The No. 14-ranked Tillamook High Cheesemakers got off to a great start in OSAA Class 4A volleyball as they won their first four contests and earned a No. 4 ranking. In their Sept. 5 Cowapa League season opener, the Cheesemakers won 3-1 on the road over the St. Helens High Lions (0-2 league, 1-3 overall) to extend their amazing league win streak to 26 in a row overlapping the last four seasons.
The Cheesemakers (1-2 league, 4-2 overall) followed by playing in a tournament Sept. 7 at Cascade High School in Turner. They won their first match 2-0 over the Class 3A Harrisburg High Eagles (1-5). The Cheesemakers then won 2-0 over the Sweet Home High Huskies (1-2) and capped their successful tourney with a 2-1 victory over the Newport High Cubs (1-3) in their final match.
A 3-0 road loss Sept. 10 to the No. 10-ranked Astoria High Fishermen (2-0 league, 3-2 overall) unfortunately ended Tillamook’s long league win streak at 26 games. For the Cheesemakers, guided by second-year Coach Trina Goss, it marked their first Cowapa League loss since Oct. 19, 2021 (a 3-2 loss to Valley Catholic). It also snapped Tillamook’s nine-game win streak over Astoria. The Fishermen’s last win over the Cheesemakers was nearly five years ago in a 3-2 win on Oct. 17, 2019.
“As a young team (only three seniors), we really played a great first set against Astoria,” said Goss.
In the first set, the Fishermen eked out a close 27-25 win, followed by wins of 25-9 and 25-17.
The Mooks had hoped to bounce back and get a win two days later in their first Cowapa League home game of the season Sept. 12 versus the No. 8-ranked Scappoose High Indians (3-0 league, 4-0 overall). They fell a little short in a 23-25, 25-20, 16-25, 25-19, 8-15 five set tiebreaker loss at Tillamook High School.
“I felt very proud of our team after the game against Scappoose,” said Goss. “They all fought hard, and everyone played together as a team in doing so well.”
Tillamook’s next game is Tuesday on the road in a nonleague contest versus the North Marion High Huskies (1-1) in Aurora. The Mooks then play a 6:30 p.m. Cowapa League home contest Thursday versus the Seaside High Seagulls (0-2 league, 0-6 overall).
In what is certainly a most amazing win streak in the series with the Seagulls, the Mooks have won 22 straight games overlapping the last 12 years. The Mooks will be seeking to extend the streak to 23 in row on Thursday.
Tillamook is currently in third place in the five-team league standings behind second place Astoria and the first place Scappoose Indians.
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