NED HICKSON , SPORTS EDITOR
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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