community with gusto. Well, maybe just a tad too much. The nine-month-old kitten is nothing like his comic strip name- sake who is famously known for his laziness. Recently, the kitten played lumberjack and raced up a 60 ft. cedar tree. Kayla’s young- est daughter, Lizzy, five-years-old, was first to hear him mewing, “Rescue ME-nOW.” She and her older sister, Jazzy, followed Garfield’s cries and dis- covered him helplessly trapped four stories up the tree. The girls ran next door to their best friends’ house — Roxy, eight-years old, and six-year-old Daphne — for a ladder. The four little rescuers dragged the ladder to the base of the tree. The only trouble was it was four times too short to reach Garfield. Kayla and her small team of helpers spent the rest of the day trying to figure out how to rescue their fuzzy lumberjack. “The fire department doesn’t rescue cats,” said Kayla. “They are understaffed, underfunded and don’t have the right equipment. Besides, our community needs them available for emergencies. So, Garfield spent the next two nights in the tree, haunting ev- eryone by crying outside the girls’ bedroom window.” Melissa, the neighbor girls’ mother, posted a “help” on Face- book’s ‘What’s Going On in Cottage Grove, Oregon’. People suggested arborist community ar- borist Tracy Brandt. He’s rescued 90 cats since he started his com- pany and appropriately earned the nickname, “The Cat Rescue Guy.” “Young cats climbing up a tree is natural,” said Tracy. “But climb- ing down is a learned behavior. I cancelled a job and headed out to rescue Garfield.” After 32 hours of the best view in Cottage Grove, it took Tracy just 10 minutes to climb the tall cedar and place a willing Garfield into the bag tied at his hip before descending. “I want to safely reunite cats to their people at no charge as com- munity service,” said Tracy. “I re- cently rescued Raja from the same tree twice, once on a Tuesday and then on Thursday.” Lizzy said, “I will be mad if Garfield goes back up the tree.” But the very next morning, Garfield raced up the tree but thankfully, this time Melissa’s hus- band could rescue him. “Hopefully, that will be our wild boy’s last rescue,” said Kayla. Write to Mary Ellen at angelscribe@msn.com Athlete of the Week March 11 • Elkton V-ball At New Hope Chr. 6 p.m. • CGHS boys soccer Hosts Marshfield 6 p.m. • CGHS girls soccer at Marshfield 5:30 p.m. • CGHS V-ball hosts Marist 6:45 p.m. March 12 • N.D/Yon football hosts Gold Beach 7 p.m. • Elkton football at Alsea 7 p.m. March 13 • N.D. V-ball at Glendale 6 p.m. • Yoncall V-ball (at Elkton) vs Riddle 2:15 p.m. vs Powers 6 p.m. March 15 NED HICKSON/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL Senior Matty Ladd leaps into a serve against the Falcons during last week’s opener. Lady Lions serve up win in league opener By Zeahna Young Cottage Grove Sentinel Cottage Grove d Elmira: 25-17, 25-19, 25-22 Last Thursday (March 4), Cottage Grove played its first match of the volleyball season, sweeping Elmira in three sets at the Falcons’ nest. Coach Abby Ladd dis- cussed the challenges the girls would have this season with COVID-19 adding previously unseen considerations to the game. “It’s a whole different game,” said Ladd. “It’s hard to figure out the protocols. There are so many moving pieces now that it’s a completely different sport. [COVID-19 adds] a whole separate piece that we have never had to deal with before, so we’re all learning and changing and dealing with it every day.” The Lionesses managed to navigate the changes success- fully in the first set. They held the lead for the entire set, with 10 kills overall from junior Izabell Senters, junior Taylor McKay, senior Matty Ladd, and senior Avery Hutchins. Serving was on point, with one ace from Senters, and three from senior Bella Costa. Matty Ladd and Hutchins had a double block near the set’s end, and Hutchins clinched the win with a kill to finish the set at 25-17. Cottage Grove started the second set down, not taking the lead until the See LIONS 2A Lions roar into soccer season By Zeahna Young Cottage Grove Sentinel Last week, the Cottage Grove boys soccer team kicked off its season with two ma- jor victories. Retired teacher and Air Force veteran Vern Stewart has been coaching for the Lions since 1996, and like many coaches this school year, Stewart is just grateful that guidance changed in time for his team to be able to compete. “What a year!” said Stew- art. “Now we can at least have somewhat of a season. We usu- ally have numbers in the 30s, Th is week’s Athlete of the Week is Cottage Grove senior Matty Ladd of the Lady Lions volleyball team, which won its season opener in a three-game sweep on the road at Elmira last Th ursday. and we have a junior varsity team as well as a varsity team. This year we have 28 young men signed up. If all goes well, that will mean two teams, [which is] not as many players as previous years.” See SOCCER 2A CGHS senior Matty Ladd helped lead the Lady Lions to vis- tory over El- mira, scoring 7 kills and serving 3 aces against the Falcons. Photo by Ned Hickson/ Cottage Grove Sentinel • CGHS football at North Bend JV 5:30 p.m. March 16 • Elkton V-ball hosts Yoncalla 6 p.m. • N.D. V-ball hosts Ump. Valley 9 a.m. • CGHS boys soccer hosts Siuslaw 6:30 p.m. • CGHS V-ball hosts Siuslaw 6:45 p.m. March 18 • Elkton V-ball at Ump. Valley 6 p.m. • CGHS boys soccer hosts Elmira 6:30 p.m. • CGHS V-ball hosts Marshfield 6:45 p.m.
