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NED HICKSON , SPORTS EDITOR ❘ 541-902-3523 ❘ SPORTS @ THESIUSLAWNEWS . COM SATURDAY EDITION ❘ JANUARY 6, 2018 ❘ SECTION B Siuslaw News Sports & Recreation Time Out S PORTS Calendar • JAN. 9 B Y L LOYD L ITTLE Retired teacher, coach and game official MHS GIRLS B-BALL S ILETZ 5:30 P . M . AT (With more than 55 years as an athlete, coach, official, parent and specta- tor, I’ve gained some insights and perspectives regarding athletics. In this weekly column, I share what I’ve learned about sports from these multiple points of view.) MHS BOYS B-BALL AT S ILETZ 7 P . M . SHS GIRLS B-BALL J. C ITY 7:15 P . M . AT SHS BOYS B-BALL HOSTS J. C ITY Not so ‘instant’ replay 7 P . M . • JAN. 11 MHS GIRLS B-BALL HOSTS E DDYVILLE 5:30 P . M . MHS BOYS B-BALL HOSTS E DDYVILLE 7 P . M . PHOTOS BY NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS Mapleton’s (from left) Nathan Roane, Nate Neece, Dominic Wells and Cole Spencer enter the court for the Sailors. M APLETON LANDS Mapleton’s boys team improved to 2-1 in league; girls now 0-3 after loss to McKenzie B Y N ED H ICKSON Mapleton junior Erin Michael brings the ball down for the Lady Sailors. Siuslaw News T IDE T ABLE M APLETON GIRLS : 13 M C K. GIRLS : 59 M APLETON BOYS : 59 M C K. BOYS : 39 trolling McKenzie’s momentum before falling 13-59. Lowell remains undefeated at 2-0 to lead the MWL girls division. The boys, meanwhile, handed the Eagles their second-straight loss with a hard-fought 59-39 road victory that improves Mapleton to 2-1 with Lowell and Eddyvile in the MWL. Triangle Lake leads the league at 2-0. Mapleton plays Tuesday, at Siletz, beginning with the girls at 5:30 p.m Entrance Siuslaw River High Tide Low Tide Jan. 6 3:29am / 7.5 2:59pm / 7.3 9:18am / 2.5 9:40pm / -0.1 Jan. 7 4:19am / 7.4 4:00pm / 6.5 10:22am / 2.4 10:30pm / 0.7 Jan. 8 5:10am / 7.4 5:10pm / 5.9 11:32am / 2.2 11:22pm / 1.5 Jan. 9 6:01am / 7.4 6:29pm / 6.4 Jan. 10 7:42am / 7.5 9:05pm / 5.4 Jan. 11 8:29am / 7.6 10:06pm/ 5.7 Tuesday night, Mapleton was on the road in the Eagles’ nest at McKenzie High School, where the Sailors split the night. The girls were the first to tip off against a high-pressure Eagles defense that has managed to go 2-1 in the Mountain West League so far this sea- son, creating a tie with Alsea. The Lady Sailors had no luck con- Siuslaw teams sweep Waldport match-ups 12:44pm / 1.9 B Y N ED H ICKSON Siuslaw News SHS GIRLS : 38 WHS GIRLS : 25 SHS BOYS : 42 WHS BOYS : 33 1:18am / 2.8 2:50pm / 1.1 2:17am / 3.2 3:40pm/ 0.7 Jan. 12 9:12am / 7.7 3:11am / 3.4 10:53pm / 5.9 4:23pm / 0.3 S IUSLAW N EWS E AGLES The Siuslaw girls basketball team picked up its third win of the pre-season Tuesday night at home against Waldport. Six members of the Lady Vikings line-up con- tributed to scoring, with freshman Brea Blankenship and sophomore Mia Collins each scoring in double digits at 10 points apiece. Six of Blankenship’s points came from beyond the arc on a pair of 3-pointers, along with 6 V IKING 148 Maple St. Florence 541-997-3441 Siuslaw News Siuslaw wrestlers were on the mats at Douglas High School on Thursday for the six-team Far West League Dual meet. The Vikings won their first three rounds, defeating North Bend 42-30, then Brookings-Harbor (41- & SHEET METAL, INC. “Your Local Independent Trane Dealer” Florence’s Oldest & Largest Heating Contractor On the Bite WEEKLY THE LOCAL REGION www.dfw.state.or.us/RR WINTER TROUT FISHING Don’t let your trout fish- ing season end just because the cold weather has arrived. Here are just some of the weekend opportuni- ties from this week’s Rec Report: • Several ponds and lakes in the Willamette Zone just took delivery of SIUSLAW XB Siuslaw sophomore post Mia Collins had 10 points and 6 rebounds against Waldport. 21) before sweeping their first three opponents with a 47-6 pummeling of South Umpqua. Siuslaw Gavin Fletcher (126 lbs.), Patrick Hill (132 lbs.) and Riley Jennings (170 lbs.) each won by pin against North Bend, along with forfeit wins for Sal Sierra (145-lbs.) Jay Goldblatt (160 lbs,), Luis Infante (182 lbs.), and Matthew Horillo (285 lbs.) LITTLE XB FISHING REPORT FOR See FISHING XB NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS WRESTLERS PLACE THIRD AT B Y N ED H ICKSON See A boards and a 2 steals. At the post, Collins also nabbed 6 rebounds to go with 6 blocked shots and a trio of assists. Siuslaw also got scoring from senior Carreina Greenburg with 8 points along with 5 boards; junior Alyssa Richards, who had 6 points and 6 rebounds; and 2 points each from freshman Gracie Freudenthal and junior Madison Reynolds, who also grabbed 3 boards. See F ootball fans across America have binge watched football for two weeks. There are only two things that have dis- rupted the plethora of games. The first being wet gro- cery bags. The second was the announcement “the last play is under further review.” Instant replay is no longer, nor has it ever been, “instant.” As technology has improved the angles and speed of the replays go F AR W EST L EAGUE Against Brookings, the Viks got wins from Elijah LaCosse (126 lbs.), Ryan Jennings (152 lbs.), Goldblatt, Riley Jennings, Christian Newlan (220 lbs.) and Horillo. The Viks faced Marshfield in the fourth round. Though the Viks got wins from Richard Huff (132 lbs.), LaCosse, Hill, Ryan Jennings and Infante, Marshfield edged Siuslaw 39- DUALS 27 to remain the only undefeated team at the meet. The Viks were also dealt a loss from host Douglas, 42-26, giving Siuslaw (3-2) a third-place finish overall behind first-place Marshfield (5-0) and second-place Douglas (4-1). 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