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OCTOBER 21, 2021 | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
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from B1
down to the final week and three
teams possibly in contention for
the top spot.
The Lions would take control in
the first set after gaining the lead
at 14-13 and not look back the rest
of the way.
Gracie Arnold and Izabell Sent-
ers powered the Lions with some
great hitting, to a 4-0 run growing
the lead to 17-13. Cottage Grove
held firm control the rest of the set
when Senters served an ace mak-
ing it 24-17 Lions then Arnold
closed out the set with a huge hit
LIONS
giving Cottage Grove a 25-17 set
victory.
The second set would virtual-
ly be back and forth until Junc-
tion City took the lead at 13-12.
Kaylee Glazer would cement her
place as her hits grew the lead to
20-15, forcing Coach Ladd to have
to burn her second timeout of the
set.
The Lions tried to rally, adding
points from a couple Junction
City hits going out of bounds, but
would fall just short as the Tigers
took the second set 25-23.
Cottage Grove took a very ear-
ly 3-0 lead on Junction City, but
the Tigers would quickly flip the
script after the score reached 4-3
from B1
the first quarter. Parker Nelson on the last
drive of the quarter for the Lions would
start to find a groove as he ran for a gain of
30 yards down to the Marist 45-yard-line.
On fourth and eight, Nelson dropped
back to pass and got a lucky bounce as the
ball bounced off a Marist defensive back
into the hand of receiver Hayden Peterson
for a big gain down to the Marist 25-yard-
line.
Later in the series, the Lions would draw
a pass interference penalty against the
Spartans that moved the ball down to the
GIRLS
from B1
North Douglas would
bring high energy
in the first set as the
Warriors jumped out to
an early 9-5 lead with
three aces coming from
senior Cydni Dill.
The crowd was loud
and the fans were very
vocal for their home-
town Warriors, but
Creswell would not get
rattled as they fought
back, cutting the North
Douglas lead down to
one at 13-12.
Coach Reed would call
a timeout to get mo-
mentum back on their
side as another senior
Halli Vaughn had a
huge hit to get the
Warrior lead back up
to two at 18-16.
Creswell would take
in favor of Junction City and they
would take control of the forth set.
The Tigers kept Cottage Grove at
bay the rest of the set as the Lions
never got closer than five at 19-14.
Glazer would be a key factor again
at the end of the set adding two
hits to help close out the set for the
Tigers 25-16.
With Junction City having a lead
of two sets to one, Cottage Grove
were looking to make a comeback
in the fourth and force a fifth set.
The start would be very tight as
both teams exchanged points until
a 6-6 tie. The Lions would get out
in front after two mistakes by the
Junction City defense and more
hits from Senters and Arnold.
Marist 12-yard-line as the quarter came to
a close (Marist 28-0).
Nelson would rush two times to start the
second quarter for a 10-yard score getting
the Lions on the board (28-7 Marist). The
Spartans offense continued to be a difficult
matchup for the Lions defense as they add-
ed another score from 18 yards out (35-7
Marist).
Cottage Grove would try to match the
score as Nelson got another lucky bounce
off of a Marist defensive player into the
hands of Peterson for an 11-yard gain. Nel-
son would take two runs for 29 yards down
to the Marist 36-yard-line. The Lions were
the beneficiary of a penalty called on the
the lead late in the set,
but Brooke McHaffie
and Cydni Dill would
give the Warriors new
life when they lead the
team on a run to tie
the game at 24 apiece.
But after a hit out
of bounds by North
Douglas and an ace
from Creswell’s Emme
Whitson, the Bulldogs
took the first set 26-24.
The second set emulat-
ed the first as neither
team could really sep-
arate from one another
until Creswell sopho-
more Kyla Ellis had two
big blocks at the net to
make the Creswell lead
18-16. The Bulldogs
tacked on three more
points as their lead
grew to 21-16.
Coach Reed called a
timeout for the War-
riors and was able to
reset her team as they
responded out of the
break going on a 3-0
run to cut the Bulldogs
lead to two, 21-19.
