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SATURDAY EDITION
❘ JANUARY 9, 2016 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
On the
Bite
A
WEEKLY
FISHING REPORT FOR
THE LOCAL REGION
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
The coho salmon fish-
eries in Siltcoos and
Tahkenitch lakes are slow
to fair. This time of year is
typically the most produc-
tive. Recent rains and big
tide should help to move
new fish into the lakes.
The West Lake Boat
Ramp at Siltcoos has been
close for repairs but there
is a neighboring private
ramp that can be utilized.
Look to fish near the lake
outlet and by the major
tributaries that enter the
lakes. Casting or trolling
spinners or various plugs
can be effective.
Fishing for the various
warm water fish species
tends to be slower during
the winter months. There
are numerous lakes in the
Florence area that can pro-
vide good opportunity and
have both boat and bank
access.
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Siuslaw’s Ricky Huff went 5-0 during Thursday night’s Far West League Round Robin meet at Siuslaw, with the Vikings placing fourth overall.
T HREE V IKS
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It may have been a new Far West
League format for Siuslaw on
Thursday night, but it was business as
usual for three Viking wrestlers Ricky
Huff, Matthew Morales and Dylan
Jennings — each of whom went unde-
feated to take the crown in their
weight classes.
“It was a new type of ‘dual meet’
format, run more like a tournament,”
said Siuslaw coach Neil Wartnik. “We
had all six Far West schools on the
mats here, with all the varsity
wrestlers pitted against each other.”
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Because of that, some wrestlers had
as many as five matches, depending on
the number of participants in each
bracket.
Huff and Morales were among
those who had a full night on the mats,
taking on five wrestlers in the 113-
pound and 106-pound divisions,
respectively.
Each went a perfect 5-0.
Jennings, wrestling at 285 pounds,
went 3-0 to sweep the heavyweight
bracket.
Wrestling at 160 pounds, Andrew
Tupua had three matches and claimed
victory in two, finishing the night with
a second-place medal.
The Viks also got scoring from
Patrick Hill at 120 pounds, Murray
Bingham at 132 pounds and Justin
Perkins at 220 pounds to help secure
fourth place overall with 24 team
points.
Marshfield, which had 12 wrestlers,
including one for each weight bracket,
easily won the team championship
with 51 points. Douglas finished
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High Tide
Jan. 9
10:57am / 8.4
Viking junior Abby Watkins
went 8-for-11 and scored 16 points
against Waldport on Tuesday.
the nonleague season.
Fellow junior Destinie Tatum was
also busy, scoring a double-double 11
points and 11 rebounds. Meanwhile,
senior Taylor Dotson was dominating
the boards with 10 rebounds, along
with eight boards from freshman
Madison Reynolds.
Waldport received no mercy from
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Viking rally just short of win over Waldport
B Y N ED H ICKSON
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Jan. 12
Entrance Siuslaw River
Siuslaw stops luck of Irish, 46-15
It was a big night for Viking junior
Abby Watkins, who was the main pis-
ton firing in Siuslaw’s offense in a 31-
point route over visiting Waldport.
Watkins had a season and team high
16 points, going 8-of-11 from the field
and scooping up a third of the Vikings’
21 steals against the Irish with seven.
And for good measure, she threw in
the team’s only blocked shot.
But Watkins wasn’t the only one
contributing to the Viks’ second win of
By the end of the first quarter against
visiting Waldport on Tuesday night, the
Vikings found themselves trailing 16-4.
The Irish opened the second quarter
with a pair of buckets and a free throw
to extend their lead to 21-4 before
Siuslaw got some offensive spark from
sophomore Jake Hickson, who came in
from the bench to deliver a 3-pointer
and offensive rebound in less than a
minute. By the end of the period,
Siuslaw had more than tripled its scor-
ing from the opening quarter with scor-
ing from senior Preston Mitchell, junior
Reese Siegel and two more points from
Hickson.
“We went into the half feeling like
we could put it together,” said Siegel,
who also celebrated his birthday that
night. “Coach Biggs told us plain and
simple that we could get back into it.”
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FISHING 5B
T IDE T ABLE
Dylan Jennings (far right)
was 3-0 Thursday night to take
the heavyweight bracket title
for Siuslaw.
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VIKS 4B
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Chinook, steelhead
The fall Chinook fishery
is very slow and basically
over for the season. Any
remaining fish are in
spawning condition.
Look for small numbers
of fish to be in the lower
river above the head of tide
this early in the season.
Low Tide
5:06am / 3.1
5:59pm / -0.9
Jan. 10
12:29am / 6.7 5:49am / 2.9
11:39am/ 8.4 6:37pm/ -1.1
Jan. 11
6:34am / 2.7
1:08am / 7.0
12:21pm / 8.4 7:16pm / -1.1
Jan. 12
1:47am / 7.2
1:06pm/ 8.2
7:20am / 2.5
7:56pm/ -0.9
Jan. 13
2:28am / 7.3
1:55pm / 7.7
8:11am / 2.4
8:38pm / -0.4
Jan. 14
3:11am / 7.5
2:49pm/ 7.1
9:06am / 2.2
9:22pm/ 0.2
Jan. 15
3:57am / 7.6
3:51pm / 6.5
10:08am / 2.0
10:10pm / 0.9
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VIKING 4B
Preston Mitchell takes a fastbreak
opportunity against Waldport.
Mitchell had 11 points for Siuslaw.
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