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WEDNESDAY EDITION
❘ FEBRUARY 21, 2018 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
On the
Bite
A
WEEKLY
FISHING REPORT FOR
THE LOCAL REGION
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
W INTER STEELHEAD :
WATER DEPENDENT
This time of year, water
conditions for winter steel-
head fishing can vacillate
between too low and clear,
and too high and muddy.
Successful anglers will:
1) adjust their gear and
tackle for current condi-
tions, and/or
2) be ready to hit the
water when water
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FISHING XB
H UFF
PINS SECOND AT STATE
Siuslaw senior Richard Huff finished
the season at 42-6 and second place
at 120 lbs. at the 4A state meet.
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
While Viking senior Richard Huff
was winning his semifinals wrestling
match at 120 lbs. by a major decision
during Saturday’s Oregon Schools
Activities Association’s (OSAA) 4A
state wrestling tournament, Crook
County senior Pacer Quire was doing
the same on the other side of the brack-
et.
Both steadily worked stheir way
through the bracket toward the title
round.
After Huff defeated No. 3 seed Alex
Duran 16-2 to earn his spot in the
championship round, he found himself
facing Quire, a wrestler who had
defeated Huff by technical fall earlier
NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
in the season at the North Bend Classic
in 1:19.
This time, Huff lasted a bit longer,
Feb. 21
3:24am / 7.3
3:54pm / 5.9
9:57am / 1.3
9:45pm / 2.0
Feb. 22
4:08am / 7.4
5:06pm / 5.5
11:00am / 1.2
10:36pm / 2.6
Feb. 23
5:01am / 7.4
6:32pm / 5.3
12:11am / 1.0
11:44pm / 3.1
Feb. 24
6:05am / 7.4
7:58pm / 5.5
B Y N ED H ICKSON
Siuslaw News
Feb. 25
7:14am / 7.6
9:09pm / 5.9
SHS: 48 SUHS: 45
The Siuslaw Youth Soccer
program is gearing up for its
spring 2018 season.
Regular registration is
open now through March 12.
The registration fee is $55
and scholarships are avail-
able.
Late registration will be
March 13-19, with an addi-
tional $20 late fee; no schol-
arships will be available dur-
ing the late registration peri-
od.
No registrations will be
accepted after March 19.
The
Youth
Soccer
Program’s annual general
meeting will be held
Thursday, Feb. 15, at 6:30
p.m. at the Siuslaw Middle
School Commons.
All voting members of the
soccer
association
are
encouraged to attend. Voting
members are all adults who
have registered with the club
as parents/guardians or
coaches.
The annual general meet-
ing will include a club update
and voting for three board
positions and two bylaws
amendments.
The Viking boys basketball team fin-
ished the season at 12-12 and 4-6 in the
Far West League after defeating the
Lancers at South Umpqua High School
last Friday. The win capped a 3-0 win-
ning streak that began with a victory at
home against Douglas the week before
during Senior Night, followed by an
upset win in overtime on the road at
North Bend during the Bulldogs’ own
Senior Night.
Friday, senior Jake Hickson, who
had scored 29 points two nights earlier
at North Bend, teamed up with fellow
senior Jared Brandt to post a combined
22 points to lead the Viks over the
Lancers — Hickson with 12 points and
Brandt with 10.
At halftime, the Vikings had a 25-20
1:25pm / 0.6
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VIKS 2B
Siuslaw senior Jared Brandt had 10
points for the Vikings in his final
outting on the hardwood for the
Vikings last Friday.
1:04am / 3.4
2:33pm / 0.1
NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
Feb. 26
8:22am / 7.9
10:06pm/ 6.3
Feb. 27
9:25am / 8.2
10:53pm / 6.8
2:22pm / 3.2
3:32pm/ -0.4
Lady Viking wrap up season on road at Tri City
3:29am / 2.8
4:24pm / -0.9
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TRIATHLON 2B
Siuslaw
Youth Soccer
registration
continues
Viks end season with 3-0 run
Entrance Siuslaw River
Low Tide
Dunes City is getting ready
to host the sixth annual
Oregon Dunes Triathlon and
Duathlon on Saturday, May
12.
Even though the city’s sig-
nature event is still weeks
away, organizers are already
recruiting volunteers to help
staff the event.
Volunteers help ensure that
the races run smoothly and
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T IDE T ABLE
High Tide
emerging into the second round before
being pinned by Quire some 53 sec-
onds later, finishing second in the state
overall.
Huff, who won the 113-lb. state
crown last year, went 42-6 this season,
including claiming the district title.
Along with Huff, freshmen Brady
Libby, wrestling at 106 lbs., and Elijah
LaCossee, wrestling at 120 lbs., were
on the mats at Memorial Coliseum in
Portland. Both went 1-2 and were elmi-
nated during the second round of con-
solation matches at last Friday’s OSAA
state tournament.
Volunteers
needed for
annual DC
triathlon
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B Y N ED H ICKSON
SOCCER 2B
L EAGUE
Siuslaw News
STANDINGS
FINAL
SHS 37 SUHS: 55
B ASKETBALL
The Lady Vikings finished their season last Friday
on the road at Tri City, where that took on South
Umpqua with offense generated almost entirely by
underclassmen led by freshman point guard Lindsey
Long. Of the 37 points scored by the Lady Vikings,
30 came from underclassmen, including 16 of those
points from Long, who went 6-of-9 from the field and
had a pair of 3-pointers.
Fellow freshmen Brea Blankenship and Gracie
Freudenthal also scored for Siuslaw, including a
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SIUSLAW XB
Siuslaw freshman point guard Lindsey Long led
scoring against the Lady Lancers with 16 points
last Friday night.
F AR W EST
GIRLS
M. W EST
GIRLS
MARSHFIELD 10-0 ALSEA
10-2
BROOKINGS 8-2 LOWELL
9-3
DOUGLAS
6-4 MCKENZIE 8-4
S. UMPQUA
4-6 MOHAWK
5-7
N. BEND
1-9 T. LAKE
3-9
SIUSLAW
1-9 MAPLETON 0-12
F AR W EST
BOYS
M. W EST
BOYS
MARSHFIELD 10-0 T. LAKE
11-1
N. BEND
7-3 LOWELL
10-2
BROOKINGS
6-4 SILETZ
8-4
SIUSLAW
4-6 EDDYVILLE 7-5
DOUGLAS
3-7 MOHAWK
3-9
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