3 C SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2016 1 B SIUSLAW Sports News: P.O. Box 10 Florence, OR 97439 SATURDAY Email: sports@thesiuslawnews.com FEBRUARY 28 • 2015 By Mark Vasto Will all the hand-wring- ing and wrangling lead to a Ringling Brothers-worthy spectacle? Can a “should have happened five years ago” championship fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao on May 2 really be considered “the fight of the century?” Will this fight settle, once and for all, if the undefeated Mayweather is “TBE” (the best ever)? The answer to all of the above is “no.” At face value, we are talking about two boxers who undeniably are past their primes. The day of the fight, Mayweather will be 38 and Pacquiao will be 36. There will be commentators for the fight younger than them. Both have lost a step. Pacquiao has lost two fights, once getting dumped like a sack of rice — a shot so vicious that everyone, including this writer, had to worry about his health, and still do. Also at face value? Ringside tickets at the MGM Grand will be avail- able only to gamblers with a $250,000 line of credit that they must put in play that weekend. Floor seats will VIEW 3B On the Bite A weekly fishing report for the local region Ned Hickson/Siuslaw News Members of this year’s mostly freshman Viking cheerleading team perform at halftime during Siuslaw’s final game of the basketball season last week. The squad placed eighth at the 4A state tournament on Feb. 14. Something to A t 4:15 a.m. on Feb. 14, mem- bers of Siuslaw’s cheerleading squad weren’t home dreaming about their Valentines. While most of us were B Y N ED sleeping, all nine mem- H ICKSON bers of the mostly Siuslaw News freshmen Viking squad were already loaded onto a bus and heading to Portland to compete in the OSAA’s 4A state cheer- leading tournament. CHEER about After a 4-hour trip down the I-5 cor- ridor before dawn, the group would have a total of 2-1/2 minutes to demonstrate the culmination of a sea- son’s worth of preparation by execut- ing a series of stunts, jumps, tumbles and motion techniques honed along the hardwood perimeter at basketball games. “You’re always thinking about the chance to compete at state,” says long- time Siuslaw coach Diane Conlee. www.dfw.state.or.us/RR 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 “Every practice, every game the team is thinking about how to improve its skills in order to earn the most points at state.” Before the team hits the mats to per- form in front of judges, it gets a chance to warm up in a series of rooms that eventually leads to the main floor. Because Siuslaw was one of the first teams to be scheduled, there was little time for nerves. “We hardly had time to breath,” Undersea glider can ‘think like a fish’ FISHING 3B S p o r t s C a l e n d a r Spring sports • March 17 YIR b ll OSU project will help identify oceanic hot spots with help of robot CORVALLIS — Oregon State University researchers have received a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation that will allow them to outfit a pair of undersea gliders with acoustical sensors to identify biologi- cal “hot spots” in the coastal ocean. They also hope to develop an onboard computing system that will program the gliders to perform differ- ent functions depending on what they encounter. In other words, the scientists say, they want to outfit a robotic undersea glider to “think like a fish.” “We spend all of this time on ships, deploying instrumentation that basi- cally is designed to see how ocean biology aggregates around physical Conlee says. “It seemed like we got there, took a deep breath — and then we were on.” After weeks of training and per- forming, as well as competing in two OSAA-sanctioned meets in order to qualify for state, everything comes down to 150 seconds. “There’s no consolation round or wrestleback,” says Conlee. See CHEER 3B T IDE T ABLE High Tide Feb. 28 7:55am / 7.0 9:36pm / 5.9 On the Bite March 2 9:45am / 7.1 3:54am / 2.7 10:57pm / 6.4 4:34pm / 0.4 March 4 11:09am / 7.2 5:17am / 2.0 