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GOLDENDALE, WASHINGTON
NOVEMBER 15, 2017 -- 13
COUGS AT STATE: Left: Sophomore Brandon Montoya gets ready
defense and prepare to slow clown the powerful Liberty offense.
to stiff-arm
PHOTOS COURTESY BRANDON CLINE
a Lancer during the team's opening round state contest against Liberty on Saturday in Spangle. Right: The Cougs line up on
JARYD CLINE Cougars. They also had won at least don Montoya was the main source of recovering a fumble. Nov. 3, LWK outscored its opponents
SPORTS EDITOR one game at state the previous two offense for the Cougs, but was most- Before the game even started the 274-95 while averaging over 45 points
years and lost 34-16 in last year's ly held in check by the Lancers. Cougs were hit with adversity The per contest.
The special season for the Lyle- state championship game against Montoya scored on the ground in starting center injured himself ear- They rolled into the district
Wishram-Klickitat gridders came to Napavine. the second quarter and finished lier in the week and missed the crossover game and knocked off
an end over the weekend in the Liberty opened the game with with 40 yards on 10 carries. He also game. Midway through the game an- Oroville 32-22 in a game that really
opening round of the 2017 2B State five touchdowns in the opening broke through for a 94 yard punt re- other linemen exited with an injury wasn't as close as the final score in-
Football Championships. It was the quarter, and ran for 298 yards be- turn to the house in the third quar- and the team was down to just four dicated, and faced a tough draw
first time an ll-man Cougars' team hind a big and tough offensive line. ter that gave the Cougars 14 points offensive linemen, having to swap when they were matched up with
advanced to state since 1978. However, that didn't stop the after a two-point conversion, other players in at the tough posi- Liberty
The Cougars, the No. 5 seed from Cougs from battling the entire way. The 14 points Liberty surren- tion. It was a crazy Saturday for the
Districts 5 and 6, matched up with They heard the chatter early in the dered to the Cougs was tied for the But that's how this season went rest of the teams from the Eastern
the 11-0 and No. 1 seed from District season. People saying they would most they've allowed all year, while for the shorthanded Cougars. They Washington Athletic Conference at
7 Liberty Lancers on Saturday in be lucky to win a game this year holding opponents to fewer than 10 started the season out with 15 play- state. Tri-Cities Prep, entering state
Spangle, who had an obvious num- playing ll-man football with so few points in a game seven times this ers suited up against Stevenson on at 9-1 overall and as the No. 1 seed
bers and size advantage, kids. And that they weren't very season. Sept. 1, and were down to just 13 from District 6 who beat the Cougs
The Lancers surged in the first good offensively after scoring just Lineman Elijah McCullough once players a week later against Tri- 42-8 on Sept. 8, lost to Asotin 31-14.
quarter and cruised the rest of the 14 points in the first two games of again paced the Cougs defensively, Cities Prep on Sept. 8, both losses. The DeSales Irish, the No. 5 seed
way in the 57-14 win that eliminated the season, once again finishing with double However, the team added a few from District 5 and 6 who lost to the
the Cougars from the playoffs. Falling behind 36-0 after the open- digit tackles with 11. The senior was more bodies down the road, the Cougs 34-9 on Oct. 20, knocked off
Ranked as the No. 3 team in the ingquarter, LWK held Liberty score- tough and gritty up front and defi- team continued improving and District 5 No. 1 seed Manson to ad-
state among Class 2B schools, the less in the second quarter but the nitely will be missed next season, gelling, and the Cougs entered state vance to the second round of state.
Lancers boasted a big roster with 37 Lancers were able to tack on three Montoya finished with eight tack- hotter than a pistol as winners of DeSales will face Liberty on Satur-
players that were simply bigger, more scores in the second half. les and a sack, and junior Jarren their last six games. During their six day at 6 p.m. in the second round of
faster, and stronger than the Sophomore running back Bran- Leslie also had eight tackles while game win streak from Sept. 29 to state.
HALL OF FAME
From Page 14
The award was long overdue for one
of the best and most consistent coach-
es in school history,
Every year since she took over at
Goldendale in 2001, you could pretty
much pencil the Timberwolves in as a
lock to reach the SCAC District Tour-
nament at the end of the regular sea-
son. She's led the Wolves to districts in
15 of her 16 seasons, along with seven
trips to the state tournament.
To put into perspective how domi-
nant and impressive the volleyball pro-
gram's run has been since the turn of
the century, its seven state appearances
is more than double that of any other
Goldendale team sport since 2000.
With all the league titles and post-
season appearances, Bellamy is the
last person to bring up her personal
achievements and success, giving all
the credit to the good group of girls al-
ways on her teams.
