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GOLDENDALE, WASHINGTON
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JARYD@GOLDENDALESENTINEL.COM
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SPORTS EDITOR
The Goldendale volleyball team got
in its first action by winning five of six
sets on Sept. 5 at the Granger Jam-
boree, and extracted a bit of revenge
with a three-set sweep over the Colum-
bia High School (White Salmon) Bru-
ins, who beat the Timberwolves to
open last season.
"They played really good (Thurs-
day) night. That was a solid team they
beat," head coach Jodi Bellamy said.
The Timberwolves took the first
two sets handily against White
Salmon, winning 25-17 and 25-13 before
a closer third set (25-21) that went in
Goldendale's favor.
It was a dominant night serving for
the Timberwolves, who served at a 95-
percent clip and also recorded 12 aces
as a team.
"(The serving) was huge and I think
it really shows the kids how important
it really is," Bellamy said. "I've been
really trying to improve that the last
few years because that hasn't been our
strong suit.
"The thing that makes me really
happy is seeing that Talia (John-
son), Allison (Gilliam), and Sierra
(Plum) are leading the way there as
seniors. That's really exciting," she
added.
Plum served 12 for 12 and had two
aces, Gilliam went 20 for 21 hitting
from the back line with three aces, and
Johnson was a perfect nine for nine
and added an ace of her own against
the Bruins. Senior Abby Mains also
had a pair of aces and junior Tori Tall-
man led the team with four service
aces on the night.
Along with the serving, Goldendale
also enjoyed a good night hitting and
passing. Seven players recorded a kill
with 18 coming from Mains while
Plum set the team up with 31 assists
over the three sets.
they did great at the jamboree," Bel-
lamy said.
The Timberwolves are on the road
again on Thursday for their first
South Central Athletic Conference
West match. They travel to Zillah for a
6:30 p.m. meeting with the Leopards.
Goldendale won in five sets last
year on the road at Zillah, and Bellamy
said the team will be honed in this
week at practice to prepare for its
league rival.
"They have a big hitter in the mid-
dle, a girls that's like 6-foot-2, so we're
going to work on extending her and
making her work," Bellamy said.
"We're extremely focused," she
adaed. "We'll be (worKing on) great
serving and great serve receive, we do
a lot of drilling in practice on that.
In the jamboree two days earlier in That has improved over last year al-
Granger, the Timberwolves won two ready and we'll keep after it."
sets easily against both Toppenish and After Thursday's meeting with the
College Place, and split with Kiona Leopards, the Timberwolves are right
Benton 25-20 and 20-25. back in action on Friday for a tourna-
Goldendale again had success serv- ment at the SunDome in Yakima with
ing the ball with a 90-percent rate the opening match starting at 9 a.m.
along with 22 serves throughout the Goldendale then faces the Naches
six sets. Rangers in its home opener next Tues-
"I thought that as a whole group day with first serve at 6:30 p.m.
BRITTANY ALLEN FILE
PHOTO
BUMP, SET, SPIKE:
Abby Mains bumps
the ball while
Allison Gilliam looks
on during a game
last year. Mains had
a team-best 18 kills
against White
Salmon last week
while Gilliam con-
nected on 20 of 21
serves with three
aces.
Lyle-Wishram volleyball
falls to Stevenson to open
JARYD CLINE
SPORTS EDITOR
The small Lyle-Wishram
volleyball team gave the Class
1A Stevenson Bulldogs all
they could handle on Friday
in Lyle, but there were just a
few too many mistakes for the
Cougars to overcome in their
first nonleague match of the
season.
With just 10 girls and five
who are returning varsity
players, the Cougs battled
back and forth with the Bull-
dogs but couldn't hang on
down the stretch in each set
of the three-set loss (18-25, 18-
25 and 23-25) to the team 32
miles down the Columbia
River.
Lyle-Wishram held leads in
each of the three sets and
scored five straight points to
tie the third set at 23 in hopes
of forcing a fourth set, but
couldn't hang on after a long
rally that went in the Bull-
dogs favor which led to the
win.
The Cougars struggled at
times, but also played really
well at times. A big part of
both struggles and success
was the team's serving. The
team as a whole recorded 16
service aces, including three
straight from senior Morgan
Bowman early in the first
set that put the Cougs up 5-2.
Junior Amber Tompkins
also served back to back
aces later in that first set to
give the team a 9-8 lead and a
Stevenson serving error ties
the set at 13, but the Bull-
dogs scored the next five
JARYD CLINE
SERVICE: Junior Amber
Tompkins serves during last
Friday's game against
Stevenson.
points and closed out the set
25-18.
The Bulldogs pulled out to
a seven point lead in the sec-
ond set at 18-11 but the
Cougars pulled within two
moments later and trailed
just 20-18. Stevenson stopped
Lyle's rally, scoring the next
five points to take the set
and go up 2-0. Junior Alex
Miller had two service aces
in the second set for the
Cougars and added another
in the closely contested third
set.
Tompkins had three aces
in the third and decisive set
and senior Vanessa Ordaz
had two straight aces that
put the Cougs up 8-6 early
on. Lyle-Wishram later was
on top 9-8, but that was the
last time they held the lead,
although their furious
comeback fell just short
after the Bulldogs were able
to steal a point after a long
rally with the game knotted
at 23.
There were also a handful
of mistakes the Cougs made
in their first full game that
should be easy to fix, and
there's no doubt that the team
should only improve from
there.
