McKenzie Sports Report

McKenzie Varsity Sports Schedule This Week

The McKenzie Varsity Volleyball team travels to Triangle Lake on Tuesday, September 24, for a match scheduled for a 6:00 pm start. The Eagle team also travels to Mapleton on Thursday, September 26, and that match will begin at 6:00 pm.

The McKenzie Varsity Cross-Country teams travel to Cheadle Lake Park in Lebanon on Friday, September 27, to compete in the Champs Invite, sponsored by East Linn Christian Academy. The 5,000-meter Varsity Girls' race starts at 4:30 p.m., and the 5,000-meter Varsity Boys' race starts at 5:15 p.m.

The Eagle Varsity Football team hosts Powers on Friday, September 27. Kickoff is slated for 7:00 pm.

Eagle Netters Served A Pair Of Losses

The McKenzie Varsity Volleyball team was dealt a couple of Mt. West League losses this past week. On Tuesday, September 17, the Eagles played host to Alsea. The Wolverines dispatched their hosts in three sets, 25-17, 25-19, and 25-9.

Eddyville Charter traveled up the Creek on Thursday, September 19, and following their Coastal friends lead, defeated the host Eagles in three sets. Set scores nor match stats were not available at press time.

At the end of the week, Mohawk and Triangle Lake were tied at the top of the Mt. West League standings with 6-1 records. Alsea and Eddyville Charter were tied for third at 3-1, followed by Crow/City First Christian Academy, 3-3, Mapleton, 3-4, Siletz Valley, 1-3, Mannahouse Academy, Eugene, 1-5, and McKenzie at 0-7.

Cougars Clobber Eagles 28-12

McKenzie celebrated their first Varsity Six-man football victory versus Days Creek the week prior, a good 40-34 win indeed. The Cougars of Crow, however, provided a different perspective on the game last Friday night in Crow, defeating McKenzie 28-12. No game stats were available at press time.

The win kept the Cougs in a Special District 2 South League first-place tie with Powers, both teams posting a 1-0 SD 2 South mark. McKenzie dropped into a third-place tie with Days Creek at 1-1. Gilchrist follows 1-2, North Lake at 0-1 and Elkton in last place at 0-3.

Crow’s next opponent is Gilchrist while the Eagles face the State’s top-ranked Six-man football team, the Powers Cruisers.

Clearly, first-year Eagle Head Coach Willie Kumle will have his work cut out for him as he prepares for Powers on Friday at Wade Thomas Field. The Cruisers are strutting their stuff early in the season, scoring 191 points while holding opponents to 54 points against them.

Eagles Hit The Sand And Surf In Seaside

McKenzie Head Coach Corey Culp loaded his Girls and Boys Cross Country teams on the bus last Friday night and landed it in Sunny Seaside. The next day, the Eagles participated in the Seaside 3 Course Challenge held at Camp Rilea Armed Forces Training Center near Warrenton. The event featured a choice of a 4,300-meter easy course, a 5,000-meter moderate course, or a 5,000-meter difficult course for each male and female running team.

The McKenzie Boys and Girls teams participated in the 5K moderate races. Eagle junior Will Meister finished 36th out of a field of 279 runners, representing 60 teams entered. Meister’s time was 20:31.4 minutes. Brody Will, running for Hudson’s Bay, out of Vancouver, WA, won the race in a time of 17:32.3 minutes, while just edging out Andrew Talius from Eastlake, a school from Sammamish, WA, who finished in 17:34.1 minutes.

In the Girls Moderate 5,000 meter race, Eagle freshman Zyla Drake led her teammates with a 36th place finish of her own. Drake’s finish time was 25:35.1 minutes. Fellow freshman Claire Weiss followed in 42nd place with a time of 26:07.4 minutes, and Eagle junior Myra Dion finished in 65th place with a time of 27:27.5 minutes.

Lola Estrada, a freshman competitor representing Inglemoor, a school team out of Kent, WA. won the race in a time clocked in at 21:08.0 minutes. Estrada easily outdistance the second place runner, Fiona Wolf of Eastlake, who finished in 21:21.6 minutes. A total of 161 runners participated in the moderate race.