SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2017
Register now for Prefontaine Run
Applications are now being
accepted for the 2017
Prefontaine Memorial Run.
The 10,000-meter road run
is slated for 10 a.m. Saturday,
Sept. 16, in downtown Coos
Bay, and is held in conjunc-
tion with the Bay Area Fun
Festival, Coos Bay’s largest
annual community celebra-
tion.
This year’s Prefontaine Run
has been designated as the
Road Runners Club of
America (RRCA) Oregon
State Championship 10K race.
RRCA Championship
medals will be presented
to the top overall masters
(40-49), grandmaster (50-59)
and
senior
grandmaster
(60 and older) male and
female winners.
A stand-alone 5K high
school cross-country team
competition will start at 9:45
a.m.
Participating teams last
year included Brookings-
Harbor, Cascade Christian,
Douglas, Grants Pass, Henley,
Hidden Valley, Marshfield,
North Bend, Reedsport, St.
Mary’s, Sutherlin and Toledo.
Awards for the open 10K
Pre Run will be given in five-
year age groups.
First through third place
finishers in each division will
receive awards.
The awards ceremony for
both races will be held adja-
cent to the finish line on the
Prefontaine Track at Pirate
Stadium.
The entry fee is $30 if made
prior to Sept. 13, and $40
thereafter.
High School team competi-
tors must register on www.
athletic.net and will receive a
discounted registration fee.
All race entrants will
received a T-shirt especially
designed to commemorate the
Pre Run. Online registration is
encouraged by logging on to
the Pre Run website at www
.prefontainerun.com
Registration forms are also
available at the Coos Bay
Visitor Information Center,
Farr’s True Value Hardware
and
Nasburg
Huggins
Insurance in Coos Bay.
Applicants may also call for
applications or more informa-
tion at 541-267-3165.
Coastal Gem Walkers announce next jaunts
The
Coastal
Gems
Volkswalkers invite people to
come walking Tuesday, Sept.
5, along the Depot Bay Three
Loop YRE.
Walkers will meet at the
Commons in Yachats at 9 a.m.
to carpool to Depoe Bay, or
meet the group at the Sea Hag
restaurant in Depoe Bay at 10
Bowling
from 1B
to victory. Now the boys team
is entirely made of those sen-
ior kids.
“Their improvement from
freshmen to senior year is like
night and day,” said Dusty
Anderson, owner of Holiday
Bowl and coach of the high
school girl’s team. “They
went from not making the
state tournament to finishing
third in three years.”
For its final year, the team
looks back on their journey to
make it to this point.
The four boys — Neil
a.m. to register.
This 10K walk includes
three loops and may be modi-
fied to fit individual prefer-
ences. The forest trails portion
is not appropriate for wheel-
chairs or strollers.
Walking sticks are suggest-
ed.
As always, leashed pets are
DeVera, Logan Lindner,
Patrick Hill and Evan Johnson
— all joined their freshmen
year, and have returned as the
varsity team every year since,
save for a fifth member that
has changed each year.
They are led by Coach
Kathy Anderson, a bowler for
30 years and coach of the boys
team for seven years.
“I was happy that we had a
full team, because the previ-
ous couple years we [didn’t],”
explained Anderson. “I was
concerned with them all being
freshmen, and having to com-
pete as a varsity team right out
of the gate.”
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welcome on walks, but bring
water and clean up materials
for pets. A sturdy 6-foot leash,
not the retractable type, is
required.
For more information or
directions, call Maryann
Brown in Waldport at 541-961-
4279,
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visit
www.
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While most people are
drawn to the sport for its sup-
posed simplicity, the lesser
known complexity of the sport
has this team hooked.
“I love the difficulty of it,”
said Hill. “How it’s different
and how you have to know
everything, and it’s really
tedious. I love all the little
things about it.”
DeVera listed just a few of
the little things that are inte-
gral to high scores: Oil pat-
terns, the type of ball, angles,
ball speed, the way you
release the ball, finding the
breakpoint...
