2B | JUNE 17, 2021 | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL LIONS from B1 she said. “And none of those players have really gone off yet this year. Do they have the capabilities to? Yes, they absolutely do.” Monday’s game at Elmira was never close as the Li- ons’ led 13-0 after the first quarter and coasted the rest of the way to a 53-13 win. The Falcons had no an- swer for Cottage Grove’s 6-3 senior, Matty Ladd. Ladd poured in 20 points on great feeds inside from her teammates. Arnold added 13, Blom- quist had nine, Teanna Child and Kennedy Royse contributed five each and Kourtney Owens rounded out the scoring with four BOYS from B1 12, Murphy with 10, and Bascue with 8. By press time, Cottage Grove boys will have host- ed Marist on Tuesday night (June 15) and will end the season by travelling to Siu- slaw tonight (June 17) to meet the 4-4 (as of June 14) points. The 7-1 Lady Lions will have taken on the 5-2 Marist Spartans Tuesday night (June 15) at the Lion’s Den. Marist’s two losses came at the hands of Junction City and the Lions. Cottage Grove played arguably their best game of the season in the second half at Marist. The Lions turned a nar- row halftime lead into a 53- 36 rout. “Marist always come ready to play hard,” coach Royse said on Monday. “So, I’m anticipating play- er-to-player, I’m anticipat- ing zone, I’m anticipating a tough game. So we have to match their intensity for the entire game.” The girls’ regular season will come to an end Thurs- day at Siuslaw. That will be followed on Friday and Saturday with a mini-tournament featuring the top four teams in the Sky-Em. The exact schedule will be determined based on the outcomes of the Tuesday and Thursday games. The site for Friday games will be Junction City, and the first game will begin at 4:30 p.m. Saturday’s game is planned to begin at 3:00 p.m. at Pleasant Hill. Assuming the Lions con- tinue their winning ways, Cottage Grove will be able to celebrate being back in the state playoffs beginning on Tuesday, June 22. Vikings. Coach Hutchison said the approach will be the same going into the final two games: “You either win or you learn.” Hutchison went on to say one of the keys to success for the Lions in the future is to play more basketball in the offseason. “I’m going to use these last two games as learning opportunities, and also see what I have going into the offseason,” Hutchison said. “We’re starting to identify the guys that love the game of basketball and want to be here, and now we will in- vest the time in those guys and really go at it.” Dentistry is our profession, people are our focus. Birch Avenue Dental Dentistry is our profession, people are our focus. Birch Avenue Dental ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ JERRY THOMPSON/FOR THE SENTINEL Lions’ junior, Gracie Arnold, scored 18 points against Junction City and 13 in the win at Elmira. 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