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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 APRIL 25 • 2015 A Sporting On the Bite V iew By Mark Vasto A weekly fishing report for the local region Price is not right Believe it or not, most reporters do not like con- frontation. Be it a city beat reporter, restaurant critic or sports writer, most of the time reporters just want to do their job and go home just like everyone else. Yes, there are people who lay in wait for the “big story” that will make their career, and there are times when the “news” tramples over people’s lives and leaves only smoldering remains as the news crews move on to the next story. Most of the time, however, the complaints you hear about “the media” are from people who are just frustrat- ed that they can’t control or manipulate the media. Reporters did not go to school to learn, say, the engineering that goes into the building of a dam. But they are trained to ask ques- tions about it, and with experience they know when they’re not getting straight answers. Sometimes reporters are asked if they can go “off the record.” This a gentleman’s agree- ment. Since most reporters will go to jail rather than give up a source, this is taken very serious. Other times the reporter gets a wagging index finger attached to a red-faced per- son saying, “Don’t go put- ting this in your paper now!” which, of course, signals to the reporter that he or she will have a story for the paper. And then there’s profes- sional sports. Grown men, making millions of dollars playing little boys’ games. Putting the players aside for a moment — much has been written over the years about events like Reggie Jackson dissing Thurman Munson to a reporter (“the straw that stirs the drink”), Marshawn Lynch’s strategy to avoid getting fined for missing press conferences, and Allen Iverson’s repeti- tive use of the word “prac- tice” when discussing See VIEW 3B S p o r t s C a l e n d a r April 25 • SHS track at Centennial Inv. 11 a.m. April 28 • SHS track at Philomath Inv. 4:30 p.m. • SHS baseball at North Bend 5 p.m. • SHS softball hosts North Bend 5 p.m. www.dfw.state.or.us/RR MID COAST LAKES The rainbow trout stock- ing program is in full swing and most water bod- ies have been stocked recently or will be soon again. Most areas will be stocked multiple times until early June. Be sure to check out the 2015 stock- ing schedule for the most up to date information. Fishing for the various warm water fish species can be productive during the spring months as lake temperatures start to rise and fish begin spawning. Anglers will start finding more fish up in the shal- lows over the next month. SIUSLAW RIVER: Steelhead The winter steelhead fishery is starting to slow down for the season but decent numbers of fish are still around the Whittaker Creek area. The river should fish well later in the week as the river levels being to drop. Lake Creek typically clears up more quickly. ALSEA RIVER: Steelhead The winter steelhead fishery is slowing down for the season down but fair numbers of fish can still be found in the upper river, especially after a rain event. Native fish tend to be prevalent this time of year. Casting lures, bobber and jig/bait or drifting beads along the bottom can be effective techniques. Ned Hickson/Siuslaw News Siuslaw senior Brad Snow pitched a two-hitter in the Viks’ sweep of Douglas Thursday and scored the win- ning run in the opener. Viks double trouble for Douglas Viking boys sweep Trojans; Lady Viks’ battle comes up short B Y N ED H ICKSON Siuslaw News The Viking boys made an important home stand Thursday, sweeping Douglas and creating a three-way tie for second place in the Far West League along with South Umpqua and Marshfield (3-3). In the opener, senior hurler Brad Snow threw a complete game for the Viks, allowing only two hits en route to a narrow 3-2 win. In addition to leading the team defensively from the mound, Snow also provided the winning run with the game tied at 2-2 in the bottom of the seventh inning. At the plate, Snow put the ball in play and used his speed to beat the throw to first and get aboard on a single. He then stole his way to third and eventually came home on a walk-off RBI from junior Kenny Thrall for the win. In the nightcap, Thrall took over the mound and gave up two runs on two hits in the top of the first inning, then dialed in and only allowed a sin- gle hit through the next four innings before senior Trey Cornish came in for relief — effectively shutting down the Trojans and preserving the win, 9- 5. Around the softball diamond, the Lady Vikings played on the road against a hard-hitting Trojans team that knocked in a pair of home runs in the second inning to quickly move ahead 4-0. Meanwhile, Siuslaw’s offensive firepower was dormant in the first game as Douglas took the opening in five innings, 10-0. “We played well but just couldn’t hit around their defense,” said Siuslaw coach Sean O’Mara. In game two, the Viking bats came alive as both teams slugged it out for a total of 32 runs — including eight homeruns. Five of those homers came from Douglas, with Siuslaw’s three rounders coming from junior slugger See VIKS 2B Sailors on good run at Monroe meet Boys tie for third, girls place fourth at five-team invite B Y N ED H ICKSON Siuslaw News On the track at Monroe High School on Thursday, Mapleton soph- omore Hunter Simington and senior Tucker Ford each had the day’s only wins for the Sailors for either team. For the boys, Simington won the 400-meter race in 56.15, then finished third in the 200-meter event. Simington also ran a leg on the fourth-place 4x100-meter relay team along with junior Trevver D’Auteuil, senior Chris Free and sophomore AJ Foster (50.28). Ford, meanwhile, launched a throw of 135-03 to win the javelin. He also placed third in the high jump (5-6), and was fourth in the triple jump at 32-1.50. D’Auteuil was another of the boys team’s top scorers, placing second in the discus (97-02) and shot put (30- 09.5). Freshman Dominic Wells was fourth in the 100 meters (13.86) and eighth in the 200 meters (28.55). Freshman Cole Spencer was sec- ond in the 800 meters (2:37.57) and seventh in the high jump (5-0), with Wells placing eighth (5-0). Foster finished out scoring for the See SAILORS 3B See FISHING 3B T IDE T ABLE Entrance Siuslaw River High Tide Low Tide April 25 12:26am / 0.7 5:27am / 6.1 7:12pm / 5.8 April 26 6:35am / 5.7 8:12pm / 5.8 12:59am / 3.1 1:27pm / 1.0 April 27 7:47am / 5.5 9:03pm / 6.0 2:13am / 2.8 2:27pm / 1.2 April 28 8:56am / 5.5 9:46pm / 6.2 3:17am / 2.3 3:21pm / 1.3 April 29 9:56am / 5.6 4:08am / 1.8 10:23pm / 6.5 4:07pm / 1.4 April 30 10:47am / 5.8 4:52am / 1.2 10:57pm / 6.8 4:48pm / 1.5 May 1 11:33am / 6.0 5:30am / 0.7 11:29pm / 7.0 5:26pm / 1.6 S S IUSLAW IUSLAW N EWS 148 Maple St. Florence 541-997-3441