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HORROR FILM COMPETITION
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Audrey Scully Reporter
Loneliness is a monster The 22 filmmaking teams at the seventh annual 72-Hour Horror Film Competition submitted pieces ranging from riveting to comical to somewhere in between. The Jury Award of $1,134 went to the film “Unwind,” produced by an all-female team from the University of Oregon Film Club.
“Unwind” was produced by Colleen Quinn, Marissa Jensen, Sophie Ackerman and Noa Cohen. This psychological thriller with feminist undertones featured a female protagonist, hallucinating, as a coping mechanism; a perfect ‘50s housewife role that ends with a major twist. The teams were given a mandatory prop and a line of dialogue. The prop was a stuffed animal and the line was, “Loneliness is a monster.”
The “Unwind” team wrote their story concept in three hours and filmed it in one 16-hour day. As with most film projects, there are a lot of decisions to be made when editing. There are continuity errors and such that, with a longer timeline, one could reshoot or use b-roll to cover. “Like usual, in the editing process, you kind of, recreate your vision,” Jensen said. “It was really difficult to try to make the most of our time, while being controlled by, like, what props are up, and how the makeup has deteriorated so far,” Ackerman said. A Lane Community College team also took home an award for their film, entitled “Don’t Go.” This team crafted a story that left the audience in suspense. Their success was predicated on teamwork and improvisation.
“For the most part,” said team leader Kyle Whitaker, “it was just everybody just kind of chips in where they can. And as far as the story is concerned, how we did it was we just kept throwing ideas around in a circle for a couple of hours and just kept taking that stone and using the chisel and making something out of it.” Improvisation was crucial in overcoming the huge obstacle of securing a filming location, as every first choice fell through. Teresa Hughes, an instructor in the Media Arts Department at LCC, offered the team use of her house for the filming. Not having their first choice in location certainly altered some aspects of the story, such as why the character was even in the house to begin with.
Higher wages, smaller classes
David Galbreath Editor-In-Chief
The teachers union is undergoing contract discussions The Lane Community College Education Association – which represents faculty – is pushing for new, improved contracts. Faculty members are currently under an expired contract as of June 30. Faculty have yet to receive any cost of living increases according to Adrienne Mitchell, LCCEA president. “So, we have a contract that exists, but it expired,” Mitchell said. “We’ve been negotiating for many months and essentially working without a contract since July first. So, faculty members are not receiving salary increases.”
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The LCCEA is asking that contract salaries be increased by 1.55% each year. They derived that number from the inflation index provided by the United States Department of Labor. “In the grand scheme of things, we would love to of course love to have a part-time salary where we have full pay equity, but we are nowhere near that,” Mitchell said. Compared to full-time faculty, part-time faculty are currently getting paid 60.6% of wages per credit hour. With their proposal, the union hopes to increase the part-time salary schedule to be raised this year to 68% of full-time equivalent wages. Additionally, the union would like to increase small increments of 1% every year to part-time salaries until they reach the 75% mark. Mitchell recognizes full pay equity is a far reach but not impossible. Article continued on page5
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HALLOWEEN THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF LANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE THE STAFF Editor-in-Chief David Galbreath
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Top: Mark Baselice and Dan Culnane with team Talladega Frights. Bottom Right: Adrian Cain-Rues and Adam Orth with No Shame Eugene. Bottom Left: Paul Bishop with EPD Need For Speed. Below: Holli Black with Death Bath and Beyond. Hosted by the Cultural Services of the city of Eugene the Coffin Races made it’s 2nd annual appearance on October 19th. Taking place at Skinner’s Butte a multitude of people gathered to watch 40 teams race down Lincoln st. finishing at 3rd ave in their coffinthemed boxcars. Categories included Speed Demons (Fastest Team), The Creepy Coupe (Scariest Team), People’s Choice, Fresh To Death (Best Dressed) and Most Creative Casket.
On your marks, get set, ghoul!
