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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. In the
mid-coast these lakes include:
Olalla, Big Creek reservoirs,
Cleawox, Mercer, Munsel and
Siltcoos.
Warmwater fisheries are
slowing down for the year as
water temperatures cool
down.
SIUSLAW RIVER: Fall
Chinook
Fall Chinook fishing con-
tinues to be fair on the
Siuslaw River. The river is low
and clear and there are still
some fish in the estuary, but it
has been slow. Fish are still
holding in the upper tidewa-
ter areas waiting for the next
big rain event. Expect more of
the same until we get some
more rain.
Reminder: Lake Creek (a
tributary of the Siuslaw River)
is closed for the fall salmon
season to protect the forecast-
ed low number of returning
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