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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.”
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Before using your bicycle, make sure it is ready to ride. You should always
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> Adjust Your Bicycle to Fit. Stand over your bicycle. There should be 1 to 2 inches between you and the
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> Check Your Equipment. Before riding, inflate tires properly and check that your brakes work.
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The safest place for bicycle riding is on the street, where bicycles are expected to follow the same rules of the road as
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Children less than 10 years old, however, are not mature enough to make the decisions necessary to safely ride
in the street.
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Children less than 10 years old are better off riding on the sidewalk.
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