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2B | SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2020 | SIUSLAW NEWS Siuslaw Siuslaw’s Brody Terry looks for an opening in Marist’s defense during Tuesday night’s loss to the Spartans. from 1B Sky-Em rankings. In the girls game, Siu- slaw lost a 2-point heart- breaker to the Lady Spar- tans when senior Jessica Roth drained a pair of free throws with just un- der 3 seconds remaining in the game. Less than a minute before that, junior post Gracie Freudenthal had tied the game at 33- 30, then picked up her fifth foul — sending Roth to the charity line for the final baskets. Roth’s foul shots left Siuslaw trailing 32-30 as the final buzzer erupted at Glenn Butler Court. The game had remained tight throughout, with the Lady Vikings trailing by just 1 point at the end of the first quarter, 7-6. By halftime, Marist had ex- tended its lead by just two more points, 14-11. Siu- slaw kept it close, allow- ing Marist to grow its lead by just 1 more point in the third period (25-21), but went 7-for-8 from the free throw line in the final period for the win. Senior post Mia Col- lins led Siuslaw in scoring with 9 points. Roth claimed 24 points, going 11-for-12 from the foul line. Last night, Siuslaw (0-2, 1-15) hosted Marshfield (after press deadlines), who fell to Cottage Grove in last week’s league opener. Tuesday, Siuslaw will host Elmira. Boys tip off at 5:45 p.m., followed by the girls’ game at 7:15 p.m. Live pre-game cov- erage begins at 5:30 p.m. on KCST 106.9 FM. JARED ANDERSON/SIUSLAW NEWS MHS from 1B bit of desire when we played Siletz. We didn’t play with as much heart and passion as they did to- night [against Eddyville], and that really hurt us.” It didn’t help that the crowds at Siletz Valley are very vocal support- ers of their players, which has been intimidating for many teams that have gone there this year. “Siletz is a hard place to play because they have some really supportive fans,” Duffy said. “I think that might have gotten into our heads a little bit.” But the Sailors didn’t let the loss get to them. “We hashed it out in practice and they came out and played really hard Thursday tonight,” Duffy said about Eddyville, which was — on paper — supposed to be an easy win. Last season, the only two games the Sailors won were against Eddyville, and neither were close games — 40-25 and 48-23. In fact, Eddyville hadn’t won a single game outright the entire season, if you don’t count a forfeit at the begin- ning of the season. After Saturday’s tough loss against Siletz, Ma- pleton was thinking that Thursday’s match against the Eagles would get them back into the groove. But things didn’t turn out the way the Sailors expected. “They’re just night and day from last year’s team,” Duffy said of Ed- Little from 1B Whenever there was a runner on second base my catcher would fl ash three signs and we knew which sign was live. Again, this was not very complicated. If the runner on second determined the pitch how could he inform the batter? When Dean Anderson played for me at Siuslaw High School, he would lead off second base with his arm straight towards third to signal a fast ball to the bat- ter and bend his arm for a curve. His signals may have helped his teammates to have a better at bat — or not. Technology advancement has slowed down compe- titions. It has also brought into the conversation about the human factor in athletic competitions. dyville. “Honestly, they’ve improved so much since we’ve played them. They’re an athletic group of girls, and you can tell they put in the work to get where they’re at right now.” In fact, Eddyville has gone from zero wins last season to being one of the best in the league this sea- son, with a league record of 6-2. “They’re not a bad group of girls at all,” Duffy said with a laugh. The Eagles brought out a wide range of defenses against the Sailors, most notably a triple-teaming defense. “Or double teams, at the very least,” Duffy pointed out. Just after making a bas- ket, instead of sending the majority of their five-per- son team back down the court, anywhere from three to four players would remain on their end — blocking the inbound pass by the Sailor with two, three and at one time even four players. Try as they might, there was a long stretch when the Sailors couldn’t get past the swarm of Eagles, who would promptly steal the ball, make a basket and then go back to triple teaming. “It was effective for them, until it wasn’t,” Duffy said. “We did start break- ing it. Their triple team only works if we allow it to work by being slow with the inbound. And so, once we got quicker with the inbound, taking it out and throwing it in, their tri- ple team didn’t set up fast Th e ranting and raving by tennis professional John McEnroe about shots being in or out brought about the MAC camera. If you have ever watched professional tennis, you know the cam- eras zoom onto the line and see within millimeters if the call by the offi cial was cor- rect. Th is electronic over- sight is now used in most professional sports. Offi cials’ calls are being challenged more today than ever before — and the use of an electronic strike zone for professional baseball is now being experimented in class A baseball leagues this spring. When I umpired a Siu- slaw JV soft ball game against Elmira in the early 1990s, Elmira pitcher Ali- cia Cook was so fast I called one pitch a strike because the catcher did not move her mitt. When questioned enough.” Once their trap became ineffective, the Eagles then worked on stealing the ball outright. Seemingly easy passes between the Sailors were quickly snatched up by the Eagles. The Sailors suffered a total of 36 turn- overs on Thursday night. “I think that’s the high- est of the season for us this year,” Duffy said. “I really hope that’s the last time we hit that number. It makes it hard to run a game if you have that many turnovers, because you don’t have the ball as much.” Still, the Sailors battled on against the Eagles and, despite the difficulties, played a lot of good bas- ketball on Thursday. “They’ve gotten so much better since the beginning of the season. I think if we had better passes and caught the ball with con- fidence, we wouldn’t have had as many turnovers as we did.” The team is taking more shots and the defense is improving. “I’m constantly im- pressed with Brier Shird,” Duffy said. “Every time she gets the opportunity, she’s just out there hus- tling. She takes the notes and criticism and makes the improvement on the fly, which is really, really great.” Duffy also praised Daleena Bender. “She doesn’t get a lot of mention or accolades, but when she gets a chance to take a good shot, she usu- ally hits them,” Duffy said. “She wasn’t as accurate to- by a spectator, I replied, “It sounded like a strike be- cause it was too fast to see.” Cook went on to pitch four seasons for the Oregon Duck soft ball team and set records for strikeouts. As technology continues to be used more and more in professional sports, it is only a matter of time until teams fi nd ways to use this technology to improve their chances of winning. What has all these ad- vancements done for high school sports? More and more spectators are ques- tioning calls made by the offi cials. Th e call for replays when replays aren’t used at the high school level has made offi ciating even more diffi - cult. Might someday we resort to call your own fouls like we used to do on the play- grounds across America? Let me Showcase your property. night, but she is one of our girls that has a beautiful shot and can usually sink them.” As for future games, Duffy is confident. “The losses were tough, but I think we’re going to have more wins moving forward,” Duffy said. “I know it. It would be great to only have one more loss. We only have a cou- ple more tough games, but I think we can hang with them. We can win. We’re going to try hard.” Mapleton travels to rival Triangle Lake on Tuesday night, with tip off at 5:30 pm., and then on to Mo- hawk on Friday. Come see Jim about this 2020 Transit! Johnston Motor Company Since 1939 2150 Hwy. 101 • Florence (541) 997-3475 • 1-800-348-3475 Do you part and volunteer today to help support these organizations in our community. 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