McKenzie Sports Report - October 24

McKenzie Varsity Sports Schedule This Week

The McKenzie Varsity Volleyball team hosts Triangle Lake on Tuesday, October 22, with match time set for 6:00 pm.

The Eagle team hosts Siletz Valley on Thursday, October 24, and the first set is scheduled for 5:30 pm. The McKenzie Athletic Department will be honoring senior volleyball players on Thursday.

The McKenzie Varsity Cross Country teams travel to Stewart Park at Roseburg on Wednesday, October 23, to compete in the Umpqua Invite. The Varsity Girls 5,000 meters race starts at 12:00 pm and the Varsity Boys 5,000 meters race begins at 12:30 pm.

The Eagle Varsity Football team travels to Elkton on Friday, October 25 and the opening kickoff is scheduled for 3:00 pm.

Meister 24th and Drake 43rd At Harrisburg Invitational

McKenzie junior Cross Country athlete Will Meister finished his 5,000 meter race at the Harrisburg Invitational 2024 in 19:05.1 minutes, which earned him 24th out of a field of 101 runners. Eagle freshman teammate Zyla Drake brought home a 43rd place finish in the Varsity Girls 5,000 meters race, running the distance in 24:33.6 minutes. Peter Davis of Valley Catholic took home top honors in the Varsity Boys race finishing with a winning time of 16:40.8 min.

East Linn Christian's Daisy Lalonde finished first in the Varsity Girls 5,000 meters race, posting a time of 18:45.4 minutes. The Pleasant Hills Girls team won the team scores with 28 points, followed by Westside Christian in second with 46 points, East Linn Christian third with 77 points, and host Harrisburg fourth with 95 points.

Westside Christian won the Boys team race earning 41 points. Harrisburg finished second with 82 points, Pleasant Hill third with 93 points, Monroe fourth with 98 points, Douglas in at fifth at 115 points earned, sixth went to Santiam Christian with 149 points, seventh to Lebanon with 169 points, eighth earned by Scio with 200 points and Cascades Academy of Central Oregon finished ninth with 223 points.

Grizzlies Claw Back To Upend Eagle Homecoming

The visiting Gilchrist Grizzlies were behind at the halftime break, 20-7, and all seemed well and good for the McKenzie Homecoming premier event. But as Mr. Yogi Berra once quipped, “It ain't over till it's over!”

As it turned out, the Eagles couldn't hold the first half lead to a ramped-up Grizzly crew. Gilchrist had a heart to heart talk in the halftime locker room evidently, and came back out with a hard hitting defense and an inspired running game which earned the Central Oregon six-man football team an intensely fought 35-26 come from behind victory.

The Grizzlies improved to 3-3 (3-4 overall) in SD-2 Special District South League play. The Eagles dropped to 1-4 in League play and 2-5 overall. The banged up Eagle team will travel to Elkton this coming Friday, October 25, to compete in the last scheduled regular season contest for both teams.

The Elks are coming off a 68-0 drubbing at the hands of the North Lake Cowboys, over in Silver Lake. Elkton is still looking for its first win this season and the Eagles had better not take the Elk's record for granted. You can bet the home team will be fired up and ready to rumble along the Umpqua.

Wolverines Have Eagles For Lunch

It's never good to mess around with a wolverine in its lair and that old trapper wisdom held true when the Eagles flew into Alsea last Tuesday, October 15, and proceeded to poke the bear, er wolverine.

McKenzie's Varsity Volleyball team was clawed, scratched and defeated in three straight sets, 25-3, 25-9, and 25-6. With the match loss, the Eagles fell to 0-14 in Mt. West League play and 1-16 overall. Alsea improved to 12-3, 14-8 on the season and reside currently in third place in MWL standings.

For the Eagles, the last two matches of the regular season this week have them hosting second place Triangle Lake (12-2, 12-3) and seventh place Siletz Valley (4-10, 4-11).

The McKenzie Athletic Department will recognize the Eagle senior athletes and their families prior to the Siletz Valley match at 5:30 pm.