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SATURDAY EDITION
❘ SEPTEMBER 8, 2018 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
T IME
O UT
S PORTS
Calendar
Sept. 8
• Siuslaw Open
Golf Tourney
9 a.m.
Florence Golf
Links
• SHS XC
at Saxon Inv.
9:30 a.m.
By Lloyd Little
Retired teacher, coach
and game offi cial
With more than55 years as
an athlete, coach, parent and
spectator, Lloyd Little has
gained some insights and
perspectives regarding ath-
letics. In this weekly column,
he shares what he's learned
about sports from his multiple
points of view.
On the Bench
Sept. 11
• SHS volleyball
at Sutherlin
6:30 p.m.
• MHS volleyball
at Crow
6 p.m.
Sept. 13
• SHS volleyball
hosts C. Grove
6:30 p.m.
• MHS volleyball
at Oak Hill
6 p.m.
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
Sept. 8
12:05pm / 6.9 5:42am / -1.2
11:48pm / 8.1 5:512pm / 1.2
Sept. 9
12:46pm / 7.3
6:27am / -1.2
6:41pm / 0.7
Sept. 10
12:40am / 8.0 7:10am / -1.0
7:30pm / 0.3
1:25pm/ 7.6
Sept. 11
1:30am / 7.8
2:04pm / 7.7
8:33am / 0.1
9:06pm / 0.0
L ADY S AILORS STOP S ILETZ , FALL TO E AGLES
Seniors Erin Michael (left) and
Brittany Wilson clap after the Lady
Sailors move 1 point away from the
match win against Siletz.
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
Mapleton d Siletz:
25-17, 22-25, 25-17, 25-21
McKenzie d Mapleton:
25-4, 25-14, 25-14
Though the Lady Sailors won
Tuesday’s volleyball match at home
against the Warriors in four sets, it
took some rallying and determination
to get it done.
In the first set, neither team man-
aged a lead of more than two points
through the first half, until a series of
errors by the Lady Warriors propelled
the Lady Sailors to a 19-13 lead.
From there, Mapleton held Siletz
nearly scoreless for the remainder of
the set, allowing just four more points
as sophomores Emily Stevens and
Trinity Peterson served up aces and
fellow sophomore Taylor Wynona
scored the final point for a 25-17 win.
In game two, Mapleton took an early
lead at 12-6, only to have Siletz rally
back to take the lead at 17-15. Though
the Lady Sailors were able to stay close,
the Lady Warriors held on to even the
match at 1-1 with a narrow 25-22 win.
Moving into the third set, Mapleton
once again took a quick 4-0 lead, only
to have Siletz come from behind and
tie the set at 12-12.
However,
senior
Heather
McMaster-Wills sparked a scoring
run from the service line with a series
of aces, along with aces from fellow
senior Erin Michael. The Lady
Warriors scored just five points for the
rest of the set as McMaster-Wills
hammered a kill at the net for a 25-17
victory that put Mapleton ahead 2-1.
The fourth set was a tight one, with
See
SAILORS 3B
By Ned Hickson
Siuslaw News
9:14am /0.9
9:55pm / 0.1
Sept. 14
4:05am / 6.2
4:04pm / 7.2
NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
Mapleton sophomore Taylor Wynona leaps for a block against Siletz during Tuesday’s win against the Lady Warriors.
Siuslaw vollies for hard-fought win over P. Hill
Sept. 13
3:11am / 6.8
3:23pm / 7.5
I
7:52am / -0.5
8:18pm / 0.0
Sept. 12
2:20am / 7.4
2:43pm / 7.7
I threw a pass into the air
It fell to earth I know not
where.
Th at is why I sit and
dream,
On the bench with the
second team.
9:57am / 1.6
10:48pm / 0.4
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Siuslaw d P. Hill:
25-17, 25-8, 13-25, 25-17
Thursday night’s non-league home
volleyball win over Pleasant Hill was a
dramatic one. Not because the match
was hotly contested or a need for
Siuslaw to rally — at least on the score-
board.
The Lady Viking’s rally was an emo-
tional one that came late in the match,
made necessary by an unexpected
injury sustained by junior Aylenne
Vazquez that left team members, fami-
ly and spectators shaken.
Leading up to it, the Lady Vikings
had swept the first two sets definitively,
25-17, 25-8, before meeting some
resistance from the visiting Lady Billies
in the third set that seemed to take the
wind out of the Lady Vikings’ sails.
After a bruising 13-25 loss that, for
the most part, was the result of Siuslaw
errors more than Pleasant Hill offense,
the Lady Vikings were trailing 3-5
when Vazquez and senior Alyssa
Richards collided mid-air while
NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
Lady Vikings sophomore Kya Blake (left) and seniors Makenzie York and
Alyssa Richards move in for a block against Pleasant Hill Tuesday night.
attempting to block a kill shot. When
the two came down onto the hard-
wood, only Richards got up — and it
quickly became apparent from
Vazquez’s painful cries that something
was very wrong.
“I just kept waiting for Aylenne to
get up — but she didn’t,” said coach
See
SIUSLAW 2B
f my coaches at Warren-
ton High School were
using this reasoning to
bench the quarterback, I
would have splinters in my
behind. I threw 27 inter-
ceptions my senior year.
I know some pass-es
were thrown I knew not
where, especially aft er
breaking my glasses. I did
not get benched and still
was an all-league mention
at quarterback.
Players on the bench can
have an infl uence on their
team either positively or
See
LITTLE 3B
On the
Bite
A WEEKLY
FISHING REPORT FOR THE
LOCAL REGION
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
MID COAST LAKES:
Stocking of mid coast lakes
stopped in early June, but
fishing for warmwater spe-
cies can still be good in
several area lakes, including
Ollala Reservoir, Mercer
Lake, Siltcoos Lake and
Tahkenitch Lake.
SIUSLAW RIVER:
Cutthroat trout, fall
Chinook
Fall Chinook fishing on
the Siuslaw river/bay
opened Aug. 1, a few fish
are being caught low in the
system but overall fishing
has been slow. Expect num-
bers of fall Chinook enter-
ing the bays and estuaries
to increase later in the
month and into September.
Best techniques include
trolling herring/spinners
and bobber fishing with
bait.
Sea-run cutthroat will
begin entering the lower
river later this month and
into the fall. These fish are
very aggressive, respond
well to flies and lures, and
can be up to 20-inches
long.
long.
ALSEA RIVER:
Cutthroat trout, fall
Chinook
Fall Chinook fishing on
the Alsea river/bay opened
See
FISHING 3B