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SN THESIUSLAWNEWS.COM WEDNESDAY EDITION | OCTOBER 2, 2019 ODFW R EGIONAL F ISHING R EPORT www.dfw.state.or.us/RR Sports & Recreation Sports & Recreation Calendar Oct. 3 JARED ANDERSON/SIUSLAW NEWS Mapleton junior JJ Neece runs for a touchdown with blocking from senior Nate Neece. • SHS volleyball at J. City HS 6:30 p.m. • MHS volleyball at Eddyville 6 p.m. Oct. 4 • SHS football hosts Harrisburg *League Opener 7 p.m. • MHS football at Oakridge 7 p.m. S AILORS BAG E LKS IN LEAGUE OPENER B Y J ARED A NDERSON Siuslaw News Mapleton: 52 Elkton: 6 It only took 11 seconds into the first quarter for the Mapleton football team to score in Friday’s league opener against Elkton. It was a blink-and-you’ll- miss-it moment; just after the snap to quarterback JJ Neece, Justyce Wierichs blocked Elkton’s sole rusher, and Neece stood for a moment, looking around. That’s when Nathaniel Neece came running up to block and JJ started running. Elkton attempted to catch up to him, but just a few sec- onds later, JJ had crossed into the endzone. The Mapleton Fire Department blared its siren just after the ref called the touchdown, and the siren blared again moments later as the Sailors made the two- point conversion. That scenario played out again and again throughout Friday night. By the time the buzzer rang out the end of the first half, Mapleton was up 44-0. At that point, the bench got to stretch out its legs on the field, eventually bringing in a win of 52-6 over the Elks — with the Sailors main-taining the momentum toward an unde- feated season. JJ Neece led the game with 12 rushes for 311 yards, four rushing touchdowns and one pass. Phillip Burnett led the defense with 10 tackles, two sacks and one fumble recovery. Friday, the Sailors (2-0, 4-0) will be on the road at Oakridge (0-1, 2-2). Kick-off for Friday’s game against the Warriors is set for 7 p.m. Oct. 5 • SHS cross country Woahink Inv. V. Girls 12:30 p.m. V. Boys 1:15 p.m. Tide Tables Entrance Siuslaw River High Tide Low Tide Oct. 2 3:24am / 6.8 3:11pm/ 8.0 9:09am/ 1.6 9:59pm/ -0.5 Oct. 3 4:22am / 6.3 3:56pm / 7.5 9:57am / 2.3 10555m / -0.2 10:52am/ 3.0 11:57pm/ 0.3 1:05am / 0.6 1:21pm / 3.6 Oct. 7 9:07am / 5.8 8:14pm / 6.0 2:14am / 0.8 2:40pm / 3.4 Oct. 8 9:58am / 6.0 9:20pm / 6.1 Siuslaw News 12:00pm / 3.5 Oct. 6 7:59am / 5.6 7:01pm / 6.1 B Y J ARED A NDERSON Vikings: 48 Pioneers: 46 Oct. 5 6:42am / 5.6 5:49pm / 6.5 Vik sophomore Camp LaCouture breaks free with blocking from freshman Ian Sissel. Viks pick up win over Pioneers Oct. 4 5:28am / 5.9 4:48pm/ 7.0 MIKE SMITH/FOR SIUSLAW NEWS 3:15am / 0.9 3:43pm / 3.0 It wasn’t an easy win for the Siuslaw football team Saturday against the McLoughlin Pioneers, but “a win is a win is a win,” Viks coach Sam Johnson said. It was a close battle throughout for the Viks, in a game which saw the score seesaw throughout. “Yes it did,” Johnson said, explaining how the game went down to its last sec- onds, with a score of 46-48. The Pioneers were looking to make a two-point conver- sion to tie the game up. “They got it and we had to make a stop,” he said. “Time expired as they completed a pass. We tackled out of bounds — and the game was over. So, it was really nice. The win is what matters.” The win capped off the Viks pre-league run with a three-win streak, and in boosting morale among the players and the fans, the wins certainly do matter. But as the preseason comes to a close and the Viks look toward actual league play, the successes of Siuslaw football are still, well … up in the air. “I still think we’re still the underdogs in everything that we do,” Johnson said. Giving the Viks hope is not so much the fact that they won games, but whom they won them against — the 3A Viks team has only played 4A teams in the pre- season, and the success has given the Viks a boost in confidence. “I love it,” Johnson said about playing. “It gets us teams that are bigger, faster and stronger, which is what you want in the preseason. Let’s go play the best teams in the state in any division.” Johnson hasn’t been shy See MID COAST LAKES Stocking of the mid-coast lakes ended in June. Check the stocking schedule online for dates and locations of stockings. Warmwater fisher- ies is still good in several lakes around the Florence area including: Siltcoos, Tahkenitch, Mercer and Munsel. SILTCOOS & TAHKENITCH LAKES: Warmwater species, cutthroat and rainbow trout 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 con- tinue to be good through the summer and into the fall. Siltcoos also gets stocked rainbow trout, check the stocking schedule for num- bers and dates of stockings. Coho fishing is currently closed in Siltcoos and Tahkenitch lakes but will open on Oct. 1. SIUSLAW RIVER: Fall Chinook, cutthroat trout Fall Chinook fishing con- tinues to be fair to good on the Siuslaw. The recent rain should continue to move fish into the system and spread them throughout. The begin- ning of September through the month of October are typ- ically the best times to catch a Siuslaw River Chinook. Due to low forecasted fall Chinook returns, this year’s daily bag limit has been reduced to 1 wild Chinook per day and 5 per year for the mid-coast aggregate (Siletz River to Siuslaw River). Lake Creek (a tributary of the Siuslaw River) will be closed for the fall Chinook season to protect the forecast- ed low number of returning fish. No wild coho retention for the 2019 season. Trout fishing in streams is open until Oct. 31. Late sum- mer and fall are typically good times to target sea-run cut- throat in the Siuslaw River. Check the regulations for open areas and gear restric- tions. ALSEA RIVER: Fall Chinook, cutthroat trout Fall Chinook fishing on the Alsea River continues to improve. The recent rains and change of weather has stirred things up and the fishing has been fair to good. Expect more fish to enter the system with each tide and push up the river with the big rain- storm this week. The first few weeks in September is typical- ly when the fishing improves and it will continue to get bet- ter as the season progresses. Due to low forecasted fall Chinook returns, this year’s daily bag limit has been reduced to 1 wild Chinook per day and 5 per year for the mid-coast aggregate (Siletz River to Siuslaw River). No wild coho retention for the 2019 season. Trout fishing in streams is open until Oct. 31. 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