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2B | SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2020 | SIUSLAW NEWS Sailors from 1B They each found good looks for each other, and they really created some beauty baskets for us. They were layups and they were able to convert them, as they should have.” Justyce Weirchs had scored 28 points against Alsea, his best game the year. “It wasn’t just scoring, it was the way he ran the offense,” Wolgamott said. “He was calm, he didn’t force anything but at the same time he was aggres- sive. When he saw a lane, he took it.” Neece also had a strong Little from 1B New York and Pennsylva- nia upstart league. In 1936, 6-foot-9-inch Joe Fortenberry of the U.S.A. Olympic basketball team dunked the USA to a gold medal. Th ey defeated Can- ada 19-8. Aft er the games, several members of the international bas-ketball community petitioned — unsuccessfully — for a height limit of 6’2” in fu- ture competitions. Legendary NCAA bas- ketball coaches Phog Allen of Kansas and John Wood- en of UCLA were no fans of the dunk. Coach Allen wrote, “Dunking does not display bas-ketball skill, only height advantage,” eventually lobbying to raise the hoop to 12 feet. Coach Wooden was a pro- ponent of fundamental skills of team ball. When the NCAA banned dunk- ing aft er the 1967 season, they were concerned about the in-creasing number of injuries attributed to dunking the basketball. Th ey also wrote, “It is not a skillful shot.” Coincidently, the rule was enacted the same year Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (then Lew Alcindor) began his NCAA career at UCLA. Coach Wooden convinced Fishing from 1B SILTCOOS & TAHKENITCH LAKES: Coho Coho fishing closed Dec. 31 in Siltcoos and Tahkenitch lakes but both will be stocked with trout in February. Check the ODFW website online for stocking dates and loca- tions. TENMILE LAKES: Trout, warmwater species, largemouth bass bass anglers will need to slow down their presentation as the water temperatures continue to drop. Anglers are catching most of the bass along the deeper weed lines and submerged trees. Yellow perch are cruis- ing on the deep-water mud flats. Most of the fish are under 10-inches long but anglers are catching a few 12 inch-plus fish. Trout anglers continue to troll for trout. A few trout have been caught on showing with 17 points. Thursday marked the second win in a row for the Sailor boys team as well, which now has a 3-2 league record (6-6 overall). “This is the first time in my coaching tenure that we are above .500 in league, so it’s nice,” Wolgamott said. “I feel like we’re one of the better teams in the league and I feel like every game we get a chance to prove that and every game we get a little better.” Next week will be a bit tougher for the Sailors, who will head to Siletz Valley, where both girls and boys basketball teams are having a strong show- ing this year. “I feel like Siletz is one of the better teams, if not the best team in the league,” Wolgamottt said. “But they got handled last night by Mohawk, which was sur- prising to me. It just shows that the league is open. If we play our best game pos- sible, we can beat anybody. I think we’ve proven that so far. I feel like this game will tell us a lot more than Alsea did.” Still, Wolgamott wants the players to embrace tough matches. “I tell them not to shy away or be intimidated by it,” he said. “I keep trying to pound it into their heads that they’re good enough that teams should be timid his center the rule would make him a better player. Th e “sky hook” became his go-to shot for years in the NBA. Aft er Darryl, Chocolate Th under, Dawkins of the NBA Philadelphia 76ers shattered two backboards in one season a new rim was needed to prevent this from happen-ing. Th e new rim came from an unex- pected source. Arthur Er- hat, a farmer in Illi-nois, invented a safer rim. He inserted a rigging spring from a John Deere culti- va-tor on a hinged base. His invention convinced the NCAA to remove the ban on dunking. Th ey felt baskets were now safer for players to dunk. No doubt, dunking a basketball is exciting. In 1967, my teammates and I at War-renton High School moved a mini trampoline under the basket (We also moved wrestling mats for safer landing.) We took pictures while springing up to dunk the ball. We lacked height and leaping ability to dunk without assistance. Now, fast forward to the Siu- slaw High School gym in 1988. Several members of the basketball team roll a wrestling mat to be used as a jumping platform to dunk from (their coach was there.) Two players were injured that day. Th e fi rst player broke both wrists when his hands slipped off the rim and he fell to the gym fl oor. Th e second player did not see the fi rst accident because he was in the locker room. When he saw the players starting to roll the mat back, he wanted