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THESIUSLAWNEWS.COM
SATURDAY EDITION | OCTOBER 5, 2019
T IME
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By Lloyd Little
Retired teacher, coach and
game offi cial
Sports &
Recreation
With more than55 years as an
athlete, coach, parent and
spectator, Lloyd Little has gained
some insights and perspectives
regarding athletics. Each week,
he shares what he's learned about
sports from his multiple points of
view.
Calendar
Cornhole makes ESPN
Oct. 5
• SHS cross country
Woahink Inv.
V. Girls 12:30 p.m.
V. Boys 1:15 p.m.
• SHS volleyball
at J. City HS
6:30 p.m.
• MHS volleyball
hosts Riddle 11 p.m.
hosts C. Valley 2 p.m.
Oct. 8
• SHS volleyball
hosts Cottage Grove
6:30 p.m.
• MHS volleyball
hosts Alsea
6 p.m.
Oct. 10
• SHS football
at Marist
6:30 p.m.
• MHS football
hosts Oak Hill 4 p.m.
hosts Crow 7 p.m.
JARED ANDERSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
Siuslaw senior Mia Collins had 16 kills against Elmira last Tuesday night.
V IKS CLIP F ALCONS , SCRATCHED BY T IGERS
B Y J ARED A NDERSON
Siuslaw News
Siuslaw d Elmira
25-12, 25-19, 25-11
Junction City d Siuslaw
25-19, 25-12, 25-13
It was another 50/50 week
for Siuslaw volleyball as the
Vikings dominated visiting
Elmira, but fell to Junction
City on the road.
The crowds showed up in
force Tuesday night as the
Viks started their first set
with a commanding perfor-
mance, handily winning the
set 25-12 to sounds of
“boom” from the crowd
whenever senior Mia Collins
made a kill — 16 overall for
the night.
But the energy waned in
the second set, as the Falcon’s
focused on tipping the ball
rather than swinging. Still,
Siuslaw was able to hold on
for a 25-19 win.
By set three, the Viks had
figured out its defense,
beginning with a serve streak
that knocked the wind out of
the Falcons, who were unable
to recover. Siuslaw easily
took the third set 25-11,
securing the match win.
Standouts from the game
included Elissa Hurley with 6
kills and Kya Blake, who
served up five aces against
Elmira
Siuslaw’s fortune changed
while on the road later in the
week at Junction City on
Thursday night. The Tigers,
who came into the match on
a five-game winning streak,
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VIKS 3B
Tide Tables
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Siuslaw readies for first home soccer game
B Y J ARED A NDERSON
Low Tide
Siuslaw News
Oct. 5
6:42am / 5.6
5:49pm / 6.5
12:00pm / 3.5
Oct. 6
7:59am / 5.6
7:01pm / 6.1
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
3:15am / 0.9
3:43pm / 3.0
CAMERON JAGOE PHOTO
Oct. 9
10:38am / 6.2
10:14pm / 6.3
4:06am / 0.8
4:32pm / 2.4
Oct. 10
11:10am / 6.5
11:01pm/ 6.4
4:49am/ 0.8
5:13pm/ 1.9
Oct. 11
11:40am / 6.7
11:42pm / 6.6
5:25am / 0.8
5:49m / 1.4
When 14 Noel Hernandez was in elementary
school, he wasn’t much into soccer.
“My dad wanted me to try out multiple
sports, so I was doing basketball, tennis, soc-
cer,” he said. “Soccer was really hard for me
at the time. I wasn’t used to using my feet for
sports.”
So, Hernandez turned to sports like basket-
ball and football. But in his hometown of Palo
Alto, Calif., those were the unpopular sports.
“Most of the kids there played soccer. It was
next to Stanford campus,” which had become a
soccer haven ever since the school hosted the
World Cup in 1994.
“Everyone was playing,” Hernandez said.
“There were always teams that got a lot of fund-
ing. It was popular all the time. There was a
bunch of schools practicing, a bunch of soccer
Freshman Dezmond Anderson brings the
ball down for Siuslaw.
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SOCCER 3B
Cornhole is a game played
more and more in the back-
yards of America. I was in-tro-
duced to the game about fi ve
years ago by my son Brandon.
We were having a barbeque in
his backyard and out came two
wooden platforms and eight
bean bags. Th e game is similar
to horseshoes — but safer.
Th e object is to throw the
bean bags into a hole of an an-
gled landing board, with play-
ers alternating throws. A bean
bag going into the hole scores
three points. Your opponent
has an opportunity to cancel
your points by also throwing
a bag through the hole. Bags
landing on the board count one
point but can also be can-celled
by opponents landing on the
board. Th e games can be played
to any score you agree to be-
fore players begin; typically, the
games goes to 21 points.
How popular is the game of
cornhole? While channel
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LITTLE 2B
ODFW R EGIONAL F ISHING
R EPORT
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
MID COAST LAKES
Stocking of the mid-coast
lakes ended in June. Check
the stocking schedule online
for dates and locations of
stockings.
Warmwater fisheries is still
good in several lakes around
the Florence area including:
Siltcoos, Tahkenitch, Mercer
and Munsel.
SIUSLAW RIVER: Fall
Chinook, cutthroat trout
Fall Chinook fishing con-
tinues to be fair to good on
the Siuslaw. Last week’s rain
pushed some fish up into the
river but there are still plenty
of fish around in the estuary.
Anglers are catching fish on
each tide and it should con-
tinue to improve as we head
into October. The beginning
of September through the
month of October are typical-
ly 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
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FISHING 2B
C APE P ERPETUA REOPENS W EST S HELTER , V ISITOR C ENTER TO CLOSE O CT . 10
The West Shelter at Cape
Perpetua and the surrounding
section of the Whispering
Spruce Trail has reopened fol-
lowing restoration work com-
pleted by HistoriCorps in part-
nership with the Siuslaw
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HistoriCorps was able to
successfully preserve this pic-
turesque stone shelter, rebuild-
ing the roof system to its origi-
nal 1934 specification and
re-roofing the building using
cedar shakes.
Due to a planned power out-
age to complete powerline
work in the area, on Oct. 10 the
Cape Perpetua Visitor Center
will close at noon for the day.
The visitor center will reopen
the following morning at 10
a.m.
While the visitor center is
closed the surrounding area
viewpoints and trails will
remain open as usual, from
dawn to dusk.
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