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some easy buckets in the
paint because he became
physical and established
his position. He’s been
playing great basketball;
the best basketball I’ve
seen him play of his high
school career.”
Freshman
Keevyn
Walker had a breakout
game, scoring 8 points, 7
of which were scored in
the second half.
“Keevyn finished al-
most every opportunity
he got,” said Wolgamott.
“I was really pleased to see
him establish himself and
get that confidence, and
to know that he can score
at the varsity level.”
Joe Shepard and Jeremy
Bender each had 4 points
as well.
The first win was mean-
ingful for the team, pro-
viding them with some
much-needed
momen-
tum for the season.
“As a coach, you like
to see that because you
know it means something
to them,” said Wolgamott.
“You don’t want them to
get to down on them-
selves; you want some-
thing good for them to
happen to get that confi-
dence to see and believe
that they are a good team.
I believe Monday night
they saw that — it felt like
something clicked in that
second half.”
After playing their best
half of the year at Triangle
Lake, the Sailors returned
home the following night
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hawk, bringing all of the
momentum of Monday’s
game with them.
“I was wondering how it
was going to carry over to
last night,” explained Wol-
gamott, “and it did. We
played our best basketball
game all year long.”
The coach offered an-
other challenge to his
team knowing that the
3-0 Mustangs would be a
tougher fight than their
bout with the Lakers.
“I challenged them in
the locker room from the
very beginning,” he said,
“ to put together four
quarters of good basket-
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you will come out on top.’
And from the very get-
go, they did exactly that.”
The Sailors took the
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quarter 9-3. Bender and
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points in the quarter.
“They did a really good
job communicating up
top and putting pressure
on Mohawk’s wings,” not-
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shot Mohawk took was
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that’s because Joe and
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At half time, the score
was 22-13. But again, the
coach warned his players
not to let up.
“I told them we have
to keep playing the way
we’ve been playing, but
better,” said Wolgamott.
“Instead of holding on to
the lead, let’s increase the
lead. And they under-
stood that.”
In the third quarter,
Mapleton increased the
lead, scoring 22 points in
that quarter alone — the
same amount they had
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Transferring can help
and hinder both schools
involved in the transfer.
When the athlete trans-
fers, they free up a schol-
arship and a position for
an incoming or returning
player.
If the transferring play-
er is a star within the pro-
gram, they may lose some
talent needed for success.
The receiving team may
resent the new face taking
the place of an athlete who
has been with their pro-
gram for years.
Yet if the athlete is of star
caliber this athlete may be
welcomed to increase their
competitiveness.
Just this spring, the
NCAA competition com-
mittee revised its transfer
scored in the first half.
“We found our groove
offensively,” said Wolga-
mott. “I give a lot of credit
for that to Joe Shepherd.
He ended up scoring eight
points of his total 14 in
the third quarter.”
By the end of the third
quarter, the score was 44
to 25. Neece again took
over in the fourth quarter
with 7 points in roughly
six minutes of action.
Said Wolgamott, “I took
him out at the end be-
cause we had a good lead.
He had 11 free throw op-
portunities, and that just
shows he is getting to the
bucket and being aggres-
sive. He made the right
read every single time.
Neece finished with 21
points against the Mus-
tangs as well.
Walker finished with
2 points. According to
Wolgamott, “He didn’t
score as many as he did
against Triangle Lake, but
I felt like he had a better
game overall. He didn’t
force anything. He was
aggressive on the boards,
ripping the ball away from
juniors and seniors.”
Bender finished with
3 points, but also shared
some of the point guard
duties in the game. Moso
had 11 points, again rep-
resenting the Sailors as a
strong low post presence.
The Lady Sailors did
not have enough players
to play their game against
Mohawk on Tuesday, so
they were given the op-
tion to play on the boys’
team.
“Opal Burruss was the
only one who agreed to,
and I was actually able
to get her into the third
quarter and she played
most of the fourth quarter
as well,” said Wolgamott.
“She did a hell of a job.
She was one of the calm-
er players out there, and
I felt like she understood
basketball better than
most our guys. No offense
to the to the guys, but you
can tell she has a feel for
the game. You could tell
nothing rattled her.
“I was really proud of
her for stepping up, un-
derstanding she might not
play, but still excited for
the opportunity, and she
took full advantage of it.”
At this point Mapleton
is 2-2 in league, and they
played Crow at home on
Thursday (after press
deadlines.) Their next
game is this Thursday
(June 3), when they host
Alsea at 5:30 p.m.
And Wolgamott is
ready.
“It’s already been a great
week, but we can’t be sat-
isfied,” he said. “I’m excit-
ed to see how the boys will
respond. I feel like they’re
getting it and we’re peak-
ing. Each and every game
getting a little bit better.”
On the girls’ side, they
are hoping to have enough
players to continue their
season. They have played
only two games this sea-
son as a result of cancel-
ations, falling to Eddyville
Charter last week 13-34,
and Triangle Lake on
Monday (May 24) 11-52.
According to Coach
Melissa
Duffy,
“Last
night and last Thursday’s
games were pretty rough.
We only had five girls for
both games. There were
bright spots of teamwork
and getting more girls to
shoot the ball.”
All of their games this
week were canceled due
to a lack of players, but
the girls are welcome to
play on the boys’ team in
the meantime, as Burruss
has proven.
The Lady Sailors’ next
scheduled game is Thurs-
day (June 3) at home
against Alsea at 7 p.m.
eligibility rules. It has been
argued for years that when
NCAA Division 1 coach-
es moved to a new school
they went right to work
without sitting a year.
Finally, they have let
it be known any athlete
may transfer to any school
without having to sit out a
year.
Will there be a flood of
athletes transferring? Usu-
ally the recruiting process
is thorough enough that a
majority of athletes are just
where they want to be.
There have been stories
of Oregon revenue ath-
letes transferring to other
schools for many reasons.
Even as players move away
from the U of O, there will
be players transferring to
the U of O.
Universities
across
America will see the same
type of movements within
their programs.
The rules for trans-
ferring in Oregon high
schools generally center on
the residence of the par-
ents. When sports are in-
volved, there can be excep-
tions for students from one
school playing a team from
another school if their
school does not have a
team in the sport. This can
be accomplished if the two
schools are in close prox-
imity to one another, as
with Florence and Maple-
ton; we have had Mapleton
athletes on a Siuslaw team
from time to time, particu-
larly in baseball.
My next topic will
cover
the
disappear-
ance of non-revenue
collegiate sports — and
why.
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