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Jan. 30
• MHS Basketball
At Mohawk
Girls at 5:30 p.m.
Boys at 7 p.m.
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.
• SHS Wrestling
At Cottage Grove
TBD
(Cont. Feb. 1)
JARED ANDERSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
Siuslaw junior guard Brea Blankenship scored 6 points against Marshfield on Friday.
L ADY V IKS NEARLY SINK P IRATES
B Y J ARED A NDERSON
Siuslaw News
Marshfield d Siuslaw: 29-34
As Siuslaw girls’ basketball
team went up against
Marshfield at Siuslaw’s Glenn
Butler gym on Friday night,
the crowds were going wild as
the third quarter began with
the Viks up by 3 points.
“It’s fun when it’s a close
game,” coach Ashlee Cole
said. “We struggled coming
out of the gate the first quar-
ter, our shots just weren’t
dropping. But in the second
quarter we came back and
started making our shots. We
were actually 100 percent on
our free throws.”
Tide Tables
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
Jan. 29
3:03am / 6.7
2:31pm / 6.5
8:55am / 2.7
9:05pm / 1.0
With the lead at the half-
time buzzer, Cole stressed the
importance of offense in the
locker room.
“Our biggest issue right
now is not being able to exe-
cute our offense,” Cole said. “I
talked about that in the locker
room and how, for the first
time, our defense wasn’t as
good as it was in the past. So,
we changed a few things up on
defense and came out and
showed that a little more.”
The Viks came out strong
during the third period, step-
ping up their defense and
sinking a few key shots.
Marshfield fought back in
what became a tug-of-war in
the third, the cheers from the
crowds almost deafening as
each team sank a shot or
nabbed a steal.
“We won the third quarter,
and that’s been our goal every
time we talk,” Cole said.
“Come out and win the third
quarter. If we can’t do that,
then it’s going to be tough ride
the rest of the game.”
Siuslaw outscored the Lady
Pirates 10-6 in the quarter,
moving ahead 20-19.
When the fourth quarter
buzzer rang, the crowds were
on their feet.
“We had a struggle holding
the lead,” Cole said of the
fourth
period,
where
Marshfield rallied to tie the
game — with Siuslaw doing
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VIKS 4B
V IKINGS KEEP IT CLOSE WITH P IRATES
B Y J ARED A NDERSON
Jan. 30
3:37am / 6.7
3:17pm/ 6.0
Siuslaw News
9:42am/ 2.6
9:38pm/ 1.5
The Siuslaw boys basketball
team lost two home games in
a row last week — to Marist
and Marshfield — two teams
that Vikings coach Dylan
Perry described as “definitely
the two best opponents in our
league.”
Against Marist, Siuslaw
started out strong.
“We played back and forth
through most of the first half,”
Jan. 31
4:12am / 6.7
4:12pm / 5.5
10:36am / 2.5
10:14pm / 2.2
Feb. 1
4:50am / 6.7
5:22pm / 5.0
11:37am / 2.3
10:56pm / 2.8
Feb. 2
5:34am / 6.8
6:46pm / 4.8
Siuslaw News
Feb. 3
The Siuslaw wrestling team
had a stellar week at the Sky-
Em and Bay City dual meets
on Friday and Saturday, with
the Viks winning eight of the
nine matches they competed
in.
“Our team wrestled very
well all through the weekend,
especially our experienced
wrestlers,” coach Neil Wartnik
1:48am / 1.4
Feb. 4
7:19am / 7.2
9:23pm / 5.3
couldn’t get out of.”
The Viks ended up losing
by 17 points.
Still, Perry praised his
team’s effort in the game,
pointing out that it was a huge
improvement over last year’s
27-point loss against Marist.
“But our guys aren’t satis-
fied with improvement — we
want to win,” Perry said. “We
understand that we have to
win these games for the
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VIKINGS 3B
Siuslaw pins solid weekend on mats
12:43am / 1.9
11:51pm / 3.4
B Y J ARED A NDERSON
6:24am / 7.0
8:12pm / 5.0
Perry recalled. “We executed
our game plan and defensive
strategy on some of their good
players. I thought we did a
good job and ran our offense
well.”
But as the third quarter
rolled around, the Viks began
slipping on execution.
“We made some mental
mistakes and unforced turn-
overs, taking shots that weren’t
as good as we wanted to take,”
Perry said. “Those two things
kind of dug us a deficit that we
12:59am / 3.7
2:47pm / 0.9
said. “The biggest individual
performance was turned in by
Matthew Horrillo, who was
undefeated on the weekend
and defeated the No. 2-ranked
(4A) 285-pounder from
Hidden Valley [Christopher
Woods].”
Yoskar Delamora also went
undefeated over the weekend,
while Christian Newlan,
Elijah LaCosse and Mason
Buss all going 8-1.
“Ryan Jennings and Hunter
Petterson wrestled well too,
going 5-1 and 4-1 respective-
ly,” said Wartnik.
On the girls’ side, Bailey
Overton and Hayden Muller
were crowned Sky-Em weight
class champions, while
Arrianna Brown placed sec-
ond place.
Team-wise, Siuslaw won
the Sky-Em Dual meet over-
all, beating out Cottage Grove
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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.
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 locations.
TENMILE LAKES: Trout,
warmwater species, large-
mouth bass bass anglers will
need to slow down their pre-
sentation as the water tem-
peratures continue to drop.
Anglers are catching most of
the bass along the deeper
weed lines and submerged
trees.
Yellow perch are cruising
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 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 fishing
has been fair over the last few
weeks. After the recent rain-
storms anglers caught fish
throughout the system, all the
way up to the hatchery locat-
ed 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 winter 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
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