SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 2015
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from 1B
which meant entrants in this
year’s event more than tripled
from 2013, including a large
contingent of participants from
both the U of O and OSU.
Siuslaw set to induct
Hall-of-Famers
The list of this year’s
inductees into the Siuslaw High
School Hall of Fame stretched
as far back as Jackie Gardiner’s
pitching arm in 1956, and
leaped as far forward as 1997
graduate and three-sport athlete
Kirsten Daniel.
Gardiner and Daniel were
among seven individuals and
two teams set to be honored at
the Aug. 1 Siuslaw Hall of
Fame induction ceremony at
Ocean Dunes Golf Links.
The selection process began
last October, not long after the
2013 induction ceremony.
Those who recived a place in
Siuslaw's hallowed Hall this
past August were: Jackie
Gardiner, Mark Savage, Mike
Haberly,
Mary
Robison
(Dotson), Greg Klosterman,
Kirsten
Daniel,
Richard
Whitmore, 1979 Boys Track
Team, and 1988 Girls
Basketball Team.
Viks send 11 to state
It had been nearly a decade
since Siuslaw had the home
turf for district competition,
and Viking athletes made the
most of it during one of the
most competitive league cham-
pionships in as many years.
Siuslaw athletes claimed
nine individual district titles
and qualified to compete in 15
events at the 4A state meet.
Mack Marbas and Ashlee
Cole, both seniors, each won
two district titles, with Marbas
claiming the league crown in
both the 1500-meter (4:03.59)
and
3000-meter
events
(8:54.27), and Cole winning
both the discus (117-1) and
javelin (124-1).
Viks end season
with sweep
Though they were denied a
postseason appearance, the
Vikings’ softball team ended
the regular season on a high
one last week, sweeping North
Bend in back-to-back, 10-run
ruled games at home.
In the opener, freshman
pitcher Heidi Jones threw a
one-hit shutout as the Viks
combined for 12 hits and no
errors against the Bulldogs.
Siuslaw scored in four out of
the game’s five innings, with
sophomore Anna Stonelake
driving in the game-ending run
in the bottom of the fifth for a
10-0 shutout.
Viks nab multiple
state medals
No boys’ track team in
Siuslaw history has held back-
Fishing
from 1B
fish have moved onto the
spawning grounds.
WILSON RIVER: Chinook,
steelhead
Fall Chinook are still avail-
able in decent numbers. Fish
should be spread out through
the river, especially after rains
raised the river last week.
to-back state championship
titles, so the thought of a repeat
was definitely in the air for
Siuslaw during the three-day
4A state track and Field
Championships at Hayward
Field.
And while the Vikings were
able to bring home a pair of
individual state titles on the
shoulders of senior runner
Mack Marbus, it wasn’t enough
to make team history.
Siuslaw finished fifth overall
in a tight race for the state
crown, with only seven points
separating state champion
North Bend from Siuslaw.
All told, Siuslaw took seven
boys and four girls to Hayward
Field on the University of
Oregon campus to compete in
15 different events.
the Far West District title that
year and setting the school
record at 132 feet. This year, as
a senior at Western Oregon
University, Church threw for a
career best at the NCAA
Division II Outdoor All-
American finals, landing fifth
with her throw of 156-3, and
second on WOU’s Women’s
All-Time Top-10 list.
The accomplishment comes
after four consecutive years of
qualifying at the Great
Northwest Outdoor track and
Field championships, with the
last three of those years quali-
fying her to compete in the
NCAA Division II Outdoor
Championships, including two
trips to Pueblo, Colo., and this
year’s
competition
in
Allendale, Mich.
Frelich, Free claim
medals at state meet
A UGUST
A trio of Mapleton track ath-
letes earned a spot at the 1A
State Track Meet on Hayward
Field at the University of
Oregon, where Justin Schaaf,
Chris Free and Madison Frelich
competed among the best of the
best in one event each.
Schaaf, a senior running in
the 200-meter race, had the
misfortune of a “scratch” in the
preliminaries, denying him a
spot in the finals.
Junior leaper Free advanced
to the triple jump finals, where
he cleared 38-1 for the state
meet’s seventh-best mark and a
spot on the awards podium.
Frelich, a junior competing
in the girls’ javelin, threw 106-
8 for a place on the awards
stand and a medal for seventh
place at state.
