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SIUSLAW NEWS | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2019 | 3B Sailors from 1B they were an ultimate team. They stepped up, and we just got over a lot of adversity this year.” The year began with a reevaluation on what the coaches should focus on. It had been 17 years is a chance for the Sailors to play under November night lights, though they came close more than once. Starting in 2015, they made the league playoffs three years straight, but they just couldn’t close the deal. But in the beginning of this year, Greene knew they had an opportunity. “If these kids played together, bought in and worked hard, we knew the talent was there,” he said. “I just don’t think they realized how good they could be. When you play together, it’s amazing what you can accomplish.” One of the first goals was to foster a relationship in the team. “You get together with the kids and you bond with them. You do activities with them, like we went paint- balling. We cut wood for a church together and helped the community out. We went to the Southern Oregon camp, and that was big, get- ting us to really like each other. We just spent time with each other. That was one of the big things to get these kids on board.” When the kids were on the field, they were having as much fun as they were work- ing hard. “They like each other,” Greene said. “They like being around each other. They’re positive with each other. There’s nobody talking down to one another, there wasn’t a jealousy between them. It was just NOTICE OF FINDING OF NO SIGNFICANT IMPACT AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS November 16, 2019 City of Florence 250 Hwy 101 Florence, OR 97439 541-997-3437 These notices shall satisfy two separate but related procedural requirements for activities to be undertaken by the recipient, Community Frameworks of Bremerton, WA. 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Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedures (24 CFR Part 58, Sec. 58.76) and shall be addressed to HUD Oregon Office of Community Planning and Development at 1220 SW 3 rd Ave #400, Portland, OR 97204. Potential objectors should contact HUD to verify the actual last day of the objection period. more of, ‘Hey, we get to get together and do this goal.’ You could see it, on the field and off the field.” For the coaches, the focus was defense — something that needed improving if they were going to have a real shot at reaching the post season. “That’s been the biggest improvement with our team throughout the year,” Greene said. “That’s the reason why we went to state. Our offense has always been good, it’s just that defense has never been our forte. We had to get better defensively, and we finally got good at that.” There were some argu- ments at first. Some of the players wanted to play cer- tain positions, “how many catches and how many rush- ing yards, all of that,” Greene said. “These kids had to buy in to the roles that they had to play and where we had to put them. And those kids did, and they enjoyed it.” Their first non-jamboree game was at home versus Riddle. It only took 16 sec- onds for the Sailors to show their dominance, after Cody Soverns ran the ball 49 yards into the endzone. “When you talk about coming out fast and being ready to go, especially on offense, I feel like we accom- plished that on the first play,” Greene said at the time. “We had 30 points in the first quarter. When those kids are ready to go, it’s exciting to watch.” They won the game 52-12. The next week, another home game, this time wel- coming Chiloquin. Again, they scored early, the blares of the Mapleton Fire Department’s engine echo- ing through the canyon. The score was 48-0 at the end of the second quarter. Then it was Siletz Valley, 62-20, followed by a win over Elkton, 52-6; the Sailors were on an unprecedented roll. But as the wins were stacking up, so were the injuries. The team started the season with a roster of 15, but the number of eligi- ble players began to dwindle. The roster fluctuated from 13, to 11, then 12 when the Sailors faced Lowell, which was defending a near-perfect season. The Sailors’ small team coupled with the strong play of the Devils saw Mapleton lose its first game. By the time their next game rolled around, the roster was look- ing dire. Against North Douglas, Mapleton only had seven players to finish the game. “Most teams wouldn’t have been able to do what we did to survive all the issues,” said Greene. “It’s incredible that they went as far as they did. That’s a tribute to those kids, counting on freshmen at times to help us win games.” Despite having a skeleton crew, the Sailors kept the North Douglas game from being a blowout, a final score of 20-36. When the Sailors faced off against Perrydale, the adversity began taking its toll. There were a slew of penalties, some earned, some not. The loss forced them to play one of the best ranked teams in the state for their first playoff, at Camas Valley. The Hornets came out strong and scored on the Sailors first. “And then we scored on them, made it 8-6,” Greene said. “We came out offen- sively, and we were matching with them. It went back and forth the first half. Either defense could stop each other, and we were just going back and forth.” A personal foul at the end of the second quarter put them further behind. “In the second half, we came out, scored right away, down 6 again,” said Greene. “We just couldn’t stop them on defense. They just kept scoring, and we just… They finally stopped us on offense, and they kind of broke the game open in probably the four-minute mark in the third quarter is when they started pulling away. So, they ended up winning 84-50, but the game was a lot closer than what the score said at the end.” At the end of the game, Greene talked with team about the adversity they had gone through, how hard they worked to get to this moment. “They’re going to remem- ber that for the rest of their lives. And they had a lot of fun with it,” said Greene. “They enjoyed the moment that they were in. And that’s what we talked about. Leaving it all on the field. If you do that, you have noth- ing to have regrets about.” For five Sailors, Camas Valley marked the end of their high school football career. “Dylan Rogers is leaving, he had a season knee injury,” Greene said. “We’re losing Bradley Opperud, he’s our center.” Cody Soverns will be gone, along with Justyce Wierichs, who had over 100 yards receiving and over 100 yards rushing his final game. And then there’s Nate Neece, who Greene said did a good job of offense against the Hornets, and had had a great season. “We’re going to miss those seniors,” Greene said. “But we’ve still got five or six kids that have a lot of experience and a really good junior class coming. You still have Philip Burnett, Robbie Burnett. You still got AJ Moso and AJ Neece.” For the 2018 season, Greene had a parting mes- sage. “What makes you success- ful is preparing for opportu- nities. You look at our foot- ball season, we had a lot of opportunities. The kids real- ized that they can go a lot further by preparing and playing as a team. “That’s why they’re win- ners.” CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SIUSLAW HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY TEAM BOTH THE BOYS AND GIRLS TEAMS CLAIMED SKY-EM LEAGUE TITLES, WITH THE GIRLS PLACING SECOND AT THE OSAA 4A STATE MEET AND THE BOYS PLACING SIXTH. 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