11:57pm / 6.8 5:43pm / 0.4 Tristan Peery/OSU from 1C After a four-hour trip down the I-5 corridor before dawn, the group had a total of 2-1/2 minutes to demonstrate the cul- mination of a season’s worth of preparation by executing a series of stunts, jumps, tumbles and motion techniques honed along the hardwood perimeter at basketball games. “You’re always thinking about the chance to compete at state,” says long-time Siuslaw coach Diane Conlee. “Every practice, every game the team is thinking about how to improve its skills in order to earn the most points at state.” Because seven out of nine members of this year’s team were freshman, Conlee choreo- graphed the routine herself so that the team could focus all its attention on perfecting it. will open up a new world of research March 5 11:46am / 7.2 5:53am / 1.7 6:13pm / 0.5 March 6 12:25am / 7 0 6:28am / 1 4 That hard worked paid off, with Siuslaw being named the eighth best team in a division that has more than 40 schools with cheerleading teams — only 13 of which reached state this year. Leading Siuslaw this season was lone senior and two-year veteran Kennedy Roylance, along with junior Amilia Perez. Freshman included Tallyn Bello, Emilee Christiansen, Emma Collins, Siarrah Rain, Victoria Rojas, Ariel Rosinbaum and Andrea Sanchez. F EB . 28 L OCAL VIEW 3B See Low Tide March 3 10:29am / 7.2 4:38am / 2.4 11:28pm / 6.6 5:10pm / 0.4 OSU’s fleet of undersea gliders will expand to 21 by the year 2012. A EQUESTRIANS SADDLE UP FOR STATE Mapleton’s Geddes brothers qualify for multiple events Chet and Jd Geddes will be in the saddle roping and com- peting in cow events with the Readers Choice Voted #1 Realtor S OFTBALL N. BEND 12-1 MARSHFIELD S. UMP. 10-3 DOUGLAS MARSHFIELD 6-7 S. UMP. SIUSLAW 5-8 BROOKINGS BROOKINGS 3-10 N. BEND DOUGLAS 3-10 SIUSLAW 13-0 12-1 7-6 4-9 3-10 0-13 S PORTS SIUSLAW RIVER: Steelhead The river, above tidewa- ter, is closed to all fishing until May 23 when cut- throat trout season opens. ALSEA RIVER: Steelhead The river is closed to all fishing as of May 1 and will reopen with the cut- throat trout season begin- ning May 23. SILETZ RIVER: Ned Hickson/Siuslaw News Siuslaw 2004 alumni Collin Cram won the 4A state pole vault title his senior year and was the meet’s top indi- vidual scorer. Cram is among six others and three teams being inducted into the SHS Hall of Fame in July. H ALL OF F AME Come July 31, Siuslaw alumni will gather to acknowledge the outstand- ing achievements of a new group being inducted into Siuslaw’s hal- lowed Hall of Fame. Thursday, seven individuals and three teams were officially named as members of the HOF’s Class of 2015. With names spanning nearly 40 years of athletic achievement and community service, this year’s hon- orees include individuals who made their mark on everything from golf, SHS Hall of Fame Class of 2015 John LaDuke (1960) Ron Bly (1960) Rich Prater (1982) Susan Emery (1987) Sherri Stapleton (1988) Collin Cram (2004) 1988 cheerleading team 1993 and 1994 boys golf team Jim Archer 2015 track, basketball and football, as well as a spirit of volunteerism that has helped Siuslaw cross country and track programs become one of the best in the state. Beginning in 1959, the first inductee named to this year’s roster is John LaDuke, who won back-to- back state championships in the broad jump (1959, 1960), and was also a member of the state champi- onship track team in 1960. From the wrestling mats, Ron Bly will be honored for his achievement See HOF 3B Vik baseball, softball finish Far West season best equestrians in the state. Chet has already qualified for state in steer daubing, while he and his brother, Jd, are poised in first and second place in roping and steer daubing. Together, they are ranked fifth in team penning. M AY 13 D UNES C ITY T RIATHLON Third annual event gets largest turnout yet Athletes of all ages and skill level, from Olympic to enthusi- ast, gathered for Dunes City’s third annual Oregon Dunes Triathlon and Duathlon. Participants had the choice of competing in all three events — swimming, cycling and run- ning — or a combination, including sprint, relay, Olympic, individual and team relay. The top winners in the sprint division for the men was 21- year-old Marco Ramirez with a time of 1:02:45. The female winner was 46-year-old Sara Cannon in 1:09:43. In the Olympic division, 28 year-old Stephen Campbell won the men’s triathlon in 2:16:38. Annick Chalier, 36, won the women’s race in 2:38:21. Steelhead Steelhead fishing is slow but should continue to improve on a weekly basis. The winter steelhead run is over with only a few post spawn fish remaining. The summer steelhead run is just getting started with initial signs indicating a decent early run compared See INDUCTEES ANNOUNCED FOR Seven individuals and two teams join The Hall With names spanning nearly 40 years of athletic achieve- ment and community service, this year’s honorees included FISHING 3B T IDE T ABLE LandL316@live.com High Tide Low Tide May 16 11:46am / 6.4 5:33am / -0.9 11:32pm / 8.3 5:28pm / 1.2 May 17 12:40am / 6.6 6:20am / -1.3 6:16pm / 1.5 M ay 18 12:15am / 8.4 7:06am / -1.6 1:30pm / 6.6 7:02pm / 1.7 May 19 12:57am / 8.3 7:51am / -1.7 2:19pm / 6.6 7:49pm / 2.0 May 20 1:40am / 8.0 3:07am / 6.5 2:23am / 7.5 8:36pm / 2.3 May 21 2:23am / 7.5 3:55pm / 6.3 9:19am / -1.2 9:25pm / 2.5 individuals who made their mark on everything from golf, track, basketball and football, as well as a spirit of volun- teerism that has helped Siuslaw cross country and track pro- grams become one of the best in the state. Beginning in 1959, the first inductee named to this year’s roster was John LaDuke, who won back-to-back state cham- pionships in the broad jump (1959, 1960), and was also a member of the state champi- onship track team in 1960. From the wrestling mats, Ron Bly was honored for his achievement as the 1965 state wrestling champion. Susan Emery, a three-sport standout athlete, is well-known by anyone who followed Siuslaw sports in the late 1980s. Emery was a fierce competitor in volleyball, bas- ketball and track, where she held the school record in both hurdles events in 1987. During that same period, 1988 graduate Sherri Stapleton was a feared force on the hardwood, named the league’s 1988 Player of the Year, as well as First Team All- Tournament and First Team All-State after Siuslaw won the 1988 state title. Stapleton was inducted as part of the 1988 state champi- onship team during last year’s HOF ceremony. 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BROOKINGS DOUGLAS Mapleton High School’s 2015 Homecoming queen and king, seniors Rosie Golden and Trevver D’Auteuil Siuslaw High School’s 2015 Homecoming king and queen, sophomores Lucus Menez and Maci Wells Oct. 23 LOWELL YONCALLA N. DOUGLAS SILETZ T. LAKE MAPLETON T IDE T ABLE Entrance Siuslaw River High Tide Low Tide 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 4-1 3-0 3-1 3-1 3-2 2-3 S IUSLAW : 14 07 07 14 — 42 D OUGLAS : 00 07 00 13 — 20 T he Vikings scored in all four quarters of Friday’s home- coming game against the visiting Trojans, moving one step away from officially claiming the Far West’s No. 3 spot when the regular season ends this Friday. For Siuslaw, a win at Brookings-Harbor would clinch the league’s final playoff spot and, depending on how the cards stack up in rankings, maybe — just maybe — a home game should their rankings bump them up into the 4A’s second-tier grouping. While that is mostly out of Siuslaw’s hands, the Vikings had See Siuslaw News Homecoming court Homecoming court M APLETON : 30 S ILETZ : 62 H eading into halftime at Mapleton’s Homecoming game last Friday, the Sailors held a 30-22 lead in an impressive first-half performance that com- bined a strong running game with a successful series of air strikes from junior quarterback Hunter Simington to 6-foot-4 sophomore receiver Dominic Wells. Less than three minutes into the first quarter, Mapleton finished off a 62-yard, five-play drive to end up at 4th-and-10, only to have junior run- ningback AJ Foster score on a 28- yard carry. 