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OSAA
exposures while others
have participated with-
out issues.
"These
disparities
impact the ability to
establish fair and equita-
ble qualifying proce-
dures in order to crown
a true state champion,"
said Weber. "OSAA-
sponsored state champi-
onship events would
require travel across the
state for many schools
and potentially include
overnight stays depend-
from 1B
others are competing in
a more traditional league
schedule which may
involve more travel.
Season 2 has seen
teams with full sched-
ules and others only
competing in a few con-
tests.
In addition, school
teams around the state
have had to pause pro-
grams due to COVID-19
ing on the sport, thus
creating the type of
large-scale public events
that the OHA and the
governor continue to
advise against at this
time."
Additionally, return-
ing the sixth week to
schools lengthens the
already shortened sea-
son and provides addi-
tional
participation
opportunities for all stu-
dents at all levels in a
program. The Board
directed staff to support
schools in organizing
these events at the local/
regional level and help
provide
meaningful
experiences for students.
OSAA staff will work
with member schools to
highlight and promote
these
events,
stu-
dent-athletes, coaches,
and stories.
Participation limita-
tions for Season 3 sports
have been increased to
allow for additional con-
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from 1B
“[and we] ended up get-
ting some kills in there.
Emily Stevens had five
kills!”
It was a very strong fi-
nal game for the senior
hitter.
“Our serving was pret-
ty darn good last night,”
Dooley said, beaming.
“Opal Burruss got four
aces last night, so that
was really good.”
Burruss will be return-
ing as a senior in the fall,
as will Brier Shird, who
had two aces and a kill
last Tuesday.
“Brier has never played
setter before, and we lost
our two people who are
trained to be setters, so
she’s been taking that on,”
Dooley said. “She’s will-
ing to do it, which is just
great. What you want as a
coach is for somebody to
go in there and get the job
done, even if they don’t
[necessarily] feel com-
fortable with it.”
This season brought a
lot of new experiences for
the Lady Sailors.
tests in each activity
through the culminating
weeks.
Baseball and softball
will receive four addi-
tional games, tennis will
receive three additional
multi-match playing
dates, track & field will
receive two additional
meets and golf will
receive four additional
nine-hole rounds.
The board also con-
firmed their support for
virtual events for cheer-
leading, dance/drill, solo
music, band, orchestra,
choir and speech.
Potential Culminating
Week events for Season
4 (winter) were dis-
cussed but no decisions
have been made at this
time.
The OSAA Executive
Board plans to continue
reviewing
potential
options as that season
draws near.
“I feel like this was re-
ally a growing season,”
explained Dooley. “I’m
thankful that we got to
play games, but the sea-
son was just so short that,
by the time we were get-
ting going, we were done.
Dooley recounted that
growth, which went from
playing outdoors without
even a net, to having a
week of practice indoors
and then starting games.
“They stuck with it
even when adversity kept
hitting us,” Dooley said.
“How much they stuck
with it has impressed
me a lot, and the growth
we’ve had as a team.”
By the last game, ev-
eryone was pulling their
weight with no questions
asked.
“With six players, that
means everybody has
to play every spot,” said
Dooley. “Which can be
hard if you’re not as com-
fortable in the back row,
and you’re now having to
play back row and hav-
ing those hits and serves
come at you really hard.”
While Mapleton doesn’t
have many returning
players but, after a sea-
son like this one, Dooley
believes the players who
will return this fall will be
much stronger as individ-
ual players and as a unit
after having developed a
great deal of grit this year.
“I think we're going to
get quite a few freshmen,”
said Dooley, “so, it’ll be
mostly freshmen, and
Kylee Carson as our only
sophomore.”
The Lady Sailors will
also have juniors Bur-
russ and Shird, who will
be returning as seniors
and taking the leadership
roles. Dooley said she’s
excited to see what the
team does next season,
and how her seniors are
going to bring in the lead-
ership roles.
“It’ll be fun to see what
they do as seniors and
how they help bring in
this new class of fresh-
men,” said Dooley. “I was
very proud of how this
team dealt with all the ad-
versity. They’ve never giv-
en up, and that just makes
me very proud. Because
those are life skills that go
beyond volleyball itself.”
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Fishing
from 1B
fishing in streams opens
on May 22. Hatchery
fish are also planted 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. Lake Creek
closed to all fishing on
March 31 and will open
on May 22 for trout fish-
ing.
ALSEA RIVER:
Winter steelhead
Winter steelhead fish-
ing continues to be slow
on the Alsea. The recent
rain improved the condi-
tions and the fishing
picked up a bit. Overall,
it continues to be slow
and the run is winding
down for the year as we
head into April.
Although it has been a
slow year there are still
fish to be caught in the
system through the
month of March. The
Alsea River remains
open to steelhead fishing
through April and then
closes on April 30. Trout
fishing in streams opens
on May 22. The later
returning wild brood-
stock fish are providing
the majority of the catch
now and typically peak
in February and March.
SALMON RIVER:
Winter steelhead
Winter steelhead fish-
ing closes on the Salmon
River on March 31.
Trout fishing in streams
will open on May 22.
The peak for winter
steelhead on the Salmon
River is typically January
to March.
SILETZ RIVER:
Winter steelhead
Steelhead fishing on
the Siletz River
improved last week with
the bump in river levels
but has slowed down
now with the low and
clear conditions.