Scores

Friday, October 10

Football

Yreka 18 - Central Valley 35

Mt. Shasta 41 - Pierce 6

Etna 6 - Modoc 32
Etna TD: Jordan Pehle-Munson pass to Taylor Pehle-Munson (5Y).

Full story and slide show by noon on Saturday.

Etna JV 8 - Modoc JV 30
Etna TD: Eric Freckman 1-yard run

Weed v Chester

Slide show coming soon.

Dunsmuir 30 - Princeton 26
Dunsmuir: Cory Knowles 3 TDs.

Full story and slide show on Saturday.

Happy Camp @ Greenville (more…)

FORT JONES – The last time Etna and Butte Valley tangled, the Bulldogs shredded the Lions. It was a different story in the rematch, with Etna holding the lead at the half 3-2, and Butte Valley tying the match at the end of regulation on a penalty kick.

Although the end result wasn’t bad for the Lions, who have had difficulty all season, the game started poorly. Butte Valley scored five minutes into the contest and again at the 10-minute mark, taking a 2-0 lead. Both goals were scored by Jose Luis Gonzalez.

The Lions, however, counter attacked just as quickly. Leading goal scorer Erik Anaya broke into the clear with a pass from Juan Castaneda and found the back of the Bulldog net, making it 2-1 at 13 minutes. Anaya and Castaneda hooked up again three minutes later. This time it was Castaneda with the goal and Anaya with the assist. (more…)

COTTONWOOD – Yreka Miner Kevin Jorgenson finished third at the West Valley Coed Invitational, last Friday. Jorgenson’s time was 16:54.79 for the three mile varsity men’s cross country course, just over 11 seconds behind winner Daniel Johnson of University Prep (16:43.73). Nick Read of Colfax was second at 16:50.13. Etna’s best finisher was Javier Hansen in fifty-second at 20:03.99.

The top local finisher in the women’s varsity three-mile was Etna Lady Lion Jilinda Franklin in twenty-first place (21:39.54). Lady Miner Carrie Turner was right behind Franklin with a time of 21:44.76. (more…)

ETNA – It wasn’t a pretty offensive game for the Etna Lions, but two touchdowns and solid defense was all it took to beat the Burney Raiders 13-6, and move to 2-0 in the Shasta Cascade League.

Although the rain had let up by the start of the varsity contest, several down pours during the day made the field a slippery mud bowl, contributing to multiple turnovers by the Lions—turnovers that thanks to the Lion defense didn’t lead to Burney scores.

The Lions moved the ball well their first two possessions but turned the ball over on downs in the red zone on the first drive, and fumbled away a scoring opportunity inside the Burney 5-yard-line on their second drive.

A bad snap on a Burney punt at the end of the first quarter led to the Lions taking possession on the Raider 2-yard-line, to start the second quarter. Etna took advantage of the gift and scored on third down, when Jordan Pehle-Munson punched it in from one-yard out. Taylor Pehle-Munson added the PAT, and the Lions led 7-0 with 10:42 left in the second quarter. (more…)

MOUNT SHASTA – There’s an old adage, “Don’t wake up a sleeping bear.” In Thursday’s volleyball match between the Etna Lady Lions and the Mt. Shasta Lady Bears, the Bears were wide awake and absolutely dominated Etna, until the Lady Lions woke up.

Mt. Shasta took a 2-1 lead in game-one on a side out and never looked back, as they cruised to an easy 25-16 win. Etna made just about every mistake imaginable in the game of volleyball

Game-two was more of the same, but the Lady Bears played even better. A kill by Chantel Stokes put Mt. Shasta up 6-4. Then, Amanda “Ace-O-Matic” Amesbury went to work, registering six straight aces, to make it 12-4. A Jeana Michels kill made it 13-4. The Lady Bears went on to win 25-15, with the final point coming via a Dayna Vogt kill.

Then, the slumbering Lady Lions woke up—slowly at first—but eventually with a roar. (more…)

MOUNT SHASTA – The rain came. The rain left. And, the Mt. Shasta Bears rained 29 shots on the Etna Lions, with seven of them finding the back of the net for a 7-0 shutout.

Andrew Campbell scored what turned out to be the game winner six minutes into the match, with an assist form Gina Antonucci. Ten minutes later, Alastair Curley and Zack Morris combined to set up John Holst for the second Bear tally. Morris ws credited with the assist.

Holst picked up an assist on a corner kick, when David Castaneda scored, making it 3-0 after 30 minutes. Four minutes before halftime, Morris headed in a pass from Liam O’Hara, giving the Bears a 4-0 lead at the intermission.

Sam Wooten had a pair of goals in the second half sandwiched around a score by Morris. Holst and Miller Sbarbaro had second half assists. Keeper Andrew McLane turned away three Etna shots. (more…)

Etna JVs 2 – Yreka JVs 1

YREKA – A few years back, the Yreka Lady Miners were dominating the Etna Lady Lions in volleyball. For the past two years the reverse has been true, with Etna having a 4-0-1 record against the Lady Miners.

The Lady Lions won again on Tuesday night, 3-0 (27-25, 25-20, 25-20).

As the score suggests, game one was close the entire way, with Etna leading or tied with Yreka until late in the game. The Lady Lions were ahead 24-21, when Yreka rattled off four straight points, including a kill by Katie Todd, to take the lead 25-24. Etna responded by scoring the next three points, with a tip for a point by Claire Pynes to win it 27-25.

Game-two was also close with five lead changes in the first half of the match. Yreka took its last lead of the game, when Whitney Ebejer slammed a kill to make it 11-10. An ace by Taylor Brooks put Yreka up by two points, 12-10. (more…)

CHESTER – A short-handed Etna Lions varsity football team made the long trek to Chester, and came back with a 36-14 win over the Volcanoes.

The Lions racked up over 400 yards in offense (262 rush, 144 pass), and the defense was, as always, solid.

Brothers Alex and Lucas Case proved to be a nearly unstoppable tandem in the back field. Sophomore Lucas Case rushed for 152 yards on 18 carries, and scored a TD. Senior Alex went 65 yards on 19 carries, and registered three TDs.

Quarterback Jordan Pehle-Munson was 9/15 for 144 yards, and rushed for a TD. Seth Jordan led the Lions’ receivers with four catches for 86 yards. Taylor Pehle-Munson pulled in two passes for 40 yards, and Ryan Hicks had two receptions for 29 yards.

The Lions were playing with seven seniors missing, including five starters, due to disciplinary reasons.

Two of the missing starters were from the offensive line, which hurt the Lions in the first half. However, Etna was able to make adjustments in the second half. According to head coach Ken Dysert, there was a “night and day” difference between the first and second halves for the O-line. (more…)