NED HICKSON , SPORTS EDITOR
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WEDNESDAY EDITION
❘ OCTOBER 28, 2015 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
S PORTS
On the
Bite
Calendar
Oct. 30
A
• SHS FOOTBALL
FISHING REPORT FOR
J. C ITY
AT
WEEKLY
THE LOCAL REGION
STATE PLAYOFF GAME
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
7 P . M .
• MHS FOOTBALL
M OHAWK
S AILOR B OWL
7 P . M .
HOSTS
MID COAST LAKES
Fishing for the various
warmwater fish species is
fair to good. There are
numerous lakes in the
Florence area that can pro-
vide good opportunity and
have both boat and bank
access.
Oct. 31
• SHS XC
4A S TATE MEET
LCC E UGENE
11 A . M .
SIUSLAW RIVER:
JESSE CHAPMAN/FOR SIUSLAW NEWS
Siuslaw senior pitcher Brad Snow threw a 2-hitter in Tuesday’s win on the road at Brookings.
L EAGUE
V IKS
STANDINGS
FINAL
ADVANCE TO PLAY - IN
F OOTBALL
F AR W EST
N. BEND
MARSHFIELD
SIUSLAW
S. UMP.
BROOKINGS
DOUGLAS
M NT . W EST
5-0
3-1
3-2
2-3
1-4
0-4
YONCALLA
N. DOUGLAS
LOWELL
T. LAKE
SILETZ
MAPLETON
4-0
4-1
4-2
4-2
3-2
2-4
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Oct. 28
1:12am / 7.4
12:56pm/ 8.8
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S IUSLAW : 00 07 07 07 — 21
B ROOKINGS : 00 00 06 14 — 20
It was a night of surprises last Friday
in the Far West League, with North
Bend beating Marshfield for the league
title, and Siuslaw narrowly dodging a
defeat at the hands of Brookings-
Harbor after a late-game Bruins rally.
Even with a decisive 227 yards of
offense in the first half while holding
the Bruins to just 28 yards and one first
down, the game really came down to
the final six minutes — and two crucial
blocked kicks by junior linebacker
Marcos Reyna.
Though Siuslaw dominated the first
half in terms of ball possession, the
Vikings only led 7-0 at halftime after a
29-yard grind by senior Kenneth Thrall,
who also delivered the extra point.
The Vikings had two more opportu-
nities to score in the first half, but the
Bruins were able to deny both touch-
down attempts — the first on fourth-
and-goal, and the other while the Viks
were threatening on the 1-yard follow-
ing an impressive 13-play drive that
began from inside their own 30-yard
line.
Coming back from the break,
Siuslaw quickly set the tone with an 80-
yard drive on a nine-play series that
ended on a 23-yard TD pass from
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VIKS 5B
Low Tide
6:57am / 1.3
7:42pm / -1.4
Oct. 29
2:03pm / 7.3
1:39pm / 8.7
7:43am / 1.7
8:30pm / -1.4
Oct. 30
2:56am / 7.1
2:24pm/ 8.4
8:31am / 2.2
9:18pm / -1.1
Oct. 31
3:50am / 6.8
3:12am / 7.8
9:22am / 2.6
10:09pm /-0.6
Nov. 1
3:47am / 6.5
3:04pm / 7.2
9:19am / 3.0
10:03pm / 0.0
Nov. 2
4:48pm / 6.3
4:04pm / 6.5
10:25am / 3.2
11:02pm / 0.6
Nov. 3
5:51am / 6.2
5:13pm/ 6.0
B Y N ED H ICKSON
SHS
CHEERLEADER LANDS HISTORIC FIRST
Siuslaw sophomore Victoria Rojas
has gone where no other Viking has
gone before.
She went to the Oregon
Cheerleading Coaches Association’s
individual competition Oct. 17 in
Springfield, returning to Florence as
one of seven members of the OCCA’s
All-State Team for schools within the
4A division and below.
“I was super excited about it,”
Rojas said. “It was really weird at
first, but it was a good feeling, too. It
makes you feel like you’re good.”
Rojas finished fifth among 45 com-
petitors statewide to earn the honor.
Keneley Tams of North Bend was
sixth and made the team, as did two
competitors from Sweet Home, two
Siuslaw’s Victoria Rojas was
named to the 4A All-State
cheerleading team.
JESSE CHAPMAN/FOR SIUSLAW NEWS
from Klamath Union and one from
Gladstone.
“It’s very, very exciting," cheer-
11:40am / 3.3
leading coach Diane Conlee said.
“I’ve had some girls before do some
individual competitions, but never
had one make it on the All-State
team.”
Conlee took two of her sopho-
mores, Rojas and Tailyn Bello, to the
all-day competition at Thurston High
School.
“When you looked at the score-
sheet, both the girls had all the skills
that were on the sheet,” Conlee said.
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ROJAS 5B
Chinook, coho, cutthroat
trout
Fall Chinook fishing is
producing fair to good
results from the lower bay
up the head of tide.
Trolling herring, spinners
or bobber fishing can all be
productive.
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.
ALSEA RIVER:
Chinook, coho, cutthroat
trout
The fall Chinook fishery
is producing fair to good
results for both bank and
boat anglers. Anglers are
having the best action fish-
ing from the lower bay up
to the head of tide.
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.
The wild coho fishery is
under way and will contin-
ue through Oct. 15. The
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 lower
bay typically produces the
best results early in the
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FISHING 3B
Sailors hold own early, fall to Warriors
in the first quarter, The Sailors
were able to battle back, begin-
Siuslaw News
ning with a 26-yard touchdown
M APLETON : 56
run, followed by a conversion, by
N. D OUGLAS : 78
junior Hunter Simington to make
it 8-16.
Though North Douglas was
With three minutes left in the
able to get out to a 16-0 lead early quarter, the Warriors scored again
but were denied the conversion
thanks to quick work by sopho-
Mapleton junior runningback more defensive end Dominic
Tyler Packebush evades the Wells and junior linebacker Tyler
North Bend defense to reach a Packebush — who also celebrated
first down.
his birthday Friday night.
B Y N ED H ICKSON
S IUSLAW
IUSLAW
N EWS
148 Maple St.
Florence
541-997-3441
In the second quarter, after
denying the Warriors on two
drives, the Sailors scored again on
a carry from Simington, who
would eventually end the night
with five touchdown carries and
two touchdown passes.
Down by eight (14-22), it was
the closest Mapleton would get to
North Douglas as the Warriors
went on to win it, 78-56.
Simington had 291 yards on 24
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SAILORS 5B
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