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WEDNESDAY EDITION
❘ SEPTEMBER 23, 2015 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
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V IKS
FIND WIN IN
Siuslaw runningback Kenneth
Thrall had a 30-yard touchdown
run and five PATs in Friday’s
match-up on the road at Hidden
Valley.
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
Sept. 25
• SHS FOOTBALL
HOSTS
S. U MPQUA
7 P . M .
• MHS FOOTBALL
AT
M C K ENZIE
7 P . M .
Sept. 26
• SHS XC
H OST W OAHINK I NV .
H ONEYMAN P ARK
10:30 A . M .
• SHS V-BALL
AT
T HREE - WAY I NV .
H IDDEN V ALLEY
N OON
H IDDEN V ALLEY
SHS: 00 14 14 07 — 35
HVHS: 07 00 00 06 — 13
It may have been the Mustangs who
came out on top after the first quarter
of Friday’s match-up at Hidden Valley,
but it was the Vikings who came away
with the win and on top of the
Mustangs in the OSAA 4A rankings
following their 35-13 road win,
Ranked fourth coming into the
game, it was no surprise when Hidden
Valley opened with a six-play, 55-yard
drive that ended in a 11-yard touch-
down pass less than three minutes into
the game.
NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
But much like they did against
Pleasant Hill a week earlier, the
Vikings not only got even — they got
better. They also quickly read Hidden
Valley’s defense and regrouped to
launch an offense that would be more
effective.
In this case, quarterback Preston
Mitchell turned his attention from
launching an air attack with wide
receiver Scott Gordon to a ground
assault with runningback Kenneth
Thrall — averaging a first down on
every other carry.
Halfway through the second quarter,
Siuslaw tied the game at 7-7 on a pun-
ishing 30-yard grind up the middle by
Thrall. On the ensuing kickoff by
Thrall, the ball bounced off the helmet
of Hidden Valley’s intended receiver,
with sophomoire Trent Reavis recov-
ering the ball for the Viks — who then
scored on a 3-yard quarterback keeper
by Mitchell with 55 second remaining
before the half.
The Mustangs battled back, breach-
ing Siuslaw’s 15-yard line and threat-
ening to score. But Mitchell, switching
to defense, managed the first of two
picks on the night, denying the
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Siuslaw sets fast pace at ‘Pre’
On the
Bite
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
Sept. 29
• SHS V-BALL
HOSTS
N. B END
6 P . M .
• MHS V-BALL
HOSTS
T. L AKE
6 P . M .
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
Sept. 23
9:08am / 5.6
8:35pm / 6.6
2:31am / 0.6
2:42pm / 2.9
Sept. 24
9:59am / 6.1
9:40pm/ 6.6
3:30am / 0.3
3:46pm / 2.2
Sept. 25
10:44m 6.7
4:22am / 0.0
10:38pm / 7.3 4:42pm / 1.4
Sept. 26
11:26am / 7.3 5:10am / -0.2
11:33am / 7.6 5:33am / 0.6
Sept. 27
12:06am / 7.8 5:55am / -0.3
6:22pm / -0.1
Sept. 28
12:26am / 7.8 6:38am / -0.1
12:46pm/ 8.2 7:10pm / -0.7
Sept. 29
1:18m / 7.7
1:27pm / 8.4
Siuslaw’s Lady Vikings cross coun-
try team continues to climb up the
OSAA’s 4A polls, thanks to perform-
ances like in Saturday’s Prefontaine
Memorial Run in Coos Bay, where the
girls team finished second in its divi-
sion — including second place indi-
vidually for junior harrier Celie Mans.
Leading the varsity race was return-
ing champion and senior Marissa
Dobry of St. Mary’s, who finished the
5,000-meter course along legendary
Steve Prefontaine’s old running route
in 18:03.7.
Mans was a less than a minute
behind in 18:58.3, completing the hilly
course and moving into second with a
strong finish that closed the gap
between her and Dobry, who finished
second last season in the state
3A/2A/1A state championship race in
Eugene.
Helping Siuslaw to clinch the sec-
ond-place spot in the 14-team varsity
girls division were talented newcomer
Morgan Bingham (19:45.4) in seventh
overall, freshman Kaeli Ramos
(21:35.5) in 21st, senior Mikaela
Siegel (21:59.3) in 27th, senior Sierra
Potter (22:27.3) in 34th. Other finishes
included junior Destinie Tatum
(23:10.4) in 48th, sophomore Laney
Goss (23:54.9) in 56th, and sophomore
Hayleigh Middleton (25:51.6) in 89th
out of 153 runners.
St. Mary’s won the team title with
52 points, followed by Siuslaw (72).
Other Far West team finishes included
Marshfield in sixth place (200), fol-
lowed closely by North Bend in sev-
enth place (203).
In the varsity boys race, Siuslaw
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7:22am / 0.2
7:58pm / -1.0
S IUSLAW
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A
WEEKLY
FISHING REPORT FOR
THE LOCAL REGION
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
MID COAST LAKES
Fishing for the various
warm water fish species is
fair to good during the
summer months. There are
numerous lakes in the
Florence area that can pro-
vide good opportunity and
have boat and bank access.
SIUSLAW RIVER:
Chinook, coho, cutthroat
trout
Fall Chinook fishing has
been producing fair results
so far this season with
anglers trolling the lower
bay up to Cushman having
the best results through the
high slack tide. Cooler
temperatures and forecast-
ed rain will likely move
some fish up to the head of
tide section.
The wild coho fishery
continues through Nov. 30,
with a daily bag limit of 1
adult coho and seasonal
limit of 2 adult coho (in
aggregate with other areas
with the same bag limit).
The bay and lower tide
water sections typically
produce the best results
early in the season.
NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
Siuslaw’s Celie Mans led the Viking girls at Saturday’s Prefontaine
Memorial Run in Coos Bay, finishing second individually.
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FISHING 5B
Oregon razor clamming season on indefinite delay
ASTORIA — Razor clamming at
Oregon’s popular and productive
Clatsop County beaches will not open
Oct. 1 as scheduled.
Razor clamming along the entire
Oregon coast has been closed since
May 14 due to elevated levels of
domoic acid in the clams. The most
recent test results, released Sept. 18,
show levels too high for the season to
open next Thursday, said Matt Hunter,
ODFW shellfish biologist.
Hunter said Oregon beaches will re-
open to razor clamming only after two
consecutive samples show domoic
acid is below the alert level. Exactly
when that might happen is impossible
to predict because the clams are very
slow to eliminate the toxin.
“The only way for razor clams to
reduce the level of domoic acid is
through spawning or growth,” Hunter
said. “We saw a big reduction in
domoic acid levels after spawning in
June, but we haven’t seen much
growth in adult clams since then that
would bring the levels down even
more.”
While razor clamming will remain
closed for the entire Oregon coast, the
harvest of bay clams and mussels is
now open on all Oregon beaches.
The harvest of Dungeness crab also
remains open in Oregon.
Harvesters can visit the ODA shell-
fish closures webpage at www.ore-
gon.gov/ODA/programs/FoodSafety/
Shellfish/Pages/ShellfishClosure for
the latest closure information.
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