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Cottage Grove Sentinel Sports & Recreation B1 THURSDAY | OCTOBER 21, 2021 Creswell edges North Douglas on senior night ODFW R ECREATION AND F ISHING R EPORT myodfw.com/recreation-report Updated October 21, 2021 Several popular fisheries close Oct. 31 Anglers have just three more weekends to hit several popular fish- eries before they close for the season. These include: all cutthroat fishing in coastal rivers and streams, Pacific halibut, Laurance Lake, Crane Prai- rie, Odell Lake, Wickiup Reservoir and the Metolius River above All- ingham Bridge. These closures are to protect migrating salmon/steelhead smolts, and/or sensitive native spe- cies like bull trout. Check the regu- lations for more closures. Hunt by Reservation The ODFW Hunt by Reservation Program brings hunters and land- owners together to provide quality hunting experiences on private land. By making a reservation online, hunters receive a permit to hunt se- lect private lands on dates pre-select- ed by landowners for more informa- tion visit myodfw.com/HBR. Upcoming duck hunting workshop Scheduled for Nov. 13 & 14, this hands-on workshop includes an ear- ly-morning duck hunt on Sauvies Island near Portland. For more in- formation, including how to register visit myodfw.com/workshops-and- events/learn-hunt-duck-hunting- workshop-2-days-workshop-full Sports Calendar Oct. 21 • Cottage Grove Volleyball home vs. Siuslaw, 6:45 p.m. • Creswell Boys soccer @ East Linn Christian Academy, 3 p.m. • North Douglas Volleyball home vs. Reedsport, 7 p.m. • Creswell Football @ Jefferson, 7 p.m. Oct. 22 • Cottage Grove Football @ Newport, 7 p.m. • Elkton Football home vs. Jewell, 3 p.m. Athlete of the Week KENDRICK MURPHY/CG SENTINEL KENDRICK MURPHY/CG SENTINEL North Douglas junor Brooklyn Williams hits the ball down the net for a Warrior point. Creswell sophomore Kyla Ellis blocks a hit from North Douglas’ Halli Vaughn By Kendrick Murphy kmurphy@cgsentinel.com In her third year as the leader for the North Douglas volleyball program, Emily Reed and her team clinched a league title the evening before they hosted fifth-ranked Creswell on senior night. “This is actually my first league title. The past two years we came in second to Days Creek,” said Coach Emily Reed. “And it feels fantastic.” Creswell had just come off an emo- tional five-set victory against rival Pleasant Hill and was ready to clash against a tough North Douglas squad. The Warriors entered the night ranked third in 1A with their only loss coming against a 2A school and they were hoping to pull a big upset last Tuesday. Creswell would come out with the victory over North Douglas in three very competitive sets. See GIRLS B2 Marist defeats Lions in first game back since pause By Kendrick Murphy kmurphy@cgsentinel.com The Lions football pro- gram had to forfeit their last two games against Elmira and Marshfield because of COVID-19 issues within the program. Top-five-ranked Marist rolled into town fresh off of a tough loss against another top 4A team in the state, Cas- cade. The Spartans’ offense has been rolling this season as they average over 45 points per game and continued their stout attack against the Lions last Thursday. Marist would get back on the winning side, however, as they rolled past Cottage Grove 56-16. Marist scored on all of their possessions in the first quarter as they jumped out to a huge 28-0 lead over the Lions who started to get a bit of offen- sive momentum at the end of See LIONS COURTESY OF JAYDEN TUCKER The Lions football team talks strategy during a timeout in their B2 first game action after a two-week COVID pause. Elkton earns fourth win in a row By Kendrick Murphy kmurphy@cgsentinel.com KENDRICK MURPHY/CG SENTINEL Elkton’s offense was able to outduel Gilchrist in the Elks 41-38 win last Saturday. Stat leaders for Elkton Offense Nathan Rausch 17 carries, 112 yards, 2 TDs Christian Halstead 1 carry, 3 yards, 1 TD Nathan Rausch 3 receptions, 90 yards, 3 TDs This week’s athlete of the week is senior Cottage Grove boys soccer player Ty Kishen. Kishen and the Lions defense has only allowed 3 goals in the past 5 games while going 3-1-1 in that span. Christian Halstead 8 receptions, 226 yards Defense Nathan Rausch FR Christian Halstead INT Kishen has been rock solid as the goal-keeper for the Lions also earning team cap- tain honors in his final season. Elkton and Gilchrist saw 10 lead changes in their hard-fought game that saw the Elks come out on top 41-38 on Saturday. Elkton was down 31-28 at the half, but the offense in the second half proved to be too much for Gilchrist as the Elks earned the come from be- hind win. “It was a great game. I mean they (Gilchrist) didn’t play like a 1-4 team,” said Elkton Coach Jeremy Lockhart. “They played just as good as us or better than us at times. That’s for sure they came out firing right away and it was a back-and-forth game.” Next week Elkton gets to continue their season in a modified version of 6-man football playoffs as they host Jewell next Friday Oct. 22 at 3 p.m. Tigers get even with Lions By Kendrick Murphy kmurphy@cgsentinel.com The Junction City volleyball team traveled down to Cottage Grove looking to even the season series after the Lions took the Tigers 3-0 down in their own turf earlier in the season. After four close sets, Junction City would come out on top 3-1 making the fight for the league title come PHOTO BY KENDRICK MURPHY/CG SENTINEL See EVEN B2
