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NED HICKSON , SPORTS EDITOR ❘ 541-902-3523 ❘ SPORTS @ THESIUSLAWNEWS . COM WEDNESDAY EDITION ❘ MAY B20, 2015 ❘ SECTION B Siuslaw News Sports & Recreation V ICTORY L AP On the Bite A WEEKLY FISHING REPORT FOR THE LOCAL REGION www.dfw.state.or.us/RR 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. Rainbow trout stocking See FISHING 6B T IDE T ABLE Entrance Siuslaw River High Tide Rob Griffes/for Siuslaw News Siuslaw senior Stevie Miller holds up the Far West League championship plaque as the Lady Vikings take a victory lap at Brookings-Harbor on Saturday. L ADY V IKS TAKE LEAGUE TITLE Seth Campbell approaches the fin- ish line with a smile in the 4x400 relay for the district title. B Y N ED H ICKSON Siuslaw News It was a day of personal bests and standout performances for the Vikings during last weekend’s Far West District meet in Brookings, where the Lady Vikings outscored Marshfield by 24 points to claim the district crown — along with six individual titles. Though the boys finished third in team scoring, they will be sending five athletes to compete in nine events this weekend at Hayward Field in Eugene for the 4A state meet. The girls, meanwhile, will send 11 Vikings to compete in nine events. On the track, sophomore Celie Mans took the title in both the 3,000 meters and 1,500 meters, with times of 11:04.49 and 4:59.21, respectively. She also ran a leg on the second-place 4x400-meter relay team with Kennedy Pendergrass, Kaylee Graham and Destinie Tatum. In the throws, sophomore Carissa Oliver was also a two-time champion, taking home titles in the shot put (34- 05) and discus (121-0). Tatum, also a sophomore, won the 400 meters in 1:01.4. Junior runner and leaper Mikaela Siegel will move on to the state meet in the long jump after finishing second at 16-01. Siegel also scored for the Viks with third place in the 300-meter hur- dles (50.55), 100-meter hurdles (16.26) and triple jump (33-07). See VIKS 4B Low Tide May 20 1:40am / 8.0 3:07am / 6.5 2:23am / 7.5 8:36pm / 2.3 May 21 2:23am / 7.5 3:55pm / 6.3 9:19am / -1.2 9:25pm / 2.5 May 22 3:07am / 7.0 4:44pm / 6.1 10:04am /-0.7 10:18pm / 2.7 May 23 3:55am / 6.4 5:35pm / 6.0 May 24 4:48am / 5.8 6:26am / 6.0 10:50am /-0.1 11:18pm / 2.8 11:39am / 0.4 May 25 5:50am / 5.3 7:17pm / 6.0 12:25am / 2.8 12:31pm / 0.9 May 26 7:00am / 5.0 8:05pm / 6.0 1:34am / 2.5 1:25pm / 1.2 S S IUSLAW IUSLAW N EWS 148 Maple St. Florence 541-997-3441 Kelly Potter/for Siuslaw News S PORTS Sailors land five spots at state meet B Y N ED H ICKSON Siuslaw News The Sailors set a dozen PRs includ- ing eight total lifetime records during last Friday’s Mountain West League district meet. For the boys, six athletes scored in double digits en route to four individ- ual championship titles and three sec- ond-place finishes. Mapleton senior Jacob Pruett will compete in all three throwing events at state this weekend. The girls team also had three athletes score in double digits, along with hav- ing four lifetime personal bests and an individual district title in the pole vault for junior Hannah Rodet (5-6). In the boys division, senior Jacob Pruett led the team in individual scor- ing with 33 points. Pruett won the shot put with a PR mark of 41-02, and the javelin (147-11). He was also second in the discus (106-8), qualifying him for state in all three events this Friday at Hayward Field in Eugene. The Sailors also claimed the league crown in the 110-meter hurdles with sophomore Tyler Packebush’s personal best time of 19.33, as well as sopho- more Hunter Simington’s PR vault of Ned Hickson/Siuslaw News See Calendar May 22 • SHS TRACK H AYWARD F IELD 4A STATE MEET 10 A . M . • MHS TRACK AT H AYWARD F IELD 1A STATE MEET 1:45 P . M . AT SAILORS 4B A FFORDABLE M APLETON H OME This 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath home has new laminate floors in living room and new carpet in the bedrooms. Converted garage is a family room with ceiling fans. Insert wood stove and a great partially covered deck in the back. Nicely priced. $139,000 #10940 MLS#14685338 Lynnette Wikstrom Broker Cell: 541.999.0786 lynnette@cbcoast.com 100 Hwy. 101, Florence, OR • 541.997.7777 “We’re next to the Bridge.” COAST REAL ESTATE CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK MID COAST LAKES