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SATURDAY EDITION
❘ SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
Wrestler sees Russia up close on exchange trip
L EAGUE
STANDINGS
As of
9/27/17
B Y N ED H ICKSON
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V OLLEYBALL
F AR W EST
MARSHFIELD
N. BEND
SIUSLAW
S. UMPQUA
DOUGLAS
BROOKINGS
M OUNTAIN W EST
4-1
4-1
3-2
3-2
1-4
1-5
MCKENZIE
ALSEA
SILETZ
LOWELL
MOHAWK
MAPLETON
6-0
5-1
4-2
4-3
4-3
0-6
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Calendar
• SEPT. 30
SHS C. COUNTRY
HOSTS
W OAHINK I NV .
10 A . M .
A
s his right hand was
raised to the crowd by
the referee after winning
last year’s 4A State
wrestling title at 113 pounds, Siuslaw
High School senior Richard Huff, a
junior then, had no idea he would be
taking his skills across the ocean to
Moscow just four months later.
But after winning the Oregon
Cultural Exchange Trials last March,
Huff got the word he would be part of
a 16-day excursion for the chance to
wrestle his Russian counterparts.
The next step was to raise the
$3,000 required to cover all expenses.
Utilizing fundraising efforts through a
raffle for a $500 Visa gift card provid-
ed by the Oregon Wrestling Cultural
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Siuslaw senior and 2017 4A 113-lb.
state wrestling champion Richard
Huff.
Exchange (OWCE), Huff set about
offering raffle tickets at $10 each.
It lasted less than three weeks.
“The community was incredible,”
Huff said. “It was so supportive.”
At 2 a.m. on July 26, Huff left
Thurston High School with a group of
Oregon wrestlers for the airport in
Portland, where they caught a flight to
New York City before boarding the
long flight to Moscow.
“I never thought we’d land,” Huff
said of the 10-hour flight.
When they did, the Oregon soil of
home was some 4,700 miles away. For
the next 16 days, Huff and his fellow
wrestlers competed on mats in four
different cities, including Moscow and
Yakutsk, a city of 300,000.
“We trained with their team for two
days before having a duel meet with
them,” said Huff. “When we did wres-
• OCT. 3
B ROOKINGS
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tle, it was one match at a time with
about 3,000 people in the stands.”
The meet was held at the “Children
of Asia” Youth Olympic Facility,
where Huff found out that his oppo-
nent was a national champion.
“I lost 12-1 in about a minute and a
half,” said Huff. “It was kind of my
own fault. I didn’t really stay in
shape,” he said with a laugh.
Huff went on to another, smaller
Russian City, where they stayed at a
local college. It was there that Huff
was faced with an unexpected chal-
lenge.
“There was no electricity or running
water during the day, so we had to
bathe in the river,” said Huff. “But it
was a reddish brown color, so we usu-
ally took a shower at night.”
A LSEA
6 P . M .
B Y L LOYD L ITTLE
Retired teacher, coach
and game official
• OCT. 5
SHS VOLLEYBALL
HOSTS
(With more than 55
years as an athlete, coach,
official, parent and specta-
tor, I’ve gained some
insights and perspectives
regarding athletics. In this
weekly column, I share
what I’ve learned about
sports from these multiple
points of view.)
D OUGLAS
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L OWELL
VS O AK H ILL 4 P . M .
VS L OWELL 6 P . M .
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T IDE T ABLE
Cross country
T
he next time you are
up early and driving
to your destination
you might see several high
school cross country run-
ners. They have been a
common sight for at least
the last 20 years as Siuslaw
High School continues
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
Sept. 30
9:30am / 5.6
8:49pm / 6.0
2:50am / 1.2
3:10pm / 3.2
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Oct. 1
10:13am / 6.0 3:42am / 0.9
9:46pm / 6.3 4:02pm / 2.6
Oct. 2
10:50am/ 6.3
10:36pm/ 6.6
On the
Bite
4:27am / 0.7
4:47pm/ 2.0
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Oct. 3
11:24am/ 6.7
11:22pm/ 6.9
LITTLE 4B
WEEKLY
FISHING REPORT FOR
5:07am/ 0.5
5:28pm/ 1.4
THE LOCAL REGION
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
Oct. 4
11:57am / 7.2 5:45am / 0.4
6:08pm / 0.8
Oct. 5
12:08am / 7.1
12:30pm / 7.5
6:21am/ 0.5
6:49pm/ 0.2
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Siuslaw junior Alyssa Richards smacks a kill shot against South Umpqua at Glenn Butler Court Tuesday night.
L ADY V IKS
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Oct. 6
12:53am / 7.2 6:58am / 0.7
7:30pm / -0.3
1:03pm/ 7.9
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S IUSLAW d S OUTH U MPQUA :
21-25, 17-25, 25-17, 25-23, 15-13
After losing the first and second sets
of Tuesday’s home volleyball match
despite having led early in both games,
TOPPLE
the Lady Vikings did what they do
best: They dug deep — on the court
and in their focus.
“They just don’t give up,” said
Siuslaw head coach Jon Hornung.
“They just kept pushing, stayed posi-
tive and built each other up.”
In the third set, Siuslaw never
trailed, moving ahead 14-4 on kills
L ANCERS
from juniors Makenzie York, Jordan
Long and Emma Collins, and sopho-
more Mia Collins, prompting a timeout
by the Lancers.
Though South Umpqua mounted a
short 4-point rally, York hammered 5
consecutive kills for a 20-12 lead.
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Mapleton loses latest volley to Wolverines
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A LSEA d M APLETON :
25-10, 25-11, 25-15
Following Tuesday’s home match
against the visiting Wolverines of
Alsea, the Lady Sailors volleyball team
is still in search of a win this season as
it moves into the second half of the
Mountain West League season next
week at 0-6.
Tuesday’s match-up became a three-
game sweep by the second-place
Wolverines (5-1), who the Lady Sailors
will host in a re-match this Tuesday to
kick off the second half of the MWL
season.
Currently, undefeated McKenzie
leads the league at 6-0, followed by
Alsea, Siletz (both 4-2), Lowell (4-3),
Mohawk (4-3), Eddyville (2-5),
Triangle Lake (2-5) and Oak Hill (0-3).
Tuesday’s game will be at Alsea
High School, with the first serve going
up at 6 p.m.
MID COAST LAKES:
Olalla Reservoir has
been stocked with about
100 surplus summer steel-
head from the Siletz Falls
trap, this season. These fish
get fairly active in the lake
and offer a unique fishing
experience.
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 inches may be retained,
and these fish will almost
all be in that size range.
Mid Coast lakes been
stocked with trout through-
out the spring. Trout stock-
ing is over until the fall but
there still should be fish
around to catch. Water
temps are great and fish
should be hungry.
SIUSLAW RIVER:
Chinook, trout
Fall Chinook angling
continues and fishing is
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