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To any non-Eugenian, the frightening and wild visions seen at the top of Skinner Butte Loop on a misty October morning would have certainly caused alarm. Bloodied doctors, magical ponies and other spectral ghouls sat snugly in hand-built, coffin-shaped box cars, who are then shot screaming down the sloping Skinner Loop. The EugFun Coffin Races marked their second year of success Saturday, Oct. 19. Numerous Frankensteins, monsters, mummies, witches and other spooky folks gathered on either side of the Loop, corralled by bales of hay, cheering their favorite racers on. While last year’s numbers drew in a little under 3,000 people, this year’s event boasted over 3,600 attendees which included families, students, police and firefighters, and, overall, freaked out visitors. Coffins were sent reeling over the hill, speeding down toward plush cushions, hay bales and helpful volunteers. The coffin racers themselves represented businesses and individuals. Each group’s box-car coffin was carefully crafted to win the race
and the hearts of their viewers, meaning some were built for speed, and others for humor alone. Giant shark coffins, viking coffins, and even a suped up bathtub found themselves at the starting line sporting clever tags like “Death to All but Metal,” “Grave Mistake, Abby...Abby Normal,” “Millennium Coffin,” “Coffin n’ Sneezin’” and the “Corpse Ride” to name a few. A team needs to have a nimble coffin, a smart driver, a strong team of “pushers” and an energetic and supportive crowd. While the coffin racers were setting up and shooting off, the hungry audience helped themselves to hot dogs, waffles, pizza, Thai food and adult beverages. To bridge the time between races, a plethora of games and crafts were either set up or donated to placate excited little monsters and ghosts. There were pumpkins to carve, cookies to decorate, bouncy houses to bounce in and many more family-friendly activities. EugFun prioritized the safety of the crowd and the thirty-nine drivers. Volunteers were at nearly every opening and closing down the loop to prevent disaster. These were hypothetical coffin-cars after all. Besides a few skid marks and broken egos, not a single soul was sent careening into the great beyond.
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Tom Lindskog carves a 1,200 pound pumpkin on the second floor of the 5th Street Market Oct. 27. This is Lindskog’s fifth year carving for the 5th Street Market.
Carving out a legacy Alex Wirrick-Coad Reporter
Master carver Tom Lindskog shows Halloween spirit by carving two huge pumpkins.
With the first pumpkin, he decided to start with one side as the Addams Family and The Munsters on the other side. “If I have enough time, that is,” Lindskog said. “Is that the Addams Family?” passersby commented. “Oh, I forgot that show!” and “Wow, look at that pumpkin, it’s massive!” are just some of the things people wondered aloud while walking past his work. The tools he uses for carving are not meant for pumpkins but for clay. Using clay tools allows for more control over the shape of the pumpkin than an actual carver’s knife does sometimes. With more control comes more refinement and ease of access for beginners as well as professionals.
On the final weekend of October, a timely tradition of pumpkin carving was carried out by Eugene’s own master carver, Tom Lindskog, at the 5th Street Market. This year he carved two pumpkins in two days. The first on Saturday was 600+ lb and Sunday’s was 1200+ lb. Lindskog has been doing this for the 5th Street Market for five years. He got into carving by watching someone else show off their own skills at the 5th Street Market about 10 years ago. “I’m a woodcarver as well, and this just seemed like a lot of fun,” Lindskog said. Lindskog is Wi l l am e tte Hi g h School’s Shop teacher. He has been teaching there since 1997. He has also been on the Food Network’s “Halloween Wars” as well as “Cake Wars : C h r i s t m a s .” Lindskog has done car ving with fruits and vegetables, cakes, chocolate and more. Expectedly, carving massive pumpkins takes lots of time. For Lindskog, some of his carvings have taken over 12 hours Photo Credit: Kiera Yohn to finish. “When I get into the zone, I skip eating.” He methodically uses his tools to carve only the tiniest bits The Adams Family was carved into a 600 pound pumpkin by Tom Lindskog on Oct. 26 to sit in the Market’s truck next to Marché. This pumpkin was the first of to allow for his details to really shine. two giant pumpkins to be carved within two days.