J UNE
Athletes of the year
2014
Those who attended this
year’s awards banquet honor-
ing
KCST’s
2013-2014
Athletes of the Week were
introduced to a list of 40 ath-
letes who claimed 22 new
school records and seven indi-
vidual
state
champions
between Siuslaw and Mapleton
high schools.
Among those athletes were
12 finalists for Athlete of the
Year, including Kylie Brandt,
Mitchell
Butler,
Seth
Campbell, Ashlee Cole, John
Dodson, Joe Dotson, Chris
Free, Sam Johnson, Celie
Mans, Mack Marbas, Mikaela
Siegel and Chelsea Simington.
SHS alumni Church
named all-American
Looking back on its best
As emcee Bob Sneddon
noted at the beginning of the
Siuslaw Hall of Fame induction
ceremony, the 2014 class of
inductees saw a total of 11
presidents, beginning with
Dwight D. Eisenhower, who
was the commander-in-Chief
while
Siuslaw’s
Jackie
Gardiner was throwing 100-
mph fastballs as a senior in
1956.
The legendary Viking pitch-
er, who once struck out 24 bat-
ters in a single, 14-inning game
against Bandon, was good
enough to catch the attention of
the Boston Red Sox — but
turned down their offer because
of his commitment to the fami-
ly farm.
Bob Hylton, inducted in
2012 for his track prowess, said
he remembered how, as a boy
he watched his father catch a
few pitches from Gardiner.
S EPTEMBER
Most successful coho
season in decade
draws to close
Great fishing and good
weather throughout September
meant that quotas for ocean
coho were met early.
“It was the absolute best
September we’ve ever had for
ocean coho fishing,” said Eric
Schidler, ODFW ocean salmon
prefect leader. “There were
more fish in the quota than we
thought we’d ever catch in
September, but fishing has just
been phenomenal.”
O CTOBER
Sailors’ Free makes
national record book
It would seem Seabre
Church’s accomplishment of
being named the female Athlete
of the Year as a Siuslaw High
School senior in 2010 fore-
shadowed even bigger things to
come.
A three-sport athlete all four
years as a Viking, Church
excelled in the javelin, earning
It’s never an easy straw to
draw when you have to play the
No. 1-ranked team in the state,
but the Sailors made the most
of it in a strong, but losing
effort at the home of the
Mountaineers in Falls City.
“I was proud of our kids for
fighting the whole game,” said
Mapleton coach Jeff Greene.
Release dark fish to spawn. All
techniques should produce fish,
with bobber and bait, back
bouncing, bait-wrapped plugs,
and casting spinners among the
best.
Winter steelhead are avail-
able in increasing numbers as
well.
starting to kick in with anglers
getting into a few fish along the
Big Elk as conditions allow.
The fall Chinook fishery is
essentially over for the season
as most fish have already
spawned.
YAQUINA
RIVER:
Steelhead, Chinook
The winter steelhead run is
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BASIN:
Dungeness crab, bay clams,
steelhead
Steelhead have been caught
this past week on the West Fork
Millicoma,
East
Fork
Millicoma, and South Fork
Coos rivers. There is bank
access on the West Fork
Millicoma at the Millicoma
Interpretive Center and on the
“Defensively, we just had a
hard time stopping them
inside.”
The same could be said for
the Sailors’ passing game,
which included 20 air strikes
launched from Tucker Ford to
Chris Free, who racked up 306
yards receiving.
Free’s 20 receptions was the
second-highest number ever for
any receiver in eight-man foot-
ball in the nation.
Sailors sweep series,
clinch playoffs
In a three-way tie for fourth
in the Mountain West League
with Alsea and Siletz, the
Sailors were back on the vol-
leyball court for a special play-
off series held on neutral
ground at Siuslaw High School.
To get to the play-offs,
Mapleton needed to win back-
to-back matches against the
Wolverines and Warriors.
With all of that in mind, the
Sailors came out and battled
the Wolverines, narrowly win-
ning the first set, 25-22, then
shutting down Alsea 25-15 to
move one set away from the
win.
But the Wolverines fought
back, holding on to win the
third game 25-23 and force a
fourth set.
This time, Mapleton ham-
mered Alsea for a decisive 25-
12 win that advanced them into
the next match against Siletz 30
minutes later.
