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SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
Siuslaw gets
drop on
Douglas, 14-8
Siuslaw News
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Tuesday was a great night for
Siuslaw baseball in many ways,
from dodging the threat of rain
and nabbing a win and keeping
their play-off hopes alive, to cele-
brating the final home diamond
appearance of its seniors.
Before the first pitch, seniors
Scott Gordon, Kenneth Thrall,
Ryan Denning, Michael Mason
and Caleb Paredes lined up on the
infield, where they were recog-
nized for their contributions
before their final game at John
A
FISHING REPORT FOR
THE LOCAL REGION
“Jiggs” Dodson Field.
Gordon, usually protecting sec-
ond base, started on the mound,
where he threw four scoreless
innings before handing the mound
over
to
freshman
Gabe
Simington, who struck out four
Douglas batters — including the
final out.
In the first four innings, the
Vikings took a decisive 8-0 lead,
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WEEKLY
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
MID COAST LAKES
BASEBALL 3B
Siuslaw senior second baseman
Scott Gordon can’t help but
smile after scoring during the
final home game of his Viking
baseball career.
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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
See
Study shows sea star juveniles
abundant but still recovering
L EAGUE
STANDINGS
As of 5/5/16
B ASEBALL AND S OFTBALL
FWL
FWL
BASEBALL
SOFTBALL
N. BEND
11-1 DOUGLAS
11-0
S. UMPQUA
9-3 MARSHFIELD 8-4
BROOKINGS
7-5 S. UMPQUA
7-5
SIUSLAW
5-7 N. BEND
6-6
DOUGLAS
3-9 SIUSLAW
3-8
MARSHFIELD 1-11 BROOKINGS 0-12
CORVALLIS — An unprecedent-
ed number of juvenile sea stars have
been observed off the Oregon coast
over the past several months, just
two years after one of the most severe
marine ecosystem epidemics in
recorded history nearly wiped the
population out.
The appearance of the juveniles
does not mean the threat of “sea star
wasting disease” is over, researchers
caution. A second round of the dis-
ease could be disastrous to the purple
ochre (Pisaster ochraceus) and other
sea stars, some of which are consid-
ered “keystone” species in marine
habitats because of their influence on
the ecosystem.
A team of Oregon State University
scientists who have been monitoring
the sea stars for years reported on
their status this week in the journal
PLOS ONE.
“When we looked at the settlement
of the larval sea stars on rocks in
2014 during the epidemic, it was the
same or maybe even a bit lower than
previous years,” said Bruce Menge,
S PORTS
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we’d ever seen — as
much as 300 times nor-
mal.
“It wasn’t a case of
high settlement, or
more sea stars being
born. They just had an
extraordinary survival
rate into the juvenile
stage. Whether they
can make it into adult-
hood and replenish the
population
without
succumbing to sea star
wasting disease is the
big question.”
Menge and his col-
ELIZABETH CERNY-CHIPMAN/OSU
leagues believe the rea-
The leg of this purple ochre sea star in Oregon son for the high sur-
is disintegrating, as it dies from sea star wast- vival rate is the avail-
ing syndrome.
ability of more food.
The young sea stars
feed on larval and juve-
the Wayne and Gladys Valley
Professor of Marine Biology at nile mussels and barnacles, compet-
Oregon State University and lead ing with adult sea stars for the same
author on the study. “But a few food source. The scarcity of adults
months later, the number of juveniles
was off the charts — higher than
See STAR 4B
• SHS BASEBALL
AT
S. U MPQUA
5 P . M .
Vik tracksters enter final week before district
Viking junior Destinie Tatum set
personal records in both the 400
meters and 800 meters Tuesday.
B Y N ED H ICKSON
May 13
Siuslaw News
• MHS TRACK
The Vikings had several standout
performances from its underclassmen
during Tuesday’s Far West League JV
meet at Prefontaine Track in Coos
Bay, including personal bests and first-
place medals.
Juniors Destinie Tatum and
Annmarie Precht each brought home
gold, with Tatum winning the 400
meters in a PR time of 60.40. She also
set a PR in the 200-meter race, coming
in second after crossing the finish in
D ISTRICT MEET
AT M C K ENZIE
11 A . M .
• SHS TRACK
D ISTRICT M EET
AT D OUGLAS
11 A . M .
2:21.84.
Precht, running the 100 meters, ran
a personal best of 13.10 to tie for first
place, then leaped into second in the
long jump at 16 feet, 9.5 inches.
Freshman thrower Annabell Tupua
launched the shot put 33 feet, 3.75
inches for a new personal record and
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TRACK 5B
FISHING 5B
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
May 7
12:34am / 8.5
1:42pm / 7.0
7:21am / -1.8
7:21pm / 1.3
May 8
1:18am / 8.5
2:35pm/ 6.9
8:09am / -1.9
8:09pm/ 1.7
May 9
2:03am / 8.4
3:28pm/ 6.7
8:57am / -1.7
9:00pm/ 2.1
May 10
2:51am / 7.9
4:24pm/ 6.5
9:48am / -1.3
9:56pm/ 2.4
May 11
3:43am / 7.3
5:22pm/ 6.2
10:40am/ -0.9
10:58pm/ 2.7
May 12
4:40am / 6.6
6:22pm/ 6.1
May 13
5:44am / 6.0
7:22pm/ 6.1
11:36am/ -0.3
12:09am/ 2.7
12:35pm/ 0.3
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