his turn fi rst. He awkwardly caught his hand on the net and fell on only one arm. Th is resulted in a compound fracture. Both athletes were in the hospital on Feb. 19, 1988. I know this because I was there with my third child just being born. Th e sec- ond athlete, my all-league center fi elder, missed his senior baseball season to dunk a basketball off a rolled-up wres-tling mat. Slam dunks are excit- ing and can excite teams and fans. Even with new rims and rules that allow temporary holding on the rim, dunking can result in serious injuries to players. ESPN top-10 continues to insert slam dunks on near- ly every top-10 segment. I am with Coach Allen of Kansas and his take on slam dunks: “It is a height ad-vantage and not skill.” Coach Allen and I prob- ably have the same height and jump-ing abilities, too. bait by anglers targeting yellow perch. UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH: Steelhead The mainstem South has reopened. Fishing usually picks up in January and there should be a few around in the lower sections. The river may be in decent shape with some rain in the forecast. Make sure to turn in snouts from hatch- ery fish for a chance to win a gift card. ALSEA RIVER: Winter steelhead Winter steelhead fish- ing has been fair over the last few weeks. After the recent rainstorms anglers caught fish throughout the system, all the way up to the hatchery located on the NF Alsea. Dry conditions have slowed fishing again this last week but forecasted rainstorms should get fish moving throughout the system again and create better conditions for win- ter steelheading. When the river starts to drop back into shape there will be good opportunities for both boat and bank anglers. The NF Alsea offers good bank access for the bank angler. The Alsea River receives two different stocks of hatchery steel- head, one “traditional” stock that is an early returner and peaks in December/January and a later returning wild broodstock that peaks January-March. These two stocks combine to provide winter steelhead fishing opportunities from late November through March. Trout fishing in streams will reopen on May 22, 2020. SALMON RIVER: Winter steelhead Winter steelhead fish- ing is open on the Salmon River. The majority of the winter steelhead on the Salmon River are wild and the run usually peaks through February. to play us. When we go up against one of the top teams, we’re a top team as well.” After that, the Sailors host Eddyville, which is also having a strong sea- son. “We’ve struggled with them in the past,” Wolgamott said of the Eagles. “We lost a close game to them last year by two points, so I know we’ll be ready for that one as well.” The girls tip off Tuesday night at 5:30 p.m. at Siletz, Florence Food Share provides food to those who are hungry in our community. If you have four hours a week available, we are in need of volunteers to staff our Front Desk and also act as Guides as cli- ents walk through the pantry. Please call our volunteer coordinator, Sarah Lovejoy, @ 541-997-9110 (Monday – Friday, before noon) to learn more about volunteering. info@lorencefoodshare.org 2190 Spruce Street. followed by the boys at 7 p.m. On Thursday, the Sailors host Eddyville with a 5:30 p.m. start for the girls, and the boys tipping off at 7 p.m. Volunteer Get involved ReStore processing volunteer needed to help with donation sorting process. For more information contact Floyd at 541-997-5834 Donate Assisting those in need in our Community. Free Hot Meals Mon-Wed-Fri 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Do your part and HELPING HANDS COALITION to help support volunteer today New Location:Community Baptist Church 4590 Hwy. 101, Florence (Across from Fred Meyer) Call 541-997-5057 to Volunteer these local non-proft relies heavily on volunteers. Th ere are many opportunities to volunteer and a variety of skills and talents are always in need. Volunteer interest forms may be found online, at the shelter and at our Th rift Shop on Bay Street. organizations in our community! www.oregoncoasthumanesociety.org/volunteer/ Memory Care Respite of Florence Your Memory Care Respite Center needs you! Seeking volunteers for our Coffee Club: Conversation & companionship in a caring setting while providing respite for caregivers. Contact us at memcarerespite@gmail.com Join the Peace Harbor Hospital Volunteers. <RXZLOOÀQGDQDUHDRILQWHUHVW in a caring organization. Peace Harbor Volunteers 400 9th Street, Florence, OR 97439 541-997-8412 ext. 2218 Meals on Wheels are available to people 1570 Kingwood • PO Box 2313, over the age of 60 who cannot get out much Florence due to illness or advanced age and who are not eating properly, regardless of income. Cafe 60 is available for those who prefer to laneseniormeals.org make new friends in a dining room setting. 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