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NED HICKSON , SPORTS EDITOR ❘ 541-902-3523 ❘ SPORTS @ THESIUSLAWNEWS . COM WEDNESDAY EDITION ❘ JANUARY 13, 2016 ❘ SECTION C Siuslaw News Sports & Recreation ❘ 541-902-3523 ❘ SPORTS @ THESIUSLAWNEWS . COM WEDNESDAY EDITION ❘ NOVEMBER 4, 2015 ❘ SECTION B Siuslaw News Sports & Recreation S TATE Volleyball tryouts Nov. 23 A THE LOCAL REGION www.dfw.state.or.us/RR 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. SIUSLAW RIVER: 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 PHOTOS BY ROB GRIFFES/FOR SIUSLAW NEWS Siuslaw 4A state championship team (from left) freshman Kaeli Ramos, senior Sierra Potter, senior Mikaela Siegel, junior Celie Mans (also the individual state champion), junior Morgan Bingham, junior Destinie Tatum and fresh- man Trinity Ramos. V IKS CLAIM STATE GOLD See Siuslaw News Calendar Winter basketball openers T IDE T ABLE Siuslaw freshman Murray Bingham led the boys team, finishing 10th individually at the 4A state meet. B Y N ED H ICKSON S PORTS Entrance Siuslaw River T Junior runner Celie Mans paced her- self well, coming on strong in the final stretch to overtake defending state champion Lexi Healy of Henley and cross the finish line a full 21 seconds ahead, claiming the OSAA state 4A girls title in 18:45. Healy finished second in 19:06. Fellow junior Morgan Bingham, who has maintained the team’s No. 2 spot throughout the season, finished 19th overall in 20:50. Freshman Kaeli Ramos crossed the line in 21:23 for 31st, followed closely by senior Sierra Potter three seconds later in 32nd place (21:26). Junior runner Destinie Tatum was Siuslaw’s final scoring position, finish- ing 35th in 21:31. See B Y N ED H ICKSON Siuslaw sophomore Trent Reavis moves in for an 11-yard touchdown pass against Junction City. Siuslaw News • SHS GIRLS BB S IUSLAW : 00 07 07 07 — 21 J. C ITY : 03 07 07 07 — 24 C OQUILLE 6 P . M . for-score. With less than seven minutes remaining in the game and down by 10, the Vikings’ hopes of closing the gap appeared to evaporate after going 4- and-out to give the Tigers possession — and a chance to eat up the clock. Instead, Siuslaw found itself back in the game after a Tigers’ fumble with 5:02 remaining. From there, the Vikings drove the ball 56 yards on eight plays, with senior quarterback Preston Mitchell carrying the ball into In the end, a field goal by Junction City in the first quarter of last Friday’s state play-in game made the difference. The remainder of the game was an epic battle showcasing ironclad defense from both teams in a matchup that lit- erally came down to the final seconds in determining the winner. Although the Tigers had nearly twice as much possession time in the game, Siuslaw’s defense was able to keep Junction City to a single touchdown in each of the next three quarters while, at the same time, matching them score- • SHS BOYS BB C OQUILLE 7:30 P . M . Dec. 10 • MHS GIRLS BB AT 12:03am / 1.1 12:56pm / 3.0 Nov. 5 7:43am / 6.5 7:40pm/ 5.7 1:04am / 1.3 2:03pm / 2.5 Nov. 6 8:28pm / 6.7 8:42pm / 5.8 1:59am / 1.6 2:56pm / 2.0 Nov. 7 9:05am / 7.0 9:35pm / 6.0 2:47am / 1.8 3:40pm / 1.4 GOLD 4B Viks scratched from state by Tigers P OWERS 7 P . M . Dec. 4 HOST Nov. 4 6:51pm / 6.3 6:28pm / 5.8 Nov. 8 9:39pm / 7.2 3:30am / 1.9 10:22pm / 6.1 4:18pm / 0.9 • MHS BOYS BB B ROOKINGS 6 P . M . See Nov. 9 10:11am / 7.5 4:08am / 2.1 11:04pm/ 6.3 4:54pm/ 0.5 Nov. 10 10:42am / 6.8 4:44am / 2.2 11:43am / 6.4 5:28pm / 0.1 S IUSLAW IUSLAW N EWS 148 Maple St. Florence 541-997-3441 VIKS 6B JESSE CHAPMAN/FOR SIUSLAW NEWS SIUSLAW Sports News: NEWS The Siuslaw News For