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…)

WEED – The College of the Siskiyous Lady Eagles hosted the Diablo Valley College Vikings and Lassen College Cougars, on Saturday. It took the hosts just over an hour per match to clean house and send the Lady Vikings and Lady Cougars packing, with a pair of 3-0 sweeps.

The Lady Eagles beat DVC 25-17, 25-20, and 25-11. Their domination of Lassen was even greater, with wins of 25-15, 25-13, and 25-12.

Against DVC, Kinzy Towry led the attack with 12 kills, and a pair of aces. Laura McMahon had five blocks and four kills. Setter Stephanie Batchelder tipped her way to seven kills. Katie Zauner blocked a pair, and had five kills. Amber Franko joined the party with four kills, two blocks, and an ace. Ashley Spalding notched three aces, two kills, and a block.

COS spread the wealth around against Lassen, with five or more kills by four different players. Megan McMahon had seven kills, with twin sister Laura McMahon nailing five kills, and a block. Zauner had six kills and three blocks. Franko had an ace and five kills. Towry ripped three aces, and had four kills. Spalding had a couple of aces and three kills. Yreka High School graduate Lauren Young recorded a kill from the back row.

By Rick Martin

MOUNT SHASTA - The Mt. Shasta Bears were hoping Friday’s wet and windy weather would slow down the high-powered Rio Vista Rams. Well, it did slow them down—just not enough.

The undefeated and top-ranked Rams took advantage of every opportunity Friday and pasted the Bears 37-6. Royce Autry accounted for Mt. Shasta’s lone score with a 90-yard kickoff return. (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…)

DUNSMUIR - The Dunsmuir Lady Tiger Volleyball team played a tight five-game match against the Butte Valley Bulldogs, last Thursday, winning 3-2 (25-22, 23-25, 22-25, 25-20, 15-9).

In game-one Annie VanErt served six straight to give Dunsmuir 14-9 lead. Some missed Lady Tiger serves and good plays by the Bulldogs brought Butte Valley back into the game. The game went back and forth with the score, until Annie VanErt took over the serve. With Dunsmuir ahead by a single point 23-22, VanErt and teammates closed out the game for a 25-22 win.

The Lady Tigers found themselves trailing 13-8 midway through game-two, but rallied back to make it a close game, before losing 25-23.

Game-three was just about a carbon copy of game-two, with Butte Valley capitalizing on missed serves and hits by Dunsmuir. Butte Valley won the game 25-22. (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…)

ANDERSON – The Yreka Lady Miners tennis team easily defeated Anderson last Tuesday 8-1. The win improves Yreka’s record to 4-3 in the Northern Athletic League. The Lady Miners will host West Valley on Thursday, October 2, at 3:30 pm.

Singles

1. Jessica Shuler (w) v Yui Gabriele 7-5, 6-3

2. Kendall Taylor (l) v Mallory Risling 1-6, 6-4, (10-1 tie break)

3. Heidi Sanders (w) v Jennifer Haney 6-4, 7-5

4. Andie Swetnam (w) v Melessa Chipley 6-0, 6-3

5. Rochel Lawson (w) v Tiffany Bernal 6-6 (7-0), 6-2

6. Selena Sendejo (w) v Katie Bruck 6-1, 6-1 (more…)

MOUNT SHASTA – The Mt. Shasta Bears soccer team improved to 3-1 in the Shasta Cascade League with a 5-0 win over the Trinity Wolves, last Thursday.

John Holst curved in a corner kick at the 22-minute mark to give the Bears the 1-0 lead. (more…)