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jl Finished bowling and entering pl yoff fever with the N FL By DEAN SIEMON I guess the first matter of busi- ness is the recap the 2010-11 college bowl prediction challenge here at the Journal. Congratulations to our editor, Jesse Mullen, for picking the most games correctly out of 35 games this year with 22 wins. Journal publisher Rick Kennedy came in second with 21, followed by my 19. Predicting how 35 games are going to go is no easy feat, and it looked like our challenge was going to look more like the NFC West Divi- sion race. Before continuing with new busi- ness, I'd like to hand out some bowl game awards. Biggest Upset - Washington defeating Nebraska in the Holiday Bowl: The only person that probably be- lieved the Huskies had a shot was re- porter Natalie Johnson, a recent UW graduate. Well, she got one over all three of us because the Cornhuskers could not put enough pressure on Jake Locker in a 19-7. Biggest Momentum Builder- TCU wins Rose Bowl: TCU finally showed they belong in the big games underneath the spot- light. This win should set them up for a possible BCS title run next year if they can run the table. Granted, they are losing a lot of seniors to graduate, but TCU has been a consistant program, thanks to recruiting. Most Dissapointing Team - Michigan State in Capital One Bowl: The Spartans came in at 11-1, got punched in the mouth early and didn't respond. Not a good way to represent the Big 10. Speaking of which... Most Disappointing Confer- ence - Big 10 (or 11, soon to be 12): Despite wins by Iowa, Ohio State and Illinois, the Big 10 conference had five losers on New Year's Day - Northwestern (lost 45-38 in Tick- etCity Bowl), Penn State (lost 37-24 in Outback Bowl), Michigan (lost 52- 14 in Gator Bowl), Michigan State (lost 49-7 in Capital One Bowl) and Wisconsin (lost 21-19 in Rose Bowl). Doesn't look better in the future bringing in the Cornhuskers. Most Dominant Conference - Mountain West Conference: A group considered by many the best mid-major conference in college football proved themselves this sea- son. Four out of five teams won their bowl games - Air Force, TCU, BYU and San Diego State and have the best winning percentage (granted conferences like the SEC and Big 10 sent more teams). The one loss for the conference was Utah to Boise State in Las Ve- gas Bowl, a new addition to the con- ference next season. Biggest Monkey Off the Back - Oklahoma wins Fiesta Bowl and snaps bowl losing streak: After losing their previous five BCS games (including three na- tional championships), the Oklaho- ma Sooners finally won a big game against Uconn, 48-20. Finally, Okla- homa fans can proudly yell "Boomer Sooner!" Now let's move on to the NFL playoffs, which began with an excit- ing Wild Card round. The Journal office has been buzz- ing about playoff football and we have all talked about Seattle's win over the defending champion New Orleans Saints. The Seahawks, the team with the worst record entering the playoffs in NFL history, came out with great performances with Matt Hassel- back's four passing touchdowns and Marshawn Lynch's touchdown run for the ages. Looking at the Divisional Round this weekend, we have four great games on schedule and the office is having another challenge for the re- mainder of the playoff season. Correct predictions in the Divi- sional Round earn one point and three points in the conference cham- pionships. When it comes time for the Super Bowl, a correct guess gets five points. So'it leaves me in an interesting predicament. While I have been root- ing for the Seahawks the last two weeks, they are now en route to Chi- cago to face the Bears, my childhood team. I will always root for the Bears but my prediction in this game was based on how both teams play. The Bears have one of the best rush defenses in the league so Lynch will probably struggle. While the Bears pass defense is questionable, I think Hasselback will still struggle against a Chicago defense that is 100 percent healthy. It will be close like their week six matchup, but I've got the Bears win- ning 21-17. Our staff has submitted their picks for all four games. Read next week's Journal Sports and Outdoors for how we stand and our conference championship picks. ivisonal Saturday, Jan. 15 - (#5 AFC) Bal- timore Ravens at (#2 AFC) Pitts- burgh Steelers, 1:30 p.m.; (#6 NFC) Green Bay Packers at (#1 NFC) At- lanta Falcons, 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 16 - (#4 NFC) Se- attle Seahawks at (#2 NFC) Chicago Bears, 10 a.m.; (#6 AFC) New York Jets at (#1 AFC) New England Pa- triots Dean Siemon - Baltimore, Atlan- ta, Chicago and New England Natalie Johnson - Baltimore, Green Bay, Seattle and New Eng- land Kelly Riordan - Pittsburgh, At- lanta, Chicago and New England. Jesse Mullen - Pittsburgh, Green Bay, Seattle and New England. Rick Kennedy - Baltimore, Green Bay, Seattle and New England. Kevan Moore - Pittsburgh, Green .:.~Bay, Seattle and New England. 2010-11 Journal Bowl pick results Jesse Mullen Rick Kennedy Dean Siemon 22-13 21-14 19-16 By DEAN SIEMON North Mason High School girls basketball was unable to continue their recent momentum, losing to North Kitsap High School at home on Friday, 48-27. The Bulldogs (4-9, 2-6 Olympic League) trailed by only three points before being outscored by the Vi- kings (4-6, 3.