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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.
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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
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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-
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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.
So until next time, may
your next trout be your tro-
phy mount.
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