The Goldendale spikers also have
earned the SCAC Sportsmanship
award in four of the last five seasons
and it isn't just about volleyball for the
teams she's coached.
JARYD CLINE
RUNS IN THE FAMILY: Larry and Jodi Bellamy pose for a picture shortly after Jodi was
honored on Saturday at the SunDome. Larry's been one of her biggest supporters,
never missing a match while also playing a big part in creating the team's highlight
videos. Their daughter, Kylee Barnes, is an assistant coach on the team.
"The idea that she has standards, before taking over the helm of the
are important to her. She's unyielding Timberwolves in 2001.
in her expectations of good behavior, Bellamy became the first female ath-
good attitude, and team-oriented lete in the Valley to score l,000 points on
philosophies," Goldendale assistant the basketball court back in her high
coach Tiffany Ferch said. "I just really school days, and then Goldendale girls
appreciate that." hoops coach Dennis Birney approached
She had her team-first attitude long her about possibly honoring her for the
achievement before a home game.
"Her comment was 'No, it's a team
(achievement).' That was her attitude. She
had a team-fwst attitude," Birney said.
Along with the notion that team
work makes the dream work, she has
also been able to bring her teams to-
gether with good chemistry which can
be harder than it sounds with a group
of high school girls.
:"She made us trustin each oth@.
We were really good teams because we
got along," Ferch said.
?There's just some quality about
Jodi that brings teams together," she
said. "She makes it about the sport.
She makes it about her team. Every-
thing else is just noise."
Ferch is in her third year coaching
at Goldendale, starting as the middle
school coach in 2014 while spending
the past two years as an assistant with
the Timberwolves.
Her love of the sport drew Ferch to
coaching, but was pulled in at the opportu-
nity to be reunited with her former coach.
"Jodi was my coach (in high school)
so I wanted to learn from the best,"
Ferch said. 'And she is literally the
best coach I've had."
"She's all about loyalty and dedica-
tion and hard work," Ferch said.
Dodgeball
registration
still open
There is still time to
register a team for this
weekend's ninth annual
dodgebalI ,tournameiiti
sponsored by the Gol e
dale Middle School Par-
ent Teacher Organiza-
tion.
The tournament starts
Saturday at 5:30 p.m. with
registration starting an
hour earlier.
Registration packets
accepted to the GMS of-
fice until Friday at 3 p.m.
Teams are made up of six
players, and each team is
$30 to register.
However, teams can
still register up until 4:30
Saturday, although the
price for a late register-
ing team is $60.
Admission for specta-
tors is $1.
SPIKERS
From Page 14
Goldendale was bumped into the
loser's bracket after facing a tough
Lynden Christian team that went on
to finish third place.
The Lyncs topped the Timber-
wolves in three sets (10-25, 14-25, and
11-25) which slated the Wolves to
play the Castle Rock Rockets in an
elimination game Saturday
Sierra Plum was Goldendale's re-
cipient of the sportsmanship medal-
lion for the match.
Combined stats from the first two
games:
Sierra Plum 38 assists, nine digs,
three kills; Abby Mains 17 kills, five
blocks; Allison Gilliam 15-15 serv-
ing, three aces, 10 perfect passes, 16
digs, seven kills; Tori Tallman 17-18
serving, two aces, three kills, three
digs, one block; Delaney Peters 4-4
serving, one ace, one kill; Talia
Johnson 14-15 serving, two aces, 16
digs, 35 perfect passes, two kills;
Alyssa Weis 24-25 serving, 16 perfect
passes, 16 digs, seven kills; Taylor
Rising 10 kills, seven digs, 11-13 serv-
ing, two aces; Kylee Beam three per-
fect passes, one dig; Reanna Holy-
cross two digs..
Saturday
The Timberwolves trailed just
once (1-2) in the opening set against
Castle Rock, leading by as many as
six points (23-17) in the first set win
over the Rockets. However, the Rock-
ets rallied to win the fmal three sets
for the four-set win (25-20, 11-25, 20-25,
and 20-25) to stay alive in the tourney
A tough hitting second set, and
strong fmishes from the Rockets late
in each the third and fourth sets sent
Goldendale home just shy of placing.