Along with the three aces
against Stevenson, Tompkins
contributed four kills and five
blocks. Bowman, who led the
team with four aces, had
three kills and tied with
Miller for the team lead in
with seven service points. Se-
nior Abby Hawkins made
seven perfect passes to lead
the Cougs while Tompkins
and Miller had five perfect
passes each.
The Cougars were in ac-
tion Tuesday for their first
Eastern Washington Athlet-
ic Conference match, play-
ing White Swan, but results
weren't available by press
time. They return to the
court for Friday's SunDome
Volleyball Fest Tourna-
ment.
JARYD CLINE
SPORTS EDITOR
After playing their season
opener against Stevenson
with just 15 players, the Lyle-
Wishram:Klickitat Cougars
were down to just 13 players
when they took the field last
Friday against the Tri-Cities
Prep Jaguars.
Having just two subs
played a big part in the game
as the Cougars dropped their
first Eastern Washington
Athletic Conference contest
42-8 to the Jaguars.
After a week of practic}.ng
Jii the gym because of the
poor air quality outside, the
LWK coaching staff focused
on how to contain Jaguars
quarterback Kobe Singleton
on offense, but the sophomore
did more damage on defense
with two interceptions.
The teams traded punts
early in the opening quarter
before Tri-Cities Prep went up
7-0 after a 60 yard screen pass
in which the runner broke
multiple tackles along the way
The Cougars also hurt
themselves with a few
turnovers as well early on
and the Jags capitalized, scor-
ing right after an interception
that put them on top 13-0.
"We're just giving them
points guys," Cougars head
coach Antoine Montoya told
his group after falling behind.
The lack of depth for the
Cougars, was a big factor in
the game, having only two
subs all game. Their defense
was able to come up with big
stops at times, but having just
13 players suited up really
hurt the team.
Tri-Cities Prep went up 27-
0 with 31 seconds left in the
JARYD CLINE
DEFENSIVE STAND: Cougars senior defensive back Reco Quintero
drags a Tri-Cities Prep ballcarrier down during Friday's game in Lyle.
half, and recovered an onside
kick on the ensuing kickoff.
They took a shot to the end-
Zone, but freshman Robbie
Door came up big with his
second interception this sea-
son, earning the nickname
Robbie Island.
With the clock running low,
sophomore running back
Brandon Montoya lined up
wide, and senior quarterback
Jeramiah Osterander avoided
the rush, scrambled to the
right and hit Montoya in
stride for what seemed to be a
scrimmage when he fired the
deep bomb to Montoya.
The Cougs went into half-
time down, but not Out. They
held the Jags to one score in
the third quarter but still had
trouble on offense.
They were forced to punt
again with around 4:21 left,
but senior Reco Quintero
raced up field and popped the
ball loose from the return
man, giving the ball back to
the Cougs.
With the ball on their own
side of the field early in the
62 yard touchdown bomb to ' fourth quarter, the Cougs got
put the Cougs on the board, onto the board for the first
However, a familiar yellow time after Montoya ripped off
penalty flag negated the a long run to the endzone.
touchdown. Osterander was
abouta yard past the line of See Cougars, Page 13
Wolves, drop rare Monday game at College Place, prep for Cougars
JARYD CLINE
SPORTS EDITOR
Originally set for last Fri-
day, Goldendale's nonleague
gridiron contest against Col-
lege Place was pushed to
Monday because of all the
smoke in the area. A rarity to
have a varsity game played on
Monday, Goldendale head
coach Alan Hale said the
weird schedule was tough for
everyone as the Wolves fell 26-
8 to the Hawks.
Because of the poor air
quality, the Timberwolves
spent the majority of the
week practicing inside the
gym. As you can expect,
there's not much for football
players to do inside a gym.
"Being in the gym is not
easy and it's not fun," Hale
said.
He also said the team
worked a lot on body weight
movements and weight train-
ing, and took a lot of mental
reps during the low impact
practices.
Playing on a Monday
though, definitely was some-
thing that Hale and the rest of
the staff, along with the kids,
weren't used to.
"It was definitely weird,"
Hale said. "Not ideal. It really
throws everyone off. Their
bodies just aren't used to it."
Usually the team is going
over film in preparation of
the upcoming opponent on
Mondays, and having a three
hour bus ride to College
Place, which is just west of
Walla Walla, affected the
team's rhythm on the field.
Hale said that the team had
some chances to put the ball
into the endzone that fell
through.
"There were some missed
opportunities for us scoring
wise that we missed here and
there that made a difference,"
he said.
However, toward the start
of the second quarter, the
Timberwolves got the big play
that they've been missing this
season. Starting a drive at
their own 20, junior running
back Brian Waddell got the
ball and exploded 80 yards for
the touchdown.
"That was awesome," Hale
said. "He was breaking tackles
all the way up the field. He's a
definite workhorse for us."
Waddell's score, however,
came shortly after senior
quarterback Alex Mains left
the game with a shoulder in-
jury. Junior John David
Pomerinke went under center
in Mains' absence, and is
ready to go if Mains misses
more time.
Despite the 26 College
Place points, the Goldendale
defense was solid, aside from
one long scoring play
The Hawks had the ball
near the goal line a couple of
times and Goldendale was
able to hold them scoreless.
"The defense just worked
their butts off and stopped
them," Hale said.
See Wolves, Page 13
JARYD CLINE
DROPPING BACK: Goldendale senior quarterback Alex Mains
scans the field while looking for an open man during the team's
opening game against White Salmon on Aug. 31.
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