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THESIUSLAWNEWS.COM SATURDAY EDITION | JANUARY 11, 2020 | $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. A better idea for those many not-so-good bowl games Calendar Jan. 11 • SHS wrestling at Sutherlin HS TBD • SHS basketball Sky-Em Crossover at Phoenix HS Girls: TBD Boys: TBD JARED ANDERSON/SIUSLAW NEWS Mapleton girls basketball team members celebrate their victory over Crow Thursday night. L ADY S AILORS CAGE C OUGARS B Y J ARED A NDERSON Siuslaw News Jan. 14 • MHS Basketball at McKenzie HS Girls: 5:30 p.m. Boys 7 p.m. Jan. 16 • MHS Basketball at Alsea Girls: 5:30 p.m. Boys 7 p.m. Mapleton d Crow 28-21 The Mapleton girls’ basket- ball team pulled off its first win of the season Thursday night, against Crow, with the Sailors keeping a lead over the Cougars throughout the entire game. “It feels great to get that first win,” Mapleton coach Mellissa Duffy said. “I know the girls are excited about it. We’re looking to build on that and use it as momentum going forward. Hopefully, this is a turn in our season.” It had been a hard road for the Sailors, who had been nursing a 10-game losing streak before hosting Crow. It wasn’t until the Sailors played Oakridge last Saturday that things started to come togeth- er. For the majority of the game, the Sailors were not playing aggressively. But then, during the last four minutes of the game at Oakridge, they started to play hard, fighting for the ball, blocking with every ounce of energy. “Something triggered them to give everything they had and just lay their bodies on the line — and they did,” said Duffy. “They saw how much See SAILORS 3B See www.dfw.state.or.us/RR Tide Tables Entrance Siuslaw River NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS Low Tide Jan. 11 12:49am / 6.7 11:46pm / 8.7 5:58am / 3.2 6:54pm / -1.4 Siuslaw’s Hayden Muller (left) won her exhibition match at 135 lbs. against Gold Beach. S IUSLAW POUNDS P ANTHERS , NIPPED BY B ULLDOGS B Y N ED H ICKSON Siuslaw News Jan. 12 1:30am / 6.9 12:32pm / 8.6 6:46am / 3.0 7:36pm / -1.4 Jan. 13 2:12am / 7.1 1:21pm / 8.3 7:36am / 2.8 8:19pm / -1.1 Jan. 14 2:55am / 7.2 2:13pm / 7.8 8:31am / 2.6 9:03pm / -0.6 Jan. 15 3:40am / 7.4 3:12pm / 7.1 9:32am / 2.4 9:49pm / 0.1 The Vikings were on their home mats Thursday hosting a three-way dual meet with 2A Gold Beach and 3A Sutherlin, beginning with the Vikings pouncing on the Panthers, 63-12. Hunter Petterson, wres- tling at 126 pounds, pinned Isaac Richards of Gold Beach in 48 seconds, followed by Elijah LaCosse who, at 145 lbs., also nabbed a pin, albeit not until late in third round. Siuslaw News Jan. 16 10:39am/ 2.1 10:38pm/ 1.0 Mapleton d Crow: 40-33 11:52am / 1.7 11:32pm / 1.8 Mapleton boys basketball held off Crow in an aggressive game on Thursday night, get- ting a much needed home- game win as the Sailors move into a string of away games. “We really needed a win, Jan. 17 5:16am / 7.7 5:37pm / 5.7 Both wrestlers went on to pin their next opponents as well during the second match of the night against Sutherlin, with Petterson taking Devon Felix to the mat in 3:53, and LaCosse pinning Anthony Clark in just 1:52. Against the Panthers, Jonathan Rose (182 lbs.) and JC Gentry (220 lbs.) each took down their opponents by pin, with the Viks winning 5 out of 6 of their matches, with seven of 13 overall weight divisions being won by forfeit. In its match against Sutherlin, Siuslaw managed to score more actual wins on the night (7 Siuslaw wins compared to 6 Sutherlin wins) including a pin by Yoskar Delamora at 106 lbs. At 195 lbs., Christian Newlan tied up his match in the final seconds against Sutherlin, forcing an overtime round, where he secured a win. At 120 lbs., Siuslaw’s Mason Buss held Matthew Carrillo scoreless throughout See MID COAST LAKES Stocking of the mid-coast lakes will start up again the first week of February. Check the stocking schedule online for dates and locations. Lakes that are scheduled to be stocked in February include: Alder, Dune, Carter, Lost, Elbow, Cleawox, Munsel, Siltcoos, Thissel Pond, Big Creek Reservoirs, Olalla Reservoir and Devils Lake. Warmwater fisheries are slowing down for the year as water temperatures cool down. SIUSLAW RIVER: Winter steelhead Winter steelhead typically show up on the Siuslaw River in December and peak January through March. Fishing has been fair so far this year but should get better as the season progresses into January. The river will be high and off color after this week’s rain- storms but will be dropping back into shape next week. There will be good opportuni- ties for boat and bank anglers around the popular Whitaker Creek area. Steelhead fishing has been slow so far this sea- son but should pick up with forecasted rainstorms. SIUSLAW 2B See FISHING 2B M APLETON LANDS C ROW , CONTINUES LEAGUE MOMENTUM B Y J ARED A NDERSON 4:27am / 7.5 4:19pm/ 6.3 LITTLE 2B ODFW R EGIONAL F ISHING R EPORT Jan. 17 • SHS Basketball at Cottage Grove Boys: 5:45 p.m. Girls 7:15 p.m. High Tide Let’s give Kudos to the Florence Food Share for feed- ing hundreds of families in and around our community. And cheers to ESPN and the NCAA bowl selection com- mittee for bringing a plethora of bowl games for the millions of football fans to watch. Food is a need; football games are a want. Oregon played in the Rose bowl on Jan. 1. Th e Rose bowl is given the distinction as be- ing the oldest bowl game. Th e fi rst Rose bowl was actually called the “Tournament East- West Football game.” In 1902, Stanford at 3-1-2 represented the West and Michigan at 10-0 competed for the East team. Th e game was as lopsided as the records of the competing teams. Michigan entered the game outscoring their oppo- nents 501-0 and, aft er leading Stanford 49-0, the game — at the request of Stanford — end- ed with eight minutes left on the clock. It would be 14 years before especially being at home,” Wolgamott said. “We’ve got a stretch ahead of us where we can really excel, but it won’t be easy. Still, I know we’re a top- three team, and I know we’ll be able to show that next week.” The Sailors played two home games this week, the first against Mohawk, which saw Mapleton lose in overtime. “That was a tough one to swallow,” Wolgamott said. “I believe we led most of the game until the end of regulation.” Wolgamott said that the defense was good enough for a win against Mohawk, but the loss could be pinned on a few factors — most notably, free- throws. “We end up missing 10 free- throws that game. You make three of those, and it’s a differ- ent outcome,” he said. “We’ve been trying to address it with a little extra practice time. Maybe we stress it too much and it gets in their heads. Maybe we need to dial that back and let them come to practice and let it be that.” And the offense was off on Tuesday as well, leading to See MAPLETON 3B
