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14 - SEPTEMBER 13, 2017 !: : i :4, GOLDENDALE, WASHINGTON Complete results from the Klickitat County Fair Page 13 JARYD@GOLDENDALESENTINEL.COM JARVO CU~ 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. i: t