NED HICKSON , SPORTS EDITOR
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WEDNESDAY EDITION
❘ JUNE 14, 2017 ❘
SECTION C
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
S PORTS
Calendar
Vik 3-day home tourney tips off Friday
B Y N ED H ICKSON
• JUNE 14
SHS FOOTBALL
SUMMER CAMP
BEGINS
• JUNE 16-18
OREGON DUNES
BASKETBALL
TOURNEY
AT SHS
F RI : NOON TO 8 P . M .
S AT : 9 A . M . TO 8 P . M .
S UN : 9 A . M . TO 5 P . M .
SBA FATHER’S DAY
BASEBALL TOURNEY
M ILLER P ARK
F RI : 5 TO 8 P . M .
S AT : 8 A . M . TO 8 P . M .
S UN : 8 A . M . TO 8 P . M .
AT
• JUNE 19
SHS FOOTBALL
WEIGHT CAMP
BEGINS
Siuslaw News
I
t’s been five years since the hard-
wood at Glenn Butler Court echoed
with the dribble of basketballs and
shriek of high-performance shoes this
late in June. But come this weekend,
the courts in the main and auxiliary
gyms will be home to 24 varsity and
JV teams competing from 17 schools
during the first Oregon Dunes
Basketball Tournament hosted by
Siuslaw High School’s boys basketball
and cheerleading teams.
“The tournament came about
because we wanted to get our kids as
many opportunities to play basketball
this summer as we could,” said boys
coach Dylan Perry, whose team
advanced to the opening round of state
competition for the first time in nearly
a decade last March.
With the bulk of last season’s line-
up returning next year, Perry said he
wanted to establish something that
players could get excited about and
motivate them to work on their game
over the summer.
“Summer basketball was my
favorite part of high school back when
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T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
VIKS 3C
Siuslaw’s Jake Hickson drives
against North Bend last March.
The Vikings and Bulldogs will open
the three-day Oregon Dunes
Basketball Tournament Friday at
noon on the Glenn Butler Court
hardwood.
NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
June 14
3:05pm / 6.3
4:54pm / 5.9
10:08am/ -0.4
10:24pm / 2.9
June 15
3:52am / 6.0
5:39pm / 6.0
10:49am /-0.1
11:36pm / 2.8
Gehlke Baseball Tournament this weekend
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
June 16
4:48pm / 5.6
6:25pm / 6.1
June 17
5:57am / 5.2
7:13pm/ 6.4
11:36am/ 0.3
The opening ceremonies for this year’s
Rick and Corrine Gehlke Father’s Day
Baseball Tournament will be Saturday,
June 17, at 7:30 a.m., baseball action will
actually get underway for the first time
on Friday night, from 5 to 8 p.m.
During this year’s expanded three-day
tournament hosted by the Siuslaw
Baseball Association, 11 Rookies teams,
10 Minors teams and 11 Majors teams
will be competing at fields around Miller
Park over the weekend.
12:31am / 2.4
12:27pm / 0.7
June 18
7:15am / 5.0
8:01pm/ 6.8
1:40am / 1.8
1:23pm/ 1.1
June 19
8:35am / 5.0
8:50pm / 7.3
2:45am / 1.1
2:22pm / 1.4
June 20
9:48am / 5.3
9:38pm / 7.7
On the
Bite
3:44am / 0.2
3:22pm / 1.6
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Florence
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BASEBALL 3C
Little leaguers from 32 teams will
compete at Miller Park June 16-18,
beginning at 5 p.m. this Friday.
NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
A NNUAL
YOUTH SURFING COMPETITION
NEWPORT — The Surfrider
Foundation’s Newport, Siuslaw and
Portland Chapters will be hosting the
ninth annual Otter Rock ’n’ Roll Youth
Surf Competition and Beach Cleanup
Challenge
in
celebration
of
International Surfing Day on June 17.
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 at Otter Rock/Devil’s
Punchbowl State Park 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 general beachgoing pub-
lic.
Event pre-registration is $25 at
www.otterrockandroll.com. Space is
limited so sign up early to reserve a
spot.
SOLD
S ATURDAY
Beach registration is $35 and closes
at 8 a.m.
All participants will receive an event
T-shirt and prizes from local sponsors.
There will be beach games and activi-
ties throughout the day including a spe-
cial beach cleanup challenge, where
youth can compete for different prizes
through various stewardship activities.
From the no-experience necessary
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SURFING 2C
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WEEKLY
FISHING REPORT FOR
THE LOCAL REGION
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
MID 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!
The 2017 trout stocking
schedule is available
online.
ALSEA RIVER: Trout
Trout season opened
May 22, and there should
be some nice cutthroat
around.
Remember the limit on
streams and rivers is two
per day over 8-inches.
SALMON RIVER:
Steelhead
The Salmon River
closed for wild and hatch-
ery steelhead on March 31
to protect spawning wild
steelhead.
SILETZ RIVER:
Steelhead, Chinook, trout
The Siletz River opened
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