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March 13
• SHS Soccer
Hosts Marist 2 pm
March 16
• MHS Volleyball
at T. Lake 6 pm
• SHS Volleyball
at C. Grove 6:45 pm
March 17
• MHS Volleyball
hosts T. Lake 6 pm
PHOTOS BY NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
Siuslaw's Desi Tupua hammers a kill between two Elmira defenders during Tuesday's home match against the Falcons.
ODFW REGIONAL
FISHING REPORT
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
Lakes, Ponds, Reservoirs:
Mid-coast lakes were stocked
the first couple weeks of
February. The lakes that have
been stocked include: Cleawox,
Munsel, Lost, Carter, Dune and
Alder lakes. All these lakes are
full of trout and are scheduled to
be stocked again in March.
Additional lakes are being
stocked during the first two
weeks of March: Siltcoos, Lost,
Woahink and Mercer lakes.
SIUSLAW RIVER: Winter steel-
head
Winter steelhead fishing con-
tinues to be slow on the Siuslaw.
The river is now low and clear
making it tougher to catch these
See
FISHING 3B
Tide Tables
Lady Viks land Falcons for first win
By Zeahna Young
Siuslaw News
Siuslaw d Elmira:
25-21, 25-15, 25-10
J. City d Siuslaw:
25-13, 25-21, 25-19
Last Tuesday (March 9),
Siuslaw hosted Elmira for its
second volleyball game of the
season, issuing the Falcons a
stunning defeat in three sets.
Coach Ashlee Cole was thrilled
with her team’s performance.
“It was great,” said Cole. “We
finally played our own game,
and we stopped playing down
to other people. We started
from the first serve, and it was
really good to see.”
After succumbing to Marist
3-1 last week, Cole spent the
week focusing on several as-
pects of the game with her
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
worked on that, and that car-
ried over in the game. I really
feel like I didn't see anybody
put their head down after they
made an error. They just kept
their focus, forgot about that
mistake and kept going. That
was a big thing.”
The first set started off
evenly matched, with both
teams staying neck and neck
throughout. Alizabeth Norton
had a solid block straight out
of the gates, and Kya Blake had
two kills and an ace. But a shirt
series of errors at the net and
in serving caused the Viks to
fall behind, with Cole calling a
From left: Hayden Muller, Zoe Alberty (4) and Alizabeth
time out as the score reached
Norton celebrate the match win.
13-16.
After that point, the girls
practice, and that's when they came back refocused, issuing a
squad.
“I really drilled into them in [need to] try to work on if [the kill and a block from Desi
practice last week that they're mistakes] get in their head
going to make mistakes in or not,” she said. “We really
See VIKS 2B
Vik soccer team kicks it up a notch for home win
March 13
12:11am / 7.0
11:59pm / 7.4
6:06am / 1.5
6:26pm / 0.1
March 14
12:40am / 7.1
1:38pm / 7.1
7:43am / 1.2
7:57pm / 0.6
March 15
2:07am / 7.2
2:17pm / 6.8
8:20am / 1.0
8:27pm / 1.1
March 16
2:34am 7.2
2:57pm / 6.4
8:57pm / 0.9
8:56pm / 1.6
March 17
3:01am / 7.1
3:40pm / 6.0
9:35am / 0.9
9:26pm / 2.2
March 18
3:30am / 7.0
4:27pm / 5.6
10:16am / 1.0
9:57pm / 2.8
March 19
4:01am / 6.8
5:25pm / 5.2
11:03am / 1.2
10:32pm / 3.4
By Zeahna Young
Siuslaw News
On Tuesday (March 9),
Siuslaw’s varsity soccer team
faced off against Junction
City for its sec-ond game of
the season — and its first at
home. The Vikings brought
an improved game to the
field, however the Tigers
were able to dominate in the
second half, eventually end-
ing in a 2-5 loss for the Vi-
kings.
Coach Londi Tomaro ex-
plained that her team empha-
sized defense in the first half,
“with most of the focus on
stopping the Junction City at-
tack. We did pretty well with
it and got five shots on goal
from four different players.”
The Tigers managed to
make two goals in the first
half, but they were defended
heavily by jun-ior Kayden
Lane, who made eight saves
for the Vikings.
With the team down 0-2 at
the half, Tomaro knew that
she would have to make some
Time
Out
By Lloyd Little
Retired teacher, coach and
game offi cial
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.
The Art of (football) War
ZEAHNA YOUNG /SIUSLAW NEWS
Siuslaw sophomore Yoskar De La Mora slips past an Elmira
defender during Thursday's 4-0 win over the Falcons.
changes going into the next
half.
“We needed to start out the
second half with a bit more
attacking momentum,” said
Tomaro. “We switched up
our lineup and moved a play-
er into the forward line. This
additional pressure in the
front worked well for us and
we scored two goals to tie the
game.”
The Vikings’ Yoskar De La
Mora scored the first goal for
Siuslaw on a breakaway.
“The goalie came out, but
Yoskar got past, then ran on
to the ball and kicked it —
but he had to run on and kick
again to score,” said Tomaro.
“It was very exciting.”
Lane was able to score the
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SOCCER 2B
“Th e Art of War” was writ-
ten centuries ago by a military
strategist and General named
Sun Tzu. Written in 500 B.C.,
his book is still the go to book
for military campaigns. Al-
though written for war, tac-
tics Tzu’s book has been used
for achiev-ing one’s goals in
many areas of life. Many foot-
ball coaches are unaware their
game preparations are similar
to those used throughout his-
tory by armies at war.
For 30 years, Siuslaw
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LITTLE 3B