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THESIUSLAWNEWS.COM SATURDAY EDITION | JANUARY 25, 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. The impacts of technology on sports Calendar Jan. 28 • SHS Basketball hosts Elmira Boys at 5:45 p.m. Girls at 7:15 p.m. • MHS Basketball At Triangle Lake Girls at 5:30 p.m. Boys at 7 p.m. Jan. 30 • MHS Basketball At Mohawk Girls at 5:30 p.m. Boys at 7 p.m. JARED ANDERSON/SIUSLAW NEWS Mapleton junior forward JJ Neece forces his way between two Eddyville defenders. S AILORS RALLY TO LAND E AGLES B Y J ARED A NDERSON Siuslaw News Jan. 31 • SHS Basketball At J. City Boys at 5:45 p.m. Girls at 7:15 p.m. • MHS Basketball At Triangle Lake Girls at 5:30 p.m. Boys at 7 p.m. Tide Tables Entrance Siuslaw River High Tide Siletz d Mapleton: 36-64 Mapleton d Eddyville: 48-37 T he Mapleton boys bas- ketball team won a hard fought victory over the Eddyville Eagles Thursday night in what coach Eric Wolgamott called some of the best basketball the Sailors have played all season. The first quarter was a rough start for both teams. Two Eagles were out with injuries, and Saliors point guard Justyce Wierichs was already racking up fouls. They held off the Eagles, 8-3. “You want to score a little bit more than eight, but to hold them at three is some- thing you really have to be happy about.” But then problems occurred when Wierichs picked up a technical and was benched for the rest of the first half. “When he sat out, that’s when Eddyville really picked up on defense,” Wolgamott said. “JJ [Neece] had to move up to point guard, which hurts us on the wing because we need him to free up opportu- nities. But we moved him to point guard and that’s where we got bogged down.” The Eagles turned a 3-point deficit into a 5-point lead by half time, 15-10. In the locker room at half- time, Wolgamott explained to the Sailors what was on the line. “I asked the team, ‘What do you guys want? This could be a turning point in the season. We could either continue this trend, where we underper- form to our standards, or you guys make the decision to come together. Flush the first half. You have a whole second half in front of us. We’re down five, it’s not ideal, but it could be worse.’ We let them talk for a little bit, they came out and showed us what type of team they’re going to be for the rest of the year.” In just minutes, the Sailors was able to turn the deficit into a lead with a tight defense See SAILORS 3B Lady Sailors fall to Alsea, Eddyville Low Tide B Y J ARED A NDERSON Siuslaw News Jan. 25 12:51am / 6.6 11:54pm / 8.1 6:09am / 3.1 6:52pm / -0.6 Siletz d Mapleton: 30-52 Eddyville Charter d Mapleton: 27-51 Jan. 26 1:25am / 6.7 12:33pm / 7.8 6:50am / 3.0 7:27pm / -0.4 Jan. 27 1:58am / 6.7 1:11pm / 7.4 7:30am / 2.9 8:00pm / 0.0 JARED ANDERSON/SIUSLAW NEWS Jan. 28 2:31am / 6.7 1:50pm / 7.0 8:11am / 2.8 8:33pm / 0.4 Jan. 29 3:03am / 6.7 2:31pm / 6.5 8:55am / 2.7 9:05pm / 1.0 Mapleton sophomore Opal Burruss is pres- sured by Eddyville during Thursday night’s match-up with the Lady Eagles. After a pair of comeback wins for the Maple- ton girls basketball team last week, the Sailors lost two this week — one away at Siletz Valley and another at home against Eddyville Charter. “I think the girls played with a lot of heart and drive tonight,” Sailors coach Mellissa Duffy said after the Eddyville game Thursday. “They had urgency and intensity, and we wanted them to play with intensity. They brought that tonight, so that was a highlight.” After back to back wins against Crow and Al- sea, the mood on the team was high. “We were really excited,” Duffy said, but the away game at Siletz was tough. “We lost a little See MHS 2B Anytime you can determine what the opposing pitcher is going to throw on their next pitch you gain an advantage for the batter. As Scott Van Pelt mentioned on ESPN, it is an old tradition to steal signs. Everybody tries to steal the catchers’ signs. Sign stealing is perfectly OK to do as long as it is done without the aid of elec- tronics. Th e Houston Astros and the Boston Red Sox broke those rules. Managers have been fi red and fi nes totaling in the millions have been levied on those two teams. Statistics show the advan- tages gained by the hitters on those two teams through elec- tronic sign stealing and hitting the pitch were minimal. Th e pitchers were perhaps too good and the knowledge of the pitch did not matter. I read they signaled what pitch was coming by banging on a trash can nearest to home plate. When I pitched at Pacifi c University in the 1970s, my catcher put down one fi nger for a fastball, two fi ngers for a curve ball and three fi ngers for a slider. Not a very complicat- ed system to steal. See LITTLE 2B ODFW R EGIONAL F ISHING R EPORT www.dfw.state.or.us/RR 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 See FISHING 3B Vikings swept by Spartans in close match-ups Despite the losses, both Vikings teams had strong showings against Sky-Em powerhouse Jan. 30 3:37am / 6.7 3:17pm/ 6.0 9:42am/ 2.6 9:38pm/ 1.5 Jan. 31 4:12am / 6.7 4:12pm / 5.5 10:36am / 2.5 10:14pm / 2.2 By Ned Hickson Siuslaw News Marist d Siuslaw boys: 48-31 Marist d Siuslaw girls: 32-30 On Tuesday, the Sky-Em boys basketball league was all knot- ted up in a three-way tie for first place between Siuslaw, Marist and Marshfield. By the final buzzers that night, the Spartans and Pirates remained in that tie, with Siuslaw falling to Marist and Marshfield defeating Cot- tage Grove — who the Viks had beaten the previous Friday. Tuesday night’s loss dropped Siuslaw (1-1) into a tie for third with the Tigers (1-1). Siuslaw was outscored in all four quarters, which includ- ed an 11-2 run by the Spartans late in the second period for a 25-16 lead at halftime. Marist continued its momentum in the second half, outscoring the Viks 23-15 in the second half. While Siuslaw posted 7 points each from sophomore guard Brody Terry and junior post Lliam McClellan, the Spartans were paced by double-digit scor- ing from junior Alec Vendetti (19) and senior Nick Stice (15) to secure a 48-31 win at Glenn Butler Court. Additional scoring for the Viks came from sophomores Rhys Fleming and Braydon Thornton with 4 points each. Last night (after press dead- lines), Siuslaw got a chance to host rival Marshfield for a chance to sink the Pirates and chip away at a return to the See SIUSLAW 2B
