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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
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SAILORS 2B
Jan. 4
• SHS basketball
Bandon Dunes
Day 2 — TBD
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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
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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 “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
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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.