more photos and updates, visit our website at www.thesiuslawnews.com. P.O. Box 10 Florence, OR 97439 Fax: (541) 997-7979 SATURDAY Email: sports@thesiuslawnews.com FEBRUARY 21 • 2015 On the move A Sporting On the Bite V iew By Mark Vasto A weekly fishing report for the local region Sports doesn’t need a reality check www.dfw.state.or.us/RR With the exception of the mid-summer classic that Major League Baseball puts on every season, I’m not the biggest fan of all-star games. Skill competitions? Yes ... big fan. And why the NFL still can’t figure out how to have some sort of quarterback shootout is beyond me. Who wouldn’t want to see Peyton Manning versus Tom Brady trying to hit, say, a pinata from 60 yards out? This year’s NBA all-star game caught my interest a bit, though. The game was being held in New York, and you couldn't get a hotel room in Manhattan. Besides the NBA, it was fashion week, or something along those lines, and you had the 40th anniversary of “Saturday Night Live.” What I found interesting from an NBA sense was that Knicks star Carmello Anthony was planning on “shutting it down” after the game for the season. The Knicks are the worst team in basketball, he’s been playing hurt, and it was being reported that they were going to waive Amare Stoudemire after the game, too. “Wow,” I thought. “I wonder who’s going to play for the Knicks the rest of this year ... Sarah Silverman?” Conjecture had Stoudemire heading to the Dallas Mavericks. Then, it was reported that 21 people were beheaded in Libya. See MID COAST LAKES: The rainbow trout stock- ing program began in many mid coast lakes in early February. Be sure to check out the 2015 stocking schedule for the most up to date information. Fishing for the various warm water fish species can still be productive during the win- ter months but anglers may need to target different areas of a lake (typically deeper) versus when fish- ing in the spring or sum- mer. ALSEA RIVER: Steelhead The winter steelhead fishery has produced fair to good results recently. This week should be productive in the mid to lower reaches of the river while flows are low and river temperatures are warming. SALMON RIVER: Steelhead Winter steelhead fishing is starting to pick up in many coastal basins. The Salmon River is now open to harvest of wild winter steelhead through March 31. Anglers are advised to read the new regulations as there are harvest restric- tions and new deadlines in effect. SILETZ RIVER: Ned Hickson/Siuslaw News Mapleton senior forward Tucker Ford slips past an Alsea opponent on a fastbreak opportunity Wednesday night. Ford led the Sailors with 22 points in the victory that advanced Mapleton into today’s playoffs. VIEW 4B S p o r t s C a l e n d a r Feb. 21 • MHS boys BB Sailors stop Alsea, advance to playoffs Mapleton sophomore Tyler Packebush offers a high- five to teammate senior Chris Free after Wednesday night’s victory. Mapleton faces Lowell today for a chance to reach state vs Lowell MWL playoffs at NCU 1:30 p.m. B Y N ED H ICKSON Siuslaw News Feb. 27-28 • SHS wrestling In the words of Mapleton coach Will Crook, “We live to play another day,” he said of Wednesday night’s hard-fought playoff win over Alsea. Earlier in the season, the Sailors gave up a 20-point lead to the Wolverines, who came back in the 4A state meet at Memorial Colesium TBA Spring sports • March 17 SHS baseball at Taft HS “We were confident we could win tonight,” said Mapleton senior forward Tucker Ford. “We just need- ed to make sure we never let up. We out-hustled them all four quarters.” second half to defeat Mapleton. Not this time. Fi