Cottage Grove Sentinel
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THURSDAY | OCTOBER 28, 2021
Lions volleyball clinches
Sky-Em title
ODFW R ECREATION AND F ISHING
R EPORT
myodfw.com/recreation-report
Updated October 28, 2021
Several popular fisheries
close Oct. 31
Anglers have just two more weekends
to hit several popular fisheries before
they close for the season. These include:
all cutthroat fishing in coastal rivers and
streams, Pacific halibut, Laurance Lake,
Crane Prairie, Odell Lake, Wickiup
Reservoir and the Metolius River above
Allingham Bridge. These closures are
to protect migrating salmon/steelhead
smolts, and/or sensitive native species
like bull trout. Check the regulations for
more closures.
Best bets for weekend fishing
Rain on the north and mid-coast
should get Chinook moving from the
bays into freshwater.
Bradley and Butterfield lakes were
stocked recently and fishing has been
good to great.
There are good numbers of Chinook
in the Chetco River. With rain in the
forecast, look for those numbers to in-
crease.
Fall can be a great time to fish the
Rogue River above Lost Creek Reser-
voir. Trout have been stocked regularly
throughout the summer, and the cooler
temperatures have put holdover trout
on the bite. Find more tips by visiting
myodfw.com/recreation-report
Sports Calendar
Oct. 28
• CGXC @ Lane
Community College
for Sky-Em league
Championships, 12
p.m.
Oct. 29
• Cottage Grove
Football home vs.
North Eugene
(Homecoming/
Senior night) 7 p.m.
• Creswell
Football home vs.
Monroe (Senior
night) 7 p.m.
Oct. 30
• Cottage Grove
Volleyball home vs.
TBA (Playoffs)
• North Douglas
Volleyball home vs.
TBA (Playoffs)
Athlete of
the Week
KENDRICK MURPHY/CG SENTINEL
(left) Gracie Arnold tries to close out the second set with a hit over the Siuslaw defense. (right) Dazjah Tinsley goes for one of
her four kills in the Lions 3-2 win over Siuslaw.
By Kendrick Murphy
kmurphy@cgsentinel.com
Earlier in the season, Lions vol-
leyball had to come back down
2-0 on the road against Siuslaw,
but would claw their way back to
earn their first five-set victory of
the season. Last Thursday’s game
was just as close, but the stakes
were even higher.
Cottage Grove hosted Siu-
slaw on senior night and with a
chance to clinch their first league
title since 2018. After another
five-set classic, the Lions would
emerge victoriously and earn the
Sky-Em league title.
“I am so proud of them and
their ability to stay mentally
tough and positive and focus on
a team mentality for that game,”
said Head Coach Abby Ladd. “So
it was rewarding to win the game,
but also rewarding to see that the
things that we had focused on
and worked on, come through
for us.”
The Lions didn’t play their best
volleyball to start and the Vikings
were able to take advantage as
they held control of the first set.
Gracie Arnold and Izabell
Senters had back-to-back hits
See TITLE B3
Newport beats Cottage Grove in
an offensive shootout
By Kendrick Murphy
kmurphy@cgsentinel.com
The Cottage Grove football team was look-
ing for a way to bounce back after running into
the buzzsaw that was Marist.
The Lions traveled to Newport on Friday
in hopes to get their first win on the road this
season. However, Newport was searching for
their first win of the season and would ul-
timately claim a 55-34 victory behind their
tough rushing attack.
In the middle of the first quarter, Parker
Nelson and Curtis Tucker guided the Lions’
offense down the field deep into Newport
territory. With the Lions’ offense inside the
10-yard-line, Nelson scrambled right and
looked for an open receiver, but his pass would
be intercepted in the end-zone killing the drive
for the Lions.
The first quarter ended 0-0 but the Cub’s
KENDRICK MURPHY/CG SENTINEL
Hayden Peterson gets past a couple of Newport defensive players on his way for a
See OFFENSE B3 big gain.
Creswell’s defense
keeps playoff
hopes alive
By Kendrick Murphy
kmurphy@cgsentinel.com
The Cottage Grove swim team hosted many teams from the Willamette Valley over the
past weekend for the Aqua Lions first home meet of the season. Some notable per-
formers over the weekend included: Kalee Walter getting second in the 50 yard
Butterfly and finishing first the 200 yard IM, Charles Clark second in men’s 200 yard
Butterfly, James Kelly finishing first in men’s 200 yard IM and 100 yard IM. The boys
and girls relay team both finished second in the 200 yard Medley relay races.
This week’s athlete of the
week is senior volleyball
player Peyton Kidd.
Kidd played a huge part
in the league clinching
win over Siuslaw
last Thursday. She
contributed 46 assists,
10 digs, and 4 kills.
Kidd gets
ready for a
big serve in
the Lions
close 3-2
victory over
Siuslaw.
PHOTO BY KENDRICK
MURPHY/CG SENTINEL
Creswell football traveled to Jef-
ferson for a game that was originally
supposed to be played earlier in the
season, but Jefferson’s run-in with
COVID issues caused the game to be
rescheduled for Thursday. The Bull-
dogs were looking to snap a three-
game skid and get back on the win-
ning side against the Jefferson Lions.
The conditions during the game
worsened as the rain intensified and
the field turned quickly into a mud
pit. By the end of the evening, the
white Creswell jerseys had completely
turned to a deep brown.
The Bulldogs leaned on their rush-
ing attack and their defense to propel
them over Jefferson in a low-scoring
18-12 victory keeping Creswell’s hunt
for the playoffs alive.
“It was raining, it was cold. Both
teams had a heck of a time with the
ball just because of the conditions of
the field. To start the game, the re-
sult was okay, and then as the game
moved on, it got muddier and sloppi-
er and it was tough to move the ball,”
said Creswell Head Coach Scott Wor-
sham “We basically had to go to a lot
See DEFENSE B2