Gazette-Times

Crescent Valley sweeps South Albany in MWC volleyball

ALBANY - Corvallis High let a 20-15 first-game lead slip away on Tuesday and West Albany never let the Spartans back in the Mid-Willamette Conference volleyball match, taking a 3-0 victory.

Game scores were 25-23, 25-13, 25-16.

"We had a really good first game," CHS coach Amy Wright said. "We were ahead 20-15 and we let up. We never got it back together."

Corvallis (2-1) will host Crescent Valley on Thursday.

"We were hoping be the clash of the undefeateds, but…" Wright said.

Cres. Valley 3, S. Albany 0

Kati Nelson had 10 service aces and Hanna Lorenz had 20 assists for Crescent Valley in the Mid-Willamette Conference match. Game scores were 25-8, 26-24, 25-17.

Christy Reed had seven kills and Cassie Daneke had five kills and two blocks. All 14 players made contributions, CV (3-0) coach Cory Barton said.

"The first game, we knew we had it handled and we tried different things," Barton said.

Oakridge 3, Monroe 1

OAKRIDGE - Samantha Boyd had 12 kills and five blocks to lead Oakridge to the Mountain View Conference victory.

Game scores were 25-20, 20-25, 25-12, 25-18.

Monroe was led by Kim Thompson with eight aces and seven blocks and Clara Crocker had nine digs. Monroe (1-3) will host Riddle on Thursday.

Triangle Lake 3, Alsea 1

BLACHLY - Triangle Lake controlled play in the final three games to defeat Alsea in the Mountain West League match.

Game scores were 23-25, 25-12, 25-22, 25-22. Alsea (2-5, 0-3) hosts Lifegate on Thursday.

S. Christian 3, Jefferson 0

JEFFERSON - Tayla Woods and Kiersten Hendrix combined for 28 assists in a PacWest Conference match. Game scores were 25-18, 25-16, 25-18.

Woods had 11 kills and 15 assists for the Eagles (5-0, 3-0), while Kristin Knaupp had eight kills and 7 digs. Tiffany Land added seven kills and Corrie Bellamy had eight digs.

SC plays at Creswell of Thursday.

Newport 3, Philomath 0

NEWPORT - The Cubs won the Val-Co League match by 25-19, 25-14 and 25-21.

Skye Houke and Juleia Dooley had four kills each for PHS (2-1), which is home with Central on Thursday.

Boys soccer

ALBANY - Curtis Burwell created opportunities for his Santiam Christian teammates and the result was a 5-0 victory over East Linn Christian in the 3A/2A/1A Special District 4 opener for both squads.

Mark Huff scored twice for SC (2-0-2, 1-0-0). Andrew Conniff had a goal and an assist.

SC plays at Jefferson on Friday.

Santiam Christian 5, East Linn Christian 0

First half

SC: Mark Huff, 8:00

SC: Andrew Conniff (PK), 18:00

SC: Huff (Conniff), 25:00

Second half

SC: Timo Hohman 60:00

SC: William Harvey (PK), 68:00