NED HICKSON , SPORTS EDITOR
❘ 541-902-3523 ❘
SPORTS @ THESIUSLAWNEWS . COM
SATURDAY EDITION
❘ MARCH 3, 2018 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
H IGH
S PORTS
Calendar
Time
Out
ROLLERS
• MARCH 14
B Y L LOYD L ITTLE
SHS/MHS BASEBALL
Retired teacher, coach
and game official
HOSTS P. HILL
4 P.M.
(With more than 55 years
as an athlete, coach, offi-
cial, parent and spectator,
I’ve gained some insights
and perspectives regarding
athletics. In this weekly col-
umn, I share what I’ve
learned about sports from
these multiple points of
view.)
SHS TRACK
AT P. HILL
3 P.M.
• MARCH 16
SHS SOFTBALL
HOSTS SUTHERLIN
4 P . M .
C OLLECTIVE
EXPECTATIONS
• APRIL 6
T
he
expectations
before the start of
any sports season are
usually positive. The expec-
tations before the Olympics
can be unrealistic. We may
hope to see Americans on
the podium for every event,
cementing our claim as the
best in the world, but so do
most countries.
There is little doubt the
players, parents and coach-
es had high expectations for
MHS TRACK
AMJ INVITE
4 P.M.
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
March 3
12:54am / 7.8
12:52pm / 8.0
6:55am / 0.9
7:17pm / -0.3
March 4
1:32am / 7.8
1:40pm/ 7.5
7:41am / 0.7
7:56pm/ 0.4
March 5
2:09am / 7.7
2:28pm / 6.9
8:28am / 0.7
8:34pm / 1.1
See
LITTLE 3B
On the
Bite
A
WEEKLY
FISHING REPORT FOR
COURTESY PHOTO
March 6
2:47am / 7.5
3:19pm / 6.2
March 7
3:26am / 7.2
4:17Pm / 5.7
SHS girls team members (Back row from left): Faith Coday, Seqouya Bernard and Elissa Hurley. (Front row)
Abby Coday and Maxine Jones
9:17am / 0.9
9:14pm / 1.8
10:09am / 1.1
9:58pm / 2.6
March 8
4:10am / 6.9
5:24pm / 5.3
11:07am / 1.2
10:49pm / 3.2
March 9
5:00am / 6.6
6:43Pm / 5.1
12:12am / 1.4
11:56pm / 3.6
S IUSLAW
N EWS
148 Maple St.
Florence
541-997-3441
L ADY V IKS
SECOND AT STATE
T
he Lady Vikings competed at the Lady Viks got off to a big lead
only to have North Valley rally in the
the Oregon state high school
second game of the match.
bowling tournament held at
But the Vikings were able to weath-
The Epicenter in Klamath
er the storm and defeat North Valley
Falls this past weekend.
and qualify for the winners’ bracket
Heading into the competition, the
Vikings were undefeated in
tournament play as they faced
off against 15 other district
representatives from around
the state with large and small
schools all competing togeth-
er.
On Saturday, the tourna-
ment started by bowling 24
qualifying baker-style games,
followed by six more qualify-
ing games on Sunday to
— Bowling coach Dusty Anderson
determine the seeding in the
double elimination that after-
noon. After the 30 games of qualify-
— and a match-up with No. 3
ing, the Lady Vikings were in a good
Glencoe.
position as the No. 2 seed behind a
In that series, the Vikings fell
Henley/Mazama team consisting of
behind early and lost the first game.
bowlers from both schools.
In the second game, Siuslaw came
The Lady Vikings started the elimi-
back strong with bowling from Faith
nation tournament by defeating the
No. 15 seed Wilsonville. In the second and Abby Coday, who rolled a strike
out in the 9th and 10th frames to win
match, Siuslaw faced No. 7 seed
North Valley. In that two-game match, the match by 2 pins. This set up a
match with No. 1-seeded Henley/
Mazama. In that match, the Lady
Vikings kept the scores close with
some clutch bowling, but Henley/
Mazama narrowly defeated Siuslaw,
sending the Lady Viks into the losers
bracket.
Even so, the Vikings still had
a chance to win the champi-
onship but would have to win
two extra matches for that
opportunity.
In the first match of the los-
ers’ bracket, the Lady Viks
defeated Cascade Christian then
advanced into a rematch with
No. 3 seed Glencoe.
This time Glencoe was ready
for the Lady Vikings. In the first
game, Glencoe had a comfort-
able lead heading into the second
game. But Siuslaw wasn’t to be
denied as it came storming back to
defeat Glencoe for the second time —
setting up a dramatic rematch with
Henley/Mazama for state title.
Since Henley/Mazama remained
undefeated, and the Vikings had a loss,
“I’ve been to a lot of state
bowling tournaments ...
but this was some of the
most intense bowling I
have been a part of.”
&
SHEET METAL, INC.
“Your Local Independent Trane Dealer”
Florence’s Oldest
& Largest Heating
Contractor
See
STATE 2B
THE LOCAL REGION
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
S ALMON :
In May/June start think-
ing spring Chinook in
rivers and basins from
Tillamook south to the
Siletz. By August attention
turns to fall Chinook and
coho. There is a rare
opportunity to fish for
chum salmon (catch-and-
release only) on the Kilchis
and Miami rivers begin-
ning in mid-September.
S TEELHEAD :
These ocean-going rain-
bow trout are divided into
two runs: winter and sum-
mer. For those that prefer
frost bite to sunburn, win-
ter steelhead begin entering
area rivers and streams
from November and
December (depending on
the timing of the fall rains)
and runs can continue
through April.
Summer steelhead
returns begin in early April
to early June in the
Nestucca, Siletz, Trask and
Wilson rivers. Summer fish
See
FISHING 2B
• Heating Systems
• Heat Pumps
• Sales / Service
• Ductless Heat Pumps
1645 Kingwood ~ Florence
(541)
997-2422
www.trane.com
(L-R) Matteo Cocciolo,
Owners Krystal & Steve Wolford,
Abbie Kimble
CCB#64