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WEDNESDAY EDITION
❘ MARCH 14, 2018 ❘
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
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• MARCH 14
B Y L LOYD L ITTLE
Retired teacher, coach
and game official
SHS/MHS BASEBALL
HOSTS P. HILL
4 P.M.
(Editor’s Note: Saturday’s
edition inadvertantly cut
off the last part of Lloyd
Little’s column. We have re-
run it today in its entirety.)
SHS TRACK
AT P. HILL
3 P.M.
• MARCH 16
I S IT A SPORT ?
SHS SOFTBALL
A
fter years of debate,
the criteria for an
activity to be classi-
fied as a “sport” must meet
three criteria:
1) A human activity
involving skill and exertion.
2) Governed by a set of
rules or customs.
3) Undertaken competi-
tively and capable of
achieving a result. (win-
ners/losers)
In elementary school, my
friends and I would draw a
three foot in diameter circle
in the dirt. We would all
toss five marbles into the
HOSTS SUTHERLIN
4 P . M .
• MARCH 20
MHS TRACK
MAPLETON 300
4 P.M.
T IDE T ABLE
Entrance Siuslaw River
PHOTOS BY NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
High Tide
Low Tide
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Sophomore Nate Neece (left) races senior Dominic Wells, one of only two seniors on the team.
LITTLE 5B
March 14
5:04am / 2.8
10:51am / 6.9 5:38pm / 0.4
March 15
12:00am / 6.3 5:44am / 2.3
11:33pm / 7.1 6:13pm / 0.2
March 16
12:30am / 6.6 6:22am / 1.8
12:14pm / 7.3 6:46pm / 0.2
March 17
1:00am / 6.9
12:54pm/ 7.3
March 18
1:30am / 7.2
1:34pm / 7.3
March 19
2:00am / 7.4
2:17pm / 7.1
March 20
2:32am / 7.6
3:03pm / 6.7
6:59am / 1.3
7:18pm/ 0.3
7:36am / 1.0
7:50pm / 0.5
8:15am / 0.6
8:24pm / 0.9
8:57am / 0.4
8:59pm / 1.3
S IUSLAW
N EWS
Sailors sprint into track season
B Y N ED H ICKSON
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Siuslaw News
Last week, the 16 athletes were on
the newly surfaced Bowerman Track
on the small plateau overlooking
Mapleton High School in preparation
for th 2018 track season.
With only two returning seniors,
Dominic Wells and Cole Spencer, there
weren’t many familiar faces. Among
them, however, was longtime head
coach Johnny Sundstrom, who returns
to the helm after a two-year absence.
With previous coach Aaron Longo’s
move to St. Helens at the end of last
season, the position was open and
Sundstrom was tapped to reclaim his
post with the growing program.
“We definitely have a much bigger
turnout than in recent years, particular-
ly in the underclassmen,” said
Sundstrom. “It’s a good foundation for
the future of the program.”
All told, the team has six freshmen
and eight sophomores, with no juniors
on this year’s roster.
Of the group, five are girls, all of
whom Sundstrom said had strong ath-
letic ability.
“It’s definitely a ‘building’ year for
us and not a ‘re-building year,’” said
A
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THE LOCAL REGION
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MID COAST LAKES:
Long-time Mapleton track and field coach Johnny Sundstrom (center)
returns to helm after a two-year absence; (below) members of this year’s
team track and field warm up with stretches during practice last Monday.
Sundstrom, “But we’re building on
solid group.”
Following last week’s inter-squad
“mini meet,” during which all athletes
compete in four events — a sprint, a
medium run, long jump and shot put —
Sundstrom said he was able to set a
baseline of strengths and weaknesses,
as well as potential events for each
team member heading into the season.
“It’s a diverse group, with strengths
in sprints and field events,” said
Sundstrom.
The Sailors will kick off the season
Tuesday, March 20, when they host the
Mapleton 300 meet, an icebreaker
focusing on running events.
Races will begin at 4 p.m.
Stocking of mid coast
lakes began in February.
Siltcoos Lagoon was not
stocked the week of Feb. 5
due to low levels of dis-
solved oxygen.
Fish
scheduled
for
Siltcoos Lagoon were
stocked in Cleawox Lake
instead.
S I U S L AW R I V E R :
Steelhead
Winter steelhead fishing
has improved. Rain over the
weekend has raised the
river level and got fish
moving again. Casting
spinners, drifting bait or
using a bobber and jig can
be effective.
ALSEA
RIVER:
Steelhead
Winter steelhead has
picked up throughout the
river. Rain over the week-
end has raised the river
level and got fish moving
again. A mix of wild and
hatchery fish are being
caught. Casting spinners,
drifting bait or using a bob-
ber and jig can be effective.
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Florence
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