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2 B SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2016 Oregon coaches to begin ‘Heads Up Football’ training High school football pro- grams statewide will kick off the 2016 season with a focus on coaching education and studen- tathlete safety through USA Football’s Heads Up Football program. Beginning Feb. 13, USA Football will conduct more than a dozen Heads Up Football Player Safety Coach clinics across Oregon. For the good of its student- athletes, the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) is the country’s first state high school activities association to require its member schools’ football coaches to enroll in USA Football’s Heads Up Football program for the 2016 season. Heads Up Football establish- es nationally endorsed stan- dards rooted in the best avail- able science. USA Football, the sport’s national governing body and recognized by the U.S. Olympic Committee, trains more high school and youth football coaches combined than any organization in the country. Heads Up Football is a com- prehensive approach to teach and play the No. 1 participatory decrease in football injuries coaches, parents and student- sport in the U.S. for high and a 28 percent decrease in athletes. “The OSAA is excited school boys. to partner with USA Supported by the Football in implementing American College of “Our primary goal is the Heads Up Football pro- Sports Medicine, the always to try to ensure gram,” said Tom Welter, National Athletic the health and safety of executive director of the Trainers’ Association and OSAA. “Our primary goal the American Medical our student-athletes.” is always to try to ensure Society for Sports — Scott Hallenbeck, the health and safety of our Medicine, the program USA Football CEO student-athletes. teaches tackling and “This educational pro- blocking techniques gram will provide all of designed to reduce helmet contact while addressing all- concussions since employing our coaches with the knowl- sport-relevant topics with Heads Up Football’s curricu- edge, the training, the skills and the techniques to teach the Centers for Disease Control lum and hands-on training. In addition, the South Bend game of football with safety as and Prevention (CDC) concus- School the top priority.” sion recognition and response; Community Dr. Michael Koester, chair- sudden cardiac arrest protocols; Corporation employed USA hydration and heat prepared- Football’s Heads Up Football person of the OSAA Sports ness; and instruction on proper program for the first time in Medicine Advisory Committee, helmet and shoulder pad fitting. 2015 and reported a 40 percent says the Heads Up Football More than 1,100 high decline in concussions sus- requirement in Oregon is logi- schools and nearly 70 percent tained by football-playing stu- cal considering in 2008 OSAA became the first state high of U.S. youth football leagues dent-athletes. Each OSAA member school school activities association to registered for Heads Up Football in 2015 for smarter, will designate one Player prohibit same-day return to safer play. Fairfax County, Va., Safety Coach (PSC) from its play for athletes with a suspect- Public Schools, the ninth- football coaching staff. PSCs ed concussion. “The really exciting thing largest school district in the will be trained by USA country and the first school dis- Football to guide, direct and about this program is that what trict to adopt Heads Up monitor the program’s imple- happens at the high school Football on the high school mentation, as well as lead in- level will spread throughout the level, recorded a 16 percent person training for fellow youth programs in each com- munity,” Koester said. “This will allow kids to develop their skills in a culture that shares the same language, same tech- niques and same safety stan- dards from grade school through high school.” “The OSAA’s commitment to its football student-athletes is exceptional and ground- breaking,” USA Football CEO Scott Hallenbeck said. “As the first state high school associa- tion requiring its member schools to employ our medical- ly endorsed Heads Up Football program, the OSAA shares our highest priority of advancing player safety through the best available science. Coaches are teachers. “Supporting them with edu- cation is a powerful catalyst to change for the better how play- ers are taught and safety is addressed.” DEQ#37263 CB#91052 E XCAVATNG • S EPTIC S YSTEMS S UBDIVISIONS • L AND C LEARING P AVING • T RUCKING B RUSH & D EBRIS R ECYCLING D EMOLITION 