4B | SATURDAY EDITION | MAY 11, 2019
NED HICKSON , EDITOR
| 541-902-3520 | NHICKSON @ THESIUSLAWNEWS . COM
National Safe Boating Week begins May 18
What looks like a perfect
day for boating can quickly
become hazardous if some-
one ends up in the water.
To promote safe and
responsible
boating,
including consistent life
jacket wear every time
boaters are on the water,
boating safety advocates
have teamed up during
Fishing
from 1B
May. Anglers are catching a
good mix of hatchery and
wild fish.
S I L T C O O S ,
TAHKENITCH LAKES:
Warmwater species
Warmwater fishing is start-
ing to get going on Siltcoos
and Tahkenitch lakes. The
Viks
from 1B
Caleb Hennessee, a
junior right-hander on the
mound for Siuslaw, fanned
six batters and pitched a
complete game to spark
Siuslaw’s defense, which
also included a timely
double-play in the second
Little
from 1B
Park grew to ac-commo-
date the growing number
of players and teams. Th ere
were generally around six
teams in each league. Play-
ers started T-ball at the age
of seven. A T-ball all-star
team also was selected to
play in four tournaments
each summer.
Th e, in 2009, the for-
mation of club teams oc-
curred. Parents wanted
their children to “special-
ize.”
Th e original club was
at the high school level
but has since grown to in-
clude teams with players
as young as 12 years old.
Th e clubs play throughout
winter and spring seasons.
Th is reduces the number
of available athletes for
those and other sports.
Golf
from 1B
National Safe Boating
Week, held this year May
18-24.
National Safe Boating
Week actually starts the
Safe Boating Campaign.
From family-friendly
events at marinas to vessel
safety checks, the week is
typically packed with
life-saving messages about
responsible boating.
The
Safe
Boating
Campaign reminds boaters
of the importance of boat-
ing safely throughout the
summer. Campaign part-
ners host local events,
teach classes, offer on-wa-
ter training, distribute edu-
cational materials and per-
form free vessel safety
checks, which are available
year-round.
Drowning was the
reported cause of death in
four out of every five recre-
ational boating fatalities in
2017.
Nearly 85 percent of
those who drowned were
not wearing life jackets.
The
Safe
Boating
Campaign unites the
efforts of a wide variety of
boating safety advocates,
including the National
Association of State
B o a t i n g L a w
Administrators,
the
Recreational Boating &
Fishing Foundation and
the National Safe Boating
Council.
It’s produced under a grant
from the Sports Fish
Restoration and Boating
Trust Fund, administered
by the U.S. Coast Guard.
Follow the campaign on
social media and find more
boating safety information
at safeboatingcampaign.
com.
recent warm weather is
warming up the water and
getting the warmwater fish
more active. These fish will
start heading into the shal-
lows for the spring spawn
creating good fishing
opportunities.
SIUSLAW
RIVER:
Winter steelhead
Winter steelhead fishing
closed on the Siuslaw and
Lake Creek on March 31
for the remainder of the
season.
Trout fishing in streams
will reopen May 22.
YAQUINA
RIVER:
Winter steelhead
Trout fishing in streams
will reopen May 22.
TENMILE
LAKES:
Trout, warmwater species,
largemouth bass
The Tenmile Lakes water
levels are dropping and
temperatures rising with
sunny spring weather. This
should improve the fishing
conditions for bass and
other warmwater fish in
the coming weeks. Anglers
use small jigs or a worm on
a hook fished near the bot-
tom to catch yellow perch
this time of year.
The Tenmile Lakes were
stocked with legal rainbow
in mid April.
Tenmile Lakes provide
some nice holdover trout
this time of year, and some
can measure over 17-inch-
es long. Troll slow with a
wedding ring tipped with a
worm to catch these larger
trout.
UMPQUA
RIVER,
SOUTH: Winter steelhead
The river should be in
good shape for the week-
end. Lots of hatchery fish
have been report-ed this
year.
Anglers were doing well
in the upper sections of the
South around Canyonville
this past week. Check out
the South River Gauge.
inning that ended a
base-loaded threat from
Elmira.
The Viks also got out-
standing defensive play by
sophomore
Chayton
James, who caught a long
fly ball and relayed it
home in an attempt to
beat the runner from third
base.
Though the throw was
too late, sophomore Elijah
Blankenship fired the ball
to sophomore third-base-
man Dalton Stinger, who
nabbed the trailing runner
for another double play.
“They are putting
together the things we
have been working on in
practice, and it really
showed,” said Shinn.
Siuslaw posted 2 runs in
the bottom of the first
inning, on a sacrifice fly
from Hennessee and an
RBI groundout from
James.
The Falcons scored
their only run in the top of
the fifth, cutting Siuslaw’s
lead to just 1 run.
The Viks extended their
lead in the bottom of the
sixth inning on a single
from
junior
Jared
Northrop that scored
sophomore Clay Kramer.
Northrop went on to
cross home plate on a wild
pitch to secure a 4-1 lead
and the win.
Last night, Siuslaw fin-
ished its baseball season at
home, hosting Marshfield
in a doubleheader (after
press deadlines) during
Senor Night.
Seniors on this year’s
team include Tim Lowder,
Jordan Taniguchi, and
Gabe Simington from
Mapleton.
Youth soccer decided
to also play in the spring.
Th is, once again, reduced
available children for typi-
cal spring sports activities.
Th is year, a group of par-
ents decided to use rookie
tryouts to scope out talent
and form an immediate all-
star team.
Th is selection left just
enough players for two
rookie teams comprised
mostly of 6- and seven-
year-old players. Th e re-
maining players now lack
the older players to learn
from.
Why they chose to dis-
rupt the process and leave
the remaining Flor-ence
rookie teams diminished
in numbers seems selfi sh.
All they needed was some
patience and consideration
for the league. Th e older
players could have assisted
in the development of the
younger players while still
leaving them to play all-
star games in the summer.
It may seem funny, but
watching fi ve and six play-
ers ages three, four and fi ve
scramble for a ball hit in
the infi eld is not T-ball. If
asked, I would guess most
of these players would
rather be in the Miller Park
playground. Sitting on a
bench for 15 minutes just
to take one swing and then
return to the bench is not
fun.
Th e Florence commu-
nity has excellent facilities
for youth athletics. Parents
must realize it takes an en-
tire village to cooperate in
the planning and imple-
mentation of our sports
programs.
When small groups take
it upon themselves to form
teams, the result is dimin-
ished returns in the form
of core athletes being taken
from other programs.
We are not a city with an
endless supply of children.
We need to try and keep
our youth together.
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