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SN THESIUSLAWNEWS.COM SATURDAY EDITION | DECEMBER 21, 2019 | $1.00 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 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. Blisters and Bruises Calendar Dec. 21 • SHS wrestling at Grants Pass Inv. Day 2 TBA JARED ANDERSON/SIUSLAW NEWS Senior guard Justyce Wierichs shoots a jumper in Thursday’s win over Triange Lake. Dec. 27 • SHS basketball hosts Douglas Girls: 5:45 p.m. Boys: 7:15 p.m. Jan. 3 • SHS basketball Bandon Dunes Day 1 — TBD S AILORS LOCK DOWN L AKERS B Y J ARED A NDERSON Siuslaw News Mapleton d T. Lake: 53-34 The Mapleton boys basket- ball team dominated Triangle Lake on Thursday night, taking the lead from the beginning and never relinquishing it. “We came in with the inten- tion of playing the best basket- ball we’ve played all year long,” head coach Eric Wolgamott said. “We have to clean some things up, but I always say that it’s better to correct mistakes in a win than a loss. That’s ulti- mately what you play for, is a win. It’s always good to go into a break with a win, otherwise it was going to be a long winter break.” The Sailors scored just sec- onds into the first quarter and kept the Lakers at bay through- out, though there were some jitters. “I don’t know if it was nerves, or if it was the home crowd,” Wolgamott said. “This was only our second game of the year, and I think it’s possible to be a little too jacked up. They were just kind of speeding up the plays, not running through them fully.” After a few foul troubles in the first half and some missed shots, Wolgamott took the half- time speech to tell his players to focus. “I told them, ‘You’re not See SAILORS 2B Jan. 4 • SHS basketball Bandon Dunes Day 2 — TBD See www.dfw.state.or.us/RR Tide Tables Entrance Siuslaw River JARED ANDERSON/SIUSLAW NEWS Low Tide Dec. 21 7:41am / 8.0 8:34pm / 5.8 1:09am / 1.7 2:33pm / 1.0 Mapleton’s Opal Burruss attempts to breach the Trianlge Lake defense on Thursday. M APLETON LOSE CLOSE ONE TO L AKERS B Y J ARED A NDERSON Siuslaw News Dec. 22 8:30m / 8.3 9:44pm / 6.0 2:09am / 2.2 3:29pm / 0.1 Dec. 23 9:16am / 8.5 10:44pm / 6.3 3:06am / 2.6 4:19pm / -0.5 Dec. 24 10:01am / 8.7 11:36pm / 6.6 3:59am / 2.8 5:06pm / -1.0 Dec. 25 10:44am / 8.7 4:49am/ 3.0 5:49pm/ -1.2 LITTLE 3B ODFW R EGIONAL F ISHING R EPORT Jan. 7 • SHS basketball hosts Taft HS Girls: 5:45 p.m. Boys: 7:15 p.m. High Tide Whenever an athlete begins a new sport season, there is a risk for blisters. Th e shoes may be new and not yet been worn. Blisters are caused by the forceful rubbing within the top layers of the skin. A blister is a pocket of body fl uid. It is there to protect the new layer of skin forming under the fl uid. Most blisters will go away within a two-week period. However, while present they can cause pain while moving. Feet are the most common area for blisters to form and feet are the foundation for ath- letic movement. Preventing blisters from forming is important for skill development during early practices. Blisters can delay this development. Good-fi t- ting shoes are essential in pre- venting blister development. Even the right shoe may not prevent a blister. Coach Ralph Brown, my seventh-grade bas- ketball coach, suggested we turn our socks inside out. Th e seams of socks are located on the inside and the outside is smooth. When we turned our socks, the smooth side off ered fewer rubbing areas for our feet. Some players then put on a second pair of socks. Th e shoe then felt tighter with less friction as a result. When my children played sports, I remembered this T. Lake d Mapleton: 41-33 The Mapleton girls basket- ball team battled it out with Triangle Lake in a hard-fought game Thursday night which saw the Sailors lose to the Lakers by 8 points, their lowest point-loss of the season thus far. “I think it went well,” head coach Melissa Duffy said. “Obviously, it could have been better because we could have won. But we had a bigger vari- ety of girls taking shots. We had more passing to the inside than we usually have, and better defense. There’s still lots of improvement to be made, but they’re getting tougher and a bit more basketball smart.” While the Lakers came out with a win at the end of the night, the Sailors definitely made them work for it. The game started off with a low score, with the Sailors making some smart shots. “They were mixing their defenses in the first half, they were playing their zone,” Duffy said. “The girls were also trying to process what they were look- ing at. They were taking stock in what they were approach- ing.” But they also got into some foul trouble, which allowed the Lakers to stay in the game, end- ing the first quarter in a tie. In the second, the Lakers began to pull away, ending the second with 19 points over the Sailors’ 15. It’s at that point, the Sailors fought back, posting a strong defense throughout the third period and climbing out of the deficit — ending the quarter up by one basket, 23-21. “I think they’re starting to see the person in the middle and how you can use that per- son on the baseline in the mid- dle to get those easy buckets,” assistant coach Dan Gray said. “And I think Opal [Burruss] was aggressive,” Duffy added, noting that Burruss was the high scorer of the game with 12 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 “holdover” 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: Cleawox, Mercer, Munsel, and Siltcoos. Warmwater fisheries are slowing down for the year as water temperatures cool down. SILTCOOS & TAHKENITCH LAKES: Coho Coho fishing has been slow in Siltcoos and Tahkenitch so far this year. The dry, clear and cold weather pattern will slow the number of fish com- ing into the lakes. Fishing should pick up with the rain. Fishing should improve and be good through December. Reminder: Retention of wild Coho is still allowed for the 2019 season, 1 wild adult Coho per day (as well as 1 jack per day) and 5 adult Coho for the year in aggregate with Siltcoos, Tahkenitch, and Tenmile Lakes. SIUSLAW RIVER: Winter steelhead See FISHING 3B Dec. 26 12:23am / 6.7 11:26pm / 8.6 5:36am / 3.1 6:31pm / -1.2 Dec. 27 1:07am / 6.8 12:07pm/ 8.4 6:22am/ 3.2 7:11pm/ -1.0 Celebrate New Year’s Day with free ‘First Day Hike’ at Honeyman For the ninth year, Oregon Parks and Recreation Depart- ment (OPRD) is partnering with state parks to offer free guided “First Day Hikes” in state parks across Oregon on New Year’s Day. Locally, a hike will be host- ed at Jessie M. Honeyman Me- morial State Park just south of Florence. On Jan. 1, the usual $5 parking fee will be waived. Hikers can register for the hike at the Oregon State Parks Store, http://bit.ly/ParkStoreEvents. Registration will help park staff plan for the hike and give park staff contact information should the hike be canceled be- cause of weather. Hike time will be 10 a.m. at the Group Camp parking lot for a moderate, two- mile hike on the Woahink Lake- side Trail.