“I just love how it may
seem like it’s a simple sport,
but it’s so much more compli-
cated than it really seems,” he
said.
High school bowling has its
own way of integrating the
team aspect of the sport.
Instead of each member bowl-
ing individual games and
combining them to make a
team score, all players on a
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common bond.
sit on, attending a high school
Pep rallies.
That’s why attending the sporting event is an uplifting,
Friday night lights.
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The new school year is here activities hosted by your high enriching,
and that’s exciting news for school this fall is so important. experience for all of us.
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more than fun
It’s not only an opportunity cating our next generation of
and games. It teaches impor-
to cheer for your hometown leaders, they also are a place
tant life lessons, too.
In fact, high school athletes team, it is also an opportunity where we congregate, where
not only have higher grade to celebrate our commonality people from every corner of
point averages and fewer — and that’s something our town and all walks of life come
together as one. And at no time
school absences than non-ath- country needs right now.
The bond we share is mutu- is this unity more evident than
letes, they also develop the
kind of work habits and self- ally supporting the teenagers in during a high school athletic
discipline skills that help them our respective communities. event.
This is the beginning of a
become more responsible and We applaud their persistence,
productive community mem- tenacity, preparation and hard new school year. Opportunities
work, regardless of the color of abound in the classroom and
bers.
outside it.
Attending high school sport- the uniform they wear.
We acknowledge that educa-
Let’s make the most of them
ing events also teaches impor-
tant life lessons. Among them, tion-based, high school sports by attending as many athletic
it teaches that we can live in are enhancing their lives, and events at the high school in our
different communities, come ours, in ways that few other community as possible.
Turn on the lights, and let
from different backgrounds, activities could.
And we agree that, regard- the games begin!
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team bowl as one person in
one 10-frame game, with only
two frames each, in what as
known as “Baker Style.”
When high scores depend
on getting strike after strike, it
is vital for the team to work
together.
“We rely on each other to
not only make a strike or
spare, but to keep each other’s
spirits high, because if one
person has doubt it can ruin
the others,” said Hill. “If one
person is down, then they start
to have bad shots and it starts
to bring down scores.”
“I’d say that our teamwork
is great considering we’ve at
least made it to state, and
placed at state,” said DeVera.
“We work together very well.”
The reputation of being the
freshman team certainly has-
n’t been lost on the boys
themselves.
“I think it’s good,” Hill
said. “It’s kind of funny,
though. We were all freshmen
and now we’re all seniors, but
I guess we lived up to our
name. We’ve made a big step
up since not really placing at
all, but now we’re placing
almost every tournament.”
DeVera agreed.
“We’ve definitely grown
up, and it’s very apparent to
see,” he said. “We were pretty
great as freshmen, even
though we didn’t win as
much. As we grow ... we will
definitely do way better than
we did.”
Coach Anderson explained
how the team’s circumstances
made for a unique experience.
“It has helped the kids to
form the team bond, a cama-
raderie that I hadn’t seen with
teams in the past,” she said.
“I’m looking forward to get-
ting all four of the boys to
return, welcoming new kids
from other districts who can
see them as an example with
their skills and with their team
spirit, and helping other pro-
grams in the district to build.”
As for what the boys think
erica
of the future, they are full of
optimism.
Their goal? Nothing less
than a long awaited victory at
state.
“We’re definitely looking
forward to district, winning
that, and winning state,” said
DeVera.
“I look forward to going to
state again. There’s no way
that we’re not going to make it
this year,” said Hill. “Our
team has grown substantially,
in our teamwork and our skill
level, so I feel like we’re
gonna make things happen
really good this year.”
“I can’t wait to end my sen-
ior year winning first at state
with my teammates,” said
DeVera. “Wherever we end up
in the future, we’ll always be
Vikings.”
While there is no set sched-
ule yet, Siuslaw High School
bowling practices will begin
in September, with tourna-
ments taking place in
November.
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