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WEDNESDAY EDITION
❘ APRIL 13, 2016 ❘
SECTION C
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
Lady Viks
swept by
defending
FWL champs
On the
Bite
A
B Y N ED H ICKSON
FISHING REPORT FOR
Siuslaw News
THE LOCAL REGION
S IUSLAW : 1 M ARSHFIELD : 11
S IUSLAW : 1 M ARSHFIELD : 17
Heading into last Friday’s
Far West League opener, a
doubleheader on the road at
defending district champion
Marshfield, Viking coach
Sean O’Mara knew the
Pirates were going to be the
team to beat this season.
“We’ll be facing our
toughest opponent early, on
the road,” O’Mara said
before Friday’s matchup.
“I’m actually kind of glad
we’re getting that one over
right away.”
Against Pirates lead pitch-
er Mackenzie Johnson, the
Vikings struck out 18 times
in the doubleheader, includ-
ing 12 strikeouts in the open-
er. In the nightcap, six batters
went down in five innings of
play, in a game called early
due to the mercy rule, 17-1.
See
SOFTBALL 3C
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
pick up quickly as spring
nears and fish move to the
shallows for spawning.
There are numerous lakes
in the Florence area that
can provide good chance
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Siuslaw sophomore third baseman Jared Brandt connected for a 3-run double Friday against Marshfield.
V IKINGS
SPLIT
Siuslaw News
L EAGUE
STANDINGS
As of
4/11/16
S IUSLAW : 8 M ARSHFIELD : 1
S IUSLAW : 5 M ARSHFIELD : 12
B ASEBALL AND S OFTBALL
BASEBALL
SIUSLAW
N. BEND
BROOKINGS
S. UMPQUA
DOUGLAS
MARSHFIELD
1-1
1-1
1-1
1-1
1-1
1-1
FWL
SOFTBALL
DOUGLAS
2-0
MARSHFIELD 2-0
S. UMPQUA
1-1
N. BEND
1-1
SIUSLAW
0-2
BROOKINGS 0-2
The Vikings opened the Far West
League season Friday by squaring off
at home in a doubleheader against
Marshfield, with junior pitcher
Michael Larson leading from the
mound in the opener.
Larson, a junior right-hander, threw
79 pitches in four innings before
FWL
handing the mound over to senior
shortstop Kenneth Thrall, who inher-
ited a comfortable 8-1 lead to close
with.
Still, it was anything but an easy
win for the Vikings, who avoided a
few shots across the bow from the
Pirates, who loaded the base in both
the second and fourth innings, and
also had runners poised to score in the
third inning.
Larson ended the threat in the sec-
ond and third innings with strikeouts,
then managed to illicit a weak flyout
OPENER
to end the threat with bases loaded in
the fourth inning before Thrall came
in to close.
The senior hurler went to work
striking out five batters over the next
three scoreless innings.
At the plate, sophomore Jared
Brandt was the piston driving the
Viks’ offensive machine, smacking a
double to bring in three of Siuslaw’s
five runs in the second inning, then
holding out for a walk to score
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April 14
• MHS TRACK
AT
T AFT H.S.
3:45 P . M .
April 15
• SHS SOFTBALL
H OSTS D OUGLAS
3 P . M . (DH)
Reavis, Oliver land top marks in Roseburg
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
Junior thrower Carissa Olver PRd in
the discus to win the event
Saturday by more than 11 feet.
It was a select group of Viking ath-
letes that made its way onto the field
for the Jim Robinson Bigfoot Pepsi
Twilight Invitational at Roseburg
High School on Saturday, and all
seven made their presence known.
In the throws, junior Carissa Oliver
and sophomore Trent Reavis each
brought home first-place medals for
the Viks’ top marks of the day.
Oliver landed a personal best in the
discus at 124 feet, 6 inches, bettering
the second-place mark by more than
11 feet.
Reavis, competing in the shot put,
literally inched out Tyler Sconce of
Roseburg with a throw of 48 feet, 11
inches, nabbing first place by 2 inch-
es. Reavis went on to place fourth
among 19 throwers in the discuss with
a mark of 133 feet, 2 inches.
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TRACK 3C
NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
• SHS BASEBALL
A T D OUGLAS
3 P . M . (DH)
• SHS TRACK
AT C OOS B AY
P REFONTAINE T RACK
4 P . M .
April 16
• SHS TRACK
AT
O REGON R ELAYS
H AYWARD F IELD
11 A . M .
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
April 13
5:06pm / 7.0
6:49pm / 6.0
12:08pm / 7.0
April 14
12:25am / 3.0 6:14am / 6.5
8:00pm/ 6.0
1:15pm/ 0.4
BASEBALL 3C
S PORTS
Calendar
FISHING 2C
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B Y N ED H ICKSON
FWL
WEEKLY
April 15
1:46am / 2.9
2:22pm/ 0.7
7:29am / 6.1
9:03pm / 6.0
April 16
8:43am / 6.0
9:54pm/ 6.3
3:00am / 2.6
3:22pm/ 0.9
April 17
9:48am / 6.0
10:36pm/ 6.5
4:01am / 2.0
4:13pm/ 1.0
April 18
10:42am / 6.1 4:50am / 1.5
11:11pm / 6.8 4:57pm / 1.1
April 19
11:29am / 6.2
11:43pm/ 7.0
S IUSLAW
N EWS
Mapleton makes good marks at McKenzie
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
A total of 10 teams were on hand
for Friday’s invitational, which
included 1A athletes from Lowell,
McKenzie and Siletz Valley as well as
4A Seaside and 5A Mountain View.
The Sailors had three winning
marks at the multi-divisional invita-
tional. For the boys, sophomore
Tanner Wilson and junior Hunter
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Simington had the day’s top marks in
the javelin (135 feet, 7 inches) and
pole vault (10 feet, 6 inches), respec-
tively. For the girls, junior Josi Hays
threw the steel ball 31 feet, 6 inches,
for first place in the shot put.
Hays was also third in the discus
(75 feet, 2 inches) and eighth in the
javelin (66 feet, 1 inch).
Joining Hays in the throws was
freshman Erin Michael, who was fifth
in the shot put (26 feet, 6 inches),
fourth in the discus (74 feet, 9 inches)
and third in the javelin (91 feet, 3
inches).
Other top finishes for the Lady
Sailors came from freshman Alyssa
Richards, who landed fourth in the
javelin (76 feet, 11 inches) and fin-
ished 11th in the 1,500 meters (6:48);
sophomore Clarissa Triebskron, who
was sixth in the 400 meters (1:14.142)
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