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SATURDAY EDITION
❘ SEPTEMBER 3, 2016 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
Calendar
Sept. 3
• MHS VOLLEYBALL
AT
Lane County Parks has
lifted the restriction on fire
and open flame in County-
operated parks and camp-
grounds due to the reduction
of the Industrial Fire
Protection Level System
(IFPL) level for our area.
“Cooler temperatures and
some rain this week have
allowed us to lift our restric-
tion on fire in our parks just
in time for the long holiday
weekend,”
said
Parks
Manager Mike Russell. “We
still want to encourage park
visitors to be safe and exer-
cise caution with open flame
and fire.”
For people looking to get
outside this weekend, an
interactive map and list of
parks (County-operated and
more) is available at www
/lanecounty.org/Departments
/PW/Parks/Pages/CountyPar
kIndexMap.aspx.
“We appreciate the under-
standing our community and
park visitors showed during
the restriction. Everyone was
very understanding of the
need to keep our parks safe
and reduce the risk of fire,”
said Russell.
R EEDSPORT
10 A . M .
• MHS FOOTBALL
HOSTS
S. W ASCO . C O .
4 P . M .
Sept. 6
• MHS VOLLEYBALL
AT
A LSEA
6 P . M .
• SHS VOLLEYBALL
HOSTS
E LMIRA
6 P . M .
Sept. 8
• MHS VOLLEYBALL
HOSTS
E DDYVILLE
3 P . M .
• SHS VOLLEYBALL
HOSTS
P. H ILL
6 P . M .
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
Sept. 3
1:41am / 6.9
2:14pm/ 6.9
8:02am / 0.2
8:24pm/ 0.9
Sept. 4
2:21am/ 6.6
2:45pm/ 6.8
8:35am/ 0.7
9:03pm/ 0.9
Sept. 5
3:02pm / 6.2
3:17pm/ 6.7
9:08am / 1.2
9:44pm/ 1.0
On the
Bite
A
WEEKLY
NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
Sept. 6
3:45am / 5.9
3:51pm/ 6.5
Sept. 7
5:24am / 4.8
519pm / 5.7
9:42am / 1.7
10:28am/ 1.1
Mapleton sophomore Bailey Messick (right) sets the ball to junior Alexis Gierke during Tuesday’s season open-
er against McKenzie. Today, the Sailors are competing at the Reedsport Volleyball Invitational.
L EAGUE
SEASON UNDERWAY FOR
B Y N ED H ICKSON
11:14am / 1.9
Siuslaw News
Sept. 8
6:22am/ 4.5
0:04pm/ 5.5
12:14am/ 1.0
11:57pm/ 2.3
Sept. 9
7:32am / 4.3
7:00pm / 5.4
1:13am / 1.1
12:55pm / 2.6
The Sailors are in Reedsport today
looking for their first win after open-
ing the season with matches at home
against McKenzie and Siletz Tuesday,
and then on the road at Lowell
Thursday night.
Tuesday’s three-way league tourna-
ment led to a 3-0 sweep by the Eagles
in the first match of the night.
McKenzie went on to beat Siletz in
the second match, with the Warriors
sweeping the Sailors 3-0 in the final
match.
Thursday, Mapleton was on the
road to face the Red Devils at Lowell
for its third Mountain West League
match-up of the week, only to return
home with a 3-0 loss.
Today, the Sailors are on the road
MHS
again, this time at the Reedsport
Volleyball Invitational, for a non-
league series beginning at 10 a.m.
Tuesday, Mapleton will be at Alsea
looking for its first league win when
they face the Wolverines.
First serve goes up at 6 p.m.
The Sailors will be home Thursday
to host Eddyville, beginning at 3 p.m.,
in the Mapleton High School gym.
Lady Viks volley for three-way tie at Philomath
The Vikings will host two matches
next week as preseason play
continues.
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
It was even-Steven in terms of wins
and losses Thursday night for Siuslaw,
Philomath and Junction City, with all
three teams opening the season at 1-1
in nonleague play.
The Lady Vikings began the three-
team Philomath Jamboree with a tough
3-1 loss to the Warriors.
In the second match of the night,
Junction City beat Philomath in five
sets, 3-2.
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First-year Siuslaw coach Jon
Hornung chalked up at least some of
the loss to first-game jitters and second
guessing, particularly on passes.
The loss to Philomath set up a dra-
matic showdown between Siuslaw and
Junction City in a match that gave the
Viks a reason to smile.
See
VIKS 4B
FISHING REPORT FOR
THE LOCAL REGION
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
ALSEA RIVER:
Cutthroat, Chinook
The Alsea River and bay
is open for Chinook
salmon through Dec. 31.
Fishing is slow but will
pick up over the next sev-
eral weeks. Trolling her-
ring in the lower bay is an
effective technique. Eggs
and bobber or drifting eggs
can be productive in the
upper bay and river as the
season progresses.
SIUSLAW RIVER:
Cutthroat, Chinook
The Siuslaw River and
bay is open for Chinook
salmon through Dec. 31.
Fishing is slow but will
pick up over the next sev-
eral weeks. Trolling her-
ring in the lower bay is an
effective technique. Eggs
and bobber or drifting eggs
can be productive in the
upper bay and river as the
season progresses.
For cutthroat trout,
See
FISHING 6B
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Fire
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lifted in
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