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THESIUSLAWNEWS.COM SATURDAY EDITION | FEBRUARY 22, 2020 | $1.00 Sports & Recreation Feb. 22 • SHS wrestling Regionals: Day 2 at Stayton HS TBA • MHS basketball Boys Playoffs at 12:30 p.m. Tide Tables Entrance Siuslaw River COURTESY PHOTO Siuslaw cheerleading team members Gillian Norton, Destiny Teel, Arrianna Brown, Captains Brooke Olson and Adria Sandusky, Maddie Petterson, and Sydney Hilterbrant. SHS CHEERLEADERS PLACE EIGHTH AT STATE B Y J ARED A NDERSON Siuslaw News High Tide Low Tide Feb. 22 10:20am / 7.7 11:49pm / 6.5 4:33pm / 3.1 5:19pm / -0.3 Feb. 23 11:04am / 7.7 5:16am / 2.7 5:55pm / -0.3 The Siuslaw cheerleading team finished in eighth place at state last Saturday, “and their scores were actually improved from last year, especially our tumbling score,” Coach Teri Straley said. Placing as high as they did was a quite a feat for the team, which lost three cheerleaders just days before state — one to give up.” They began by reworking the entire beginning of their rou- tine. “Usually, the beginning is supposed to have two stunts, it’s called a ‘show-and-go,’” Straley said. “They shoot straight up and then they come down. It’s normally done with four people in each stunt, but because we were down to six, I found a dif- ferent stunt to do. One base has their waist, the other has their Lady Sailors fall to Warriors in playoffs Feb. 24 12:20am / 6.6 11:43pm / 7.6 injury and two for personal rea- sons. The team only had five days to rebuild the entire rou- tine. “But we really only had four because someone was home sick one day,” Straley said. “So, we really had four days with all six members to get the routine done. They managed to pull through and keep their heads up high with all of the changes. I think that shows tremendous growth in them. They didn’t 5:55am / 2.4 6:27pm / -0.1 B Y J ARED A NDERSON leg, and they just jump up and they kick their other leg up. That ended up looking really nice.” They also had to have a whole new flier for one of their longest stunts of the routine. “We knocked that out in three days of practice to get it to the point where it was nice and smooth, where there were no glitches in the entire section,” See SHS 2B T IME O UT Siuslaw News Feb. 25 12:49am / 6.7 12:20pm / 7.4 6:32am / 2.1 6:58pm / 0.1 Feb. 26 1:44am / 6.9 1:34pm/ 6.8 7:45am/ 1.8 7:56pm/ 0.9 Feb. 27 2:12am / 6.9 2:13pm / 6.4 8:22am / 1.7 8:25pm / 1.4 Feb. 28 2:40am / 6.9 2:56pm/ 6.0 9:03am/ 1.6 8:54pm/ 2.0 By Lloyd Little Siletz Valley d Mapleton: 45-38 While it was a hard night for the Mapleton girl’s bas- ketball team, losing their hard-earned league playoff game to Siletz Valley, coach Melissa Duffy had nothing but praise for the team. “They put everything they had on the court, and they played their hearts out. I’m really proud,” she said. The last time the Sailors met the Warriors, it led to a historic quadruple overtime game in which Mapleton was able to cap off its league winning streak at five. Go- ing into Wednesday night’s game, Duffy and assistant JARED ANDERSON/SIUSLAW NEWS coach Dan Gray knew the team had to play smart. Mapleton senior guard Daleena Bender “We were reminding them what they’re supposed to makes a fastbreak past the Lady Sailors’ bench Wednesday. See SAILORS 2B V IKS BOYS HOLD T IGERS ; L ADY V IKS SCRATCHED 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 sched- uled 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 slow- ing down for the year as water temperatures cool down. SIUSLAW RIVER: Winter steelhead Winter steelhead fishing has picked up on the Siuslaw as the river is finally back in shape after high water and tough conditions for the last few weeks. Expect the fishing to remain fair to good through February as more fish move into the system each day. See FISHING 3B JARED ANDERSON/SIUSLAW NEWS Siuslaw’s Brody Terry (far right) takes Junction City’s pressure en route to an overtime win. B Y J ARED A NDERSON Siuslaw News Siuslaw boys d Junction City: 43-37 Junction City girls d Siuslaw: 58-41 Siuslaw basketball saw its last games of league play Tuesday night as the boys won in overtime against Junction City, with the Lady Vikings playing their final game of the season — and also saying goodbye to six graduating seniors in the process. The boys’ win means a rematch with Junction City last night (after press dead- lines) for a chance to continue on in post-season play. Coming into senior night last Tuesday, playoff hopes for the boys were on the line. “We were in between mak- ing the Sky-Em playoffs, and then also getting into state with the power rankings,” coach Dylan Perry said. “We knew it was going to be a tough matchup, and we knew we just needed to take care of business that night. We knew we couldn’t control anything beyond that. So, we went out there, tried to do what we’ve been trying to do all season See VIKS 3B Retired teacher, coach and game offi cial 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. Don’t Get Technical Th e OSAA is having diffi - culty recruiting and maintain- ing offi cials for the competitive sports off ered at Oregon High Schools. According to feed- back from offi cials, one reason is the abusive language shout- ed their way from spectators. A second reason is the mon- etary compensation for their time on the playing fi elds and courts throughout Oregon is barely suffi cient to cover ex- penses incurred. Th e OSAA has required high schools to print a spec- tator code of sportsmanship on programs at events. High schools are also required to read the code before each con- test as a reminder to be duly informed of the rules and the consequences for inappropri- ate behavior. Since my chil- dren have graduated, I have attended games and have read and heard the sportsmanship asked of the spectators. When attending my girls’ basketball games from 2001- 2007, I was a vocal supporter of our Vikings. Most of my en- couraging words were directed towards positive play by the Viking girls. However, there was a mo- ment in a JV game at Cottage Grove when I lost my objec- tivity. It had been a rough game refereed by young inexperi- enced offi cials — the ones See LITTLE 2B
