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NED HICKSON , SPORTS EDITOR ❘ 541-902-3523 ❘ SPORTS @ THESIUSLAWNEWS . COM SATURDAY EDITION ❘ OCTOBER 21, 2017 ❘ SECTION B Siuslaw News Sports & Recreation Time Out L EAGUE STANDINGS Final 10/21/17 V OLLEYBALL F AR W EST MARSHFIELD S. UMPQUA N. BEND SIUSLAW DOUGLAS BROOKINGS M OUNTAIN W EST 9-2 8-3 7-3 5-5 2-8 0-10 MCKENZIE ALSEA LOWELL SILETZ MOHAWK MAPLETON B Y L LOYD L ITTLE 16-0 14-2 11-5 11-5 8-8 1-14 Retired teacher, coach and game official (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.) S PORTS Calendar • OCT. 21 F OOTBALL MEMORIES 1965—I was quarterback of the Fort Stevens 8th- grade football team. We were 5-0 with zero points scored on our team. We even beat the Warrenton High School JV team 14-0. 1970—I played on the West Shrine Football team. We beat the East team 18- 14. We were coached by Gene Morrow, longtime Newport coach. Carl West of Mapleton also played for the West team that year. SHS VOLLEYBALL C ASCADE HS 4 P . M . (P LAY -I N GAME ) AT • OCT. 24 SHS F-BALL (JV) HOSTS R EEDSPORT 5 P . M . See • OCT. 26 LITTLE 3B SHS CROSS On the Bite COUNTRY D ISTRICT AT MEET T UGMAN S T . P K . 4 P . M . A WEEKLY FISHING REPORT FOR T IDE T ABLE THE LOCAL REGION Entrance Siuslaw River www.dfw.state.or.us/RR High Tide Low Tide Oct. 21 01:46am/ 6.7 1:28pm/ 7.7 7:32am/ 1.8 8:09pm/ -0.2 Oct. 22 2:28am/ 6.5 1:59pm/ 7.5 8:08am / 2.3 8:471pm/ 0.0 Oct. 23 3:10am / 6.3 2:31pm / 7.2 8:43am / 2.7 9:25pm / 0.2 Oct. 24 3:55am / 6.0 3:06pm / 6.8 9:22am / 3.1 10:07pm / 0.5 Oct. 25 4:45am / 5.9 3:46pm / 6.5 10:06am/ 3.5 10:54pm/ 0.8 MID COAST LAKES: NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS Freshman Kendal Robinson is one of two freshman on Siuslaw’s mosty underclassmen team now ranked 22. V IKS REACH STATE PLAY - IN B Y N ED H ICKSON Siuslaw News Oct. 25 5:42am / 5.7 4:36pm/ 6.1 Oct. 26 6:44am / 5.6 5:39pm / 5.9 11:01pm / 3.7 11:49pm/ 1.1 12:12am/ 3.8 S IUSLAW N EWS 148 Maple St. Florence 541-997-3441 E ven though the Lady Viking vol- leyball team wasn’t on the court Tuesday, head coach Jon Hornung said it was still a stressful day. Poised 24th on the state rankings Monday, the results of Tuesday night’s play-offs around the state would deter- mine whether Siuslaw’s season would continue, or come to an end if bumped out of the top 24. “Our cell phones were busy all after- noon and into the evening with group texts between players and coaches,” said Hornung, whose team was closely monitoring the match between Banks and Seaside. “If Seaside won, there was a good chance we would be out, so we were all rooting for Banks.” And when Seaside won? “We kind of freaked out,” laughed Hornung. The one variable Siuslaw had in its favor was two wins the previous week- end at the Marshfield Invitational, where the Lady Viks swept Junction City and Phoenix before losing to North Bend. “Beating North Bend would have put us over the top no matter what hap- pened between Banks and Seaside,” Hornung said. “So we were still really nervous. But we’ve been receiving small gifts from the volleyball gods all season and, once again, things worked out for us.” See VIKS 3B Decade after dam removal, salmon, steelhead rebounding CLACKAMAS — Ten years ago a new era of salmon and steelhead recov- ery quite literally started out with a bang when Marmot Dam was removed from the Sandy River. More than a ton of high-grade explo- sives were detonated, taking off the face of the 47-foot high concrete dam. At the time, it was the largest dam breach ever attempted. Portland General Electric, owner of the dam, fig- ured it would be more cost-effective to remove the structure than upgrade it to meet new federal relicensing standards. In July 2007, in a highly publicized event, PGE blew the concrete face off its dam on the Sandy River. For the next three months, large backhoes with pneumatic hammers pul- verized, drilled, pulled apart and hauled off the remaining pieces of the dam. On Thursday, a rainstorm swept away the backfill that had accumulated behind the dam, making the Sandy totally free-flowing again, from its headwaters on Mt. Hood to its conflu- ence with the Columbia River in Troutdale 56 miles away. See DAM 3B 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 picking up in tidewater. Trout season continues with some nice cutthroat around. Remember the limit on streams and rivers is two per day over 8-inch- es. Anglers are reminded the two-rod validation is only valid while angling in standing water bodies excluding coastal lakes with wild coho seasons. Two rods are prohibited on all coastal rivers, tide- water, estuaries and bays. ALSEA RIVER: Chinook, trout Fall Chinook ishing is starting to pick up in tide- water. Trout season See FISHING 3B
