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Newspaper Page TextCottage Grove Sentinel Sports & Recreation B1 THURSDAY | DECEMBER 30, 2021 What the OSAA league changes mean for local teams ODFW R ECREATION AND F ISHING R EPORT myodfw.com/recreation-report By Kendrick Murphy kmurphy@cgsentinel.com Updated December 30, 2021 Report your hunt Just a reminder that all big game and turkey hunters who bought a tag need to report their hunt, even if they didn’t hunt or take an animal. Also a reminder that reporting early will help you avoid the last minute crush of procrastinators. Learn more about how to report by vis- iting myodfw.com/articles/report-your- hunt. Winter steelhead tips The first winter steelhead of the year are being caught in several coastal riv- ers. If you’re hoping for a successful steelhead season, we’ve got some win- ter steelhead fishing tips that just might help at myodfw.com/articles/10-tips- catch-more-winter-steelhead. Best bets for weekend fishing: While the Alsea is currently the best spot on the mid-coast to target early winter steelhead, the Siletz and Siuslaw should also be seeing their first steelhead soon – if they haven’t already. Steelhead anglers are catching hatchery steelhead in the East Fork and West Fork Millico- ma rivers in the Coos Basin even with high muddy water. Nehalem hatchery released 60 surplus winter steelhead into Coffenbury Lake recently and another 150 into Vernonia Pond last week. Starting in the fall of 2022 the Sky-Em league where Cottage Grove currently plays and the Mountain Val- ley Conference that Creswell is a part of will look a little differently for the next four years going into 2026. Cot- PHOTOS BY KENDRICK MURPHY/CG SENTINEL tage Grove has been a part of (Left) The Sky-Em league will lose two members and pick up one new one with the new the Sky-Em league since the league changes. (Below) The Mountain Valley conference will look very different heading into the fall of 2022. See OSAA B4 Creswell girls back on winning side against Toledo Sports Calendar Dec. 30 • Cottage Grove Boys Basketball @ Sisters (Sisters Holiday Shootout) 7 p.m. • Cottage Grove Girls Basketball @ Stayton (SCTC Holiday Classic) 7 p.m. • North Douglas Boys Basketball @ Toledo (Toledo Holiday Tournament) 7 p.m. • North Douglas Girls Basketball @ Toledo (Toledo Holiday Tournament) 7 p.m. PHOTOS BY KENDRICK MURPHY/CG SENTINEL (Left) Emma Maness gets ready for a pair of free throws in the 69-28 win over Toledo. (Right) Kendyl Whitson makes the jump- er against Toledo. By Kendrick Murphy kmurphy@cgsentinel.com In each of their previous three wins, the Creswell girls basketball team scored 54 or 55 points against their op- ponents. But against Toledo, the Bulldogs well exceeded that number scoring nearly 70 and getting the 69-28 win over the visiting Boomers se- curing a winning record (4-3) before their next game on Jan. 4 against Junction City. “Winning always makes you feel better,” said Head Coach Tyler Hollingsworth. “So it was good to go into Christ- mas break on a positive note and let our team enjoy it. But now that they have come back and we have some work to do to take the next step.” The Bulldogs totaled 29 See GIRLS B3 Bulldog boys wallop Toledo By Kendrick Murphy kmurphy@cgsentinel.com KENDRICK MURPHY/CG SENTINEL Caleb Lee fights through contact from the Toledo defense for the bucket. Athlete of the Week steals in their win, Samairah Quinones made her presence felt in the paint grabbing 15 rebounds and tying her team- mate Emme Whitson with 18 points. Whitson also added 8 This week’s athlete of the week is Creswell girls basketball player Samairah Quinones. Quinones had 18 points and 18 rebounds in the Bulldogs 69-28 win over Toledo. Quinones had a big day for the Creswell girls team recording a double-dou- ble against while shooting 53% on FGs. PHOTO BY KENDRICK MURPHY/CG SENTINEL The Bulldog boys basketball team is going to see their winning streak contin- ue into the new year after they picked up another win in dominant fashion over a good Toledo program 72-42. Creswell outscored the Boomers in every quar- ter of the game and are now averaging over 71 points per game during their win streak and holding their opponents to just under 40 points. “They’ve come a long way and they’ve bought into how we want them to play,” said Head Coach Jesse Thomas. “And honestly, I think the adjustment and the buy into the playstyle that we think fits best with this group. It’s made all the difference in the world and, you know we’ve been challenged a little bit. But we’ve played pretty darn well in most of these games.” Max Velarde now has four games with a double-double on the season, scoring 23 points and grabbing 11 rebounds against Toledo. Caleb Lee made four of six three to also score 23 points, while Connor Hanson added 12 points. “Our defense has been key,” said Cre- swell Forward Max Velarde. “Offensively our team is shooting the ball really good from deep. And some of our guys like See BOYS B2