NED HICKSON , SPORTS EDITOR
❘ 541-902-3523 ❘
SPORTS @ THESIUSLAWNEWS . COM
WEDNESDAY EDITION
❘ JUNE 24, 2015 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
On the
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WEEKLY
FISHING REPORT FOR
THE LOCAL REGION
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
OSAA adopts national ‘Heads Up’ for football safety program
SALEM — The Oregon School
Activities Association (OSAA) has
become the first state high school
activities association in the United
States to require coach enrollment into
USA Football’s Heads Up Football
program for the benefit of its student-
athletes, effective in 2016.
The OSAA recommends its 249
football-playing high schools enroll in
High School Heads Up Football in
2015. Oregon high schools will be
required to do so in 2016.
USA Football, the sport’s national
governing body, trains more high
school and youth football coaches
combined than any organization in the
country.
Nearly 1,000 high schools spanning
44 states signed up for USA Football’s
Heads Up Football program in 2014.
High School Heads Up Football has
earned the endorsement of leaders in
medicine, child advocacy and sport. In
addition to the USA Football program,
Oregon high schools will continue to
follow existing OSAA protocols to
advance student-athlete health.
Created and administered by inde-
pendent nonprofit organizatuon USA
Football, High School Heads Up
Football establishes important stan-
dards rooted in the best available sci-
ence for safer play.
Heads Up Football is a comprehen-
sive approach to teach and play the
No. 1 participatory sport of U.S. high
school boys.
Supported by the American College
of Sports Medicine, the National
Athletic Trainers’ Association and the
American Medical Society for Sports
Medicine, the program teaches tack-
ling and blocking techniques designed
to reduce helmet contact while
addressing all-sport-relevant topics
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MID COAST LAKES
Fishing for the various
warm water fish species
can be productive during
the spring as lake tempera-
tures start to rise and fish
begin spawning. Anglers
will start finding more
See
T AKE
ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME
FISHING 2B
S PORTS
Calendar
June 24
• FLORENCE
SOFTBALL
AT M ILLER P ARK
5:30 AND 7 P . M .
June 25
• FLORENCE
SOFTBALL
M ILLER P ARK
5:30 AND 7 P . M .
AT
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
June 24
12:45am / 2.2 6:11am / 4.7
12:24am / 1.3 7:06pm / 6.1
June 25
1:48am / 1.8
1:15pm / 1.8
7:23am / 4.5
7:51pm / 6.3
June 26
2:48am / 1.3
2:09pm / 2.2
8:37am / 4.4
8:36pm / 6.5
June 27
9:46am / 4.6
9:20pm / 6.8
3:41am / 0.9
3:05pm / 2.4
etween Saturday, June 20 and Father’s day, June
21, 33 teams from around the South Coast and
beyond were on baseball the fields at Miller Park
for the annual Siuslaw Baseball Association’s
Gehlke All-Star Tournament. A total of 83 games were
played over the course of the two-day competition for
teams with players ages 7 through 12. Teams included
Albany, Monmouth, Siletz, Tillamook, Lincoln City,
Newport, Waldport, Reedsport, Roseburg, North Bend,
Coos Bay, Bandon, Coquille, Myrtle Point and Florence.
Between games, the snack shack provided burgers cooked
by Florence Mayor Joe Henry who volunteered to man the
grill for the event. Host Siuslaw won the Minors division,
with North Bend winning the Rookies bracket and South
Central winning the Majors title. Team photos will appear
in the July 11 edition of the Summer Baseball section.
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June 28
10:44am / 4.9 4:28am / 0.2
10:04am / 7.1 3:58pm / 2.5
June 29
11:35am / 5.3 5:11am / -0.4
10:46pm / 7.4 4:47pm / 2.5
June 30
12:20am / 5.7 5:53am / -0.9
11:29pm / 7.7 5:34pm / 2.5
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PHOTOS BY NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
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SCORE SURF , STEWARDSHIP AT
NEWPORT — The Surfrider
Foundation’s Newport chapter, joined
by its Siuslaw and Portland chapters,
hosted 45 competitors and more than
200 spectators for the seventh annual
Otter Rock ’n’ Roll Youth Surf Contest
and Beach Cleanup Challenge in cele-
bration of International Surfing Day.
The event drew competitors from all
over Oregon and a few as far away as
Washington, Idaho and California.
Observed globally, International
Surfing Day celebrates the sport of
surfing and helps raise awareness
about issues facing our oceans, waves
and beaches.
This year’s event was dedicated to
Mike Bowers of Savory Café who was
a long-time sponsor of this event and
big supporter of the local community
and its youth.
The 18-and-under surf contest and
beach cleanup challenge kicked off
Saturday morning, June 13, at Otter
O TTER R OCK ’ N ’ R OLL
Rock/Devil’s Punchbowl State Park,
running a series of 22, 15-minute heats
in divisions from “Best Beginner” —
which comes with surfing lessons and
all the gear for surfing provided by
nonprofit Warm Current — to the hot
shot 16-18 year-olds.
The weather provided for plenty of
sunshine and the sheltered conditions
of Otter Rock kept the competition out
of the wind with a small, but clean
swell. Conditions were favorable for
the youngest, with small enough
waves to keep them stoked, but not
intimidated.
While the older kids could have
hoped for some larger, steeper waves,
they made the most of every opportu-
nity in the water.
The “Parent with Child” division
was the most popular with 13
parent/child teams battling it out over
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