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SATURDAY EDITION | SEPTEMBER 28, 2019
T IME
O UT
By Lloyd Little
Retired teacher, coach and
game offi cial
Sports &
Recreation
With more than55 years as an
athlete, coach, parent and
spectator, Lloyd Little has gained
some insights and perspectives
regarding athletics. Each week,
he shares what he's learned about
sports from his multiple points of
view.
Calendar
Fear the Veer
Sept. 28
• SHS football
at Madras H.S.
4 p.m.
• SHS cross country
Springfield Inv.
Girls: 11 a.m.
Boys: 11:45 a.m.
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Mapleton’s sophomore Roni Granger enters the court for the Sailors.
Sailors pick up first win
Oct. 1
• SHS volleyball
hosts Marist
6:30 p.m.
• MHS volleyball
at Mohawk
6 p.m.
Oct. 3
• SHS volleyball
at J. City HS
6:30 p.m.
• MHS volleyball
at Eddyville
6 p.m.
B Y J ARED A NDERSON
Siuslaw News
It was a big week for the
Sailors this week as the volley-
ball team played a number of
games, including one against
their longtime rival, Triangle
Lake. But it was an early eve-
ning match Tuesday night on
the road that the team crossed
one of its biggest hurdles of
the season — After 12 straight
losses, the young team won its
first match.
It happened Tuesday night
during a double-header at
Crow against Oak Hill.
The early game started off
strong for the Sailors, who
handily won their first set
25-17. The second set was a
loss, but a close one, 22-25.
The Sailors didn’t let the
loss drain their momentum,
battling it out in the third set
in a taut game that was tied up
at 24-24. Mapleton was able to
keep Oak Hill scoreless for
the next two exchanges to
narrowly win the set, 26-24.
It was the first time the
Sailors had won two sets in a
match, which seemed to fuel
them toward a decisive 25-17
win to take the set and the
match.
Though the Sailors lost
their next match of the eve-
ning to Crow, the enthusiasm
of their first win carried over
Thursday night in a battle at
home with longtime rival,
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SAILORS 2B
V IKINGS NET 1 WIN , 1 LOSS THIS WEEK
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
Oct. 4
• SHS football
hosts Harrisburg
*League Opener
7 p.m.
• MHS football
at Oakridge
7 p.m.
Tide Tables
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
Sept. 28
12:32pm / 7.8
6:18am / -0.6
6:42pm / 0.1
Sept. 29
12:44am / 7.9
1:10pm / 8.1
7:01am / -0.3
7:30pm / -0.5
Sept. 30
1:36am / 7.7
1:49pm / 8.3
7:43am / 0.2
8:18pm / -0.8
Lady Viks win one, lose one
this week
It took four sets, but the
Lady Vikings were able to
claim their first Sky-Em
League win last Tuesday, on
their home court against rival
Marist Catholic in a dramatic
3-1 match win.
Siuslaw opened the match
with a decisive 25-16 win that
seemed to put the Spartans on
their heels heading into the
second game. But Marist ral-
lied, taking Siuslaw down to
the wire and forcing the set
into extra points before the
Viks were able to edge out
Marist, 29-27.
Siuslaw’s momentum car-
ried them into a 13-2 lead to
start game three, only to have
the Spartans rally once again
and close the gap to within a
few points. The Viks pulled
ahead again to an 18-7 advan-
tage which appeared to posi-
tion Siuslaw for a three-game
sweep.
Marist had other ideas and
battled back to take the third
game, 25-23, denying a sweep
for Siuslaw.
“I was worried how we
would respond to that in the
fourth set,” said Siuslaw coach
Jonathan Hornung. “But the
girls served tough and fin-
I have lived in Florence for
over 40 years. I coached for 25
of those years and have watched
Siuslaw Viking football for
more than 35 years. I confess
that I did not attend many var-
sity football games the last three
years. Th e team I watched three
years ago was unrecognizable.
Th e shotgun snaps to a wide-
open off ense failed to establish
a running attack. Where was
the veer, which was the bread
and butter of successful Siuslaw
football for decades?
When new head coach Sam
Johnson was hired, I attended
the jamboree to see if tradition-
al Viking football had returned
with one of our school’s alumni
back in charge. I observed the
quarterback under center for
the fi rst time in three years. I
watched as he moved left and
right down the line of scrim-
mage with an option to hand
off , keep or pitch the ball to the
remaining back.
