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Siuslaw News
By Lloyd Little
Retired teacher, coach and
game offi cial
Sports
&
Leisure
With more than 55 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.
Reach high but
remain balanced
Sports Calendar
March 6
• MHS Football
vs Chiloquine
(at P. Hill) 5 p.m.
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March 9
• SHS Soccer
Hosts J. City
6:30 p.m.
• SHS V-ball
hosts Elmira
6:45 p.m.
Members of Siuslaw's boys and girls cross country teams exhange air high-fives before
the start of Thursday's meet, which included teams from Tillamook and Philomath.
Viks sweep Warriors, Mooks
March 11
• SHS Soccer
Hosts Elmira
6 p.m.
• SHS V-ball
at J. City
6:45 p.m.
Tide Tables
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
12:28pm / 0.4
March 7
6:13am / 7.3
8:36pm / 5.6
12:04am / 3.6
1:43pm / 0.3
March 8
7:28am / 7.3
9:40pm / 5.9
1:31am / 3.7
2:52pm / 0.0
2:49am / 3.5
3:48pm / -0.2
3:51am / 3.0
4:36pm / -0.3
March 11
10:31am / 7.5
11:40pm / 6.8
4:42am / 2.4
5:17pm / -0.3
March 12
11:17am / 7.5
By Zeahna Young
Siuslaw News
Marist d Siuslaw:
25-22, 25-14, 17-25, 25-17
March 10
9:39am / 7.5
11:06pm / 6.6
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his past Thursday (March 4),
Siuslaw hosted a cross country tri-
meet at Florence Golf Links which
included teams from Philomath and
Tillamook high schools.
The girls race opened the small meet,
with Tillamook senior Sarah Pullen taking
first place nearly a full minute ahead of the
pack in 19:36.61.
Though the Lady Mooks had the first
runner across the finish, Siuslaw was able
to take the overall win after having all five
runners finish among the top 10.
Viking senior Brea Blankenship placed
second overall at 20:28.83, followed closely
by junior Rylee Colton in third place with
a time of 20:29.42.
Next across the finish for Siuslaw was
senior Gracie Freudenthal in sixth place
(22:13.58), with freshmen runners Jane
Lacouture (22:33.80) and Corduroy
Holbrook (22:39.43) placing eighth and
ninth, respectively.
Final teams scores were Siuslaw with 28,
followed by Tillamook with 43 points and
See
SWEEP 3B
Lady Viks fall to Spartans in season opener
March 9
8:38am / 7.3
10:27pm / 6.2
By Zeahna Young
Siuslaw News
Low Tide
March 6
5:04am 7.6
7:10pm / 5.3
PHOTOS BY ZEAHNA YOUNG/SIUSLAW NEWS
Seniors Brea Blankesnhip and Gracie Freudenthal (above left) begin Thursday's tri-meet;
sophomore Samuel Ulrich is the first to cross the finish for the Viking boys.
5:26am / 1.9
5:53pm / -0.2
On Tuesday (March 2), Siu-
slaw faced off against Marist
High School for the Lady
Viks’ first volleyball game of
the season — and first time
back on the court since the
abbreviated 2019 season.
The Vikings fought hard, but
eventually succumbed in set
four, with Marist taking the
win overall. With the first
game under their belt, new
head coach Ashlee Cole said
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she has a better idea of what
the girls need to focus on for
future matches over the next
five weeks.
“It took two matches until
we found our rally. We're go-
ing to work on how to make
it not take that long and try
to start from that first set,”
Cole said of the team’s perfor-
mance in the season opener.
“Once we got that rally, we
were golden. We knew we
were starting to feel it. And I
think [Marist] knew it, too.”
In the first set, Marist main-
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Siuslaw juniors Zoe Alberty tained the lead throughout,
and Alizabeth Norton jump
for a block against Marist.
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LITTLE 3B
ODFW REGIONAL
FISHING REPORT
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
LAKE, PONDS, RESERVOIRS:
Mid-coast lakes scheduled to
receive stockings the week of
Feb. 8 include Cleawox,
Munsel, Lost, Carter, Dune,
Alder and Thissel. Tis’ the sea-
son for mid-coast trout. This
week (Feb. 15), the Big Creek
Reservoirs near Newport will
be stocked.
SIUSLAW RIVER: Winter steel-
head
Winter steelhead fishing
continues to be slow on the
Siuslaw like all the other coastal
rivers this season. The river has
dropped into shape and will
have good conditions through
the upcoming weekend. Expect
the fishing to improve as
February is typically the peak
month on the Siuslaw. The
Whitaker Creek area is the best
place to target returning hatch-
ery fish.
ALSEA RIVER: Winter steelhead
Winter steelhead fishing
continues to be slow on the
Alsea. Even with the ideal con-
ditions over the weekend, the
fishing was slow. Anglers are
still catching some fish every-
day throughout the system
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When a group of individuals
gather to swap stories the con-
versations oft en revolve around
sports. I have written many
stories about my own history
as an athlete and coach. Most
of my trips down memory lane
are backed up by newspaper ar-
ticles, scorebooks and videos I
have access to.
In the movie “Coach Car-
ter,” the Richmond High School
Gymnasium gets padlocked by
Coach Carter because his play-
ers had failed to abide by his el-
igibility rules. When angry par-
ents insisted for him to open the
gym because “basketball is the
only thing these boys have going
for them,” he replies: “You need
to know the message you are
sending these boys. Your school
puts athletics ahead of an educa-
tion. I am not going to do that.”
All over America, there are
parents and athletes seeking
schools that prepare athletes
to become professionals. Th eir
only commitment is to the de-
velopment of sports skills. Th e
escalation of professional sal-
aries has created thousands of
athletes with dollar signs in their
eyeballs.
What happens when they fail?
Without an education, many
will have diffi culty fi nding a job
that supports themselves and a
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