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WEDNESDAY EDITION |
DECEMBER 26, 2018 |
SECTION B
Siuslaw News
Sports & Recreation
Sports
Calendar
Dec. 27
• SHS girls BB
host Reedsport
5:30 p.m.
• SHS Boys BB
host Reedsport
7 p.m.
Jan. 4
Whale Watching Week begins tomorrow
The peak of Gray whale migration
along the coast begins tomorrow
and lasts through Dec. 31.
Gray whales are on the move south
again this December and Oregon Parks
and Recreation Department (OPRD) is
celebrating the migration with the
annual Whale Watching Week from
Thursday, Dec. 27, to Monday, Dec. 31.
Volunteers from the Whale Watching
Spoken Here program will be stationed
at 24 sites along the Oregon coast
during the event. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
each day, they’ll offer whale watching
tips and facts about the animals.
A map of the 24 volunteer whale
watch sites can be found on whalespo-
ken.org.
Every winter, an estimated 20,000
Gray whales migrate south from Alaska
to the warm calving lagoons off the
coast of Baja, Mexico. Whale Watching
Week coincides with the highest fre-
quency of whales swimming down the
coast; roughly 30 whales pass by per
See
WHALE 3B
• SHS girls BB
at Mazama
Sky-Em
Crossover Inv.
• SHS boys BB
at Mazama
Sky-Em
Crossover Inv.
• MHS boys BB
at McKenzie
5:30 p.m.
• MHS girls BB
at McKenzie
7 p.m.
Tide Tables
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
Dec. 26
2:59am / 7.2
2:14pm / 8.0
8:31am / 2.8
9:09pm / -0.9
Dec. 27
3:50am / 7.3
3:14pm / 7.3
9:34am / 2.7
10:01pm /-0.2
Dec. 28
4:43am / 7.4
4:22pm / 6.5
10:45am / 2.5
10:54pm/ 0.6
Dec. 29
5:37am / 7.5
5:39pm / 6.0
12:00am / 2.2
11:52pm / 1.3
Dec. 30
6:31am / 7.7
7:03pm / 5.6
1:14am / 1.7
PHOTOS BY NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
Mapleton Freshman AJ Moso enters the court as senior brother Evan Moso (right) claps.
Dec. 31
7:24am / 7.8
8:24pm / 5.6
12:53am / 2.0
2:21pm / 1.1
S AILORS SET COURSE FOR HEART OF LEAGUE SEASON
Jan. 1
8:14am / 8.0
9:35pm / 5.8
1:52am / 2.5
3:18pm / 0.5
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Siuslaw News
The Mapleton Sailors wrapped up
their final non-league match-up last
week as they headed into the heart of
the Mountain West League season.
Wednesday, the Sailors hosted Crow
for a MWL game before heading to
Reedsport the following night for the
last non-league match-up of the season.
Against the Cougars, the Mapleton
boys kept things close for most of the
game until the final stretch, when Crow
was able to extend its lead to pick up a
41-30 league win on the Mapleton hard-
wood, dropping the Sailors to 0-2 in the
MWL.
That same night, the Lady Sailors
were still searching for their first win of
the season but were unable to find it
against the Lady Cougars, who
claimed the win, 39-18.
Thursday, neither Sailors team was
able to nab a win against high-scoring
Braves teams.
In the boys match-up, Senior Evan
Moso led Mapleton with 7 points in a
62-18 loss to Reedsport.
The Lady had some success early,
holding Reedsport to just 4 points in
the second period. But the Braves
came back strong in the third and
fourth period for a 49-19 win.
Senior Erin Michaels led the girls
with 10 points, along with 4 rebounds
and 2 steals. Freshman Evangelina
Spradling had 5 blocked shots and
two points to go with 4 rebounds.
The Sailors will return to the hard-
Mapleton sophomore Emily Stevens
takes advantage of a fastbreak oppor- wood Jan. 4 on the road at McKenzie.
tunity.
On the
Bite
A WEEKLY
FISHING REPORT FOR THE
LOCAL REGION
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
MID COAST LAKES:
Stocking of mid coast
lakes stopped in early June,
but fishing for warmwater
species can still be good in
several area lakes, includ-
ing Ollala Reservoir,
Mercer Lake, Siltcoos Lake
and Tahkenitch Lake.
SIUSLAW RIVER: Fall
Chinook, winter steelhead
Winter steelhead fishing
opened on Dec. 1 and fish
will start entering the
Siuslaw system throughout
the month of December.
No good reports yet but
things should be changing
this week with warmer
weather and rain in the
forecast. Hatchery fish in
the Siuslaw system return
to Whitaker Creek
(Siuslaw) and Green Creek
(Lake Creek).
Fishing should start to
pick up soon with each rise
in the river levels. Bobber
fishing with bait/jigs, drift
fishing, and casting lures
are good techniques to
catch a Siuslaw winter
steelhead.
Steelhead fishing
remains open in the closed
Chinook areas of the
Siuslaw and Lake Creek.
Due to lower than
expected returns and con-
servation concerns, fall
Chinook fishing on the
Siuslaw remains closed
upstream of the Tiernan
boat ramp (downstream of
Mapleton).
Below the deadline the
bag limit for fall Chinook is
reduced to one adult
Chinook per day and a
limit of 3 through the
remainder of the season.
Chinook fishing contin-
ues to be slow in the open
area.
All wild coho must be
released for the 2018 fall
salmon season.
Lake Creek, a tributary
of the Siuslaw River, is
closed for the 2018 fall
salmon season.
Trout fishing in streams
will reopen May 22, 2019.
ALSEA RIVER: Fall
Chinook, winter steelhead
Winter steelhead fishing
has begun on the Alsea
River. The popular North
Fork Alsea fishery opened
on Dec. 1. Fishing has been
slow so far, the river is low
and clear and water tem-
peratures have dropped
with the cold nights and
east winds. During these
conditions, the lower Alsea
can be good as fish slow
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