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SATURDAY EDITION
❘ MARCH 25, 2017 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
SHS grad in Pac-12 spotlight
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B Y N ED H ICKSON
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WEEKLY
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Nehalem Hatchery
released 200 surplus winter
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OSU pitcher Jake Thompson is tied for the Pac-
12 and national lead in wins (5) after striking
out 10 in the Beavers’ win over Arizona.
By the time Jake Thompson left
the mound after Saturday’s win
over Arizona State, the Oregon
State University pitcher and
Siuslaw High School graduate had
left 10 batters swinging at the air.
It was a career record for
Thompson, whose performance
drew the attention and accolades
of the Pac-12 by being named a
Player of the Week.
The red-shirt junior struck out
six in the first three innings on the
way to winning his fifth game of
the season, which is a career
record for Thompson. It also ties
him for the Pac-12 and national
lead so far this season.
It was the 82nd all-time weekly
honor for the Beavers, and
Thompson’s first. At Siuslaw,
Thompson’s pitching abilities
earned him first-team all-state
honors in both his junior and sen-
ior seasons, drawing the attention
of the Chicago Cubs in the 34th
round during the MLB draft.
At the time, Thompson opted
not to sign and, instead, went on to
play summer baseball with the
Bend Elks in 2014, where he went
4-2 in nine starts with a 2.45 ERA
and 34 strikeouts.
During his sophomore year at
OSU, a back strain held him to
less than seven innings of play but
he came back to red shirt that fall.
He struggled last season with a
team-high 28 walks in 61 innings,
but has come into this season
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Calendar
• MARCH 25
SHS SOFTBALL
HOSTS B ANDON
1 P . M .
• MARCH 27
AT
SHS BASEBALL
N EWPORT T OURNEY
1
AND
4 P . M .
• MARCH 28
AT
SHS BASEBALL
N EWPORT T OURNEY
VS N EWPORT
NOON
• MARCH 30
SHS SOFTBALL
H ARRISBURG
NOON AND 1:30 P . M .
MHS TRACK
M APLETON MEET
( THROWS ONLY )
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Siuslaw senior Clark Hooper won both hurdles events during Thursday’s Siuslaw Icebreaker track and field invitational.
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
5:43am / 1.4
March 27
12:20am / 7.2 6:26am / 0.8
12:25pm /7.5 6:45pm / 0.1
March 28
12:54am / 7.7
1:12pm/ 7.6
TRACKSTERS LAND HIGH MARKS
Low Tide
March 25
10:51am / 7.0 4:59am / 2.1
11:45pm /6.8 5:28pm / 0.2
March 26
11:39am /7.3
6:06pm/ 0.1
V IK
7:09am / 0.2
7:23pm/ 0.3
Senior thrower Carissa
Oliver posted state 4A
bests in both the shot
put and discus Thursday.
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
Siuslaw opened its track and field
season Thursday at home amid steady
rain, but the weather conditions at the
five-team Siuslaw Icebreaker didn’t
dampen the efforts by Viking athletes.
Siuslaw had a total of 31 top-5 fin-
ishes, including 10 first-place marks.
along with state-best throws in the shot
put (38 feet, 7 inches) and discus (127
feet, 6 inches) for senior Carissa
Oliver for wins in both events.
Oliver also set a personal record in
the javelin at 94-7 for third place.
ROB GRIFFES/FOR SIUSLAW NEWS
March 29
1:30am / 8.0
2:00pm/ 7.4
7:53am / -0.3
8:03pm/ 0.7
March 30
2:08am / 8.2
2:51pm/ 7.1
8:40am / -0.6
8:44pm/ 1.2
March 31
2:48am / 8.2
3:46pm/ 6.7
9:29am / -0.6
9:29pm/ 1.7
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Other wins for the Lady
Viks included freshman
Anne Wartnik in the 3,000
meters (12:48) for the
eighth-best time in the state
among 4A runners so far
this season.
In the 400-meter race,
senior and defending 4A
state 800-meter champion
Destinie Tatum won with a
Season opens for Vik baseball, softball
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
Though the weather threw
Siuslaw’s baseball and softball
teams a curve at the close of
last week, both teams man-
aged to get in some time
around the diamond, with the
Lady Vikings getting two
games in before the weekend.
Tuesday at Sutherlin, the
Viking softball team opened
the season with a win, outscor-
ing the Bulldogs 18-5 to win in
just over five innings of play.
“Our offense showed great
discipline in the box and our
pitching was up to the task of
working the plate to get
strikes,” said Siuslaw coach
Sean O’Mara.
Senior Heidi Jones came
into the first inning with the
bases loaded before striking
out the next three batters.
“It got us out of a potential
game-changing jam,” said
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DIAMONDS 3B
Sailors show well at ‘field-event-only’ meet
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
With striping of its newly
resurfaced track delayed by
weather, the Mapleton track
team went with a “field-
events-only” meet held at
home against Alsea Thursday.
Senior Josi Hays swept the
throws, winning the discus
(80-6), Shot put (28-06) and
javelin (95-0). Sophomore
Bailey Messick won the high
jump with a PR leap of 3-6
before landing fourth in the
long jump at 11-5.
Sophomore Brittany Wilson
was second in the javelin (65-
11), third in the shot put (20-
7.5) and sixth in the long jump
(10-2).
Senior Dana Halverson had
three top-five finishes, begin-
ning with second place in
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time of 1:05.49 and was second in the
high jump at 4-6.
Senior Celie Mans, two-time 4A
state cross country champion, won the
1,500 meters in 4:58.16, followed by
freshman Hannah Rannow in second
place with a time of 5:24.96. Mans’
time is currently the second-fastest
time in the 4A this season, with
Rannow’s time the eighth-best so far.
The Lady Viks also got several sec-
ond-place marks, including junior
Kaylee Graham in both hurdles, with
times of 18.17 (110HH) and 52.80
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TRACK 3B
Whale Watch
Week begins today
Beginning this week-
end, visitors to the coast
should bring binoculars
for a chance to see gray
whales passing by the
Oregon coast during
Spring Whale Watch
Week, March 25 through
31.
To help visitors spot
the passing monoliths of
the ocean, trained volun-
teers from the Whale
Watching Spoken Here
program will be stationed
at 24 designated whale-
watching sites, from 10
a.m. to 1 p.m. daily. They
will be onhand to assist
visitors in learning about
the whales’ migration and
feeding habits, as well as
offer tips on how to spot
them.
A map of the watch
sites is available online at
www.whale spoken.org.
The Oregon Parks and
Recreation Department
(OPRD) Whale Watching
Center in Depoe Bay will
also be open 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. each day during the
Watch Week.
The Whale Watching
Center has interpretive
exhibits on whales,
“whale size” windows
with panoramic ocean
views, and rangers on
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WHALES 2B