l d i i h d ATV t See l SAILORS 3B t Steelhead Steelhead fishing is slow to fair but should start to pick up in the coming weeks. Fish can be found throughout the river for both bank and boat anglers. See FISHING 4B T IDE T ABLE Entrance Siuslaw River High Tide Low Tide Feb. 21 1:32am / 8.3 1:41pm / 7.9 7:42am / 0.5 7:58pm / -0.1 Feb. 22 2:15am / 8.3 2:35pm / 7.3 8:35am / 0.4 8:42pm / 0.7 Feb. 23 2:59am / 8.2 3:34pm / 6.6 9:31am / 0.5 9:30pm / 1.4 Feb. 24 3:47am / 7.9 4:40pm / 6.0 10:32am / 0.7 10:23pm / 2.2 Feb. 25 4:41am / 7.6 5:57pm / 5.6 Feb. 26 5:42am / 7.3 7:20pm / 5.5 Feb. 27 6:48am / 7.0 8:37pm / 5.6 11:39am / 0.9 11:25pm / 2.9 12:52am / 1.0 12:40am / 3.2 2:02pm / 0.9 Siuslaw News Sports & Recreation Athletes of the Year A Sporting View By Mark Vasto Your RV survival guide So you’ve bought an RV and you're ready to take to the open road in 3-mpg increments. Due to the RV’s sheer size and the amount of money invested in it, you’re going to have a lot of questions and concerns your first couple of times out. That’s why most people recommend you do a “dry run” in your driveway or local RV park. Here, are some more suggestions. You need help. This should be self-evi- dent. Most people never have problems with their RV, but when you consider what can go wrong with a car or truck, or a vacation home or boat, and combine them into one vehicle, you’ll learn soon enough that stuff happens. And when it does you’ll need special RV See 2015 May 31 • TRC SANDBLASTERS B ASEBALL TRYOUTS SHS FIELD N OON TO 2 P . M . June 6 • FORE KIDS GOLF TOURNEY AT S ANDPINES 10 A . M . Joseph Dotson Low Tide May 30 11:10am / 5.4 5:01am / 0.4 10:44pm / 7.1 4:41pm / 2.1 May 31 11:56am / 5.6 5:39am / -0.2 11:20am / 7.4 5:22pm / 2.2 June 1 12:40am / 5.9 6:17am / -0.7 11:56pm / 76 6:03pm / 2.3 June 2 1:22am / 6.0 6:55am / -1.1 6:43pm / 2.4 June 3 12:33am / 7.7 7:33am / -1.3 2:04am / 6.1 7:24pm / 2.4 June 4 1:12am / 7.7 2:48pm / 6.2 8:13am / -1.4 8:08pm / 2.4 June 5 1:54am / 7.5 3:32pm / 6 2 8:55am / -1.4 8:57pm / 2 5 Though the Indians were able to mount a short rally in the second period with some out- V IKS PIN TRIO OF TITLES side shooting to close the gap within 10 points AT HOME MEET by halftime, shooting from Free at the end of Siuslaw claimed fourth the third quarter and through the first two min- among 17 teams at Lutz Inv. utes of the fourth resulted in eight consecutive “We had some teams and several wrestlers unanswered points for Mapleton — and a 51- who pinned their way through the meet,” said 33 win. Siuslaw coach Neil Wartnik. “That, and small- er rosters overall meant that finals started ear- F EB . 18 lier than normal by about an hour.” S IUSLAW SENDS THREE WRESTLERS When the final whistle blew and the win- TO STATE TOURNEY ning arm of the last wrestler was raised to the All three grapplers will make first crowd, the Vikings had claimed three individ- state appearance ual titles and fourth place overall. The best wrestlers from both the Far West Freshman Ricky Huff, wrestling in the 106- pound bracket, pinned his way through the and Skyline leagues went head-to-head during meet, including a rematch with a nemesis two days of intense competition, with the top four wrestlers from each bracket advancing to from Grants Pass. At 120 pounds, junior Jose DelaMora went state Feb. 28-29. “To go through what this team went through undefeated, winning each match by pin to earn the bracket title as well as Most Outstanding over the course of the season, and rise above the odds by remaining focused is very satisfy- Wrestler in the middleweight division. Fellow junior Isaiah Burkhalter continued ing,” Siuslaw coach Neil Wartnik said of the his dominance at 138 pounds by winning each regionals at Marshfield High School. The Vikings advanced three wrestlers to the of his matches by pin to take the bracket title. The Vikings also got third place from junior state mats: Junior Jose DelaMora ranked fifth Dylan Jennings at 285 pounds, and fourth at 120 pounds; sophomore Kainan Lane place from sophomore 220-pounder Kainan ranked second at 220 pounds; and junior Dylan Jennings ranked fourth at 285 pounds. Lane. J AN . 