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WEDNESDAY EDITION | AUGUST 21, 2019
Viking football fans get first look during jamboree Aug. 30
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.
With a full day of competi-
ton scheduled for the jambo-
MIKE SMITH PHOTO
ree, and the Viks suiting up for
their first game less the follow- ing Friday (Sept. 6) on the road at Elmira, the Viks’ traditional
The Vikings will play against
Pleasant Hill, Bandon and
Marshfield at the upcoming
jamboree
Blue & Gold Night won’t take
place this year.
“After long consideration, we
decided to cancel the Blue and
Gold Game this Saturday,” said
new head coach Sam Johnson.
“We had to make a decision
that was in the best interest of
our players. We decided
See
JAMBOREE 2B
Calendar
ODFW R EGIONAL F ISHING
R EPORT
Aug. 24
• Vik football
Blue & Gold game
canceled
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
Aug. 29
• MHS volleyball
hosts Falls City
3 p.m.
• SHS volleyball
at North Bend
7 p.m.
• MHS football
at Lowell Jamboree
6 p.m.
Aug. 30
• Vik football
SHS Jamboree/BBQ
Hans Petersen Field
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
(BBQ 11 a.m. - 2p.m.)
Tide Tables
Entrance Siuslaw River
JARED ANDERSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
Siuslaw sophomore Arrianna Brown and freshman Jullian Norton practice their cheer-
leading moves in preparation for the fast-approaching fall sports season.
Gearing up to cheer
their fundraising and stunts
to talk about why they joined
cheerleading.
Before cheer, Wells was a
yearbook editor who was
focusing on her grades.
“That’s my life. I wanted
something completely differ-
ent than anything I’d ever
and your throat starts to close
up. Being a cheerleader, you
have to be loud and smile
Senior Amelia Wells is just
through the whole thing.
starting her first year of cheer.
That’s going to be difficult
She joined the squad because
and scary to see all those peo-
she just wanted to try some-
ple and keep them excited.”
thing new.
But she’s not going to let
“I’m going to be Senior
those fears stop her.
Class President
“Becoming a class
and I worked at my
president is the same,
T BRINGS PEOPLE UP AND
job for a year and a
you step up and you
half, so I was get-
do it,” said Wells.
TOGETHER T S A PART OF
ting bored,” she
For
Sydney
said. “I was like,
Hilderbrandt, shyness
E TALK AS A TEAM WE is the least of her con-
‘let’s try something SOMETHING
new, something
cerns.
LAUGH AS A TEAM
fun, let’s do cheer-
“Being really loud
leading.’”
and excited, that’s my
WE ARE A TEAM
The
Siuslaw
thing,” she said. “I did
High
School
gymnastics when I
cheerleading
— Brooke Olson, cheerleader was little and I started
squad has been
doing cheerleading a
working hard this
little after sixth
summer on perfecting its done before.”
grade.”
dances for the season, with
And it also helped her
She took a break to focus
the first home football game being in front of people.
on school, “but I was sitting
set for Sept. 20, when the
“I was really shy,” Wells around the house, just like, so
Vikings host Newport. In said. “I didn’t want to be in lazy. I needed to get active. I
preparation, the cheer squad front of crowds, I’m not like went to PE and stuff, but I
has been practicing five days that. My biggest fear about had nothing to do and I was
a week, four hours a day, cheerleading is having all like, ‘Why am I wasting my
from 8 a.m. to noon. But those people watch me. Your
today, they took a break from heart goes into your chest
See CHEER 2B
B Y J ARED A NDERSON
Siuslaw News
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Low Tide
Aug. 21
4:09am / 5.5
4:36pm/ 6.3
10:13am/ 1.4
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6:15am / 4.7
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7:38am / 4.6
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9:00am / 4.8
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11:00am / 5.7
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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
See
FISHING 2B
Rannow advances to qualifying round of Champions Tour
Ocean Dunes Golf Links golf
pro Bob Rannow has been busy
on the greens this summer, and
not just in Florence. Rannow,
50, played in the U.S. Senior
Open this past June in South
Bend, Ind., where he carded a
71-74—145 during two rounds
at the Warren Course at Notre
Dame.
Ultimately, Rannow missed
Bob Rannow
the final cut by just four strokes,
he had been one of only two golfers to move on a from the
qualifier held in Woodburn,
Ore., earlier that month.
Now, Rannow is on the road
again, this time to qualify for
the Boeing Classic on the PGA’s
Champions Tour. He teed off
Tuesday during a 32-player
qualifying round at High Cedar
Golf Course near Ortig, Wash.
The tournament opened
Monday and continues through
Subday at The Club at Sno-
qualmie Ridge in Snowqualmie,
Wash.
En route to qualifying for
the tour last Thursday, Ran-
now scored five birdies, 11 pars
and two bogeys for his round,
posting a 3-under-par 68 and
earning the day’s best score out
47 golfers in the prequalifying
round.
The top five golfers from last
Thursday’s one-day match ad-
vanced to yesterday’s tour qual-
ifier.
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