“I’m a woodcarver as well, and this just seemed like a lot of fun”
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NEWS
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Alyssa Hodgins, Colton Ledbury, and Aubrey Morales participate during the Great Oregon Shakeout at Lane Community College on Oct. 17, 2019. A total of 740,000 participated statewide, a 12.5 percent increase over last year's participation of 660,000.
Preparing for the Big One
Andre Royal Reporter
Oregon joins nation in readying for Earthquake At 10:17 a.m. on On Oct. 17, 2019 Lane Community College participated in the Great Shake Out. Students, staff and administrators took part in a simulation of a significant earthquake event. Overhead, in buildings throughout campus, some heard the announcement to “Drop, Cover and Hold On” from the speaker system. The Great Oregon Shakeout table top exercise was designed to prepare for a 8.0 Cascade seismic event. Currently public
safety has 10 cases of meals ready-to-eat which isn’t enough to feed the campus. The drills are to get people on campus thinking and discussing emergency preparation. Lisa Rupp, Interim Director of Public Safety said “It’s a work in progress. We all can do better by being a part of emergency preparedness.” There’s definitely a desire, she mentioned, for student and staff engagement. Dawn Barth, who started the Great Oregon Shakeout at LCC, is a stakeholder
in Lane’s emergency preparedness drills. Other stakeholders include Public Safety Officer Ben Bowers and wilderness EMT Trainer Cory Minors. The team is piloting a certification in emergency response to encourage people to get prepared for a major earthquake event. Khristina Fuller, Administrative Coordinator for High School Connections sits relatively close to the large round overhead speaker. During the Great Oregon Shakeout, she heard muffled directions. Poor quality sound is reportedly waiting to be addressed through a pending service order. There was a mixture of participation from staff as portions of the office were out of range. Unclear directions left staff and
some students with more questions than answers. Some were not entirely sure why lights were flashing overall. The college is currently seeking funds and equipment to help with the cost of emergency food and water through the state-funded Spire Grant. At time of publication, the school does not know if it has received the award. Students, staff, visitors and persons with disabilities are encouraged to educate themselves by getting a hold of information and keeping supplies on hand. There are supply checklists, tips, handouts and posters available online that can be shared in the community. Interested people can go to the Great Shakeout website for more information.
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ACROSS 1 Rush around in old car, to find escaped criminal in Oz (10) 7 A disease singular to sponge (4) 9 English is almost never spoken poetically in Telford, for example (8) 10 Rotter is in modern art emporium (6) 11 Copper into Turner gets depression (6) 12 I am unpretentious? No (8) 13 Clothe with part of a corset (4) 15 Get mean about bird call (10) 18 Monster horribly present on the waves (3,7) 20 Who should really have written Diary of a Nobody? (4) 21 See 4 24 Enjoy the flavour (6) 26 Composer of Semiramide and La Mer? No (6) 27 As were the leftovers a man ate, being overdrawn? (8) 28 Scolded infant without a trace of leniency (4) 29 4,21's Mount is irregular cube next to a generation symbol (missing centrepiece) (10) DOWN 2 Auntie hit boiling asphalt (9) 3 Told of journey to university to find poem (5) 4,21 The king of 7, this general axed threat strategically (9,3,5) 5 Not,we hear, a problem for 4,21 (7) 6 Province is to take up weapons again, changing sides (5) 7 4,21's country; a wine capital erected around the last stages of 300 (as it's written) (9) 8 Aeolian and Doric, say, in 12 (5) 14 Quarrelled in Hell over a sin (9) 16 Outside port finally, make fast a vessel – one that's engine driven (5,4) 17 Some garment to stitch, it's said – or more than one (9) 19 One goes into troubled centre, having some guts (7) 22 Man 'as old Erica (5) 23 Residential area in upwardly mobile part of Bruxelles (5) 25 Student priest in Guanaco (5)
Measles discovered in Lane County David Galbreath Editor-In-Chief
One reported case of the measles virus in Lane county Lane County Public Health has issued a health report confirming two cases with the measles, also known as rubeola, virus. One of these individuals resides in Lane County. The Lane County resident has been partially vaccinated after both individuals flew into Portland on the same flight. Lane County Public Health has entered its “incident command system” and is investigating potential exposure cases. Measles is so infectious that Lane County Public Health says nine out of ten people around the one infected individual will become infected if they are not properly protected. There are a few places that have been reported to have come in contact with the virus. According to Lane County Public Health, there is no ongoing risk at the following locations, but there is a two-hour window after an infected person leaves when people could have come in contact with the virus. Monday, Oct. 21: 10:30 am – 1:00 pm, Creswell Bakery, 182 S. 2nd St., Creswell 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm, Bier Stein, 1591 Willamette St., Eugene Wednesday, Oct. 23: 4:00 pm – 7:30 pm, Blu Mist, 1400 Valley River Dr., Suite 130, Eugene 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm, North Fork Public House, 2805 Shadowview Dr., Eugene
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According to Lane County Public Health children in pre-school who have had vaccinations, children in K-12 who have had two vaccinations are immune along with those that were born before 1957.