Castle Rock went on to face
Kiona-Benton in the fifth/sixth
place game, falling in five sets. how things fell into place after a tur-
Holycross was awarded the sports- bulent middle of the season.
manship medallion for this game. They defeated the East's No. 1
seed Kiona Benton in a tough and
Castle Rock game stats: exciting five-set match on Hal-
Sierra Plum 39 assists, two kills, loween and used a flurry of kills late
20 digs, 20-21 serving, tw aces; Abby from Mains against La Salle Nov. 4
Mains 25 kills, four digs; Allison to win in four sets after trailing 22-14
Gilliam 14-14 serving, 17 perfect in the fourth set.
passes, 13 digs, three kills, four Mains put the finishing touches
blocks; Talia Johnson 11-11 serving, on the sweet win against La Salle,
26 perfect passes, 26 digs; Alyssa which not only put the Wolves in the
Weis six kills, 19 perfect passes, 18 championship game, but dropped
digs, 11-11 serving; Taylor Rising 12- the Lightning into the loser's brack-
12 serving, six perfect passes, five et, where they later were eliminated
digs, five kills; Tori Tallman six after falling to Ki-Be in the
kills, six digs, one block; Delaney Pc- third/fourth place game.
ters one kill, one dig. Goldendale then took the opening
set from the Rangers in the champi-
Determined at districts onship match, but the Rangers ral-
It had been nine years since the lied for the 3-1 win to finish as
Wolves advanced to the state tourna- league champions.
ment, but for this year's crop of six
tough, hardworking seniors to go Senior sendoff
out on top after being so close to This year's crop of six seniors -
state in each the previous two years, Gilliam, Plum, Holycross, Beam,
was amazing for Bellamy. Mains, and Johnson, - will especial-
"To see them achieve that when it ly be missed.
was hard, it just means the world to The special group had spent
me," Bellamy said. countless hours on the court year
At the district tournament in 2015 after year with each other, sharpen-
and 2016, the Tiniberwolves lost in ing their skills and developing the
the third place/fourth place match, chemistry together.
which sent the winner to state while "They love the game and they un-
ending the other team's season, derstood when we tell them 'You
This year the Wolves left no doubt need to put the time in.' They've un-
at districts, winning their first two derstood that and they've done
games at the tourney to guarantee that," Bellamy said.
one of the conference's three bids to It wasn't just on the court that the
state with the berth in the league senior class helped the team grow.
championship game. They've also been big leaders by ex-
The road to state definitely wasn't ample to an extra-large freshman
easy for the Timberwolves, who class this year.
faced an uphill battle throughout "Our goal is when we have fresh-
the district tournament, men come in to be able to say 'OK, if
"Underdogs" in every game at dis- you need to know how to act or you
tricts as the South Central Athletic want to know how we roll around
Conference West's No. 4 seed, the Tim- here, then you look at those se-
berwolves players and coaches didn't niors,'" Bellamy said.
see themselves as the fourth best team "I could generally say that this
on the west side, however that's just year for these kids," she added.
"They're an excellent example of
teamwork, teammates, and just
being all about the team first. They
really did a good job of that. We're
really going to miss them."
Leading by example
Nearly a decade since the team
last made the state tournament,
there weren't any upper classmen
on the team with previous state ex-
perience to help prepare the rest of
the team.
However, two of the team's assis-
tant coaches, Tiffany Ferch and Kylee
Barnes, have seven years of state
tournament experience as players
under their belts and passed along
their knowledge to the group of girls
making their debuts in the SunDome.
"They were really telling them
'Take it all in and enjoy every bit of
it,' and I think that the kids did,"
Bellamy said. "We got to go out to a
nice dinner, have a limo ride, and
stay at a nice hotel."
"They loved it," she added. "They
loved every minute of it."
JARYD CLINE
TIP DRILL: Goldendale freshman
State bits Taylor Rising tips the ball over the net
• Naches Valley placed seventh during the team's opening round game
after dropping its opening game against Bellevue Christian on Friday.
against Chelan before winning its
final three against South Whidbey. Timberwolves at two games apiece.
La Center, and Freeman. Goldendale beat the Lyncs 2-0 in
• Kiona Benton finished fifth 1992 and 3-1 in the final round to fin-
after winning its opening round ish fifth in 2007. The Lyncs won 3-0
game against Overlake, falling to to eliminate Goldendale from the
Cascade, and beating Charles 2006tournament.
Wright and Castle Rock. • Castle Rock also brought its
• Prior to sweeping Bellevue state record to 2-2 against ,the Tim-
Christian in its state opener, Golden- berwolves with Saturday's win.
dale was 1-1 against the Vikings at Goldendale beat the Rockets 2-0 in
state with a 3-1 win in the opening both the 1992 and 99 tournaments,
round of the 2004 tournament and a but fell 3-0 in the opening round of
3-2 loss in the final round of the 2003 the 2006 tournament.
tournament. • The Timberwolves were mak-
• With Friday's win over the Tim- ing their 13th trip to state in school
berwolves, Lynden Christian evened history and seventh trip under Bel-
its state tournament record with the lamy's guidance.