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SATURDAY EDITION
❘ OCTOBER 17, 2015 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
By Mark Vasto
Siuslaw has sweet run in Brownie race
Siuslaw freshman Murray Bingham
was the only runner in Thursday’s
Run for the Brownies to finish the
3K event in under 10 minutes at
9:53.39
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
Bizarro
world
It’s Tuesday, and every-
thing I think I know to be
right in the world is wrong.
The Broncos are 5-0 but
all Denver fans think
Peyton Manning is a bad
quarterback. “His numbers
are slipping,” they cry, but
for the past three seasons he
has been 19-1 through five
starts.
In
South
Carolina,
Manning’s old nemesis, the
ball coach named Steve
Spurrier, has resigned.
Faced with his first losing
season since he coached the
professional football team
from Washington, Spurrier
just decides to bail.
It’s not something that
should have taken anyone
by surprise. Spurrier has
been slipping of late. What
kind of coach tells people
during the off-season that
he plans on coaching anoth-
er “two to three years?” The
kind of coach who isn’t
interested in his recruits,
that’s who.
Who would want to play
for Spurrier when by their
senior or junior year he’s
off to go fishing? The ones
who got suckered into see-
ing him leave them as a
freshman, that’s who.
Playboy will stop featur-
ing pictures of fully nude
women.
A woman gets sassy with
Donald Trump, complain-
ing that she expects to be
paid a fair wage for doing
the same work a man gets
paid for. Turns out she’s an
UNPAID intern for Jeb
Bush.
Jennifer
Lawrence
announced that she doesn’t
want to be likable, while
Both men and women were on the
course for the 20th annual Run for the
Brownies, organized by retired Myrtle
Point coach and current Siuslaw track
throws coach Pat Towne and held at
Sandpines Golf Links on Thursday. It’s
a 3,000-meter race that isn’t meant to
be as intense as other races throughout
the season, particularly with district
competition coming up next week.
Even so, Siuslaw’s boys team
claimed five of the top six placements,
beginning with freshman Murray
Bingham, who was the only runner to
finish in less than 10 minutes with his
time of 9:53.39 for first place.
Though Zach Lathram of Coquille
was second (10:09.60), Siuslaw swept
the next four finishes to place first
See
SIUSLAW 3B
NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
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.
ALSEA RIVER:
Chinook, coho, cutthroat
trout
Trolling, casting lures or
bobber fishing are all pro-
ducing depending on the
section and conditions.
Bank fishing near the
Hwy. 101 bridge or up at
the newly opened Don
Lindly Park (MP 7 on
Hwy. 34) can be good for
both Chinook and coho.
Cutthroat trout fishing is
fair in the lower mainstem
below the confluence with
Five Rivers.
With the low and warm
river conditions the best
opportunities will be in the
early morning when water
temperatures are the
coolest. Small spinners are
typically productive as
wells as small spoons or
See
FISHING 3B
T IDE T ABLE
L EAGUE
Entrance Siuslaw River
V OLLEYBALL
M. W EST
MARSHFIELD 10-0
SIUSLAW
6-4
S. UMP.
6-4
N. BEND
4-6
DOUGLAS
4-6
BROOKINGS 0-10
WEEKLY
SIUSLAW RIVER:
STANDINGS
As of
10/17/15
F AR W EST
A
Chinook, coho, cutthroat
trout
The cutthroat trout fish-
ery is fair for sea runs in
the lower reaches of the
river and in upper tide
water. Fishing during the
early mornings or near the
larger tributaries is the
most productive.
VIEW 3B
See
On the
Bite
T. LAKE
LOWELL
SILETZ
MCKENZIE
MAPLETON
ALSEA
11-1
10-2
8-4
7-5
2-9
2-10
NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
High Tide
Low Tide
Oct. 17
3:37pm / 6.0
2:54pm / 7.0
9:03am / 2.8
9:54pm / 0.3
Oct. 18
4:27am / 5.9
3:35pm/ 6.8
9:46am / 3.2
10:43pm/ 0.5
Oct. 19
5:24am / 5.7
4:28am / 6.5
10:40am / 3.4
11:40pm / 0.7
Viking junior Elyssa Rose digs up a Douglas spike attempt in Tuesday’s five-game battle at Glenn Butler Court.
S PORTS
Calendar
Oct. 17
• SHS VOLLEYBALL
AT
M ARSHFIELD I NV .
8 A . M .
Oct. 23
• MHS FOOTBALL
HOSTS
CLAIM SECOND IN
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
Though Tuesday’s disappointing
loss to Douglas during Siuslaw’s sen-
ior night was going to be the last night
on Glenn Butler Court for seniors Ali
Scheer, Hannah Bartlett, Taylor
Dotson and junior Belgian exchange
student Anna Mintin, it looks like the
final call will be postponed at least
once.
Thanks to a decisive three-game
sweep Thursday night at North Bend,
25-15, 25-17, 25-22, the Vikings fin-
ished the regular season tied for second
with South Umpqua at 6-4. But since
the Vikings swept the Lancers twice
during the regular season, the Far
West’s No. 2 seed will go to Siuslaw.
In addition to launching them into
the postseason on the heels of a solid
win, it also qualifies the Vikings for a
home match to begin the first round of
state playoffs on Oct. 31.
That means Siuslaw’s seniors will
FWL
stand before a home crowd one more
time in pursuit of a win.
Earlier in the week, it looked as
though a senior night win was in the air
as the Vikings stormed off to a 25-15,
25-18 advantage in the first two sets
against Douglas. But the Trojans man-
aged a reversal of fortune, digging in
and winning the next two sets, 25-22,
25-20, to tie the match and force a fifth
set.
See
VIKS 3B
N. D OUGLAS
7 P . M .
• SHS FOOTBALL
AT
B ROOKINGS
7 P . M .
Oct. 24
• SHS XC
FWL
V IKS
DISTRICT MEET
T UGMAN P ARK
NOON
Sailors’ season ends on senior night
Siuslaw News
Mapleton’s Hannah Rodet was one of
two seniors who entered the court for
the final time Thursday.
After a league “bye” on Tuesday due
to Mountain West League scheduling,
the Sailors (2-9) said goodbye to this
year’s volleyball season Thursday fol-
lowing a loss to league powerhouse
Lowell (10-2) in three sets, 25-9, 25-15,
25-12. Two team members, seniors
Hannah Rodet and Lauralee Meyers,
also said goodbye in what was their
final appearance as Mapleton volley-
ball players.
MWL playoffs will be Oct. 22-24,
with state playoffs beginning Oct. 28.
Triangle Lake finished in first place
at 11-1.
B Y N ED H ICKSON
NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
Oct. 20
6:28am / 5.7
5:35am / 6.3
11:52am / 3.5
Oct. 21
7:33pm / 5.9
6:54pm / 6.2
12:43am / 0.8
1:13pm / 3.2
Oct. 22
8:31am / 6.3
8:13pm/ 6.3
1:49am / 0.8
2:29pm / 2.6
Oct. 23
9:21pm / 6.8
9:24pm / 6.5
2:50am / 0.7
3:33pm / 1.8
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