Linn-Benton wins again

Last Tuesday the Linn-Benton Road Runners went to Clackamas Community College to take on the Cougars, and came away with the win, for their third consecutive win.

With a healthy team and win against Clackamas, the Cougars lose their third place spot to LB going into the NWAACC Championship Tournament that is held at Mt. Hood Community College Nov. 19.

Game one of the match did not fall in LB's favor as the opposing team had fierce kills. The Cougars kill skills looked to overwhelm LB and the Road Runners lost the first game 18-25. Game two was close, 25-21, with LB taking game two; they seemed to be figuring out there opponents strength. In game three LB's blocking game stepped up, blocking most of the Cougars attempted kills to end the game 25-15. Game four was a repeat of the third with incredible blocks and well placed kills, the road Runners defeated the Cougars 25-13, for a final score of 3-1.

"This win really set us up going into the NWACC tournament, were upward in momentum. And I said all along if had everybody healthy and everybody brought their game that they're capable of we can beat teams like this." Said head coach Jayme Frazier after LB's win against Clackamas.

Sophomore Stephanie Mugleston who led the teams kills for the night with 14 said “we pulled together and really played as a team, and came prepared." Other top match players include sophomore Luci DeLong with 10 kills and 18 digs.

Road Runners win two at home

Stephanie Mugleston goes for the kill.

Over this past weekend the Linn-Benton Community College Road Runners won two consecutive home matches over Friday and Saturday. The matches were against Southwestern Oregon Community College and Umpqua Community College.

Friday night’s game was against SOCC and looked to be up against a tough opponent as the Road Runners were down by seven before scoring their first point, and lost the first game 16-25. But that was not the end as the Road Runners made quick work of the third game winning 25-17 and eventually winning the next two games with scores of 25-21 and 26-24 for the match’s win of 3-1. Sophomore Stephanie Mugleston led the team’s kills with 17 for the night, while team mate freshman Mackenzie Gundlach led the team’s assists with 36.

Saturday’s game against Umpqua looked to be fairly easy for the Road Runners as they handled their opponents 25-16. But in the second game the visiting team showed a comeback although the Road Runners kept it close, they lost game two 22-25. The third game was a flip-flop of the first as the roadrunners won 25-22, then 25-17 for the overall match win of 3-1. Top players for the match included Sophomore Luci DeLong with 15 kills, Stephanie Mugleston with 14 kills, Mackenzie Gundlach with 50 assists and freshman Emily Buchheit with six aces.

“From day one we have dealt with injuries, from back injuries to illness’s like H1N1 for every single match” said head coach Jayme Frazier, commenting that her team has not been at full strength thus far in the season. “For this weekend I asked the team and individuals to step up, and they did and proved that they can do it.” That was the biggest part of the weekend she said, was with a lot of players out with illness, the individuals she asked to step up really did and that allowed the games to end in Linn-Benton’s favor, that and playing consistent for both matches.

Linn-Benton is currently in fourth for NWAACC’s southern region league and has one more away game against Clackamas before the NWAACC Championships.

Teriyaki love

Nestled between Great clips and Pizza Hut and across from parking lot from the Heritage mall. Is a little restaurant that specializes in all things teriyaki.

When first walking into Love Love Teriyaki you'll want look at the large menu board and choose from 15 different combination plates and bowls. The plates come with chicken (teriyaki or spicy), beef, pork or shrimp. there are also "yaki soba" and "yaki udon" noodle dishes.

Once you find a table it usually takes about five or ten minutes to receive your food and engorge yourself in teriyaki perfection. Come hungry because the serving sizes are very generous.

There are several daily lunch specials for $6.25. I had the spicy chicken plate that came with what looked like a pound charbroiled spicy chicken, a sumo size helping of rice, and fresh cabbage with crisp oriental dressing. The meal was very satisfying but I could not finish the whole meal, so I boxed it up for later.


The price range is $6.25-$8.95 and you definitely get what you pay for here. I've been to Love Love Teriyaki several times with various friends and everyone including myself have become a fan. The only downfall to this teriyaki treat is that they are not open Sundays.