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JANUARY
24
•
2015
Coaching the FUNdamentals
A Sporting
On the
Bite
V iew
By Mark Vasto
A weekly
fishing report for
the local region
The crack of
the bat
Each year the selections
are scrutinized and the
parameters are parsed, the
voters are vetoed by the
viewers at home, and those
who make it to the hallowed
haven beckon their brethren
to the celestial confines
known to one and all as the
Hall ... of Fame, that is, the
one in Cooperstown, New
York.
For baseball fans, dis-
cussing the baseball Hall of
Fame is the closest thing to
nicotine or crack cocaine --
we know it leads to addic-
tion, and you are never sat-
isfied, but you still keep
going back for more, know-
ing that punishment awaits.
This
year’s
HOF
inductees
—
Randy
Johnson, Pedro Martinez,
John Smoltz and Craig
Biggio — were all players
that I actively stumped for.
My remaining six choic-
es — Mike Piazza, Alan
Trammell, Curt Schilling,
Tim Raines, Lee Smith and
Don Mattingly — did not
fare as well, but it appears
that Piazza, Schilling and
Raines are trending in the
right direction and one day
will be enshrined.
Piazza, the greatest hit-
ting catcher of all-time,
which is really saying
something when you con-
sider Johnny Bench, Yogi
Berra, Carlton Fisk, Gary
Carter, Roy Campanella,
Thurman Munson and Rick
Cerone all played the game
too, will more than likely
make the cut next year.
Schilling, every bit as
dominant as Glavine,
Martinez, Maddux and
Johnson in his own way,
saw a big bump in votes this
year, and it appears he will
be taking the meandering
Bert Blyeleven route to
Cooperstown. Raines will
See
VIEW 2B
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 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.
SALMON 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.
SILETZ RIVER:
Shawn Penrod/for Siuslaw News
U of O four-time All-American track athlete and former pro football player Jordan Kent is CEO and co-founder
of Jordan Kent Skills Camps, which recently held a camp for the Boys and Girls Club of Western Lane County.
Jordan Kent: Teaching more
than athletic skills at camps
One of Oregon’s
favorite sons hopes to
inspire young athletes
B Y S HAWN P ENROD
for Siuslaw News
S p o r t s
C a l e n d a r
Jan. 24
• SHS wrestling
Sutherlin Inv.
9 a.m.
Jan. 25
• SHS bowling
districts
at Fir Bowl
9 a.m.
W
ith youth basketball season
in full swing, area players
got an opportunity last
Saturday, Jan. 17, to get coaching and
training from someone who is
arguably one of the greatest all-around
athletes to come from the state of
Oregon.
In coordination with the Boys and
Girls Club (BGC) of Western Lane
County, Jordan Kent, a former
University of Oregon star who went on
to play professional football in the
hosts Douglas
6 p.m.
• SHS boys BB
hosts Douglas
7:30 p.m.
Jan. 30
• MHS boys BB
hosts Siletz Valley
6 p.m.
and basketball. Kent is uniquely quali-
fied to run skill camps.
The son of current Washington State
and former University of Oregon bas-
ketball coach Ernie Kent, Jordan was a
standout athlete in High School and
college.
At Churchill High School in
Eugene, Kent led the Lancers to a state
basketball title his junior year and was
an All State selection as a senior aver-
aging 18-points a game. Also while at
Churchill, Kent was twice awarded
state track athlete of the year while
winning numerous individual state
titles and setting a state record in long
jump.
While attending the University of
Oregon, Kent was a three-sport letter-
man, playing basketball, football and
See
KENT 3B
Siuslaw teams beaten by Brookings-Harbor
Jan. 27
• SHS girls BB
NFL, held a three-hour basketball
skills camp at Siuslaw Elementary
School.
Originally slated to be an all-day
multi-sport camp, stormy weather
forced a move to an indoor basketball-
only session.
The 28 local boys and girls, ages 6
to 12, who attended the clinic worked
on everything from basic passing to
setting screens and proper defensive
positioning. In addition to the training,
BGC Resource Development Officer
Lindsey Phillips said the BGC
received 12 percent of the admission
fees.
Kent, when he is not working as a
broadcaster for ComCast Sportsnet
NW, is CEO and founder of Jordan
Kent Skill Camps. For the past four
years, he has travelled the state hosting
clinics on football, baseball, soccer
Vikings will be back
on home hardwood
Tuesday night
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
B RUINS BOYS : 45 V IKING BOYS : 38
B RUINS GIRLS : 66 V IKING GIRLS : 35
Both Viking teams were at 0-2 in the
Far West League heading into last
night’s home stand against South
Umpqua (after press deadlnes) after
narrowly falling to the Bruins earlier
this week on the road.
Though Siuslaw’s boys team was
able to keep things close throughout
the game with three players scoring
seven points or more each, Brookings
was able to slow the Viking offense
just enough in the fourth quarter to
hold on for a seven-point win, 45-38.
Senior point guard Preston Mitchell
led the Vikings at the hoop, posting
nine points. Senior guard Seth
Campbell and freshman post Trent
Reavis each scored seven points
against the Bruins.
That same night, the Lady Vikings
faced a fast-paced Brookings offense
that took an early lead and never
looked back as the Bruins went 2-0 in
league play with a decisive 66-35 win.
Sophomore post Elyssa Rose and
junior guard Mikaela Siegel each put
up nine points for Siuslaw.
Also on Friday, North Bend picked
up its first league win in a 73-20 rout
over South Umpqua; Douglas, mean-
while, slipped past Marshfield, 45-42.
Tuesday, Siuslaw will be back on its
home court to host Douglas (2-0) at 6
p.m.
The boys will tip off at 7:30 p.m.
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 typi-
cally 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 fish-
ing is very slow and any
remaining fish have moved
See
FISHING 3B
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
Jan. 24
2:49am / 8.0
2:43pm / 7.4
8:54am / 1.4
9:07pm / 0.1
Jan. 25
3:36am / 8.0
3:44pm / 6.6
9:54am / 1.3
9:55pm / 1.0
Jan. 26
4:26am / 8.0
4:54pm / 6.0
11:01am / 1.3
10:49pm / 1.7
Jan. 27
5:20am / 7.9
6:14pm / 5.6
12:12am / 1.2
11:50pm / 2.5
Jan. 28
6:18am / 7.8
7:40pm / 5.4
Jan. 29
7:18am / 7.7
8:58pm / 5.6
1:25am / 1.0
12:58am / 3.0
2:32pm / 0.7
Jan. 30
8:17am / 7.7 2:09am / 3.2
10:00pm / 5.9 3:29pm / 0.3
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