Cruising past Woodburn

Midway through the third quarter, seniors Gabe Johnson and McKenzie Redberg were able to put their shooting shirts back on and watch the players who will be charged with keeping the Corvallis High girls basketball program at the top of the Mid-Willamette Conference in the years to come.

The two seniors and the other three starters had done their jobs early and had a chance to watch as sophomores Whitney Redberg and Jessica McGowan and others closed out what turned out to be a 59-13 victory over Woodburn on Friday night.

It was a much different feeling than the one Johnson, Redberg and their teammates felt after a frustrating 63-55 loss at Silverton that dropped the Spartans (13-3, 7-1) into a tie with the Foxes for first in the conference.

Silverton held off Dallas at Dallas (4-4) on Friday to win by three and remain in a tie with the Spartans at 7-1. West Albany topped South Albany by four to remain a game back at 6-2 and Crescent Valley routed Lebanon to move back into a playoff berth in fourth place at 5-3.

There was little doubt the Spartans would be able to rebound from Wednesday's tough loss against the only winless team in the conference.

And when Woodburn's top scorer, Katie Kalugin, wasn't in the linup, it became even easier. She scored 19 in the first meeting with the Spartans.

Katie Schrock shook off her recent scoring slump by opening the game with a three, the Spartans first in three games. They didn't hit a single three against West Albany or Silverton.

A free throw by Schrock, a three by McKenzie Redberg a drive by Johnson and another three by Schrock and just like that it was 12-0.

The Spartans then got a layup by Schrock, Johnson and another by Schrock before Redberg's 12-footer. Karly Laney had two baskets around Schrock's third 3 of the quarter and it was 27-0 after the first quarter.

CHS scored the first 29 points and led 39-5 at the half.

The starters played the first four minutes of the third quarter before Johnson, Redberg and Schrock were finished for the game. Starters Kayla Laney and Alaina Adams only played a bit in the fourth to give posts Karly Laney and Syree Gerner a breather.

Part was to allow the likes of McGowan and Whitney Redberg more experience at the varsity level in the future as well as to rest for Saturday night's home makeup game against Barlow.

Schrock's 14 first-quarter points was more than Woodburn scored for the entire game. She finished with 16 points. Johnson and Karly Laney each finished with eight.

After Saturday's game against Barlow, the Spartans are home against upstart Dallas, which has to be smarting from the close loss to Silverton on Friday and an earlier 21-point loss at home to the Spartans.

Corvallis finishes the week at home against South Albany on Friday before a rematch with crosstown rival Crescent Valley on Feb. 11.

Corvallis 59, Woodburn 13

CORVALLIS 27 12 10 10 — 59

WOODBURN 0 5 3 5 — 13

Corvallis: Katie Schrock 16, Johnson 8, Kar. Laney 8, M. Redberg 7, Adams 6, Kay. Laney 6, Gerner 4, Seitz 2, W. Redberg 2, Hendrickson, McGowan

Woodburn: Lindsey Doman 7, Best 3, Maldanado 3, Ruiz, Robles, Kaufman, Armstrong, Biggs, Ivanov

JV: Corvallis 74, Woodburn 12

Frosh: Corvallis won