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WEDNESDAY EDITION
❘ MAY 18, 2016 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
S PORTS
V ICTORY
LAP
Calendar
May 19
• MHS TRACK
STATE MEET
D AY ONE
H AYWARD F IELD
TBA
May 20
• MHS TRACK
STATE MEET
D AY TWO
H AYWARD F IELD
TBA
• SHS TRACK
STATE MEET
D AY ONE
H AYWARD F IELD
TBA
COURTESY PHOTOS
Mapleton girls track team members Alyssa Richards, Hannah Rodet, Erin Michael, Clarissa Triebskorn, Alyssa West, Josi Hays and Haley Wells
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
May 18
11:10am / 5.5 5:07am/ 0.6
10:59pm/ 7.0 4:53pm/ 1.8
Lady Sailors claim
first district track title
B Y N ED H ICKSON
May 19
11:55am / 5.7 5:44am/ 0.2
11:31pm/ 7.1 5:32pm/ 2.0
May 20
12:36pm/ 5.9
May 21
12:03am / 7.2
1:16pm / 6.0
6:20am/ -0.2
6:08pm/ 2.1
6:54am / -0.5
6:44pm / 2.3
Siuslaw News
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hen Mapleton track coach
Aaron
Longo
was
approached by teammates
Alyssa Richards, Hannah Rodet, Erin
Michael and Clarissa Triebskorn
about forming a 4x400-meter relay
team for district competition, he was
left scratching his head.
It was the final practice heading
into last weekend’s 1A Special
District 1 league championships.
Kind of late to start thinking about
putting a relay team together.
“They begged me actually,” Longo
said. “I’m sure glad they did.”
As it turned out, the event was the
last of the day following the 3,000
meter race, which, despite a second-
place finish by Richards, still left
Mapleton trailing by five points to
McKenzie.
When Rodet, Michael, Triebskorn
and Richards lined up for the 4x400,
they were virtually assured a win.
“We had the only horse in the race,”
said Longo, who discovered that no
team in the district had posted a 4x4
time this season. “The girls figured
that out and, when it came down to it,
those five points made the difference.”
The move edged out host
McKenzie, 126 to 121, securing what
is unofficially Mapleton’s first girls
track team district championship.
According to the school’s trophy
case, second place is the highest team
finish in school history, captured back
in 2006.
“So far, we haven’t found anything
to the contrary,” said Longo, who is
also the school’s athletic director. “So
this is obviously very exciting for us.”
Though the largest surprise of the
day, it wasn’t the only one for the
Sailors. Triebskorn, a sophomore
exchange student who has never
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SAILORS 3B
May 22
12:34am / 7.3 7:29am / -0.7
7:19pm/ 2.5
1:55pm/ 6.0
SHS
May 23
1:07am / 7.3
2:34pm/ 6.0
8:04am / -0.8
7:55pm/ 2.6
TRACK NABS
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
May 24
1:40am / 7.1
3:15pm/ 6.0
8:40am / -0.8
8:34pm/ 2.8
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In spite of Marshfield’s ability to
platoon athletes into multiple events
during last weekend’s Far West
District championships at Douglas
High School, the Pirates held to a slim
1-point advantage over Siuslaw’s girls
track team after the first day of com-
petition last Friday.
Thanks to their strength on the
track, particularly in the distance races
and sprints, the Lady Vikings were
able to finish day two winning seven
out of 12 event finals overall, includ-
ing wins in 100 and 200 meters by
Annmarie Precht, 400 and 800 meters
by Destinie Tatum, 1,500 meters by
Celie Mans, and Carissa Oliver in the
discus on Saturday.
The Vikings also won the 4x400-
meter relay with leg work from Kaeli
Ramos, Morgan Bingham and Tatum
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STATE SLOTS
Siuslaw distance runners
Morgan Bingham and
Celie Mans will be
among the Viking athlets
competing at state this
weekend in Eugene.
Have a fun time with all the festivities this weekend
Happy Rhody Days and Be Safe!
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lynnette@cbcoast.com
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WEEKLY
FISHING REPORT FOR
THE LOCAL REGION
enough to put Siuslaw’s
girls team over the top.
But it wasn’t.
The Pirates were able to
claim the league title by 1
point, 183-182.
Still, all told, the lady
Vikings will be competing
in 12 events at this week-
end’s 4A stage meet at
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Hayward Field, along with
and Precht.
four events for the boys team for Trent
That, coupled with wins for Reavis and Murray Bingham.
Bingham in the 3,000 meters, Mikaela
For the girls, Precht and Siegel each
Siegel in the 100-meter hurdles, Oliver
in the shot put and Tatum in the high
See SHS 4B
jump the day before would seem
In memory of my Jessie for all the Rhody Days
we enjoyed spending with family and friends.
Lynnette Wikstrom
Broker
On the
Bite
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“We’re next to the Bridge.”
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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
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FISHING 5B