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would haunt them through-
out the rest of the season,
where they only won one
game in league play, against
Elmira, and that was a
squeaker (56-51).
Stepping into the head
coach position, former Vik
basketball player Cole stated
she wanted to bring an
aggressiveness to the team
that had been lost over the
years. And if Wednesday
night was any indication,
her plan is already showing
results.
“Early on, we were play-
ing really well. We started
out with a trap and we got
them into some turnover
trouble and executed on
that. We went 4-2 right at
the start,” Cole said.
They ended the first
quarter tied at nine and, by
the end of the first half, they
were only down by eight.
The Viks came out ready
to dominate as they pounced
on every loose ball and
pounded down the court
with a fierce intensity —
maybe even a little bit too
much intensity.
“We started getting into
some foul trouble with
Gracie and she got three
fouls in the first three min-
utes. That kind of hurt us a
bit,” Cole said. In the second
quarter, “We played pretty
well, then we got into a little
bit more foul trouble, so I
had to bench a few of them.”
Overall, the one thing
that Cole said the team
needs to work on is being
more composed and avoid-
ing foul trouble.
“But I am pleased with
the intensity,” she said. “Now
we have to figure out how to
be that aggressive without
the fouls.”
Cole also pointed to the
team’s freethrow statistics,
shooting only 50 percent.
“If we would have made
all of them, it would have
been a five-point game,”
Cole said. “We’ve been
working on it in practice,
but it didn’t show up all the
way this game. So, we need
to get a little better with
that.”
In
scoring,
Gracie
Freudenthal led the way
with 12, followed by Mia
Collins with 10 and
Savannah Morris with 8.
“Our defense was great,”
Cole said. “We held them to
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Siuslaw’s Braydon Thornton led the Viks with a game-
high 21 points Wednesday against Newport.
nine points in the first quar-
ter. They excelled at that.
We’re going to keep trying to
trap, keep our defense up
and — yeah, hope to win
some games.”
As for the future, Cole is
adverse to making any long-
range promises for the team,
but “For that being their
first game, I’m excited. Right
now, we’re just looking at
one game at a time.”
For the boys’ team,
“There was some good and
there was some bad,” said
coach Dylan Perry. “I
thought we played very well
the first quarter to half.
When Newport started
pressing us, we kind of fell
apart and lost our confi-
dence, and we couldn’t han-
dle the pressure as well as he
should have. The game kind
of got away from us at that
point.”
The Viks started strong,
leading 18-13 after the first
quarter, then built a 10-point
lead. Newport fought back,
taking a one-point lead at
half-time (31-30), which
widened through the rest of
the game.
Perry took the blame for
the team not being prepared
for Newport’s press. “It was
my fault. We should have
practiced more and had an
understanding of what we
were going to do.”
But getting a good prac-
tice in before Wednesday’s
game was difficult due to a
string of illnesses that are
going around. The team
only had seven or eight
practices before the first
game, none of them with
full attendance.
“We actually had to can-
cel a couple of practices,” he
said. “Then the practices we
did have, we were piecing
together our roster.”
With that in mind, Perry
said the team did an excel-
lent job on Wednesday,
especially when compared
to the year prior, which
ended on a 12-game losing
streak for the Vikings.
“It’s a night and day dif-
ference,” he said. “A year
older makes a huge differ-
ence, especially in high
school. Just the maturity
level, getting bigger, stron-
ger. And then a lot of those
younger kids were forged by
fire last year, getting thrown
in there because we didn’t
have a lot of
upperclassmen. They got
a ton of varsity experience,
which pays dividends for us
this year.”
Those dividends particu-
larly shined in the first quar-
ter and a half.
“I think we were more
comfortable offensively,”
Perry said. “We were setting
screens, we were patient, we
understood where we want-
ed to get the ball and we
were sharing the ball.”
The Viks showed up on
the defensive side as well.
“We worked quicker,
which is obviously helping
in basketball, trying to play
defense,” said Perry. “We got
a little bit taller on our roster
as well, which helps against
opponents that have size,
which Newport had last
night.”
Standouts of the night
Siuslaw River).
No wild Coho retention
for the 2019 season.
ALSEA RIVER: Fall
Chinook
Fall Chinook fishing on
the Alsea River continues
to be slow with the low
and clear conditions.
There are still being some
fish caught in the estuary
as fish start to stage and
wait for the next big rain
event. With little rain in
the 10-day forecast expect
more of the same for the
next few weeks.
Due to low forecasted
fall Chinook returns, this
year’s daily bag limit has
been reduced to 1 wild
Chinook per day and 5 per
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included Braydon Thornton
who scored a game-high 21
points.
“He’s a phenomenal ath-
lete, we’re just trying to get
everyone incorporated,”
Perry said. “It was good see-
ing our players that haven’t
had a ton of varsity experi-
ence step up when they got
the nod this year, coming off
the bench as well. That
would be Avery Hart, Rhys
Fleming, Elijah Blankenship
and Skyler Mattson.”
One of the things that the
team could work on is
ensuring the man-to-man
defense stays strong.
“It started out strong but,
again, once the pressure
started happening and we
started making turnovers,
they got out in the open
court and we didn’t have our
defense set that was working
well for us in the first quar-
ter and a half,” Perry said.
“We’ve just got to make sure
each one of us is boxing out
our guys, not worrying
about if we get the rebound.
Just making sure the guy
we’re guarding doesn’t get
the ball. If we do that, then
the ball should land in one
of our hands.
“Basically, it comes down
to the fundamentals, doing
the right thing, focusing on
what they practice — and
not trying to make the
‘superstar play,’” said Perry,
who thinks the team has the
physicality and talent this
year to fulfill those needs.
“I’m looking forward to
competing,” he said. “I think
as the season progresses this
year, they’ll be able to show
that they’re one of those top
teams. There’s going to be
bumps and bruises in the
preseason, but once league
rolls around, we’re going to
be in a good position. We’re
looking to be in one of those
top three spots and get an
opportunity to play at state
this year. I really do believe
this team has the talent and
the expectations to do that
this year.”
Siuslaw returned to the
hardwood last night at
Pleasant Hill (after press
deadlines) and will be back
home this Tuesday to host
Sutherlin in another non-
league matchup. The girls
tip off at 5:45 p.m., followed
by the boys’ game at 7:15
p.m. The game will be
broadcast live on KCST
106.9 FM, beginning with
pre-game at 5:30 p.m.
year for the mid-coast
aggregate (Siletz River to
Siuslaw River).
No wild coho retention
for the 2019 season.
Trout fishing in streams
closed Oct. 31.
SALMON RIVER: fall
Chinook
Fall Chinook fishing has
slowed down on the
Salmon River with the
low and clear conditions.
Most of the fish have
moved up and out of the
estuary headed for the
spawning grounds and
the run is almost done
for the year. A few fish
are still being caught in
the estuary and the pres-
sure has been light.
Due to low forecasted
fall Chinook returns, this
year’s daily bag limit has
been reduced to 1 wild
Chinook per day and 5
per year for the north
coast
aggregate
(Necanicum River to
Salmon River).
No wild Coho reten-
tion for the 2019 season.
SILETZ RIVER: Fall
Chinook, summer steel-
head
Fall Chinook fishing
on the Siletz River con-
tinues to be slow with the
low, clear, and cold con-
ditions. Fish will start to
stage in the estuary again
waiting for the next big
rain event. With no con-
siderable rain in the
extended forecast, expect
more of the same until
we get a weather change.