Creswell captured mo-
mentum again as they
had a set victory in
their clutches 24-21 but
Vaughn tried to spark a
North Douglas come-
back as the Warriors
cut into the Creswell
lead again making the
score 24-23. A huge
block by the Creswell
defense would end the
North Douglas second
set comeback hopes as
Creswell took the set
25-23 giving them a
2-0 set lead.
In the third set, the
pattern continued as
neither team could get
a lead larger than three
points. Dill would
serve an ace giving
North Douglas a 17-14
lead in the third set.
Junction City would hang
around and continue to pressure
the Lions as they tied the game at
16. The Tigers took the lead at 17-
16 and grew their lead as the set
went on. The visiting team bench
started to get louder after a long
rally went the Tigers’ way and
their lead extended to 21-17.
Cottage Grove took their last
timeout trying to find a spark in
their offense but would only mus-
ter three more points the rest of
the set. Junction City continued
to ride the momentum all the way
to a 25-20 set win and ended the
Lions’ hope for a fifth set. The Ti-
gers rode the bus home with a 3-1
victory over Cottage Grove.
Spartans that moved the ball down to the
Marist 22-yard-line.
But the offense wasn’t able to capitalize
and instead opted for a field goal. Chase
Cordin lined up for the 31-yard try and
made it through the uprights as the Lions
scored on back-to-back possessions (35-10
Marist).
Marist’s offense proved to be perfect in
the first half as they scored on all of their
drives, totaling 42 points and adding a spe-
cial teams touchdown blocking a Cottage
Grove punt in the endzone and recovering
it for the score.
Nelson and the Cottage Grove offense
had just over a minute and a half before
Ellis would make more
impact plays for Cre-
swell as she slammed
an overpass by the
Warriors cutting the
lead to one at 17-16.
The set would contin-
ue to seesaw back and
forth all the way into
the 20s.
Creswell would take a
two-point lead after a
hit from Emme Whit-
son and an ace gave
them a 24-22 lead and
forced the Warrior side
to take a timeout.
The Warriors would
hit the ball into the net
giving Creswell the set
“We just didn’t play to our po-
tential that we know we can reach
because we’ve seen ourselves reach
it this season and we just didn’t do
it against them,” said Coach Ladd
after the game. “We’re definitely
focused on coming back together
as a team so we can support each
other through the hardships and
through the frustrating times and
really diving into bringing it back
together as a team and building
each other back up.”
Cottage Grove still has an inside
track for the league and playoffs
as they will face other top league
contender Siuslaw for the possible
deciding league game on senior
night Oct. 21 at 6 p.m.
halftime and that would prove to be plenty
of time for the Lions. Nelson was able to
find Peterson again for a 57-yard touch-
down pass giving the Lions the last score
before halftime (49-16 Marist).
The Spartans would add another score
before the game concluded and the Li-
ons ended their night with 16 points as
the final score would be 56-19 in favor of
Marist.
Marist proved why they are one of the
best teams in all of 4A, but the Lions will
look to build on some positive offensive
plays as they travel over to the coast to
play a winless Newport team on Oct. 22 at
7 p.m.
victory 25-22 and win- one more game each
on Thursday Oct. 21.
ning the game 3-0.
The Warriors host an-
“We played well, we
other strong opponent
just did not play well
when we needed to put in Reedsport for a tune
up game before their
the game away,” said
Coach Reed “We made conference tournament
the following weekend.
a lot of mistakes. In
While the Bulldogs
the end, we had every
finish out their confer-
opportunity to win all
ence slate by traveling
three of those sets and
to La Pine.
just made mistakes.
So, give credit to them.
They’re a very scrappy
Stat leaders
team, they hit well.
But I felt like that was
North Douglas:
a game that we lost
Brooke McHaffie 9 kills
ourselves.”
Halli Vaughn 12 kills
Both Creswell and
Cydni Dill 4 kills, 4 aces
North Douglas have
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