"Measles is so infectious that Lane County Public Health says nine out of ten people around the one infected individual will become infected if they are not properly protected. " It is critical that those experiencing symptoms seek professional medical advice before going to an emergency department, doctor’s office or urgent care. Symptoms of measles are as follows: Small raised bumps may also appear on top of the flat red spots. The spots may become joined together as they spread from the head to the rest of the body. When the rash appears, a person’s fever may spike to more than 104° Fahrenheit
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NEWS Student president discusses goals. David Galbreath Editor-In-Chief
Lane’s student body president speaks on her plans for the school year. Bryant Everett was Lane Community College Chief of Staff last year, before being elected student government president. The transition from the previous student government was well designed according to Everett. She hopes to make it even easier for the next crew. “Where I’d like to be in nine months is comfortably knowing that the next group coming in is set up better than our group was previously,” Everett said. “We had a really good transition between the last administration and our own, and we just want to keep building on that.” To fulfill her campaign promise of creating a well-connected college community, Everett is attempting to bridge the gap between student groups. She plans to create forums for student group leaders
to allow the clubs on campus to communicate and help each other more.
"We’re trying to find solutions for problems that the students are experiencing that maybe not everyone knows is a big problem.” “The first one [campaign promise] was creating more connections in the college community which we are succeeding at and doing – I think – admirably at,” Everett said. Her focus is not only set on student clubs but for the individual student(s) as
well. “We should be the student’s advocate,” Everett said. “Our biggest thing is: we’re trying to find solutions for problems that the students are experiencing that maybe not everyone knows is a big problem.” Finding what issues students need to
be addressed is largely done by surveys. According to Everett, 27% of the student body has participated in the survey, her goal is to reach 33%. “We are trying to make sure that we survey students a lot, in the sense of we get a large representative share,” Everett said. Her job as student body president doesn’t only pertain to oncampus issues. Often times she is asked to represent Lane’s students out of state. “If you need somebody to go to Washington DC and lobby our senators and our federal level legislators, that should theoretically be your president.” Also, branching out to other colleges in the state, she is using the same skills that she applies to campus. “The same thing that I am doing with the clubs, is exactly what we are doing with other colleges in the state,” Everett said.
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The teachers union is undergoing contract discussions
Article continued from page 1 “There is one community college in the state, Columbia Gorge, that does have pay equity. So it’s not totally out of the realm of possibility for what colleges can afford,” Mitchell said. Another heavy issue the LCCEA is tackling is the faculty compositions. “We have seen a significant and dramatic decrease in full-time positions,” Mitchell said. As faculty members retire or leave their position, their job is being replaced by part-time faculty. Over the past five years, the full-time faculty has been reduced by 20%. The proposal from the LCCEA is to apply a minimum number of full-time faculty.
