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Cottage Grove Sentinel Sports & Recreation B1 THURSDAY | OCTOBER 7, 2021 Rayon-Wilder elevates Warriors over Eagles ODFW R ECREATION AND F ISHING R EPORT myodfw.com/recreation-report Updated October 7, 2021 General season deer opens Saturday: Don’t forget to buy your tag Remember you’ll need to buy your deer tag before the start of the season (Oct. 1). Even if you don’t plan to hunt on opening weekend. Clatsop beaches open for razor clams Razor clamming opens on the popu- lar and prolific Clatsop County beaches this Friday, Oct. 1. Razor clam abun- dance in this area is the highest seen since 2004 when ODFW began assess- ing the population. If this is your year to try razor clamming, visit myodfw.com/ articles/how-razor-clam for tips. Pheasant, chukar and partridge open Oct. 9 These popular hunts open next week and now would be a good time to prac- tice shooting a few clays and make sure your gear is ready for the upcoming sea- son. Early season duck hunting tips Duck hunting seasons open in the next week (Zone 2) or two (Zone 1). Check out these early season hunting tips at myodfw.com/articles/13-lucky- early-season-duck-hunting-tips for tar- geting resident birds. Sports Calendar Oct. 7 • Cottage Grove Volleyball @ Marshfield, 6:45 p.m. • Creswell Volleyball @ Pleasant Hill, 6 p.m. • North Douglas Volleyball home vs. Yoncalla, 6 p.m. KENDRICK MURPHY/CG SENTINEL Palu Rayon-Wilder ran for six touchdowns and over 300 yards in the North Douglas 47-13 win over rival Yoncalla last Friday. By Kendrick Murphy kmurphy@cgsentinel. com After their first loss of the season to Elkton, North Douglas has been steamrolling their oppo- nents to the tune of 65 points per game in their three-game winning streak. Unfortunately, Yon- calla hasn’t been playing the same tune as they had lost 3 consecutive games for various rea- sons, whether it be a Athlete of the Week North Douglas came out hot as their first play on offense as Ray- on-Wilder found a crease and ran for a gain of 23-yards, putting the ball deep into the Yoncalla side of the field. Two plays later Rayon-Wild- er ran in the ball from 13 yards out for the first Warriors score (7-0 ND). On Yoncalla’s first possession, the North Douglas defense stuffed them quickly. However, the Warriors fumbled the ball, leading to some ear- ly Eagle momentum. Yoncalla’s Noah Leary broke off a 15-yard run to the Eagles own 40-yard line, but they would not be able to move the ball after that. North Doug- las got the stop on fourth down and Rayon-Wilder ran the ball two plays in a row for a 30- yard War- rior score (13-0 ND). see RIVALRY B2 Lions stomp Tigers, Spartans 4-0 in league play By Kendrick Murphy kmurphy@cgsentinel.com Junction City (10-5) hosted Cottage Grove (9-2) last week for a top 10 interconference showdown with the Lions being ranked sixth and the Tigers be- ing ranked seventh. Last season, the Lions split the season series with the Tigers, winning one game in four sets and losing the other in five sets. All signs pointed to this being a close contest, but Cottage Grove would have other plans. The Cottage Grove fans traveled re- ally well and would watch their Lions put on a serving clinic in their 3-0 victory over Junction City strengthening their chanc- es at a league title. “In past years it’s been kind of us and Junction City back and forth and they have been the other top team in the league that we’ve competed against and focused on,” said Coach Abby Ladd. “So going in and taking it in three was huge.” The first set was tightly con- tested, with neither team gain- ing a real advantage until an ace by Peyton Kidd. A huge hit on the outside from Izabell Sent- ers pushed the Lions to a 13-10 lead. After Cottage Grove scored two more points off of back to back Junction City mistakes, JC called a time out while Cottage Grove led by 5 points. KENDRICK MURPHY/CG SENTINEL Cottage Grove senior Taylor McKay goes for the point against Junction City. The Tigers would rally later in the set, gaining momentum on a hitting error by Lions Taylor McKay and serving an ace. see LIONS B2 Elkton overwhelms North Lake By Kendrick Murphy kmurphy@cgsentinel.com Oct. 8 • Creswell Football home vs. Oakland, 7 p.m. • North Douglas Football @ Riddle, 7 p.m. • Elkton Football @ Prospect Charter, 7 p.m. • Yoncalla Football @ Gilchrist, 7 p.m. Oct. 11 • Cottage Grove Boys Soccer home vs. Junction City, 6:30 p.m. • Cottage Grove Girls Soccer @ Junction City, 7 p.m. COVID-related forfeit or a struggling offense. Last year North Doug- las and Yoncalla com- bined their programs and found success, but this year are standing on dif- ferent sidelines. Since 2015, North Douglas has had a 4-1 record against their rival to the North. Unfortu- nately, for Yoncalla and their crew, not much would change Friday night thanks to the huge performance of North Douglas senior Palu Ray- on-Wilder. Rayon-Wilder ran for a total of 303 yards and accounted for six touch- downs in the Warriors 47-13 win. “Now that they are full bore and have all their kids, I think they (North Douglas) are the best team in the league and probably a top five team in the state,” said Yoncalla Coach Matt Bragg. KENDRICK MURPHY/CG SENTINEL Elkton wide receiver Christian Halstead gets tackled near the goal line in the Elks 53-13 victory over North Lake. This week’s athlete of the week is Cottage Grove volleyball player Izabell Senters. Senters had 10 aces and 4 kills in the Lions 3-0 victory over Junction City last week. In their two losses this season, the Elks had given up 39 points per game but in their last two vic- tories the script have been vastly different as they have given up just over seven. Last week Elkton did not sur- render an offensive touchdown to county rival Yoncalla and this week only gave up two scores to North Lake. Elkton defeated the North Lake Cowboys 53-13 last Friday being over .500 at 3-2. “For our guys the message is defense first, which sounds odd in six-man,” said Elkton Head Coach Jeremy Lockhart. “But that is our philosophy. If we tack- le true, we give up a few yards here and there. And if one sweeps through, okay, no big deal. But we’ve got to be able to control the game on defense, so we have a chance to do what we want to do on offense.” Elkton wasted no time striking Senters serves one of her 10 aces last week against con- ference rival Junction City. PHOTO BY KENDRICK MURPHY/CG SENTINEL first on offense as Conner Ander- son was able to make a quick con- nection with teammate Christian Halstead for the score making it 6-0 Elks; the closest this matchup would be the rest of the night. North Lake and Elkton were able to put up stops on consecu- tive fourth downs after the Elks were able to stop North Lake near midfield. Elkton got the ball back with under 30 seconds left in the first quarter, which proved to be more than enough time for Anderson. Anderson was able to break off a 64-yard run for the score as the quarter came to a close making it 13-0 Elkton. Early in the second quarter, the rushing attack for Elkton seemed to find a groove after Na- than Rausch had two consecu- tive runs of 13 yards, moving the ball into North Lake territory. But a dropped pitch from Elkton allowed the Cowboys to get the possession back as they would exploit the Elks’ miscue. On the next play, Blake Her- inckx got the handoff and ran past Elkton defenders for a 67- yard score making the score 13- 6. Elkton would respond quick- ly with two scores of their own with Anderson finding Anthony Alimenti on two different occa- sions both resulting in 50-yard scores growing the lead to 26-6 at halftime. In the second half, Elkton’s see ELKS B2
