NED HICKSON , SPORTS EDITOR
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WEDNESDAY EDITION
❘ MAY 31, 2017 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
S PORTS
Calendar
Finalists announced for Athletes of the Year
• JUNE 2
SHS GIRLS BBALL
B LUE & G OLD GAME
G LENN B UTLER C T .
4:30 P . M .
• JUNE 3
MHS GIRLS BBALL
B ASKETBALL C AMP
FOR AGES 9-14
AT MHS
1 TO 3 P . M .
• JUNE 3-4
FREE FISHING
WEEKEND
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Finalists include (from Left): Celie Mans, Destinie Tatum, Claire Waggoner, Carissa Oliver, Hunter Simington, Jared Brandt, Trent Reavis, Brogan Cornish,
Jack Pickell and Richard Huff.
T
en student athletes
from Siuslaw and
Mapleton
high
schools will be rec-
ognized tonight, May 31, as
the finalists for the Coast
Radio/Siuslaw News/Sports
Club Athletes of the Year.
One boy and one girl will be
given this year’s awards that
have been presented annually
since 1989.
Among the six male athletes
who are finalists are Hunter
Simington from Mapleton,
along with Jared Brandt, Trent
Reavis, Brogan Cornish, Jack
Pickell and Richard Huff from
Siuslaw.
Celie
Mans,
Destinie
Tatum, Claire Waggoner and
Carissa Oliver, all of Siuslaw,
are the four young female ath-
letes who achieved the same
honor.
In all, 38 different students
were presented with either the
Athlete of the Week or
Honorable Mention between
September and May.
Six of the 10 finalists com-
peted in three sports this year;
four of them won individual
state championships.
All received recognition
from coaches in either the
Mountain West or Far West
Leagues for their hard work
and skill.
The 10 finalists, plus the 28
others who received weekly
honors, will be recognized
during tonight’s recognition
dessert hosted by the Siuslaw
Athletic Boosters, which
begins at 6:30 p.m.
The Athlete of the Year
awards will be announced and
presented.
There is no charge for
admission and the evening is
open to all.
Sports Club members sup-
port the weekly program with
recognition
in
every
Wednesday edition of the
Siuslaw News, and throughout
the week on Coast Radio
KCST/KCFM.
Those members include
Central Coast Disposal, Alan
Twombly Florence H&R
Block, The River House and
Old Town Inns, J.L. Walker
and Sons, Wind Drift Kites,
The Bridgewater Restaurant,
Full Spectrum Computers,
Best for Hearing, Dutch Bros,
County Transfer and
Recycling, Foglio Drop Box
Service, Pavilion Catering,
Old Town Barber Shop,
Florence RV and Automotive
Specialists, Leisure
E x c a v a t i n g , S h e r v i n ’s
Automotive, Regency
F l o r e n c e , C a s c a d e Ti t l e
Company, The Salvation
Army. and Randy’s Riverview
Market and Deli.
CLAMMING AND
CRABBING IN
O REGON
BASS TOURNEY
On the
Bite
D ARLINGS R ESORT 6
A . M . TO 2 P . M .
T IDE T ABLE
A
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
May 31
4:47am /
6:25pm /6.4
THE LOCAL REGION
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
11:39am/ -0.5
NORTH COAST
LAKES:
12:21pm/ 2.4
12:37pm / 0.1
June 2
7:11am / 5.4
8:15pm / 6.6
1:37am / 2.0
1:36pm / 0.7
June 4
9:38am / 5.1
9:46pm / 6.9
FISHING REPORT FOR
Low Tide
June 1
5:55am / 5.9
7:22pm / 6.5
June 3
8:27am / 5.2
9:03pm / 6.8
WEEKLY
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 fish-
ing well. The 2017 trout
stocking schedule is avail-
able online.
2:47am /1.5
2:33pm / 1.2
ALSEA RIVER AND
BAY: Steelhead
3:46am / 1.1
3:26pm / 1.5
COURTESY PHOTO
June 5
10:40am / 5.3 4:35am / 0.5
10:25pm/ 7.1 4:15pm/ 1.9
June 6
11:32am / 5.4 5:18am / 0.0
11:01pm/ 7.2 4:59pm / 2.1
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Participants in last year’s tournament weigh the results from the day’s fishing.
SALMON RIVER:
Lions look to land bass this weekend
The Florence Siuslaw Lions Club
will be hosting its 35th annual Elliott
Fun Bass Tournament the weekend of
June 3 and 4.
Named in memory of long-time
Lions Club member George Elliott,
who originated the fundraiser as a
joint venture with the Flornece Bass
Club, the tournament will be held at
Darling’s Resort on Siltcoos Lake.
Two-person teams will launch at 6
a.m. and fish until weigh-in at 2 p.m.
both days, with all fish to be released
back into the lake. Trophies will be
presented after Sunday’s weigh-in.
Contest entry fee is $60 per team.
During the two-day tournament, the
Lions Club will be serving hamburg-
ers and hot dogs from its food wagon.
There will also be tickets available for
a special raffle on Saturday. Raffle
prizes will include items donated by
See
LIONS 3B
Annual Surfriders’ youth surfing competition June 17
NEWPORT — The Surfrider
Foundation’s Newport, Siuslaw and
Portland Chapters have announced
they will be hosting the ninth annual
Otter Rock ’n’ Roll Youth Surf
Competition and Beach Cleanup
Challenge
in
celebration
of
International Surfing Day.
Observed globally, International
Surfing Day celebrates the sport of
surfing and helps raise awareness
about issues facing our ocean, waves
and beaches.
The Otter Rock n Roll will take
place Saturday, June 17, at Otter
Rock/Devil’s Punchbowl State Park
The Alsea River and list-
ed tributaries closed for
hatchery steelhead on May
1 to protect spawning wild
steelhead.
from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. An age-18-and-
under youth surf contest, the event is
open to surfers of all skill levels, is
family-friendly and welcomes the gen-
eral beachgoing public.
Event pre-registration is $25 at
See
Steelhead
The Salmon River
closed for wild and hatch-
ery steelhead on March 31
to protect spawning wild
steelhead.
SILETZ RIVER:
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, drift-
ing bait or using a bobber
and jig can be effective.
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