I cheer the veer’s return.
Jeff McClellan ran the veer
during my fi rst two years as a
varsity assistant at Siuslaw. He
was so smooth in his ball han-
dling the offi cials would whistle
the ball dead only to see Jeff 10
yards down fi eld with the foot-
ball. Oops! Th e halfb acks also
had to sell the play with hard
running, with or without the
ball. Th e veer is so eff ective it
stood the test of time with few
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LITTLE 2B
ODFW R EGIONAL F ISHING
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Siuslaw junior Lindsey Long and sophomore Zoe Alberty
glance at the scoreboard following a timeout.
ished strong.”
The Viks began the fourth
game much like the first, get-
ting ahead 18-7 before finish-
ing off the Spartans to win the
match, 25-18.
“Marist made us work for
points and didn’t make a lot of
mistakes,” Hornung said of
the Spartans, who Siuslaw will
face again toward the end of
the season on Oct. 10 at
Marist.
Desi Tupua had 12 kills and
Elissa Hurley scored 11 kills,
with 10 kills each from Mia
Collins and Kay Blake, along
with five kills from Hailee
Outlaw.
Defensively, Hayden Muller
had 19 digs and Lindsey Long
had seven against Marist.
The win put Siuslaw at 1-1
in league play after their loss
to Cottage Grove in the league
opener, and 6-4 overall and
ranked at No. 13 within the
OSAA’s 4A division.
Two nights later, Siuslaw
was on the court again, this
time at Marshfield, to take on
the No. 14-ranked Pirates
looking for their first Sky-Em
win — which they got in a
three-game sweep of Siuslaw,
25-20, 25-21, 25-13.
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VIKS 3B
MID COAST LAKES
Stocking of the mid-coast
lakes ended in June. Check
the stocking schedule online
for dates and locations of
stockings. Warmwater fisher-
ies is still good in several lakes
around the Florence area
including: Siltcoos,
Tahkenitch, Mercer and
Munsel.
SILTCOOS &
TAHKENITCH LAKES:
Warmwater species, cutthroat
and rainbow trout
Warmwater fishing has
been good on Siltcoos and
Tahkenitch lakes as well as
many other lakes in the
Florence area. Water tempera-
tures are warm and fish can
be found throughout the lake
in a variety of habitats.
Warmwater fishing will con-
tinue to be good through the
summer and into the fall.
Siltcoos also gets stocked
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FISHING 2B
Oct. 1
2:29am / 7.3
2:29pm / 8.2
8:25am / 0.9
9:08pm / -0.8
Oct. 2
3:24am / 6.8
3:11pm/ 8.0
9:09am/ 1.6
9:59pm/ -0.5
The ins, outs of building a soccer program at Siuslaw
SHS coaches Londi Tomaro and Nyra Campbell hope to keep building on success
B Y J ARED A NDERSON
Siuslaw News
Oct. 3
4:22am / 6.3
3:56pm / 7.5
9:57am / 2.3
10555m / -0.2
Oct. 4
5:28am / 5.9
4:48pm/ 7.0
10:52am/ 3.0
11:57pm/ 0.3
The really difficult part in
building a soccer program from
scratch is behind the scenes, the
thing that even the players aren’t
aware of.
“I definitely wouldn’t be
aware of it if I wasn’t doing it,”
Siuslaw soccer coach Londi To-
maro said. She said she got a lot
of support from the high school,
both with logistics and much
needed enthusiasm.
“But scheduling games, or-
dering equipment, figuring out
what we need, where we’re going
to play, where’s our field going
to be for our home game, what
equipment do we need for that,
making sure all the kids have
all of their boxes checked to be
eligible for the school, check-
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ing up on everyone, keeping the
parents informed…” Tomaro
said.
The list went on, added to by
assistant coach Nyra Campbell.
“Then you have to store the
gear,” she said. “Londi’s entire
car is soccer gear. Two ball bags,
a wagon, water bottle, first aid
kit.”
Tomaro added, “My kids
barely fit at this point.
“All the note pads, fitness
equipment — all in the car,”
Campbell said.
The team was offered a locker
at the high school for the equip-
ment, but the team practices at
Miller Park, more than a mile
away from the school. It’s easier
just to stow it in the backseat
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SOCCER 3B