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Siuslaw News
By Lloyd Little
Retired teacher, coach and
game offi cial
Sports
&
Leisure
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.
3:30 to 6:00 p.m.
I stopped coaching in 2001.
I had played or coached for
over four decades. As an ath-
lete, I participated in three
sports each year. When I be-
came a coach, I coached three
sports yearly. For nine months
each year for most of my life, I
blocked out 3:30 to 6 p.m. for
sports.
Aft er each school day, my
time was permanently re-
served for practice. Th e prac-
tices prepared us for the up-
coming competition.
Th is past year, COVID-19
disrupted the rhythm of
sports programs at all levels
at Siuslaw, Mapleton and high
schools throughout Oregon.
Had a similar pandemic oc-
curred during my high school
years, I am quite certain my
dad would have found many
chores for my brother and I
to work on during that time
frame.
Without the availability of
online instruction, we would
most likely have been given
mail-ordered printed class
work.
Sports Calendar
March 27
• MHS Volleyball at
Alsea 4 pm
March 30
• SHS Soccer at
Elmira 6:30 pm
• SHS Volleyball hosts
J. City 6:45 pm
• MHS Volleyball hosts
Crow 6 pm
April 1
• SHS cross country
Sky-Em District Meet
at Marist:
—Girls 4:30 pm
—Boys 5:15 pm
See
• MHS Volleyball at
Crow 6 pm
PHOTOS BY ZEAHNA YOUNG/SIUSLAW NEWS
• SHS Volleyball hosts
Cottage Grove 6:45 pm
April 2
• SHS Football hosts
Junction City 7 pm
• MHS Football at
Perrydale 7 pm
Tide Tables
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
March 27
12:00am / 6.9
11:48pm / 7.6
5:54am / 1.4
6:19pm / -0.3
March 28
12:33am 7.4
12:38pm / 7.7
6:39am / 0.7
6:57pm / -0.1
March 29
1:07am / 7.8
1:28pm / 7.6
7:24am / -0.1
7:35pm / 0.3
8:10am / -0.6
8:15pm / 0.9
March 31
2:19am / 8.4
3:13pm / 6.9
8:59am / -0.9
8:56pm / 1.5
April 1
2:59am / 8.1
4:12pm / 6.3
Siuslaw junior Zoe Alberty (4) scores a tip-kill against Marshfield during Tuesday's five-
game home match with the Pirates.
Viks volley, break 'Pirates curse'
By Zeahna Young
Siuslaw News
Siuslaw d Marshfield:
25-10, 22-25, 25-23, 21-25, 15-10
Siuslaw d Elmira:
25-23, 25-11, 25-14
O
n Tuesday (March
23), the Lady Viks
hosted Marshfield
for a hard-fought match that
went to five sets. In the end,
Siuslaw managed to grab the
victory, marking the first
time the team has beaten the
Pirates in more than four
years.
Coach Ashlee Cole dis-
cussed the landmark with re-
spect to her only senior on
the team, Kya Blake.
“This is the first game
against Marshfield that our
only senior (Blake) has won
since she's been in high
school,” said Cole. “That's a
milestone right there for all
of them, really. Not being
Lady Viking senior Kya Blake prepares to hammer a kill
through the Marshfield defense.
able to beat Marshfield in
four years, that’s big.”
Siuslaw started out very
strong, staying well in the
lead and winning the first set
by 15 points. Blake had four
kills in the first set alone,
and Zoe Alberty outmatched
the Pirates on both offense
and defense. However, going
into the second set, the girls
seemed to lose a bit of their
See
VIKS 2B
Vik soccer fields final home game
March 30
1:42am / 8.2
2:19pm / 7.3
10:47am / -0.6
9:41pm / 2.3
By Zeahna Young
Siuslaw News
On Tuesday (March 23), Siu-
slaw’s soccer team held their
final home game of the season,
hosting Marshfield. The Vikings
made major improvements
since their last match with the
Pirates. Although Marshfield
ended up winning the game 6-1,
coach Londi Tomaro explained
how skills the Vikings had been
See
SOCCER 3B
April 2
3:43am / 8.1
5:19pm / 5.9
LITTLE 2B
10:47am / -0.6
10:34pm / 3.0
Siuslaw junior Daniel Paasch
battles for a steal. The Viks
will wrap up the season this
Tuesday at Elmira.
GARYMANLY /FOR SIUSLAW NEWS
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
steelhead
Winter steelhead fishing
continues to be slow on the
Siuslaw. The river is now low
and clear making it tougher to
catch these fish, but there are
still some fish being caught.
The Siuslaw typically peaks in
February and starts to slow
down in March. Whitaker
Creek area is the best place to
catch returning hatchery fish.
Hatchery fish are also plant-
ed in Lake Creek and are
released into Green Creek.
These returning hatchery fish
will start to show up in
December and peak in January
and February.
ALSEA RIVER: Winter steel-
head
Winter steelhead fishing
continues to be slow on the
Alsea. The river is now low
and clear making it tough for
the bank anglers on the NF
Alsea but conditions are good
for the drift boaters in the
mainstem. Although it has
been a slow year there are still
fish to be caught in the system
through the month of March.
The later returning wild
broodstock fish are providing
the majority of the catch now
and typically peak in March.
Reminder: The popular win-
ter steelhead bank fishery
around the Alsea Hatchery
remains open but the hatchery
See
FISHING 3B