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SATURDAY EDITION
❘ MAY 14, 2016 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
Leaving the huddle
L EAGUE
STANDINGS
FINAL
B ASEBALL AND S OFTBALL
FWL
FWL
BASEBALL
N. BEND
S. UMPQUA
BROOKINGS
SIUSLAW
DOUGLAS
MARSHFIELD
14-1
12-3
8-7
5-10
5-10
1-14
SOFTBALL
DOUGLAS
MARSHFIELD
S. UMPQUA
N. BEND
SIUSLAW
BROOKINGS
After 20 years
at the helm
of Viking football,
iconic coach
Tim Dodson
begins a new page
in his playbook.
13-2
11-4
9-6
8-7
4-11
0-15
S PORTS
Calendar
May 19
B Y N ED H ICKSON
• MHS TRACK
Siuslaw News
D AY ONE
H AYWARD F IELD
TBA
May 20
• MHS TRACK
STATE MEET
D AY TWO
H AYWARD F IELD
TBA
• SHS TRACK
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STATE MEET
D AY ONE
H AYWARD F IELD
TBA
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
May 14
6:57am / 5.5
8:18pm/ 6.2
1:25am / 2.6
1:35pm/ 0.8
May 15
8:11am / 5.3
9:06pm/ 6.4
2:36am / 2.2
2:33pm/ 1.2
May 16
9:20am / 5.3
9:48pm/ 6.6
3:36am / 1.6
3:25pm/ 1.4
May 17
10:20am / 5.4 4:25am / 1.2
10:25pm / 6.8 4:12pm / 1.6
Siuslaw football coach Tim Dodson looks back over Hans Petersen Field, holding the state championship football from 2006; (below left) the official
announcement of Dodson as head coach in the May 29, 1996, issue of Siuslaw News; front-page photo in Siuslaw News after winning state in 2006.
W
alking from his
coach’s office to Hans
Petersen Field on a
sunny Monday morn-
ing, Tim Dodson balances his coffee
in one hand while, in the other, he
cradles a worn, leather football cov-
ered with signatures. Among them:
Jordan Rainwater
Kody Thrall
Jacob Mitchell
Coach Delbert Reavis.
Ten years ago,
it
became
the sec-
B Y
ond
state
champi-
N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
onship football
Dodson ever held.
The first was as
the team’s quarterback in 1981,
when the Viks won their first-ever
state title after tying with South
Umpqua in overtime, 0-0.
Twenty-five years later, Dodson
was back at Autzen Stadium, coach-
ing Siuslaw to its second state title —
once again in overtime — against
Sisters.
After the game, when asked about
how he felt the moment David Mesa,
Joel Bechtold and Max Perry brought
down Outlaw runningback Cory
McCaffrey short of the end zone in
overtime for the win, Dodson had
replied, “I honestly haven’t found the
words to express it.”
Today, standing on Hans Petersen
Field two weeks after announcing his
retirement, Dodson echoes the same
sentiment when asked how it feels to
officially be leaving the huddle after
26 years with the program — 20 of
those years as head coach.
“It still hasn’t hit with me yet,” he
says. “It probably won’t until this
summer, when I get up and realize I
don’t have to go to conditioning
camp.”
In his 20 years at the helm,
Dodson has coached 18 winning sea-
sons, posting 152 wins and 58 losses.
In a twist of irony, his milestone
150th win came this past season
against South Umpqua — the team
Siuslaw tied with for the state title
See
DODSON 4B
May 18
11:10am / 5.5 5:07am/ 0.6
10:59pm/ 7.0 4:53pm/ 1.8
May 19
11:55am / 5.7 5:44am/ 0.2
11:31pm/ 7.1 5:32pm/ 2.0
Viks split final Far West matchups with Lancers
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
May 20
12:36pm/ 5.9
6:20am/ -0.2
6:08pm/ 2.1
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S OFTBALL
SHS: 4 SUHS: 1
On the
Bite
A
WEEKLY
B ASEBALL
SHS: 6 SUHS: 9
FISHING REPORT FOR
Tuesday marked the end of the sea-
son for Siuslaw’s softball and baseball
programs, with the Lady Viks hosting
a 4-1 win during the team’s senior
night. Before the game, parents, team
members and fans took time to recog-
nize Anna Stonelake, Nicole Gordon,
Hannah Bartlett, Anna Petras and
Taylor Dotson for their contributions
to the program.
Though the Vikings were able to end
the season with a win, it didn’t come
until late in the game after going score-
less for the first five innings against
Lancers freshman hurler Tayah Kelley.
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THE LOCAL REGION
MID COAST LAKES
PHOTOS BY NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
From left: Senior short stop Anna Petras and junior first baseman Claire
Waggoner leave an infield huddle; junior pitcher Michael Larson leaves
the mound after ending the inning on a strikeout.
Siuslaw’s junior pitcher Heidi Jones
sparked the late-game rally by smack-
ing a double along the rightfield line
with one out, then stealing third base
with catcher Nikki Launius at the
plate.
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VIKS 5B
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
See
FISHING 5B
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
STATE MEET