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Quality items and prices. SECTION B Entrance Siuslaw River Get Results...List With Amanda. 541-255-9822 - Larry ❘ OCTOBER 21, 2015 ❘ Homecoming 2015 Calendar SALMON RIVER: The river is closed to fishing until May 23, when it opens for cutthroat trout. INDUCTEES ANNOUNCED Over 50 Years Experience WEDNESDAY EDITION • MHS VOLLEYBALL M AY 16 H ALL OF F AME Model Trains BUY - SELL - TRADE S PORTS MID COAST LAKES Fishing for the various warm water fish species can be productive during the spring months as lake temperatures start to rise and fish begin spawning. Anglers will start finding more fish up in the shal- lows over the next month. Trout stocking continues The rainbow trout stock- ing program is in full swing and most water bod- ies have been stocked recently or will be soon again. Most areas will be stocked multiple times until early June. Be sure to check out the 2015 trout stocking schedule for the most up to date informa- tion. Calendar May 16 SPORTS @ THESIUSLAWNEWS . COM Sports & Recreation www.dfw.state.or.us/RR Siuslaw News F AR W EST L EAGUE ❘ 541-902-3523 ❘ Siuslaw News WEEKLY THE LOCAL REGION B Y N ED H ICKSON L EAGUE STANDINGS As of 5/15/15 B ASEBALL NED HICKSON , SPORTS EDITOR FISHING REPORT FOR If Yogi Berra had a “career year,” it was all of them. He loved his child- hood, loved his career, loves his retirement. People love him and he loves peo- ple. Not bad for a guy from “The Hill” in St. Louis who once signed on to catch a ball and swing a bat for the Yankees for $500. He’s a man so simple, he’s complex. His real name is Lawrence, but the players called him “Yogi” because he used to sit with his arms and legs crossed while he waited to bat, like a yogi, they thought, show- ing pretty remarkable cul- tural range for ballplayers, actually. His numbers can’t be quantified, they’re baffling as they are great, but don’t take my word for it. Baseball statistician Bill James has proclaimed him the greatest catcher to ever play the game, and since I can never figure out all of his kooky algorithms, I’ll take his word for it. I do know this: In 15 sea- sons, he was elected to 18 All-Star games. See? Baffling. One year he didn’t make an error behind the plate. Another year he had more home runs than strikeouts. He never struck out more than 35 times in a season, and he never had more strikeouts than RBIs. One day in the minor leagues, he batted in a total of 23 runs in two games (it was a doubleheader). In his first game for the Yankees, he hit a home run. His rookie year he was almost voted the league’s MVP. He hit the first pinch-hit home run in World Series history. He is famously seen jumping into the arms of Don Larson after catching his perfect game in the World Series, and famously seen jumping all over an 1:56am / 3.3 3:02pm / 0.7 March 1 8:54am / 7.0 3:01am / 3.1 10:20pm / 6.1 3:52pm / 0.5 blooms, schools of baitfish or oceanic SECTION B Sports & Recreation Entrance Siuslaw River SHS b ❘ MAY 16, 2015 ❘ It’s never over The greatest fight held that day See SATURDAY EDITION By Mark Vasto V iew See SPORTS @ THESIUSLAWNEWS . COM A Sporting View Good cheer A Sporting ❘ 541-902-3523 ❘ Siuslaw News For more photos and updates, visit our website at www.thesiuslawnews.com. Fax: (541) 997-7979 NED HICKSON , SPORTS EDITOR NEWS The Siuslaw News 541-999-5083 event he won the state title in as a senior. His performance at the 2004 state meet led to the distinction as the meet’s top individual point scorer. He remains on the 4A’s top 10 list in both the 110- meter hurdles and pole vault. Cram was also named First team All-State in football. Also being inducted was the 1988 state championship cheerleading team, as well as the 1993 and 1994 state cham- pionship golf teams. Lastly, as a proponent, pro- moter and volunteer, local run- ning enthusiast Jim Archer has been a mainstay to Siuslaw’s cross country and track pro- grams for more than two decades. All were inducted into Siuslaw’s Hall of Fame July 31, at the Florence Events Center. M AY 20 L ADY V IKS TAKE LEAGUE TRACK TITLE In