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FEBRUARY
11
•
2015
Sailors move closer to playoff spot
Mapleton posted four
players in double-digit
scoring Friday
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
M APLETON : 65 E DDYVILLE : 35
Mapleton continued its climb up the
Mountain West League standings
Friday night with a season-high per-
formance on the scoreboard against
Eddyville.
Four Sailors scored in double digits,
including a double-double for senior
Mapleton senior forward Tucker
Ford scored 22 points and grabbed
nine rebounds against Eddyville on
Friday night.
forward Chris Free, who closed the
night with 13 points, 12 rebounds and
five steals.
For the week, free posted 21 points
and 21 rebounds between Mapleton’s
victories over Alsea and Eddyville.
“It was definitely a good team win
for us,” said Mapleton coach Will
Crook. “We capitalized early in the
first quarter by converting steals into
fastbreak points.”
Free, along with senior guard
Tucker Ford, combined for 30 points
in the first half, with Ford eventually
posting a game-high 22 points on the
night.
When Ford and Free weren’t scor-
ing, senior Jack Hardisty and sopho-
more Hunter Simington were taking
their toll on Eddyville, combining for
22 points and 11 rebounds in the game.
The Sailors were just as aggressive
on defense, nabbing 18 steals in the
game.
The win puts the Sailors into a tie
for fourth place with McKenzie as the
See
SAILORS 4C
Ned Hickson/Siuslaw News
Vikings
grounded
by Pirates
Loss puts Siuslaw
two games out of
fourth place
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
Lady Viks’ rally not
enough to sink Pirates
Late-game push by
Pirates ended
Siuslaw’s rally
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
VIKINGS 4C
S p o r t s
C a l e n d a r
Feb. 12
• MHS boys BB
hosts Lowell
6 p.m.
Feb. 13
• SHS girls BB
at S. Umpqua
6 p.m.
• SHS boys BB
at S. Umpqua
7:30 p.m.
• SHS wrestling
day one of district
at Marshfield HS
9 a.m.
day two of district
at Marshfield HS
9 a.m.
MID COAST LAKES:
The rainbow trout stock-
ing program will begin in
many mid coast lakes in
early February. Be sure to
check out the 2015 stock-
ing schedule for the most
up to date information.
Fishing for the various
warm water fish species
can still be productive dur-
ing the winter months but
anglers may need to target
different areas of a lake
(typically deeper) versus
when fishing in the spring
or summer.
ALSEA RIVER:
SALMON RIVER:
Though they never took the
lead, the Vikings battled
throughout the first three quar-
ters Friday night at home against
the Far West’s third-place team
from Marshfield.
After being down by as many
as 16 points early in the game,
shooting from sophomore post
Elyssa Rose, as well as junior
guard Mikaela Siegel and soph-
omore forward Destinie Tatum
helped spark a rally coming
back from the half.
With a 3-pointer from junior
shooting guard Sierra Potter,
and work inside the paint from
sophomore
guard
Claire
Waggoner and junior center
Taylor Dotson, the Vikings were
able to close the distance on the
Pirates and pull within four
points before the fourth quarter.
But an offensive rebound
from Rose at the buzzer became
one of Siuslaw’s final points
heading into the fourth period as
Marshfield kicked up its offense
to win the matchup going away,
54-35.
The loss puts Siuslaw at 1-5
and fifth place in the FWL.
Brookings remains undefeated
at 6-0, followed by Douglas (5-
1), Marshfield (4-2) and North
Bend (2-4).
Friday, Siuslaw tips off at
South Umpqua at 6 p.m.
See
FISHING 2C
T ide T able
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
Feb. 11
4:26am / 6.9
5:19pm / 5.1
11:20am / 1.8
10:44pm / 2.9
Feb. 12
5:17am / 7.0
6:42pm / 5.0
12:28am / 1.6
11:49pm / 3.3
Feb. 13
6:16am / 7.1
8:02pm / 5.2
Feb. 14
7:20am / 7.3
9:08pm / 5.6
1:36am / 1.2
1:06am / 3.4
2:38pm / 0.6
Feb. 15
8:23am / 7.7 2:19am / 3.3
10:01pm / 6.1 3:32pm / 0.0
Feb. 16
9:21am / 8.1 3:23am / 2.9
10:47pm / 6.6 4:21pm / -0.6
Feb. 17
10:15am / 8.4 4:19am / 2.3
11:29pm / 7.2 5:06pm / -1.0
S
U S L A W
S I IUSLAW
N E EWS
W S
Feb. 14
• SHS wrestling
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
Steelhead
Winter steelhead fishing
M ARSHFIELD : 54 S IUSLAW : 35
See
A weekly
fishing report for
the local region
Steelhead
The winter steelhead
fishery has produced fair to
good results recently. This
week should be productive
in the mid to lower reaches
of the river while flows are
low and river temperatures
are warming.
M ARSHFIELD : 73 S IUSLAW : 48
With the score a virtual stale-
mate at 4-2 for the first four min-
utes of Friday’s game between
host Siuslaw and visiting
Marshfield, which carried a one-
basket lead, it seemed as though
both teams had entered into what
would be a hard-fought battle.
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Siuslaw junior guard Sierra
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Vikings closed the gap to
within four points late in the
third period on Friday.
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