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September 7
• MHS volleyball vs. Alsea —
6 p.m.
September 8
• SHS volleyball at Pleasant
Hill — 6 p.m.
September 9
• MHS volleyball at Siletz
Valley — 6 p.m.
September 11
• SHS Cross Country:
Ash Creek XC Festival at
Western Oregon University
— 9 a.m.
• MHS volleyball vs. Myrtle
Point at Riddle — 1:30 p.m.
• MHS volleyball at Riddle
— 3 p.m.
• SHS volleyball at North
Bend — 6:30 p.m.
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Siuslaw volleyball opens with a jamboree
and a doubleheader
By Zeahna Young/Siuslaw News
This past week, Siuslaw’s vol-
leyball team dove into their sea-
son and dug out some wins in the
process. The matches began with
a jamboree at Sweet Home High
School last Thursday, Aug. 26,
where each team played one set to
25 points against four other teams.
“I was really pleased with it as our
first look,” said Coach Kari Blake. “I
have a really good problem to have
as a coach: I have a lot of girls that
can play a lot of different positions.”
With 13 girls on the varsity
squad, and another 13 playing JV,
for a total of 26 girls in the pro-
gram, this is the first time Siuslaw
has had a full varsity team in about
five years. Currently, the school is
still in the process of hiring a JV
coach, and in the meantime, Kari
has her daughter, 2021 Siuslaw grad
and volleyball veteran Kya Blake,
helping her as a volunteer coach.
The Lady Viks began the jambo-
ree by defeating Philomath first.
“We had our two freshmen that
are on varsity this year starting, and
I thought for their very first time
out as freshmen and on varsity, they
really held their own,” said Kari.
Freshmen Rhianna Lane and
Mylee Blake, the coach’s daughter,
stand right around 6 feet tall, which
adds a great deal of height to the
team. Even better, they have three
more years to grow with the pro-
gram at Siuslaw.
“They did a really good job of
mixing with the older girls,” Kari
said. “But I struggle to highlight
any one particular athlete; they
really all worked well together. I
didn’t have any major standouts,
and I didn’t have any girls that did
poorly at all.”
After Philomath, Siuslaw handily
beat North Marion.
“It was, again, a real team effort,”
said Kari. “We do have two new
Siuslaw Volleyball played Sweet Home High School’s jamboree on Aug. 26 and a dou-
ble-header at Sutherlin High School on Aug. 31. (Photos by Jenny Alberty)
See VOLLEYBALL page 2B
Vikings secure first win of the season
Tide Tables
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
September 3
12:07 p.m. / 4.9
5:33 a.m. / 0.1
11:04 p.m. / 6.1
5:26 p.m. / 2.6
September 4
6:14 a.m. / -0.2
12:42 p.m. / 5.2
6:11 p.m. / 2.2
11:52 p.m. / 6.4
September 5
6:52 a.m. / -0.5
1:13 p.m. / 5.5
6:52 p.m. / 1.8
September 6
12:36 a.m. / 6.6
7:28 a.m. / -0.6
1:44 p.m. / 5.8
7:33 p.m. / 1.3
September 7
1:20 a.m. / 6.7
8:02 a.m. / -0.6
2:15 p.m. / 6.2
8:15 p.m. / 0.9
PHOTO BY BECKY HOLBROOK
Sophomore Dylan Jensen scores the first goal for the Siuslaw Vikings in a 4-1 non-league victory over Creswell on Sept.
1. Read more in the Wednesday edition of the Siuslaw News. The Siuslaw soccer game planned at North Bend on Monday,
Sept. 6, has been cancelled.
September 8
2:04 a.m. / 6.6
8:37 a.m. / -0.3
2:47 p.m. / 6.4
8:58 p.m. / 0.5
September 9
2:51 a.m. / 6.4
9:12 a.m. / 0.0
3:20 p.m. / 6.7
9:44 p.m. / 0.2
September 10
3:41 a.m. / 6.1
9:49 a.m. / 0.6
3:55 p.m. / 6.8
10:34 p.m. / 0.0
September 11
4:36 a.m. / 5.6
10:29 a.m. / 1.2
4:35 p.m. / 6.8
11:29 p.m. / -0.1
Time
Out
“Let’s Play For
Fun”
In my world, playing for fun
does not exist. From my first
day playing marbles on the play-
ground of Sunset Elementary
By Coach Lloyd
until yesterday playing chess
Little
against my grandson, I play to
Retired teacher, coach
win. Winning is fun. Any com-
& game official
petitor will be hard pressed to
With more than 55 years as
“play for fun.”
an athlete, coach, parent and
There are two moments in
spectator, Lloyd Little shares what time when I have not played to
he’s learned about sports from his win. The first was when my chil-
multiple points of view.
dren were young and learning a
game. The second time is now,
with my grandchildren. If you
beat them too many times, they
will get discouraged and maybe
not want to play later.
After decades of competitive
boardgame play, the makers of
boardgames have come up with
cooperative games, with players
all working to achieve a shared
goal. Everyone wins or everyone
loses.
My grandchildren like to
play “Hoot Owl Hoot.” We try
and get all the owlets into their
nest before the sun rises. There
are much more difficult coop-
erative games for adults. Once
again, the goal is to get every-
one to safety through coopera-
tive moves and sharing supplies.
Like many competitors, I think
my moves are often better for
success in these games, so when
we fail to survive I am not hap-
py.
My brother and I are close
in age. This gave me a constant
source of competition. So many
times, our “best of three” be-
came “best of five” or “best of
seven.” Neither of us wanted to
See LITTLE page 3B