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WEDNESDAY EDITION
❘ MARCH 23, 2016 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
W HALE W ATCH W EEK
CONTINUES ALONG COAST
NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
Visitors to the coast for the annual spring migration of gray whales will find dozens of locations manned by volunteers to help with whalewatching tips this week.
Whale Watch volunteers will
be available at overlooks all
along the coast, as well as at the
Cape Perpetua Visitors Center,
to help visitors spot whales and
share information from 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m. through Saturday,
March 26.
Gray whales are traveling
past Cape Perpetua as they
make their way north to their
summer feeding grounds near
Alaska.
This past winter, more than
1,600 whales were sighted by
Whale Watch volunteers along
the Oregon Coast during the
whales’ southern migration.
Films and interpretive mate-
rials about gray whales also are
available at the visitor center.
Whale Watch Week is part of
Oregon State Park’s Whale
Watch Spoken Here program.
All presentations and events
at Cape Perpetua are free, but a
Northwest Forest Pass, Oregon
Coast Passport, federal recre-
ation pass or $5 day-use fee is
required within the Cape
On the
Bite
Perpetua Scenic Area.
For more information, con-
tact the Cape Perpetua Visitor
Center at 541-547-3289.
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
A
WEEKLY
FISHING REPORT FOR
Low Tide
March 23
12:54am /
7:03pm/ 7.0
7:05am / 1.0
7:17pm/ 0.9
March 24
1:23am / 7.1
1:40pm/ 6.8
7:39am / 0.8
7:47pm / 1.2
March 25
1:51am / 7.2
2:18pm/ 6.6
8:14am / 0.7
8:18pm/ 1.4
THE LOCAL REGION
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
MID COAST LAKES:
Rainbow trout stocking
is underway in many loca-
tions along the mid coast.
Look at the stocking report
to see the full stocking sea-
son.
Fishing for the various
warm water fish species
tends to be slower during
the winter month but can
See
March 26
2:19am / 7.1
2:56pm / 6.3
FISHING 3B
S PORTS
COURTESY PHOTO
Siuslaw track members (from left) Morgan Bingham, Destinie Tatum, Annmarie Precht and Mikaela Siegel
Calendar
Siuslaw girls set historic relay mark
B Y N ED H ICKSON
March 23
• SHS SOFTBALL
C. G ROVE
NOON (DH)
AT
March 29
• SHS BASEBALL
E LMIRA
4:30 P . M .
HOSTS
• SHS SOFTBALL
E LMIRA
4:30 P . M .
AT
Siuslaw News
O
nly one week into this year’s
track season, and four mem-
bers of the Siuslaw girls 4x400
relay team have already made Viking
history.
This past Saturday at the IAAF
World Indoor Championships in
Portland, Siuslaw runners Morgan
Bingham, Destinie Tatum, Annmarie
Precht and Mikaela Siegel were
among the 144 prep sprinters making
up the 36 teams competing in a special
high school relay competition held in
conjunction with the championships at
the Oregon Convention Center.
It was the first time in the event’s
30-year history that prep athletes had
the opportunity to race on the same
track as some of the world’s best track
and field athletes vying for a spot in
the Olympics.
Siuslaw’s 4x400 girls relay team ran
in one of six heats included in the final
three days of the four-day world-class
meet, with teams competing in one of
three divisions: 1A/4A, 5A/6A and
Invitational, which included teams
from
throughout
the
Pacific
Northwest,
including
Oregon,
Washington and Idaho.
The team made history Saturday
night, winning the special 1A/4A race
during the IAAF World Track and
Field Championships at the Oregon
Convention Center in Portland.
Bingham, Tatum, Precht and Siegel
ran in the 1A/4A division, finishing 4
minutes, 13.23 seconds to win the
event and land a 10-second improve-
ment over their winning time at
Thursday’s home opener on Hans
Petersen Field.
Their wining time in Portland also
beat out returning state champion
Phoenix, which finished second.
During
Thursday’s
Siuslaw
Icebreaker, the same foursome ran a
4:23.93, finishing 18 seconds ahead of
second-place North Bend.
Other 1A/4A schools that competed
Saturday included East Linn Christian
Academy of Lebanon, Newport,
Molalla and Union high schools.
8:49am / 0.6
8:48pm / 1.9
March 27
2:48am / 7.0
3:37pm/ 6.0
9:26am / 0.7
9:20pm/ 2.3
March 28
3:20am / 6.9
4:24pm/ 5.7
10:06am / 0.8
9:56pm/ 2.7
March 29
3:56am / 6.7
5:19pm/ 5.4
10:53am / 1.0
10:39pm/ 3.1
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