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WEDNESDAY EDITION
❘ MAY 24, 2017 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
O LIVER
CLAIMS SHOT PUT STATE CROWN
Siuslaw senior Carissa Oliver threw
the shot put 41-7.75 to claim the 4A
state title on Saturday.
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
At last weekend’s OSAA Class 4A
state track and field meet at Hayward
Field in Eugene, Siuslaw senior
thrower Carissa Oliver launched the
shot put for a personal record and the
state title with her mark of 41 feet,
7.75 inches.
Oliver also threw a PR in the dis-
cus at 132-11 for the 4A’s second-
best mark of the day.
Meanwhile, junior Trent Reavis
set a school record in the javelin with
a throw of 181-11, which earned
Reavis a second-place medal at state.
It also topped Siuslaw’s IAAF
javelin record of 177-9 set by Kody
Reavis in 2008.
The Vikings girls finished 11th
overall in team scoring with a tally of
23 points; Oliver accounted for 18 of
those points.
Senior distance runner Celie
Mans, who endured a battle with ten-
donitis at the meet, ran fourth in the
3,000 meters with a time of 10:39.93
to claim 5 team points.
A
The Vikings boys team finished
14th in team scoring with a total of
20 points.
Reavis contributed 13 points with
his second-place finish in the javelin
and a fourth-place throw in the shot
put (50-07.5).
Senior hurdler Clark Hooper ran
15.59 in the 110-meter hurdles for
fifth place and was sixth in the 300
hurdles with a time of 41.48.
Hooper came into Saturday’s
finals after setting personal bests in
both hurdles races during Friday’s
preliminaries with times of 15.59 in
the high hurdles and 41.42 in the
intermediates.
Three Lady Vikings qualified for
state individually, including senior
Destinie Tatum in the 800 meters,
junior Kaylee Graham in both hur-
dles events and freshman Hannah
Rannow in the 3,000 meters and the
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SIUSLAW 2B
NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
May 24
12:02am / 6.4
11:41pm / 8.4
Sailors land three top-10 marks at state
May 25
12:56am / 6.6 6:34am / -1.7
6:28pm / 1.5
May 26
12:26am / 8.5
1:48pm / 6.7
7:22pm/ -2.1
7:17pm / 1.7
May 27
1:12am / 8.5
2:41pm/ 6.7
8:10am / -2.3
8:08pm / 2.0
May 28
2:00am / 8.4
3:35pm/ 6.7
8:59am / -2.1
9:02pm/ 2.2
FISHING REPORT FOR
THE LOCAL REGION
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
NORTH COAST LAKES:
Most of the North Coast
lakes were stocked with
trout recently. Water temps
are great and fish should be
hungry, so go catch them.
MID COAST LAKES:
Mid coast lakes are being
stocked and are fishing
well. The 2017 trout stock-
ing schedule is available
online.
ALSEA RIVER
BAY: Steelhead
The Alsea River and list-
ed tributaries closed for
hatchery steelhead on May
1 to protect spawning wild
steelhead.
May 30
3:46am / 7.2
5:27pm / 6.5
WILSON
S IUSLAW
N EWS
148 Maple St.
Florence
541-997-3441
Fore! Kids Golf Classic to celebrate 20 years
Steelhead
The Yaquina River and
Big Elk Cr. closed for steel-
head on April 1 to protect
spawning wild steelhead.
Seniors Tyler Packebush (left) and Josi Hays each finished among the top
10 in one or more events at last week’s 1A state track and field meet.
javelin at 127-05.
Roane was 12th with a mark of 123-
05 for a personal record.
Hays had a pair of top-10 finishes at
The 20th annual Fore! Kids Golf
Classic will tee off Saturday, June 3, at
Ocean Dunes Golf Links in Florence.
Sponsored by Three Rivers Casino
Resort, the tournament’s proceeds will
help fund after-school programs and
educational programs that give posi-
tive guidance and real-life skills for
youth.
