Cottage Grove Sentinel Sports & Recreation B1 THURSDAY | SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 Creswell trounces Central Linn, moves to 2-0 ODFW R ECREATION AND F ISHING R EPORT myodfw.com/recreation-report Updated September 23, 2021 The best season for crabbing is right now Fall is typically the best time of year to crab. Beginning in September, crabs will have filled out with more meat, and you’ll find more crabs in bays and estu- aries thanks to drier weather. Pick up some pointers about how to crab myod- fw.com/articles/how-crab. Sturgeon retention on the Colum- bia Four additional sturgeon retention days were added in the mainstem Co- lumbia from the Wauna Powerlines up- stream to Bonneville Dam, including the Cowlitz River. Anglers can now retain white sturgeon in this area on Saturday, Sept. 18, Sunday Sept. 19, Wednesday Sept. 22, Saturday Sept. 25, and Wednes- day Sept. 29. Find more details by vis- iting myodfw.com/recreation-report/ fishing-report/columbia-zone#STUR- GEON. Clock is ticking for small stream anglers Trout fishing on many small streams along the coast closes at the end of Oc- tober. That’s just six more weeks to enjoy fishing for resident and sea-run cutthroat trout before the season ends. Limited wild coho seasons open Sept. 15 Wild coho retention seasons will open Sept. 15 in the Tillamook, Nestuc- ca, Siletz and Coos basins. See the regu- lation update sections at the top of the NW and SW zones. Go high lakes fishing before the snow flies Fall can be an excellent time to fish the high mountain lakes. Fish are trying to bulk up for the winter, the weather can be beautiful and the mosquitoes are dy- ing down. The fishing can be good until snow starts to limit access. Learn more about fishing the high lakes at myodfw. com/articles/fishing-oregons-hike-lakes Be ready for your hunt A lot of planning goes into a success- ful hunt. Make sure you’ve checked all the boxes with the hunter’s checklist: BUY YOUR TAG, if you haven’t already. Check the weather forecast. Chance of rain? Snow? Record high tempera- tures? Also make sure you’re prepared for unexpected conditions (rain, snow). Check the batteries in your GPS, flashlights, headlamps, two-way radios, etc. And make sure you have spares. Sharpen your knives. A dull knife just encourages swearing. And you’re more likely to cut yourself with a dull knife. More swearing. Begin assembling your pack items use the checklist below as a guide. Make last minute trip(s) to the sport- ing goods store. Seems like no matter how much gear you have, you need at least one more thing. Let someone know where you’re go- ing, where you’ll camp, what route you’ll take there and back, how long you’ll be gone, when you’ll be back, and if and when you’ll be able to check in (ex. will you be in cell phone range). This way if an emergency comes up at home, OSP will need to know how to find you. Athlete of the Week KENDRICK MURPHY/CG SENTINEL Jack Nguyen tries to make a move in space against multiple Central Linn defenders in Creswell’s 34-12 victory on Friday. By Kendrick Murphy kmurphy@cgsentinel.com The Bulldogs saw their first game in two weeks after a COVID-19 breakout at Co- quille High School forced the Red Devils to cancel all athletic activities. Creswell hosted the winless Central Linn Cobras this past Friday to see a second Bulldog victory this season. The Cobras in their first two games had given up an aver- age of over 33 points per game while Creswell scored 40 in their first game against Harris- burg. Creswell’s quarterback Con- nor Hanson and receiver Jack Nguyen got the offense going for the Bulldogs as Hanson connected with Nguyen for 24 yards and Nguyen finished the drive with a 10-yard run to the outside for the score. Giving Creswell an early 7-0 lead in the first quarter. Central Linn had their turn to show off their triple-option scheme when they possessed the ball. The Cobras were able to rush for some first-downs to open their series but were quickly faced with a 3rd and 13 forcing them to pass. The Bulldogs managed to get past the offensive line en route to sacking the Cobra See GAME B2 North Douglas snaps losing streak to Days Creek By Kendrick Murphy kmurphy@cgsentinel.com KENDRICK MURPHY/CG SENTINEL Samantha MacDowell goes for the point in the Warriors’ win against Days Creek A battle of top 10 teams took place over the past week be- tween fourth-ranked North Douglas and seventh-ranked Days Creek. In the past five matchups with the Wolves from Days Creek, North Douglas has a 1-4 record. A few games into the season North Douglas had to pause volleyball activity because of COVID-19 contact tracing but the Warriors are looking sharp early on this sea- son, only losing one set in their Cottage Grove races against top contenders at LCC KENDRICK MURPHY/CG SENTINEL Cottage Grove runners Andrew Wiley and Brayden Russell paced each other this past weekend at the Northwest XC Classic. By Kendrick Murphy kmurphy@cgsentinel.com Cottage Grove traveled to Lane Community College (LCC) with 40 other schools for some exciting racing with top contenders from all clas- sifications. The course consisted of two loops; This week’s athlete of the week is North Douglas volleyball player senior Halli Vaughn. Vaughn contributed 7 kills, 4 aces, and 2 blocks in the Warriors’ big win over Days Creek. with the teams starting on the soccer field, loop- ing around the campus’ baseball field and ponds twice to then finish on the infamous LCC blue track. Cottage Grove’s girls team received a boost with one of the top runners freshman Bella Keat- ing returning to the team. Keating in her first race of the season ran a 22:07 placing inside the top 30, Kajsa Merz ran her best time of the sea- son so far with 23:10. Piper Youngmyr finished one second ahead of her teammate Allison Palluck with a time of 23:24 while Palluck hit a big personal best with her time of 23:25. Cora McClean also ran a per- sonal best of 23:47 helping the girls team finish seventh with 191 points out of 16 total teams and all girls finished in the top 65. Carter Bengston for the boys team shaved 10 seconds off his time from last week finishing in- side the top 20. Ethan Peterson ran his best time of the season with a time of 17:56, Rafael Fields See RACE B2 Halli Vaughn gets ready to send a serve over to the Days Creek defense. PHOTO BY KENDRICK MURPHY/CG SENTINEL first four games. The first set started out tight with a 6-4 lead for Days Creek but after serving the ball out of bounds North Douglas would capitalize and rolled right into a strong scoring streak. The Warriors captured the lead at 7-6 in the first set after a big hit from Halli Vaughn followed by well-placed serves from Asia Ward to push the lead to 9-6. North Douglas con- tinued to rattle off points forc- ing Days Creek to call a timeout See GIRLS B2 Sports Calendar Cottage Grove Volleyball • Cottage Grove vs. Elmira Sept. 28, 6:45 p.m. Cottage Grove Boys Soccer • Cottage Grove @ Junction City Sept. 23, 6:30 p.m. Yoncalla Volleyball • Yoncalla vs. Glendale Sept. 23, 6 p.m. Elkton Football • Elkton vs. Yoncalla Sept. 24, 4 p.m.