NED HICKSON , SPORTS EDITOR
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SATURDAY EDITION
❘ AUGUST 27, 2016 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
Viking fall sports season tickets on sale Monday
S PORTS
Calendar
Aug. 27
Season tickets for the upcoming
Viking football and volleyball seasons
go on sale Monday, Aug. 29, at
Siuslaw High School.
For football, a total of three home
games are scheduled for the fall:
Sept. 16, in a preseason game
against Newport
Sept. 30, in a regular-season game
against North Bend
Oct. 21, against Brookings for
homecoming and final game of the
regular season
Volleyball will host eight home
matches, beginning Thursday, Sept. 1,
against Junction City in preseason
play.
Family passes for both the football
and volleyball seasons is $50, or get
individual reserved tickets for all three
football contests for $20.
Tickets will be available for
advanced purchase at the high school
office Monday, Aug. 29, through
Thursday, Sept. 1, from 8 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. each day.
For more information, call the
school office at 541-997-3448.
• SALMON RUN
5K
TRACK
Special
Olympics
seeks bowlers
Setting the pace
9 A . M .
S EASON
O PENERS
Special Olympics Florence
is looking for interested
bowlers for the bowling sea-
son beginning Tuesday, Aug.
30, at Holiday Bowl.
Practices are Tuesdays,
from 4 to 6 p.m., through
October, followed by a
regional competition in Bend
in November.
Anyone who has been
identified as having an intel-
lectual (or cognitive) disabil-
ity by a medical professional
is eligible to be involved in
Special Olympics. Athletes
must be at least 8 years old to
compete in regional competi-
tions.
Athletes may participate in
practices at age 6.
There is no upper age
limit.
There is no cost to join
Special Olympics, nor is
there a cost to train or com-
pete. Special Olympics rais-
es funds through sponsor-
ships, private donations and
special events.
For more information,
contact head coach Linda
Stent at 541-991-3161 or
email
her
at
lstent@charter.net.
Aug. 30
• MHS V-BALL
S ILETZ ,
M C K ENZIE
4 P . M .
HOST
Sept. 1
• SHS V-BALL
AT
P HILOMATH
4 P . M .
• MHS XC
AT
T OLEDO
C HALLENGE
TBA
Sept. 2
• MHS F-BALL
H OSTS W ASCO C O .
5 P . M .
• SHS F-BALL
AT
E LMIRA
7 P . M .
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Aug. 27
9:21am / 5.4
8:46pm/ 7.2
On the
Bite
Low Tide
2:49am / 0.0
2:42am/ 2.7
A
Aug. 28
10:24pm / 5.8 3:52am / -0.3
3:51pm/ 2.5
9:48pm/ 7.3
WEEKLY
FISHING REPORT FOR
THE LOCAL REGION
NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
Aug. 29
11:15am/ 6.1
10:44pm/ 7.4
Aug. 30
11:58am / 6.4
11:34pm/ 7.4
4:47am/ -0.5
4:50pm/ 2.1
5:34am / -0.6
5:40pm/ 1.7
Mapleton’s (from left) Cole Spencer and Richie Gastelun are hoping to start a new cross country tradition.
S AILORS
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
Aug. 31
12:36am/ 6.6
Sept. 1
12:19am / 7.4
1:10pm / 6.8
Sept. 2
1:01am/ 7.2
1:43pm/ 6.9
6:15am/ -0.6
6:25pm/ 1.3
6:53am / -0.5
7:06pm / 1.1
It’s been nearly 30 years since the
trails winding through the woods in
and around Mapleton High School
carried the footfalls of cross country
runners. But this past Thursday
morning, Mapleton junior Cole
Spencer and freshman Richie
Gastelun were climbing the trail
woven between old logging roads
before eventually emerging onto the
main campus and looping back up
BLAZE NEW TRAIL
the steep hill leading to the mesa of
Bill Bowerman Field.
Until he went in to register as a
freshman Wednesday, Gastelun did-
n’t even know there was a cross
country program at the high school.
“That’s mostly because we haven’t
had one since as far back as 1987,”
says Aaron Longo, the school’s ath-
letic director as well as its track and
field coach and, now, cross country
coach. “Cole and I talked about it at
the end of last football season, and
he was committed to doing it if it
was a possibility.
“So we made it happen. We start-
ed with one runner and, thanks to
Richie signing up yesterday, the pro-
gram has already doubled in size.”
Spencer attended running camps
over the summer to prepare, includ-
ing the Tillamook Running Camp.
Also a track athlete, Spencer says
he wants to improve his times in the
distance races and pace his 5K time
at 17:00 this cross country season.
See
TRAIL 3B
7:29am/ -0.2
7:45pm/ 1.0
Local man nabs fourth archery ‘triple crown’
148 Maple St.
Florence, OR
97439
541-997-3441
www.thesiuslawnews.com
He’s about as close as Florence has
to a real-life “Hawkeye.”
Jim Campbell competed in the
Oregon Bowhunters 3D State Archery
Tournament this past July in La Grand,
Ore., where his archery skills earned
him a first-place trophy in the Oregon
State Championship in his class.
The win was the bullseye that com-
pleted Campbell’s own triple crown by
accumulating the top total of points in
all three state archery tournaments in
his designated class of “Bowhunter
Freestyle,” which is five fixed pins and
release.
Jim Campbell is a multiple state
archery triple crown winner.
The competition included indoor
shooting at 20 yards; NFAA (National
Field Archery Association) marked
yardage anywhere from 20 feet to 80
yards; and finally a 3D trail shoot with
unmarked yardage anywhere from 3 to
50 yards.
During that same tournament,
Campbell also won a trophy for the
See
COURTESY PHOTO
ARCHER 2B
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
MID COAST LAKES:
Rainbow trout stocking
is complete along the mid
coast. Holdover trout will
be available in most lakes
through the summer.
Fishing for the various
warm water fish species is
good this time of year as
fish move to the shallows
for spawning. There are
numerous lakes in the
Florence area that can pro-
vide good opportunity.
SIUSLAW RIVER:
Cutthroat
For cutthroat trout, cast-
ing small spinners, spoons
or fly fishing streamers or
dry flies can be very effec-
tive. Angling for all species
in streams above tidewater
is restricted to artificial
flies and lures until Sept. 1.
Casting small spinners,
spoons or fly fishing
streamers or dry flies can
be very effective.
ALSEA RIVER: Cutthroat
The Alsea River is open
for cutthroat trout, casting
small spinners, spoons or
fly fishing streamers or dry
flies can be very effective.
Bait is not allowed above
the head of tide until Sept.
1.
See
FISHING 3B
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
MHS