17 F EB . 28 S OMETHING SECURE Mikaela Siegel F or those who were on hand during last night’s Athletic Excellence Awards Banquet honoring KCST’s 2014-15 Athletes of the Week, 41 B Y N ED H ICKSON athletes were recognized Siuslaw News for their efforts this past school year. Over the course of the last three sports seasons, 21 new school records and five individual state cham- pions were named between Siuslaw and Mapelton high schools. Among those athletes were 11 final- ists for Athlete of the Year: Hannah Bartlett, Seth Campbell, Joseph Dotson, Tucker Ford, Chris Free, Billy Jones, Celie Mans, Carissa Oliver, Elyssa Rise, Mikaela Siegel and Destinie Tatum. “Selecting just two individuals from a group of so many outstanding student athletes is never easy,” said KCST news director Bob Sneddon. “This year was no exception. “All of these athletes contributed to their teams’ successes while accom- plishing their own achievements, on and off the field. “We’re proud to recognize these ous- tanding student athletes.” At the close of the evening, this year’s Athletes of the Year were announced, calling forward senior Joseph Dotson and junior Mikaela Siegel. Both were standout, three-sport athletes who demonstrated excellence on the field as well as in the classroom. See AOTY 2B Mapleton hosts Alsea for a chance to advance The Sailors were a dominant force, hosting Mohawk to an easy 58-38 win that helped secure fourth place in the Mountain West League — and a playoff spot. Seniors Chris Free and Tucker Ford helped establish an early 16-0 lead. Both players scored in double digits, along with sophomore Hunter Simington, which gave the Sailors a three-pronged approach to its offense. TO CHEER ABOUT Siuslaw’s cheerleading team placed 8th at state At 4:15 a.m. on Feb. 14, members of Siuslaw’s cheerleading squad weren’t home dreaming about their Valentines. While most of us were sleeping, all nine members of the mostly freshmen Viking squad were already loaded onto a bus and heading to Portland to compete in the OSAA’s 4A state cheerleading tournament. See YIR 3C S AILORS RALLY TO Lady Sailors LAND E AGLES , 38-37 nab first win B Y N ED H ICKSON Siuslaw News NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS The Sailors celebrate after their dramatic win over Eddyville on Friday. “It was the most exciting fin- ish to a basketball game in my coaching career,” said Mapleton coach Will Crook, whose team took visiting Eddyville down to the wire for the team’s first win of the season Friday night. After a virtual stalemate throughout the first half of the opening period against the Eagles, the Sailors moved ahead 10-8 on an offensive rebound by Nick Smith. Hunter Simington scored a short jumper 20 sec- onds later to make it 12-8, with Dominic Wells grabbing an offensive board and Simington draining a long 3-pointer to go ahead 17-9 heading into the sec- ond period. The Sailors held the lead through the next 23 min- utes of playing time — until the Eagles rallied to tie the game at 35 with just over a minute on the clock. Wells was sent to