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SATURDAY EDITION
❘ DECEMBER 9, 2017 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
S PORTS
Calendar
• DEC. 9
SHS WRESTLING
AT
N. B END
11 A . M .
SHS BOYS B-BALL
AT
H ARRISBURG
VS C OLTON
TBA
Commercial crabbing delay continues
NEWPORT — The opening of the
commercial Dungeness crab season
will be delayed until at least Dec. 31
along the entire Oregon coast as test-
ing shows crabs are still too low in
meat yield in some areas of the coast.
The ocean commercial Dungeness
crab season in Oregon is targeted to
open Dec. 1, but can be delayed to
ensure a high-quality product to con-
sumers and to avoid wastage of the
resource.
Crab quality testing in late
Testing will continue
to determine if the
season should open
Dec. 31 or be
further delayed.
November and early December
showed that half of the areas still did
not meet the criteria for an opening.
The delayed opening will allow for
crabs to fill with more meat.
Testing will continue to determine if
the season should open Dec. 31, be fur-
ther delayed, or be split into two areas
with different opening dates. In con-
junction with the delayed ocean com-
mercial season, commercial harvest of
Dungeness crab in Oregon bays is now
closed for the remainder of the year.
The delay in the ocean commercial
season at this time is not directly
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CRABBING 3B
SHS GIRLS B-BALL
AT HARRISBUURG
VS . C OLTON
12:30 P . M .
• DEC. 12
SHS BOYS B-BALL
HOSTS
C. G ROVE
5:45 P . M .
SHS GIRLS B-BALL
HOSTS
C. G ROVE
7 P . M .
MHS GIRLS B-BALL
HOSTS MOHAWK
5:30 P . M .
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
12:03pm / 2.6
12:03am / 1.1
1:17pm / 2.1
Dec. 12
7:37am / 7.5
8:14pm / 5.7
1:03am / 1.6
2:22pm / 1.5
Dec. 13
8:23am / 7.7
9:22pm/ 5.8
2:00pm / 2.1
3:16pm/ 1.0
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
Weekend fishing oppor-
tunities:
• Chinook fishing is
open in coastal streams,
and has been slow to fair
recently.
• While Chinook fishing
is winding down, anglers
should keep an eye out for
early-returning winter
steelhead.
• The first winter steel-
head of the season have
been caught on the Alsea.
• Trout fishing is closed
in streams and will reopen
May 22, 2018.
Trout stocking is com-
plete for the year. Cape
Meares, Town, Coffenbury,
Lost and Sunset lakes were
stocked with “trophy” rain-
bow trout in late
September.
Cedar Creek Hatchery
has stocked over 160 sur-
plus summer steelhead in
Town Lake near Pacific
City so far this fall.
These fish get fairly
active in the lake and offer
a unique fishing experi-
ence. 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-inch-
es may be retained, and
these fish will all be in that
size range.
Low Tide
Dec. 11
6:45am / 7.3
6:57pm / 5.7
THE LOCAL REGION
NORTH COAST
LAKES:
10:46am /
11:04pm/ 0.5
Dec. 10
5:50am / 7.2
5:37pm / 6.0
WEEKLY
SIUSLAW RIVER:
HOSTS MOHAWK
7 P . M .
Dec. 9
4:52am/ 7.1
4:21pm/ 6.6
A
FISHING REPORT FOR
Steelhead, Chinook
A few winter steelhead
are starting to be caught in
the lower river.
Fall Chinook fishing has
been slowing down, but a
few fish are still available.
Anglers are reminded that
there is no wild coho
salmon retention in 2017.
SHS BOYS B-BALL
High Tide
On the
Bite
MID COAST LAKES:
Dec. 14
9:05am / 7.8 2:53am / 2.5
10:18pm / 6.0 4:02pm / 0.5
NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
Dec. 15
9:44am / 7.9
11:05pm/ 6.1
3:41am / 2.8
4:43pm/ 0.1
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Siuslaw senior Jake Hickson looks for an opening in overtime during Tuesday’s 71-69 win over Newport.
V IKS
CORNER
Kyle King scored a
team-high 25 points in
Tuesday’s match-up.
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
Siuslaw’s boys basketball home
opener Tuesday night provided Viking
fans with another nailbiter that pushed
the final outcome into the final sec-
onds in overtime.
C UBS
The biggest lead in the game was 5
points, held briefly by both Siuslaw
(20-15) in the second period and then
by Newport late in the third period
(42-37.)
But throughout the first half and into
the third quarter, it was a game of trad-
ing baskets as the Vikings and Cubs
battled it out on the hardwood. The
game was tied three times in the open-
ing period, with the Vikings holding a
slim 13-12 lead heading into the sec-
ond period on a last-second dish from
senior point guard Jared Brandt to fel-
IN
OT
low senior post Trent Reavis.
A long 3-pointer from end end of the
baseline by Newport gave the Cubs a
29-26 lead at halftime. With Siuslaw
holding a 2-3 zone defensively for the
majority of the game, Newport made
the most of its ability to shoot from the
perimeter, scoring 57 of its eventual 69
points from beyond the arc.
The Vikings, meanwhile, utilized
speed and solid passing to penetrate
the Cubs’ full-court press.
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VIKS 3B
Olalla Reservoir has
been stocked with about
100 surplus summer steel-
head 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 inch-
es may be retained, and
these fish will all be in that
size range.
Mid coast lakes been
stocked with trout through-
out the spring. Trout stock-
ing has ended for the year
but there still should be
fish around to catch.
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FISHING 3B
Lady Vikings come up short on road at Newport, head to Harrisburg
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
S IUSLAW : 20 N EWPORT : 54
Though the Vikings were strong off
the glass, the extra rebounding wasn’t
enough to lift them over Newport dur-
ing Tuesday night’s road game at the
Cubs’ den.
At the post, sophomore Mia Collins
was solid inside, nabbing 7 rebounds
and scoring 7 points, along with a pair
of blocked shots. Freshmen Lindsey
Long and Brea Blankenship combined
for 11 points — 6 from Long and 5
from Blankenship — and junior guard
Madison Reynolds sank 2 points
against Newport.
Off the glass, Blankenship and
Carreina Greenburg had 7 boards
apiece, along with 6 from Marika
White, 5 from Alyssa Richards and 4
from Reynolds.
The loss put the Lady Viks at 0-3
heading into the final day of the three-
day Les Schwab Eagle Boosters tour-
nament, which kicked off Thursday at
Harrisburg and continues today at
Junction City against Colton.
Tuesday night, Marshfield and
South Umpqua had the only Far West
League wins, with the Pirates beating
Cottage Grove 46-29, and the Lancers
handling North Valley 44-21.
Junction City defeated North Bend,
53-44; Coquille beat Douglas, 39-31;
and
Hidden
Valley
defeated
Brookings-Harbor, 46-38.
Today’s game between Siuslaw and
Colton tips off at 12:30 p.m.
Tuesday, the Lady Vikings will host
Cottage Grove in a non-league match-
up beginning at 7 p.m. on Glenn
Butler Court.