"We think that it’s critical that the college invests appropriately and amply fund the instructional mission of the college.” “What we are trying to do is essentially stabilize the faculty number and ratio so that we don’t continue to have a decreasing number of full-time faculty,” Mitchell said. “We have a majority of part-time faculty indicate that they need and want full-time jobs. That results in the part-time faculty who need to work more than they are able to at Lane having to go to other jobs.” Many part-time faculty members struggle to find extra work at Lane and need to find a second job, according to Mitchell. In many cases, wages are so low it could be more beneficial to find a full-time minimum wage job. “It’s not a
living wage for part-time faculty salaries,” Mitchell said. The third major stake Mitchell is fighting for is to increase funding for faculty professional development. Professional funding is used to help train and teach teachers as their fields’ respective expertise advance. “Because of the requirements of our contracts, we are paying for other things. Some of the funding is paying for instructional time, paying for substitute teachers and paying for staff time,” Mitchell said. “So, even though it might appear that we have a substantial amount of funding, our contract requires that we also pay to support our own program and all of the administrative cost of the program.” According to an independent audit, the LCCEA has found that LCC’s expenditures on the category of instruction have been under the national average. “That’s a concern for us,” Mitchell said. “This is really the core of our mission, and we think that it’s critical that the college invests appropriately and amply fund the instructional mission of the college.” The audit also found that over the past five years, from fiscal year 2015 to the fiscal year 2019, LCC had decreased spending on faculty salaries by three million dollars. Mitchell feels it is important to note that the LCCEA, along with the Oregon Education Administration, played a crucial rule in pushing for increased educational funding. The outcome of their efforts in the 2018-2019 school year resulted in an increase of $2.25 million per year for LCC. “We think it is important that that funding is invested in the mission, in instruction,” Mitchell said. “We’re not seeing that any of that funding is going yet, in the level we think would be fair and appropriate for faculty.”
During tough budget years when LCC was receiving less funding, faculty salaries fell eight percent behind the inflation rate. In 2014, when the college had a 12 million dollar budget deficit, the LCCEA agreed to increase class sizes. Now the teachers are still feeling that burden of extra work while their contracts have remained stagnant. “We think our proposal is imminently reasonable. It doesn’t come anywhere close to making up for all of those
various pieces,” Mitchell said. “We’re not going to suddenly be caught up with inflation.” The Torch reached out to LCC administration for comment but they responded saying “To preserve the integrity of negotiations we are not giving interviews at this point, but would like to share that negotiations have been collaborative and respectful and we believe we are collectively moving toward a reasonable outcome for the college.”
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NEWS In memoriam David Galbreath Editor-In-Chief
Leila Olson’s Memorial On a rainy Saturday morning on Oct. 19, a solemn group of about 40 people gathered at Springfield Memorial Park. With heavy hearts, friends, family and fellow students came to pay their respects to Leila Fawn Olson. At first, a few humble flower arrangements surrounded pictures of Leila. As loved ones arrived they contributed more and more to the display that grew eventually into an eloquent floral alter. With every person came additional flowers to be placed near her photo. Standing under a tin roof in the rain people huddled around and said prayers. As her father Jeremy Olson began to deliver the eulogy the rain subsided. “Leila was an angel, everyone who met her knew it,” Olson said, fighting back tears. The mourning crowd stood in peace as family members comforted him. Leila, who graduated from Thurston High School in 2018 with honors then continued to graduate from Lane Community College with a certificate in phlebotomy in 2019, will be remembered for her love of animals — especially cats. As the clouds parted and the service came to an end, the family invited everyone to the reception to celebrate Leila’s life. Leila’s legacy will be carried on by her mother Fawn McClung, father Jeremy Olson, stepmother Amy Olson, stepfather Jeff Choate, brothers Lucas and Michael, and sister Mikayla.
“Leila was an angel, everyone who met her knew it”
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Father Jeremy Olson and mother Fawn McClung embrace during the service of their daughter Leila Olson Saturday, Oct. 19. at Springfield Memorial Park.
Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the US American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Whether on Lane Community College’s main campus or elsewhere, there is a multitude of resources in the case that someone is overwhelmed by emotion and needs someone to talk to or they are suffering suicidal thoughts. On main campus is the LCC Counseling Center where drop-in counseling is available in Building 1, Room 103, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Off-campus — and available during irregular hours — is the University of Oregon Crisis Line where a live person can be reached from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 a.m., Monday through Friday and 24 hours on weekends. The National Suicide Prevention Hotline can be called at (800) 273-8255.
