NED HICKSON , SPORTS EDITOR
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SATURDAY EDITION
❘ NOVEMBER 18, 2017 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
S EVEN S AILORS
After its most successful football
season in more than a decade,
Mapleton received seven All-League
nods from coaches in Special District
3.
The Sailors’ eight-man team, which
finished fifth and advanced to the
league playoffs, was driven primarily
S PORTS
Calendar
NAMED TO FOOTBALL
by the efforts of three seniors, one jun-
ior, two sophomores and a freshman.
Seniors Dominic Wells, Tanner
Wilson and Cole Spencer each
received First-Team honors — Wells at
quarterback and defensive end, Wilson
as a punter and offensive lineman, and
Spencer at defensive back.
A LL -L EAGUE
Freshman JJ Neece was named
First-Team All-Offensive Utility, with
sophomore Nate Neece making First-
Team on defense and junior Evan
Moso named First-Team at running-
back.
Second-Team honors also went to
Nate Neece as an offensive lineman,
ROSTER
along with Second-Team recognition
for fellow sophomore Dylan Rogers at
center, and Second-Team to JJ Neece
as Defensive Utility.
In addition, Wells has been selected
to play in the 8-Man All-Star game,
with Wilson selected as an alternate.
Winter sports warmups
WINTER SPORTS
OPENERS
Time
Out
B Y L LOYD L ITTLE
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.)
Team Acceptance
and Hazing
• NOV. 29
O
ne way members of
a team try to make
sure the new play-
ers are worthy of belonging
to “their” team is “hazing.”
Hazing can have minimal
effect on the new players or
it can cause physical and/or
mental problems lasting a
lifetime. In my 30 years at
Siuslaw, unless I was totally
inattentive, I only saw sim-
ple traditions expected of
the new team members.
Some hazing may have
taken place of a more
severe nature, but, like
harassment, if not reported
there isn’t much coaches
can do.
In 1966, things were a
SHS BASKETBALL
AT C RESWELL
GIRLS : 6 P . M .
BOYS : 7:30 P . M .
• DEC. 1
SHS WRESTLING
AT H ARRISBURG
10 A . M .
• DEC. 5
MHS
BASKETBALL
AT R EEDSPORT
GIRLS : 5:30 P . M .
BOYS : 7 P . M .
See
On the
Bite
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
A
Nov. 18
11:22am / 8.0
6:13pm / -0.4
LITTLE 2B
WEEKLY
FISHING REPORT FOR
5:29am / 2.5
THE LOCAL REGION
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
Nov. 19
12:37am/ 6.5
11:54pm/ 7.9
6:05am / 2.7
6:48pm/ -0.4
Nov. 20
1:16am/ 6.5
12:25pm/ 7.7
6:41am/ 3.0
7:23pm/ -0.3
Nov. 21
1:56am / 6.4 7:17am / 3.3
12:58pm / 7.4 7:59pm / -0.1
Nov. 22
2:37am / 6.3
1:33pm/ 7.1
7:56pm / 3.5
8:38pm/ 0.2
Nov. 23
3:22am / 6.1
2:11pm / 6.7
8:39am / 3.6
9:19m / 0.5
Nov. 24
4:10am / 6.0
2:57pm/ 6.3
9:31pm / 3.7
10:04pm/ 0.8
W ARMWATER F ISHING —
South Coast
The south coast area
extends along the Oregon
coast from Yachats south to
the Oregon-California bor-
der. The area offers some of
the most productive and
scenic warmwater fishing
in the state with excellent
fishing for bass and panfish
available in large waters
such as Mercer Lake,
Siltcoos
Lake,
and
Tahkenitch Lake.
Tenmile Lakes located
north of Coos Bay is
renowned for its crappie
and trophy bass fisheries,
and the site of bass tourna-
ments. Anglers should also
try one of the many smaller
lakes
scattered
along
Highway 101 and through-
out the coastal dunes area,
or Triangle Lake closer to
Official practices for the
winter sports season began
this week, with Siuslaw
athletes and coaches for
basketball, wrestling and
cheerleading at Siuslaw
taking to the mats and the
hardwood in preparation
for preseason play. The
Vikings’ first competition
will be Nov. 29, when the
girls and boys basketball
teams open the season at
Creswell. Wrestling follows
Dec. 1 at Harrisburg High
School.
See
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FISHING 2B
Parking fee to be waived at state park on ‘Green Friday’
Oregon State Parks invites the pub-
lic to play for free on Friday, Nov. 24,
in celebration of “Green Friday,” the
day after Thanksgiving. The agency
will waive day-use parking fees in 26
Oregon State Parks that day.
“We started this tradition three years
ago to encourage people to opt out-
side,” said OPRD director Lisa
Sumption. “Why not get some fresh air
with your family and create a new hol-
iday tradition?”
To help celebrate, the nonprofit
Oregon State Parks Foundation is
offering free hot drinks and snacks at
Tryon Creek State Natural Area, Fort
Stevens State Park, Rooster Rock State
Park, Silver Falls State Park and Cape
Blanco State Park.
In addition, refreshments — donat-
ed by Starbucks Coffee, Nossa Familia
Coffee, Smith Tea, Stevens Cocoa and
KIND Bars — will be served by vol-
unteers from the local Friends Groups.
Parking is free year-round at almost
all state parks; the waiver applies to
the 26 parks that charge $5 daily for
parking.
The waiver applies from open to
close on Nov. 24, except at Shore
Acres State Park, where it expires at 3
p.m. for the Holiday Lights event that
runs Thanksgiving through New
Year’s Eve.
A list of parks that require day-use
parking permits is at OregonState
ParksParking.
Daily parking permits can be pur-
chased on site, but one- and two-year
passes are also available online at
store.oregonstateparks.org.
Visit the Oregon State Parks website
at oregonstateparks.org. for directions
to each park.