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SN THESIUSLAWNEWS.COM SATURDAY EDITION | DECEMBER 7, 2019 | $1.00 V IKS , S AILORS HIT THE HARDWOOD By Lloyd Little Retired teacher, coach and game offi cial Sports & Recreation With more than55 years as an athlete, coach, parent and specta- tor, 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 Dec. 10 • MHS Basketball at Elkton Girls at 6 p.m. Boys at 7:30 p.m. • SHS Basketball hosts Sutherlin Girls at 5:45 p.m. Boys at 7:15 p.m. Dec. 12 • MHS Basketball at Yoncalla Girls at 5:30 p.m. Boys at 7 p.m. • SHS Basketball at Harrisburg Day 1 Girls at 8:30 p.m. Boys at 7 p.m. T IME O UT Is It a Sport? JARED ANDERSON/SIUSLAW NEWS Siuslaw’s Brea Blankenship makes the most of a fastbreak opportunity Wednesday. Siuslaw teams show promise B Y J ARED A NDERSON Siuslaw News Newport d Siuslaw girls 51-37 Newport d Sisulaw boys 68-48 While the Vikings lost both basketball season open- ers Wednesday night, both the girls and boys team coaches saw a confidence in players that has been lacking in previous years, pointing to a promising season of Vikings basketball. After the Lady Viks lost by 14 points, the locker room after the game was still jubi- lant. “As soon as we got back into the locker room after the game was over, they were all saying that was the best they played in four years,” Lady Viks head coach Ashlee Cole said. “They’re all excited. They didn’t have their heads down. They’re ready to look for the next opponent and take them down.” Last year against Newport, the Viks lost by 40 points. It was the kind of deficit that See SHS 3B Aft er years of debate, the criteria for an activity to be classifi ed as a sport must meet three criteria: A sport is: 1) A human activity involv- ing skill and exertion. 2) Governed by a set of rules or customs. 3) Undertaken competitive- ly and capable of achieving a result (i.e., winners and losers) In elementary, school my friends and I would draw a three foot in diameter circle in the dirt. We would all toss fi ve marbles into the circle. Rock, paper and scissors decided the fi rst shooter, with each consec- utive shooter trying to knock marbles out of the circle. If successful, their turn contin- ued until a marble either failed to cross the line or the shoot- ers’ marble left the circle. Shooters got to keep all marbles they knocked out. Th e game ended when all marbles were out. Th is was my fi rst sport and I won a box of mar- bles that year. My next sport was four- square. I see by the squares at Rhododendron Elementary that the game continues today. Th e rules are simple: Catch a ball directed to your square before it bounces twice. If you don’t you are out. I played al- most the entire recess most See LITTLE 2B Tide Tables ODFW R EGIONAL F ISHING R EPORT Entrance Siuslaw River www.dfw.state.or.us/RR High Tide Low Tide Dec. 7 8:27am / 7.1 9:09pm / 5.5 2:02am / 2.3 3:15pm / 1.6 Dec. 8 9:02am / 7.4 10:03pm / 5.8 2:48am / 2.5 3:56pm / 1.0 Dec. 9 9:37am / 7.8 10:51pm / 6.0 3:31am / 2.7 4:34pm / 0.3 Nov. 10 10:11m / 8.0 11:35pm / 6.3 4:12am / 2.9 5:11pm / -0.2 Sailors full steam ahead Dec. 11 10:46am / 8.3 4:52am/ 3.1 5:49pm/ -0.7 Dec. 12 12:19am / 6.5 11:22pm / 8.4 5:31am / 3.2 6:28pm / -1.0 Dec. 13 1:02am / 6.6 12:00pm/ 8.4 JARED ANDERSON/SIUSLAW NEWS Mapleton sophomore Joseph Shephard makes a jumpshot against Lowell. 6:13am/ 3.3 7:08pm/ -1.1 B Y J ARED A NDERSON Siuslaw News Lowell d Mapleton boys 49-32 Lowell d Mapleton girls 59-19 Even though both Sailors basketball teams lost their season openers to Lowell on Wednesday night, the coach- es and players walked away & SHEET METAL, INC. “Your Local Independent Trane Dealer” Florence’s Oldest & Largest Heating Contractor with a sense of optimism for the upcoming season. For the boys’ team, the Sailors fell to Lowell, 32-49. Despite the loss, coach Eric Wolgamott sees a lot of prom- ise. “As a whole, it went better than I thought it would, to be honest. There’s a lot of moments to build on for the future,” he said. The team was at a disad- vantage at the beginning, down two players with only six on the court throughout the night. “But they all contributed, every single one of them,” Wolgamott said. “I feel that Lowell jumped on us from the beginning, which was kind of a fear of mine — That the players would be a little shocked and get punched in the mouth. But I told them See MHS 2B MID COAST LAKES: Stocking of the mid-coast lakes ended in June. Check the stocking schedule online for dates and locations of stockings. Some of the bigger lakes have “hold-over” trout and the fishing typically picks up in the fall when these trout are feeding to prepare for the winter months ahead. 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