addition, the boys team placed third and qualified five athletes for state It was a day of personal bests and standout performances for the Vikings during last week- end’s Far West District meet in Brookings, where the Lady Vikings outscored Marshfield by 24 points to claim the dis- trict crown — along with six individual titles. Though the boys finished third in team scoring, they will be sending five athletes to com- pete in nine events this week- end at Hayward Field in Eugene for the 4A state meet. The girls, meanwhile, will send 11 Vikings to compete in nine events. On the track, sophomore Celie Mans took the title in both the 3,000 meters and 1,500 meters, with times of 11:04.49 and 4:59.21, respec- tively. She also ran a leg on the second-place 4x400-meter relay team with Kennedy Pendergrass, Kaylee Graham and Destinie Tatum. In the throws, sophomore Carissa Oliver was also a two- time champion, taking home titles in the shot put (34-05) and discus (121-0). Tatum, also a sophomore, won the 400 meters in 1:01.4. Junior runner and leaper Mikaela Siegel will move on to the state meet in the long jump after finishing second at 16-01. Siegel also scored for the Viks with third place in the 300- meter hurdles (50.55), 100- meter hurdles (16.26) and triple jump (33-07). Joining the 4x400-meter relay team at state this weekend will be the 4x100-meter relay team of Abby Watkins, Elyssa Rose, Hannahleah Jakobsen and Stevie Miller, which fin- ished second in 53.13. In the 400-meter race, Pendergrass will compete for the state title after placing sec- ond to teammate Tatum with a time of 1:02.1. The Viking boys won three events at district, two individ- ual events and one team event. Senior Joe Dotson raced to the district title in the 400- meter race with a time of 50.99, while senior Seth Campbell won the 800-meter crown with a time of 1:58.60. He will also compete for the state title in the 3,000 meters after finishing second in 9:06.70. Dotson, who was second in the 300-meter hurdles (40.43), will advance to state in that event. Campbell and Dotson even- tually teamed up with Tyler Williams and Billy Jones in the 4x400-meter relay to win the event in 3:54.40. Jones will also move on to state in the long jump after fin- ishing second at district with a leap of 19-04. Freshman thrower Trent Reavis placed second in the shot put at 46-05, qualifying him for state this weekend. Reavis was also third in the dis- cus with a throw of 126-04. S AILORS LAND FIVE SPOTS AT STATE MEET Jacob Pruett earned right to compete in all three throwing events The Sailors set a dozen PRs including eight total lifetime records during the Mountain West League district meet. For the boys, six athletes scored in double digits en route to four individual champi- onship titles and three second- place finishes. The girls team also had three athletes score in double digits, along with having four lifetime personal bests and an individ- ual district title in the pole vault for junior Hannah Rodet (5-6). In the boys division, senior Jacob Pruett led the team in individual scoring with 33 points. Pruett won the shot put with a PR mark of 41-02, and the javelin (147-11). He was also second in the discus (106- 8), qualifying him for state in all three events this Friday at Hayward Field in Eugene. The Sailors also claimed the league crown in the 110-meter hurdles with sophomore Tyler Packebush’s personal best time of 19.33, as well as sophomore Hunter Simington’s PR vault of 11-6 for the league title and state qualification. Packebush, who had the day’s second-highest number of points with 33, was second in the pole vault with a personal best mark of 10-0. Senior Chris Free, who was third in individual scoring with 25 points, will compete at state in the triple jump after finishing second with a leap of 38-05.25. He was also third in the long jump at 18-05.5. The Sailors also got scoring from senior Tucker Ford, who was third in the javelin (138- 01), fourth in the high jump (5- 6), and eighth in the triple jump (32-07.25). See MORE YIR 4C