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SN Sports & Recreation THESIUSLAWNEWS.COM WEDNESDAY EDITION | AUGUST 14, 2019 Viks to host community BBQ, football jamboree The Siuslaw Vikings will host a full day of football along with a community barbecue during the Siuslaw Football Jamboree on Friday, Aug. 30, at Hans Petersen Memorial Field. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Siu- slaw will participate in foot- ball action with scrimmages against Bandon, Marshfield and Pleasant Hill. Spectators can see the Viks in action and also purchase Lutero Burgers and Dodson Dogs, as well as other conces- sion items, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Burgers will be $5 and hot dogs will be $3. Admission to the jamboree is $5 for adults and $3 for stu- dents, with free admission for those with a Siuslaw ASB card. In addition to football and barbecue, there will also be tickets available to use for face painting (1 ticket), games (1 ticket), a bouncy house (2 tick- ets) and Dutch Bros. (2 tick- ets). Tickets can be purchased at the admission booth (6 tickets for $5 or 1 ticket for $2). Siuslaw's first football game is the following Friday, Sept. 6, at Elmira, beginning at 7 p.m. ODFW R EGIONAL F ISHING R EPORT www.dfw.state.or.us/RR NOTE: Temporary regs for wild Chinook in coastal riv- ers — Due to low forecasted returns this year, wild Chinook fishing will be restricted in most coastal rivers. Most of these temporary regulations will be in effect from Aug. 1-Dec. 31, though a few don’t start until Sept. 16 or Oct. 1. Before planning your fish- ing trip, be sure the check the regulation updates. MID COAST LAKES: Stocking of the mid-coast lakes ended in June. Warmwater fisheries are improving in several lakes around the Florence area including Siltcoos, Tahkenitch, Mercer and Munsel lakes. ALSEA RIVER: Cutthroat trout Trout fishing in streams is open. Check regulations for open areas and gear restric- tions. SALMON RIVER: Cutthroat trout Trout fishing is open in riv- ers and streams. Check the regulations for open areas and gear restrictions. SILETZ RIVER: Summer steelhead, spring Chinook, cut- throat trout The Siletz River is open year-round for steelhead. Summer steelhead fishing con- tinues to be slow so far this season but did pick up last week with some better fishing. Although it has been a slow year so far, anglers are catching summer steelhead everyday primarily in the gorge area and pressure continues to be light. The 4.0 mile bridge (aka Steel Bridge) in the Siletz gorge is open to motorized vehicles, but is only open to public vehi- cles on the weekend. Anglers can walk/bike in the road during the weekdays. If anglers do walk in they can park at the one mile gate and start from there. Trout fishing is open. Check the regulations for open areas and gear restrictions. S I LT C O O S & TAHKENITCH LAKES: Warmwater species Warmwater fishing has been good on Siltcoos and Tahkenitch lakes as well as many other lakes in the Florence area. Water tempera- tures are warm and fish can be found throughout the lake in a variety of habitats. Warmwater fishing will continue to be good through the summer and into the fall. Aug. 14 • Florence Softball 5:30 p.m. Lofy vs Beachcomber (North) ACC vs Welton (South) 7 p.m. Welton vs Lofy (North) ACC vs Beachcomber (South) Aug. 19 • Fall sports season Practices begin At the SHS and MHS Aug. 24 • Vik football Blue & Gold game Hans Petersen Field Noon Tide Tables Entrance Siuslaw River High Tide Low Tide Aug. 14 1:01pm / 6.0 6:31am / -0.7 6:27pm / 2.3 Aug. 15 12:13am / 7.2 1:33pm/ 6.0 7:06am/ -0.7 7:05pm/ 2.1 Aug. 16 12:51pm / 7.1 2:02pm / 6.1 7:39am / -0.6 7:41pm / 1.9 Aug. 17 1:28am / 6.9 2:32pm / 6.2 8:10am / -0.4 8:18pm / 1.8 Aug. 18 2:04am / 6.6 3:01pm / 6.2 8:40am / 0.0 8:56pm / 1.7 9:10am / 0.4 9:36pm / 1.6 Aug. 20 3:23am / 6.0 4:02pm / 6.3 H ALL OF F AME INDUCTS NEW CLASS B Y J ARED A NDERSON Siuslaw News T he Siuslaw High School Hall of Fame held its ninth-annual induction ceremony last Friday night, where five indi- viduals and four teams received honors: Scott