CORVALLIS — The belief that the Sutherlin Bulldogs will be back and contending again for at least the next few years didn’t provide them any consolation. Going by their tears, that old sports cliche, “They’re too young to know any better,” didn’t seem applicable either. Second-ranked Sutherlin was introduced to a foreign feeling Thursday night in the OSAA Class 4A semifinals at Gill Coliseum, and it didn’t sit well. The La Grande Tigers handed the Bulldogs their first loss of the season, 66-56, denying them a chance to atone for their title-game loss of a year ago and doing so …

















