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1 B SIUSLAW Sports News: NEWS The Siuslaw News For more photos and updates, visit our website at www.thesiuslawnews.com. P.O. Box 10 Florence, OR 97439 Fax: (541) 997-7979 SATURDAY Email: sports@thesiuslawnews.com JANUARY 17 • 2015 Leaps and bounds A Sporting On the Bite V iew By Mark Vasto A weekly fishing report for the local region All questions answered So there you go, America ... the vaunted NCAA play- off system — part-human, part-computer — was implemented this year, played to conclusion, and as predicted, left everyone completely satisfied. Now we know who the “true” National Champions are. What’s that? You still have questions? Well then, gleaned from actual com- ment boards from actual Interweb sites, here are an assortment of questions that we at A Sporting View headquarters have taken a crack at answering for you. From the final rankings (TCU ranked third?) to the post-game revelry (Fire!), let’s put all doubt to rest. Q: Was Ohio State real- ly the best team in the country? — Ron in Lincroft A: Look, pal ... you asked for a playoff system and you got one. You said you didn’t want it to be based solely on computer statis- tics, you wanted a human hand involved, and that’s what you got ... you got TCU on the outside looking in, and Ohio State running the table once they got the invite. Yes, they are your cham- pion. Deal with it. Q: How is TCU ranked third to end the season when they weren't in the final four selected for the playoff? — Artie in Middletown A: Human error. Q: How is setting fires a form of celebration? Seems like college stu- dents should be smart enough to come up with something more appropri- ate. — Mary in Columbus See VIEW 3B S p o r t s C a l e n d a r www.dfw.state.or.us/RR MID COAST LAKES: The wild coho salmon fishery in Siltcoos and Tahkenitch lakes is slow. Most fish have migrated onto the spawning grounds. ALSEA SALMON Nick Lutz Inv. at SHS 9 a.m. Jan. 18 • SHS girls bowling District at Firs Bowl 9 a.m. SILETZ Members of the Viking cheerleading team warm up during preseason practices in November. When every minute counts Siuslaw’s mostly freshman cheerleading squad has high hopes for the future. T wo and a half minutes. That’s what the Siuslaw High School cheerleaders train all year for; their one-chance attempt at the Oregon State S TORY BY A t h l e t i c S TAN P USIESKI Association P HOTOS BY championships N ED H ICKSON Siuslaw News next month in Portland. Two and a half minutes. No overtimes. No extra innings. No second chances. “Our routine includes music, a cheer and a second music segment,” says Diane Conlee, who has coached the Vikings cheerleading squad for more than 20 years, during which the school has won four state titles. “It’s all in two and a half minutes, and it’s pretty intense,” adds Conlee, whose young Vikings train more than two hours a day while school is in ses- sion, perform throughout the calendar year at numerous events and put in Siuslaw’s cheerleading team captain and sole senior Kennedy Roylance performs as coach Diane Conlee looks on. countless hours of volunteer time — all for those two and a half minutes. “It’s no longer ‘put on a cute uni- form and be popular,’” says Conlee. “You have to be dedicat- ed and athletic.” This is a year of growth for Siuslaw’s freshman-dominated team of nine focused ath- letes that includes two upperclassmen: senior captain Kennedy Roylance and junior Amilia Perez. The seven freshman members are Tallyn Bello, Emilee Christiansen, Emma Collins, Siarrah Rain, Victoria Rojas, Ariel Rosinbaum See CHEER 3B Vik bowlers ready to roll into district The Viking girls bowling team competed at North Bend Lanes this past Saturday, Jan. 10, and, with the help of freshman Abby Coday and senior Shayla Peterson, the team nabbed its highest finish so far this season with fourth place overall. “We’re nearing the end of the sea- son and the girls keep getting better with every tournament,” said coach Dusty Anderson. Along with scoring from Hanna Anderson, Emy Bloomfield and Summer Large, Siuslaw was able to qualify for fifth after eight semifinals games, advancing them into the next round. “The ladies bowled some of their best games of the season,” said Anderson, whose team bowled a sea- son-high 210 in the last semifinals game to qualify as one of the four See BOWLERS 4B Jan. 20 • SHS girls BB at Brookings 6 p.m. • SHS boys BB at Brookings 7:30 p.m. • MHS boys BB at Lowell 7 p.m. RIVER: Steelhead Winter steelhead are starting to show up in most coastal basins. Salmon River does get a good return of wild winter steel- head and an occasional stray hatchery fish. Jan. 17 • SHS wrestling RIVER: Chinook, steelhead Winter steelhead season is underway with reports of some steelhead being caught from the lower river up to the hatchery. Good numbers of fish typically start returning over the next few weeks. Avian flu found in wild malard at Fern Ridge No human health risk but falcons, hawks may be susceptible to virus. SALEM — Avian influenza strain HPAI H5N2 has been found in a mal- lard harvested by a hunter at Fern Ridge Wildlife Area near Eugene. The virus strain, known as H5N8, poses no immediate threat to human health. It has been circulating in Europe and East Asia and has not made people sick. The female mallard was sampled Dec. 20, 2014, as part of routine test- ing by ODFW, USDA/APHIS, USGS and USFWS. Testing for high path avian influenza is done at several labs including the OSU Veterinary Diagnostic Lab in Corvallis. However, further confirmation regarding the strain of bird flu virus requires special testing at the National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa. ODFW was notified of positive test See FLU 3B RIVER: Steelhead, Chinook Winter steelhead season is underway with a small number steelhead being caught from the lower river up to Moonshine Park by both bank and boat anglers. This time of year is typical- ly slow to fair for winter steelhead. Fall Chinook fishing is slow as most remaining fish have moved onto the spawning grounds. SIUSLAW RIVER: Steelhead, Chinook Winter steelhead are starting to show up in small numbers around the mid to lower sections of the Siuslaw and Lake Creek. Fall Chinook fishing is very slow and any remaining See FISHING 4B T IDE T ABLE Entrance Siuslaw River High Tide Low Tide Jan. 17 8:49am / 8.0 2:43am / 3.3 10:28pm / 6.0 4:01pm / -0.1 Jan. 18 9:39am / 8.4 3:40am / 3.1 11:14pm / 6.5 4:46pm / -0.8 Jan. 19 10:29am / 8.7 4:33am / 2.8 11:58pm / 7.0 5:30pm / -1.2 Jan. 20 11:17am / 8.8 5:24am / 2.5 6:13pm / -1.4 Jan. 21 12:40am / 7.4 6:14am / 2.1 12:06pm / 8.8 6:55pm / -1.4 Jan. 22 1:22am / 7.7 7:05am / 1.8 12:56pm / 8.5 7:38pm / -1.2 Jan. 23 2:05am / 7.9 1:48pm / 8.1 7:58am / 1.6 8:22pm / -0.6 S S IUSLAW IUSLAW N EWS 148 Maple St. Florence 541-997-3441