541-997-2054 1770 Laurel Place Fax: 541-997-3499 1-877-201-0652 Tonight’s STEP meeting to discuss steelhead fishing Ryan Hatfield, owner-opera- tor of 2NorthForkOutfitters, will be the guest speaker at tonight’s general meeting of the Florence Salmon and Trout Enhancement Program (STEP). The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the Elks’ Lodge on 12th Street in Florence. The public is welcomed to attend. Hatfield will share his tech- niques and strategies for winter Siuslaw from 1B long-range shooting ability to neutralize Siuslaw’s zone defense. After a pair of 3-pointers from North Bend’s Tanner Hanneman, the Viks bumped up their pres- sure and held the Bulldogs to just one more basket in the period. However, it was enough to leave Siuslaw with a six-point deficit heading into the third peri- od, where senior guard Kenneth Thrall brought the Viks within one point late in the period with his own 3-pointer to make it 16- Viks from 1B visiting Bulldogs of North Bend, whose ability to platoon- in players and press the entire 32 minutes took its toll. With four out of six teams carrying double-digit win-to- loss ratios and echoes of state play-off contentions, the Vikings have found themselves scrambling in a steep climb to reach the Far West League summit — something that is still a ways off. “The effort is there, we just need to build on that,” said head coach Clint Tatum, now in his first year as head coach. “They give everything they’ve got, every game. That’s some- thing you can build on.” In Friday’s 52-14 loss, junior Destinie Tatum, the team’s leader in scoring and rebound- ing, had six points and five rebounds. Freshman Annabell Tupua, sophomore Marika White and senior Taylor Dotson each had two points, along with six boards for Dotson, five for White and two for Tupua. Last night, Siuslaw (1-4) hosted Sweet Home in a non- league game (after press dead- lines). Thursday, the Viks will return to their home court to begin the second half of the Far West League season by hosting South Umpqua (0-5). Tipoff is 6 p.m. steelhead fishing in the Siuslaw River Basin. The guide will bring a variety of rods rigged with various set-ups and dis- cuss bait selection, lures and other attractants. He will share techniques for both drift boat and bank fish- ing. “I will focus on preparation too,” Hatfield said. “That includes riggings and the things I do that are helpful before I ever get to the water to begin fishing.” He also plans to showcase how he rigs his fishing rods for different presentations of baits and lures to the fish. Hatfield, who grew up in Florence, has been guiding full time for four years. He operates out of the Port of Siuslaw for fall Chinook season and fishes the Willamette and Columbia rivers in April and May for spring Chinook. Summers he works for a fishing resort on Bristol Bay in Alaska. Prior to Hatfield’s talk, there will be a short business meet- ing, including reports from the Whittaker Creek trap and the STEP hatchery facility. Club volunteers have been working the trap for two weeks and have counted more than 400 steelhead in three working trips to the trap. 17 with three minutes remaining. The Bulldogs controlled the last two minutes of the period, holding Siuslaw scoreless and posting five points on a fastbreak and 3-pointer for a 22-16 lead to begin the fourth quarter. Sophomore forward Jared Brandt scored a quick offensive rebound to bring the Viks within four points, but the Bulldogs extended their lead with back-to- back 3-pointers to jump ahead by 10 points, 28-18. Slipping into a delay offense, North Bend worked the clock as the Vikings were forced to foul for possession. While the Bulldogs may have been good at sinking the ball from beyond the arc, their shooting from the foul line fell short, only making three of seven attempts. Meanwhile, Siuslaw rallied to within two points with scoring from Brandt, Siegel and Reavis before the clock ran out in favor of North Bend, 37-35. Reavis led scoring with 12 points. Siegel had 8, Brandt had 7, senior Preston Mitchell had 4, and Thrall had 3 points. Last night, Siuslaw hosted a nonleague matchup with Sweet Home (after press deadlines). Tomorrow night, Siuslaw will host a rare Thursday night game as they tip off the second half of league play in a rematch with South Umpqua. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m. 541-997-2422 Has it been 5 years or more since your tank was pumped? Then it’s time! Call us to today to schedule an appointment. 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