The event hosts golfers and typical-
ly sells out several days in advance.
For those wishing to register individu-
ally, as a pair or as a foursome, organ-
izers recommend signing up right
away.
The $89 per-player entry fee
includes golf cart, hot dogs, beverages,
awards, barbecue, and more.
Check-in for pre-registered partici-
pants, and on-site registration for
Participants in last year’s Fore!
Kids Golf Classic begin a shot-
gun start, which gets underway
at 10:30 a.m.
remaining slots, begins at 9 a.m.,
with a shotgun start at 10:30 a.m.
Two of the Hole-in-One prizes
include a Pebble Beach Golf
Vacation and a 2017 Ford F150.
Entrants can also participate in a
Million Dollar Shoot Out Challenge
and a $5,000 putting contest.
Entry forms are available at
Ocean Dunes Golf Links, 3345
Munsel Lake Rd., and also at
Florence Area Chamber of
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GOLF 3B
NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
Hope you all had a fantastic Rhody Days! Susan and I enjoyed the Rhody Run
and Alvaro, Rotary’s exchange student from Bolivia was enjoying the parade.
Th e weather was great and a good time was had by all!! Enjoy this weekend’s
Memorial Day and WOW! the weather should be good again. Be Safe and enjoy!
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“We’re next to the Bridge.”
COAST REAL ESTATE
RIVER:
state, beginning with seventh place in
the shot put at 31-01.5. She went on to
finish ninth in the discus (86-05) and
11th in the javelin at 81-05.
PHOTOS BY NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
9:50am / -1.7
10:02pm / 2.4
10:43am /-1.2
11:08pm / 2.5
RIVER:
Steelhead
The Wilson is in decent
shape, but is starting to get
pretty clear. Steelhead
should be winding down,
and the catch definitely
dropped off last week.
On the up side, summer
steelhead should be show-
ing up by the end of the
month.
YAQUINA
May 29
2:50am / 7.9
4:30pm / 6.6
RIVER:
Steelhead
The Salmon River closed
for wild and hatchery steel-
head on March 31 to protect
spawning wild steelhead.
SILETZ
Four Sailors were on hand for last
week’s two-day 1A state track and field
meet at Hayward Field in Eugene, May
18 and 19.
Senior Tyler Packebush, junior
Tanner Wilson and freshman Nathan
Roane represented the Sailor boys
while senior Josi Hays was the lone
Lady Sailors representative, competing
in three events.
Hays, who sept the throws at the
Mountain West District meet, compet-
ed in the discus, shot put and javelin.
For the boys, Packebush competed
in both the pole vault and 110 hurdles,
with Wilson competing in the discus
and javelin. Roan joined Wilson in the
javelin.
Packebush ran the 110 hurdles with
a personal best time of 18.30 for 11th
place. He also cleared 11-0 in the pole
vault for eighth place overall.
In the discus, Wilson threw 106-02
for 12th place, then landed 11th in the
AND
Steelhead, Chinook
The Siletz River opened
for wild Chinook on April 1
(1 per day and 2 per sea-
son). A few summer steel-
head are starting to be
caught in the lower river.
Drift boaters are having
success from Moonshine
Park to Siletz and bank
anglers are catching hatch-
ery fish in the Siletz gorge.
Casting spinners, drifting
bait or using a bobber and
jig can be effective.
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Low Tide
5:47pm/ -1.1
5:39pm / 1.4
WEEKLY
SALMON
Siuslaw News
High Tide
On the
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Broker
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RIVER:
COOS COUNTY LAKES
PONDS: Trout
AND
Trout were recently
stocked in Bradley Lake,
Empire Lakes, Butterfield
Lake, Eel Lake, Saunders
Lake, Tenmile Lakes,
Powers Pond and Sru
Lake.
The road to Bluebill
Lake is closed due to flood-
ing and the lake has not
been stocked. Anglers are
having success catching
trout using small spinners
or Powerbait.
Trout have been stocked
in the Millicoma Pond
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FISHING 3B