Cottage Grove Sentinel
Sports & Recreation
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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.
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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
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COURTESY OF JAYDEN TUCKER
The Lions football team talks strategy during a timeout in their
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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
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