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SN SATURDAY EDITION | MAY 11, 2019 | $1.00 THESIUSLAWNEWS.COM T IME O UT By Lloyd Little Retired teacher, coach and game offi cial Sports & Recreation Too Many Cooks Calendar May 11 • MHS track & field District meet at McKenzie H.S. 11 a.m. PHOTOS BY NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS Siuslaw coach Tom Shinn shares a fist-bump with the Vikings, who upset Elmira last Tuesday. V IKS LAND UPSET OVER F ALCONS May 17 • MHS track & field 1A state meet at W. Oregon Univ. Day 1 — 1 p.m. • SHS track & field 4A state meet at Mt. Hood C. Col. Day 1 1 p.m. May 18 • MHS track & field 1A state meet at W. Oregon Univ. Day 2 — 10 a.m. • SHS track & field 4A state meet at Mt. Hood C. Col. Day 2 10 a.m. Siuslaw sophomore Elijah Blankenship (left) and junior Jared Northrop helped secure the Viks’ victory over the Falcons. B Y N ED H ICKSON Siuslaw News EHS: 000 010 0 — 1 6 2 SHS: 200 002 X — 4 6 3 At 0-11 coming into last Tuesday’s home game against visiting Elmira, there was no chance for the Vikings base- ball team to reach the post season as the Far West League rolled into its final week of league play But that didn’t keep Siuslaw from mounting one of its best performances of the season, much to the chagrine of the Falcons, who came i to the game hoping to secure a state play-off position with a win. Siuslaw had other ideas, instead playing spoiler to Elmira’s post-season hopes by landing the Falcons for a 4-1 upset victory. “I cant express how proud I am of the men tonight,” said Siuslaw coach Tom Shinn, follow- ing Tuesday’s win. “They played hard and executed very well defensively.” See Lady Viks fall to Falcons, finish season EHS: 002 502 3 — 12 14 0 SHS: 001 000 0 — 1 3 8 Tide Tables Entrance Siuslaw River High Tide Low Tide May 11 5:03am / 6.5 7:11pm / 6.0 12:16pm / -0.3 VIKS 4B NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS Siuslaw junior pitcher Nina Aaron went 2-for3 with a double during Tuesday’s match-up with Elmira. The Lady Vikings soft- ball team opened its final week of play with a tough loss against visiting Elmira, who strung together 14 hits and 12 runs in an errorless outting. The Vikings’ (3-10, 3-16) one run was batted in by senior catcher Lexie Smith, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI. Suslaw junior pitcher Nina Aaron had the day’s second-best offensive per- formance after going 2-for- 3 at the plate with a double. Last night, Siuslaw host- ed Marshfield in a double- header (after press dead- lines) for the final games of the season for the Lady Viks. The evening also marked the final games in the ca- reers of the team’s six se- niors: Lupita Figueroa, Hay- ley Meier, Alyssa Richards, Angela Bartlett, Audrey Lowder and Lexie Smith. May 12 6:20am / 6.1 8:11pm / 6.2 12:45am / 3.1 1:21pm / 0.0 Florence Golf Links to host PNGA tourney May 13 7:42am / 6.0 9:03pm / 6.6 2:07am / 2.5 2:24pm / 0.2 May 14 9:01am / 6.0 9:50pm / 7.1 3:17am / 1.7 3:22pm / 0.4 May 15 10:10am / 6.0 10:33pm/ 7.6 4:16am/ 0.8 4:15pm/ 0.7 May 16 11:12am / 6.2 11:14pm / 7.9 5:09am / -0.1 5:04pm / 1.0 May 17 12:08am / 6.4 11:53pm/ 8.1 5:56am/ -0.8 5:50pm/ 1.3 The three-day tourney will host two senior amateur divisions Florence Golf Links, in part- nership with the Pacific North- west Golf Association, has an- nounced it will serve as host of the 55th Senior Men’s Amateur Championship, and 10th Super Senior Men’s Amateur Champi- onship this June 4-6. “Florence Golf Links is very excited to host this prestigious annual PNGA championship,” said General Manager Rick Reed. “This will be the third PNGA championship we have hosted over the last four years, after the PNGA Men’s Mid-Am- ateur and the PNGA Junior Boys’ and Junior Girls’ Am- ateur Championships.” & SHEET METAL, INC. “Your Local Independent Trane Dealer” Florence’s Oldest & Largest Heating Contractor “We are excited to head out to the Central Oregon Coast to hold our Senior Champion- ships at such an outstanding golf course,” said Scotty Crouth- amel, Senior Director of Rules and Competition for the PNGA. “Florence Golf Links has been a favorite of PNGA players for a long time, and we look forward to a great week of golf in June.” Entries are open to amateur golfers who are members of a PNGA member club, meet the age requirements and have a USGA Handicap Index or Golf Canada Handicap Factor not exceeding 8.4 for the Senior Championship, 12.4 for the Su- per Senior Championship, and 16.4 for the Open Division. The field limit of 72 in the Senior Championship, 42 in the Super Senior Championship, and 30 in the Open Division will be filled first by exempt players, followed by order of en- try receipt. Since all of the above are conducted concurrently, the PNGA reserves the right to modify the field limits to reach a full field of 144 players. Senior Championship and Open Division entrants must be 55 years of age or older by June 4. Contestants entering the See GOLF 4B Th ere is an old say- ing about too many cooks spoiling the whole broth. Th at being said, I wor- ry that the well-in- tentioned parents of Florence-area youth sports are fragmenting our community youth sports programs. We are not a large enough community to have selected children pulled from the ranks of our population. From the 1980’s through the fi rst part of this century, the spring sports soft ball and baseball league season produced competitive programs while in the capable hands of Rick and Corrine Gehlke. Th eir organized tryouts, schedules and summer all-stars selected by coach- es upon completion of the regular season produced competitive teams representing Florence in several summer tournaments. I empha-size the sum- mer for the all-star tournaments. Th e regular season games were played throughout various loca-tions in Flor- ence. Practice areas and games were even scheduled be-hind the old Siuslaw Mid- dle School. Eventually, Miller See LITTLE 4B ODFW R EGIONAL F ISHING R EPORT dfw.state.or.us/RR MID LAKES COAST Stocking of the mid-coast lakes will begin the first week of February. Check the stocking schedule online for dates and locations of stockings. These early stockings include: Alder and Dune Lake, Cleawox, Lost Lake, Munsel Lake, Thissel Pond, Mercer Lake, Big Creek Reservoirs, Ollala Reservoir and Devils Lake. Trout fishing in streams will reopen May 22. SALMON RIVER: Winter steelhead Winter steelhead fishing closed on the Salmon River on March 31. Trout fishing in streams will reopen May 22. SILETZ RIVER: Winter steelhead Both bank and boat anglers are catching some nice bright fish mixed in with darker fish and some spawned out fish. The Siletz River is open year-round for steelhead and we should start seeing the first summer steel- head the beginning of See FISHING 4B • Heating Systems • Heat Pumps • Sales / Service • Ductless Heat Pumps 1645 Kingwood ~ Florence • www.trane.com (541) 997-2422 (L-R) Matteo Cocciolo, Owners Krystal & Steve Wolford, Abbie Kimble CCB#64