the charity See Calendar Jan. 15 • SIUSLAW BB AT S. U MPQUA G IRLS 6 P . M . B OYS 7:30 P . M . • MAPLETON BB Siuslaw News PLAYOFF SPOT Calendar High Tide B Y N ED H ICKSON S AILORS S PORTS Entrance Siuslaw River It was a year that included outstanding performances that underscored the athletic commitment and tenacity that runs through the veins of local athletes. It was also a year that tragically claimed the life of Viking wrestling standout Jose Delamora. What follows is a timeline of some of the most significant moments in Siuslaw and Mapleton sports in 2015. F EB . 14 VIEW 3B T IDE T ABLE Top stories of 2015 Low Tide High Tide here’s a reason the Viking girls cross country team has been ranked at the top of the polls all season, and on Saturday not even stormy conditions could stop them from demonstrating why. For years, when other coaches bemoaned rainy weather at meets, Siuslaw coach Chris Johnson has welcomed the elements as something that plays to the team’s favor. “We’re used to it. We run in it all the time and it’s part of our routine,” Johnson said earlier this season. “For other teams it can be a challenge. For us, it can be an advantage. “It’s what we do.” Dec. 2 HOST FISHING 3B Celie Mans wins individual title; Murray Bingham was 10th individually TRYOUTS 4B AT WEEKLY FISHING REPORT FOR Siuslaw Volleyball Club has set its next date for try- outs, which will be Monday, Nov. 23, for girls ages 15 to 18. Tryouts will take place at Siuslaw Middle School from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The club, entering its 13th season, is open to all girls who are looking to learn and improve their volleyball skills as part of a team. Practices are two to three times per week from mid November through April. Through the generosity of Siuslaw School District, the club uses the Siuslaw Middle School gym for practices. Teams play in one to two tournaments each month, competing against teams from Oregon and southern Washington. These tournaments are usually one-day tournaments on a weekend that start at 8 am and continue into the early evening. Each team plays an average of five matches each day. This year, the entire club fee has been reduced to $125 per player. Fee covers all the tournaments, insurance for practices and tournaments, team sweatpants and jacket, backpack and T-shirt. “We keep our fees extremely low because we have some great fundraisers, like the Viking Cup golf Tournament,” said club director Mike Rose. “We also See On the Bite CHAMPIONS S PORTS SAILORS 2C AT L OWELL G IRLS 5:30 P . M . B OYS 7 P . M . Jan. 16 • SHS WRESTLING S IUSLAW I NV . 9 A . M . Jan. 19 • SIUSLAW BB HOSTS M ARSHFIELD G IRLS 6 P . M . B OYS 7:30 P . M . • MAPLETON BB M C K ENZIE G IRLS 5:30 P . M . B OYS 7 P . M . HOSTS T IDE T ABLE Entrance Siuslaw River High Tide Low Tide 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 Jan. 16 4:47am / 7.7 5:03pm/ 6.0 11:17am / 1.7 11:04pm/ 1.5 Jan. 17 5:41am / 7.8 6:26pm / 5.6 12:30pm / 1.3 Jan. 18 6:38am / 8.0 7:52pm/ 5.6 12:06am / 2.2 1:42pm/ 0.9 Jan. 19 7:37am / 8.1 9:09pm / 5.8 1:15am / 2.7 2:47pm / 5.8 B Y N ED H ICKSON Siuslaw News M APLETON : 13 E DDYVILLE : 7 The Lady Sailors ended the first quarter of Friday m=night’s home game against Eddyville with a steal from Gabrielle Gibney, who relayed the ball to Destiny Weber, who passed to Hannah Rodet for a 7-0 lead. The move underscored what was to become a solid first win for Mapleton, which went on to hold the See S IUSLAW N EWS 148 Maple St. Florence 541-997-3441 WIN 2C Beautiful Ocean Views Await You! 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