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SATURDAY EDITION
❘ MAY 6, 2017 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
S PORTS
L EAGUE
Calendar
STANDINGS
As of 5/5/17
B ASEBALL /S OFTBALL
• MAY 6
FWL B OYS
MHS TRACK
AT
N. BEND
S. UMP.
DOUGLAS
BROOKINGS
MARSHFIELD
SIUSLAW
MWL DISTRICTS
11 A . M . FIELD
1 P . M . TRACK
• MAY 8
FWL G IRLS
9-1
6-4
6-4
5-5
3-7
1-9
DOUGLAS
S. UMP.
N. BEND
MARSHFIELD
SIUSLAW
BROOKINGS
8-2
8-2
8-4
6-6
1-9
1-9
SHS BASEBALL
AT
N. B END
5 P . M .
On the
Bite
SHS SOFTBALL
HOSTS
N. B END
5 P . M .
A
• MAY 11
WEEKLY
FISHING REPORT FOR
SHS BASEBALL
THE LOCAL REGION
N. B END
3 AND 5 P . M .
HOSTS
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
SHS SOFTBALL
N. B END
3 AND 5 P . M .
AT
NORTH COAST
LAKES:
• MAY 12-13
SHS TRACK
AT
FWL
DISTRICTS
N. B END
10:30 A . M .
AT
T IDE T ABLE
PHOTOS BY NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
Siuslaw senior leftfielder Kyle Rose sprints from third base trying to beat the tag; Below, senior catcher Nikki
Launius returns to the plate after a one-on-one with fellow senior and pitcher Heidi Jones.
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
May 3
6:17am / 6.3
7:59pm/ 6.2
Low Tide
12:36am / 2.8
1:12pm/ 0.1
V IKS
NIPPED BY
the scoreboard at 4-4.
Siuslaw’s offense went cold, with
Brookings-Harbor taking a 6-0 lead in
the top of the fourth inning.
Though the Vikings were able to
score 4 more runs between the fifth
and sixth innings, the Bruins stayed
ahead and continued their momentum,
striking out a total of 11 Viking batters
on the way to a 14-8 win.
Siuslaw had 6 errors and stranded 11
runners in the game.
Senior Nick Steinman led Siuslaw’s
offense, going 2-for-4 at the plate with
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
May 4
7:35am / 6.0
8:57pm /6.4
1:57am / 2.5
2:17pm / 0.5
May 5
8:51am / 5.9
9:46pm/ 6.7
3:09am / 2.0
3:16pm/ 0.7
May 6
9:58am / 5.9
10:28pm /6.9
4:08am / 1.4
4:08pm / 1.0
Tuesday’s baseball match-up at
home against Brookings-Harbor was
off to a good start for Siuslaw as
Mapleton sophomore Gabe Simington
struck out the first three Bruins batters
in quick succession.
Then, during the Vikings’ turn at the
plate, Siuslaw brought home 4 runs for
a solid lead heading into the top of the
second inning.
But the Bruins rallied in the top of
the third, making a full rotation in the
batting order and tying things up on
May 7
10:55am / 6.0 4:57am / 0.8
11:05pm/ 7.1 4:54pm/ 1.2
See
VIKS 4B
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FISHING 4B
Sailors en route to district after Cinder Classic
May 8
11:45am / 6.0 5:40am / 0.3
11:39pm /7.3 5:34pm / 1.4
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
May 9
12:29am / 6.1
B RUINS
Most of the North Coast
lakes were stocked with
trout this week. Water
temps are great and fish
should be hungry.
So far this season, Town
Lake near Pacific City has
been stocked with nearly
200 surplus summer steel-
head from Cedar Creek
Hatchery. In addition, 66
early run winter steelhead
were released there on Jan.
11. Nehalem Hatchery
released 200 surplus winter
steelhead into Vernonia
pond, 57 into Lost Lake
and 60 into Lake Lytle.
These fish get fairly active
in the lake and offer a
unique fishing experience,
especially when the rivers
are blown out. Once in the
lake they are considered
“trout” and do not require a
Combined Angling Tag.
Anglers are reminded,
however, that only one
trout per day over 20 inch-
es may be retained, and
these fish will almost all be
in that size range.
The 2017 trout stocking
6:18am / -0.1
6:11pm / 1.7
With the Mountain West League
district meet taking place today in
McKenzie, the Sailors finished the
week strong at the nine-school Cinder
Classic in Crow Tuesday.
S IUSLAW
N EWS
Josi Hays, Cole Spencer, Tanner
Wilson and Tyler Packebush each had
wins at the meet, including two for
Hays, who won both the hammer
throw with a personal best throw of 73
feet, 6 inches, and the javelin at 90-6.
Hays was also second in the discus
(83-8) and was fourth in the shot put
(30-9.5.)
Spencer won the high jump at 5-2,
with Packebush running the 110-
meter hurdles in 18.54 for the win,
and Wilson launching the winning
javelin throw at 136-9.
Packebush was also third in the
pole vault (10-6) and Wilson threw for
fourth in the discus (100-7.)
For the girls, sophomore Bailey
Messick ran a personal record in the
100 hurdles at 25.9 for third place.
Brittany Wilson, also a sophomore,
was third in the hammer with a PR
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Siuslaw News
The Oregon School Athletic
Association’s Classification and
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high school athletic directors, have
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move to a six-classification system
beginning in fall 2018.
Siuslaw will be part of a new six-
school, Class 3A league known as the
Umpqua River Conference.
Joining Siuslaw will be Coquille,
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