Parker (1981), Andy Rodet (1992), Bruce Plaep (1972), Raelyn Robinson (2010), Caley Nordahl (2001), the boys 4x100-meter relay teams for 1996 and 1997 and the 1997 girls 4x100 relay state championship team. “If this was the very first year of the Siuslaw Hall of Fame, and you look at the inductees we have tonight, it’s unbelievable,” said Siuslaw’s Athletic Director and Hall of Fame Chairman Chris Johnson. “We have the best shot putter in school history, arguably the best football player in school his- tory, the only person to win two horizontal jumps in school history, one of the greatest athletes that I’ve ever seen coached, probably the greatest distance runner in school history and four unbelievable relay teams … The fact that it took nine years to get you here has nothing to do with how great you are — it just has to do with the rich tradition of Siuslaw Athletics. It’s unbe- lievable.” Current shot put coach Max Perry introduced 1972 alumni Bruce Plaep, the three-sport athlete who played football, basketball and track, in which he still holds the record for shot put (51-1). “As a young thrower grow- ing up in Florence, I remem- ber hearing the legend of the Siuslaw boys shot put record. People wanted it broken,” Perry said. “Chris Johnson’s first year as a track coach offered any thrower who broke the school record a steak dinner, and I really wanted that steak dinner … Hundreds of people attempt- ed this challenge, but they all failed. In the years since Bruce set that record of 52 feet, 1 1/2 inches, Siuslaw has thrown its strongest ath- letes at it. We’ve had numerous all-state foot- ball players, future colle- giate all-Americans, all comers doing their best to break the record for that steak dinner. It’s withstood so many assaults over the years and remains unbroken.” As Plaep came up to give his speech, Perry hand- ed him a gift certificate for a steak dinner as the crowd laughed. “Forty-seven years ago — 17,250 days ago — I threw that throw,” Plaep said. “I’m really shocked to see that it’s still standing, especially with some of these bigger kids that have gone through. ... I’m honored and thank you very much.” Former football coach Steve Galbraith introduced Scott Parker, who was a standout on Siuslaw’s 1981 2A championship football team. “His sophomore year, I thought to myself, ‘This kid is going to be something See HOF 2B Tomorrow last day boat anglers can keep cabezon Aug. 19 2:42am / 6.3 3:31pm / 6.3 PHOTOS BY JARED ANDERSON/SIUSLAW NEWS Siuslaw 2010 graduate and state championship runner Raelyn Robinson gives a speech during last Friday’s ninth-annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony; 1972 graduate and state champion shot put thrower Bruce Plaep (below) was also among those inducted. 9:41am / 0.9 10:20pm / 1.5 Sport anglers fishing from boats can no longer retain cabezon effective 12:01 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 16. This restriction does not impact shore-based fishing. The boat-based recreational harvest of cabezon is approach- ing the quota, so prohibiting retention of this species is nec- essary to keep total year-end impacts within the 16.1-mt quota. Anglers have been encoun- tering more cabezon this sum- mer and the average weight is up again this year. Those fish- ing from shore may still retain a 1-fish sub-bag limit of legal sized cabezon (16 inches or greater). Sport anglers fishing from boats who catch a cabezon after Aug. 15 need to release it. Cabezon have an excellent survival rate (93 percent) when released. Unlike rockfish, cabe- zon do not have a swim bladder, and therefore do not suffer from barotrauma (expansion or rup- ture of the swim bladder when fish are brought up from deep waters) that can cause stress, in- jury and sometimes death. Most released cabezon sur- vive and even reproduce again. HWY 101 LAKEFRONT Level - Lake view and lake frontage property. Septic approved, water rights reserved and utilities available. Beautiful quiet spot on the lake. Great location to live, work, and play. 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