Like the first match against
Alsea, the Sailors got the upper
hand early, winning the first
two sets to put themselves in a
position to complete a sweep.
Once again, however, they
were forced into a fourth set.
“It was a battle,” said
McNeill. “We had to fight
through some struggles with
our serving but made up for it
with great passing and attacks.”
Tied at 25 with the Warriors,
Mapleton managed to land the
final blows with Weber scoring
the winning ace against Siletz
to secure fourth place for the
Sailors, 27-25.
Siuslaw harriers
advance to state
Siuslaw
senior
Seth
Campbell and sophomore Celie
Mans were each the first to
cross the finish line in their
respective divisions during last
Thursday’s Far West League
district meet, setting the pace
for a state appearance for both
Viking cross country teams.
For the girls’ team, it was the
12th consecutive league crown
as Siuslaw’s dynasty continues.
For Mans, it was her third
individual win of the season,
and the sixth time she has
placed among the top two.
Sailors end season
riding high
senior quarterback Tucker Ford
hollared “Let’s come back and
be a second-half team!” as the
Sailors trodded down the
muddy hillside leading into the
lockeroom.
When Mapleton came back
15 minutes later, Ford’s words
were more than a challenge;
they were words that material-
ized into a second-half rally
that secured fourth place and
no small amount of pride in the
last game of the season — and
for seniors Chris Free, Jacob
Pruett, Wyatt Cleary and Ford,
their final appearance in a
Sailors’ football uniforms.
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N OVEMBER
Siuslaw girls third
at state meet
Siuslaw’s cross country
teams each spent time on the
awards podium at the 4A state
cross country championships at
Lane Community College.
Sophomore Celie Mans and
senior Seth Campbell each had
their division’s fourth-fastest
time of the day, with Mans eas-
ily outkicking Far West rival
Gabby Hobson of North Bend
to cross the finish in 19:15.
Hobson was the nearest
FWL competitor, finishing with
a time of 19:40 for 11th place.
In his race, Campbell fin-
ished one second ahead of
Marshfield’s Colby Gillet in
16:22 to edge out the Pirate for
fourth.
Overall the girls finished
third at state; the boys finished
sixth.
Viks sink Pirates,
advance to state
For those who made the trip
to Pete Susick Stadium on Nov.
1, it was clear from the opening
kickoff that the Vikings’
appearance in the postseason
had an unnerving effect on a
Pirates team that hadn’t seen a
post season in five years.
For a Siuslaw program in
which post-season play is prac-
tically business as usual, it was
simply time to go to work and
punch in for the state playoffs
by punching through the
Marshfield defense standing in
its way.
Still, it remained a one-
touchdown game until late in
the fourth quarter, when
Siuslaw went on a 16-play, 77-
yard drive to the end zone that
included three first downs and
10 running plays — the last of
which was a one-yard scramble
by Joe Dotson to seal the win.
The Viks advanced to the
opening round of the state
playoffs, where they lost to
Mazama..
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And with that, here’s to
another exciting year of
Siuslaw and Mapleton sports
— and the athletes and coaches
who make it happen...
Tied with Mohawk at 28
entering halftime, Mapleton
East Fork Millicoma at Nesika
Park. Access to the South Fork
Coos River is through
Weyerhaeuser property and
anglers must have the appropri-
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In the Coos Basin, one addi-
tional fin clipped steelhead
may be retained per day for a
total aggregate of three adult
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UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH:
Steelhead
The South Umpqua is open
for steelhead. The peak num-
bers of fish normally show up
from February to late March.
The South Umpqua offers the
best chance for catching an adi-
pose-fin clipped steelhead for
harvest.
The hatchery program for
winter steelhead is centered in
the South Umpqua. Most
hatchery fish are caught from
Canyonville downstream.
All wild fish must be
released unharmed.
TENMILE BASIN: Yellow
perch, coho salmon
Yellow perch are biting on
night crawlers or jigs tipped
with a worm in Tenmile Lakes.
Yellow perch will be concen-
trated in big schools in deep
water. Sometimes anglers need
to try several spots before find-
ing the bigger fish.
There are lots of smaller yel-
low perch that anglers have to
sort through to catch enough
keepers for a meal. Some yel-
low perch are over 12 inches.
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