-5 league) 14-6 in the third quarter and then 13-3 in the fourth. "We couldn't hit a bas- ket," said Clifford Harris, North Mason head coach. Harris said the tough shooting came from differ- ent reasons, ranging from the tough defense to shots going in and out. "It could have been an ll-point halftime lead," Harris said. Senior Tristan Strom- berg led the team with nine points. Senior Sadee Ingwaldson and sopho- more Jennifer Hicks each contributed six points. "It was just a cold shoot- ing night," Harris said. "They could have had a lot more." Bu gs North Mason High School boys basketball earned their third straight Olympic League win in Poulsbo on Friday against North Kitsap High School, 59-49. Four Bulldogs (5-7, 4-4 league) scored into double digits - Kris Bishop, Gar- rett Burley and A.J. Barker each scored 13 points, while Austin Casteel contributed 10 points. Games North Mason boys and girls basketball's Tuesday games against Port Ange- les have been postponed due to road conditions. No announcements for make- up dates have been made. !t T H E TROUTIST "UNCLE WES" MALMBERG. With deadlines looming and weather forecasters iffy at best, and long time fish- ing partner missing in ac- tion due to work schedule and spending his off time catching up on sleep, things were a little tough this week. This week's lake schedule included Nahwatzel and Is- land lakes. For those of you that are worried that there might be a parking prob- lem you can relax. In fact I haven't encountered anoth- er soul at the lake in my past several visits leaving plenty of parking for all those that are not afraid of a little rain and cooler weather. I would love to tell you that the weather co-oper- ated and the trout were just jumping into the boat. But unfortunately that was just not the case this week. Thursday, Nahwatzel was on the schedule and after listening to the weather report I decided to take a peek outside and make an informed decision. I don't al- ways trust what the weath- er forecasters have to say. After my astute observa- tion I ascertained that the storm was over the top of us and I would encounter light to heavy rain showers with little or no breeze. My first thought was this was per- fect weather and I should be able to enjoy three to four hours on the water in search of that elusive winter time trout. I quickly got dressed in layers of warm clothing and of course my raingear, load- ed my fishing tackle, hooked up the boat trailer and down the road I went. Upon .Panasonic .Kodak ,Digital .APS BattedesPlus. my arrival at the launch, I encountered exactly what I have come to expect, not another living soul or rig in sight. I noticed several folks driving by and staring at me as I loaded the boat and prepped it for launch and they seemed to be looking at me like I was crazy, that's right baby, crazy like a fox. I slipped the boat into the water, warmed up the mo- tor, then reached into my fly box and pulled out my go to fly, the olive/black Woolly Bugger and tied it on. The rain was steady as I pulled away from the launch head- ing for my trolling pattern but I was insulated and water proof for this outing. I worked this fly for about 45 minutes on a full sink fly line covering as much water as I could with no result. Once again, I reached into my fly box and pulled out a black bugger and started working it every once in a while the wind would kick up a bit giving me some sideways rain making it a little interesting but I was still good to go. After another 45 min- utes and still nothing I once again reached into my fly box and pulled out an olive bugger and quickly tied that on, that was soon to pay off. For the next hour and a half, I endured light showers, heavy showers, and more sideways rain but I was able to maintain my trolling pat- tern and speed as I hooked and released six rainbows in the 13- to 15-inch range. The larger one came out of the water several times and even took some line making this an enjoyable and successful trip. With my aluminum boat about two inches deep with water I called it a day satisfied that I had gotten in my trout fix. The surface water tempera- ture was 42 degrees and the trout were holding in four to six feet of water. Saturday I awoke to ice on my vehicles and the drive- [iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ii derson, former l ii Beaujeas way, I thought to myself that was okay I still needed to finish an article and I could always go out a little later in the day. Let me take the time here to clue you in on some coded weatherman talk, partly sunny means breezy to windy, after all something has to move the clouds through the sky. Now I knew this but when the sun showed up and there was no breeze at all I just had to get on the water. It was a 11 a.m. and Island lake is just minutes away so I loaded up every- thing and was on my way. I hit the launch at 11:30 and was getting everything prepped and noticed a slight breeze but what the heck I was here and if the wind picks up maybe I can find an area on the lake I can work out of the wind if it should happen to pick up. Famous last words I know sooner got my olive/ black Woolly Bugger tied on and the slight breeze was turning into a slight wind. After making my first lap around the lake I switched my fly out to a black bugger in hopes of enticing some sort of action all the while the wind was getting stron- ger and stronger. After an hour and a half of fighting the wind and not being able to find an area that was sheltered I called it a day. What helped me ar- rive at this decision was the fact I couldn't control my speed in fact at times the wind would just about bring me to a standstill and the bow of the boat went where- ever the wind wanted it to. Oh well, there will be other days. Maybe I'll give it a shot sometime this week, weather permitting. To the folks that were waving at me from their back deck, I'm sorry I couldn't give you the show you were hoping for, no leaping trout on this day. 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