For survivors of sexual assault, there is a local hotline that can be called at (541) 343-SASS (7277). There, a twenty-four-hour crisis support worker can be found that also provides medical and legal advocacy for survivors. Victims of domestic abuse can find help through the Womenspace Shelter. The shelter can be reached at (541) 485-6513 and a 24-hour companion hotline can be contacted at (800) 281-2800. YouthLine, found at 1-877-968-8491, is a statewide peer-to-peer confidential hotline for teens in crisis. For text, message “teen2teen” to 83986. There, a peer will respond to talk with people in need.
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SPORTS Titans primed for grudge match David Galbreath Editor-In-Chief
Lane’s volleyball team looks to settle rematch. The volleyball team has been on a tear through the back half of the season. After a six-game win streak, they will rematch the only divisional opponent to
deliver them a loss this season — The Rogue Community College Ospreys. Rogue, one game ahead of Lane, is the only team in the Southern region to clinch a playoff spot. Heading into their game against Rogue, Lane carries considerable momentum. On Oct. 25, at Titan Court, Lane dominated the Clark Community College Penguins. The first set of the match started neck-and-neck. After a mid-set timeout by Clark,
The Titans took the lead and never gave it back. Starting the second half of the set for Lane was Taylor Russell with a devastating service ace. Russell currently leads the team with 22 service aces on the season. Fighting through six attack errors, Lane allowed Clark one kill to their nine in the second half of the set. Lane won the set 15-25.
The second set did not get any better for Clark as Lane repeated their 16 kills and managed to hold themselves to only four errors. Clark nearly bounced back before the Titans scored another six straight points. Four came from kills, one service ace, and one attack error by the opponents. The demoralized visiting team struggled to fight back and Lane won the second set 14-25. Set three began with Clark taking a three-point lead with a score of 7-4. They committed two crucial
momentum-altering errors before Lane’s Maggie Blair delivered a kill for the tie at 7-7. The Titans had nine errors that kept the game close but Clark showed fatigue and had seven of their own errors in the set. Lane’s Cassidy Herbert ended the set with a kill making the end score 21-25. Clark was sent packing three sets to zero. Next for the volleyball team, standing in second place in the South Region, are their division rivals, Rogue Community College. They will play at Titan Court on Nov. 1.
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Cassidy Herbert getting ready to spike the ball over Clark’s defense Oct. 25. Titans, who shut out the Penguins 3-0, play division rival Rogue CC on Nov. 1.
Powering up for playoffs Alex Wirrick-Coad Reporter
Men’s soccer team gets ready for the playoffs. The men’s soccer team is heading to the playoffs. With five wins, two losses, and six ties, they are in second place in the Southern Regional standings. To win the championship, the Titans must beat four other teams. With no losses on away games and only ties on away from home games, Lane increases its rank higher in the Southern Region standing. Chemeketa Community College is the only team in the South that has clinched a Region Championship. South West Oregon is in third place, only one game behind Lane. With a four-game win streak at the end of September and the start of October, Lane shows that the other teams should be worried about them in the playoffs.
The game that made Lane lose the number one standing in the Conference was their game against the Clark Community College Penguins on Oct. 23. The Oct. 23 game started off with a straight-goal made by Clark’s Kleon Keang just seconds into the eleventh minute. The next goal Clark’s team made was just eleven minutes from the end of the game.
Only a few moments later, Lane’s Issac Reyna scored with an assist by David Nazario. With the game ending at 90 minutes, the final score was 1-2. The Lane Titans stand strong for the first of four playoff games ahead of them. The Titans will first have to play against Whatcom or Everett for the Regional Playoffs. Next in the Quarter Finals, the Titans would go against Columbia Basin. Semifinals would see Lane going against Tacoma.
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Mathew Peagram, a defensive player for Lane, pulls back to kick the ball into play after a penalty against Clark. As a freshman, Peagram played in 14 games and started in 13 with a game winning goal at Rouge on October 3, 2018.
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Jose Centeno, a forward for Lane, battles with Clark’s #15, Julian Rodriguez, for control over the ball. Despite the 0-2 loss, Lane will still be going to the playoffs as a shoe-in for first place.