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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.
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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
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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
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