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Calendar
Dec. 4
• SHS boys BB
hosts Newport
7:15 p.m.
• SHS girls BB
hosts Newport
5:45 p.m.
• MHS boys BB
hosts Lowell
7 p.m.
• SHS girls BB
hosts Lowell
5:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
Dec. 6
• SHS wrestling
at Harrisburg
Noon
Tide Tables
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
Dec. 4
6:21am / 6.3
5:42pm / 5.5
12:29pm / 3.4
Dec. 5
7:08am / 6.5
6:58pm/ 5.3
12:19am/ 1.6
1:35pm/ 2.9
PHOTOS BY JARED ANDERSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
Siuslaw wrestling coach Neil Wartnik talks about proper form during practice Monday.
G RAPPLERS SEE SOLID GROWTH AT S IUSLAW
B Y J ARED A NDERSON
Siuslaw News
“W
restling is a
sport of mas-
tery,” Siuslaw
Wrestling coach Neil Wartnik
said. “It’s the mastering of one
person against the other.
Who’s going to be the more
dominant person? There’s
nowhere to hide. We’re not
dressed in shoulder pads and
helmets. People see our face.
They see our bodies. That’s a
lot of pressure.”
As the crowd watches,
before the whistle blows, the
questions begin to swirl in
the wrestler’s mind.
“What’s this guy going to
do? You can’t control what
the other person is going to
do,” Wartnik said. “You can’t
control their strengths and
weaknesses, and you don’t
know how good they are. Or
maybe you do, and you pre-
pare for those strengths —
but then you get on the mat
and they developed a new
strength you’re unaware of.
You’re always battling that
sense of, ‘I don’t know what’s
going to happen.’”
Wartnik likens wrestling to
gymnastics, “only the bar is
attacking you, and it has the
ability to make you really
look bad,” he said.
To prepare for that, wres-
tlers have to be well-trained,
“and so knowledgeable in in
Siuslaw wrestlers will hit the mats for the first time this
season this Friday at the Harrisburg Invitational.
their own skin, so clear on
what their game plan is and
how they’re going to attack
situations, that they don’t
have to think about it.
Because you don’t have time
to think about it.”
Monday night, Wartnik
was sitting on a mat at Siuslaw
High School and talking
about the intricacies of wres-
tling. The team was packing
its bags and streaming out,
periodically asking Wartnik
about scheduling. They were
finishing up the first practice
since the Thanksgiving break
and the pressure of was on.
“Over the break, it’s always
weird. People are traveling,
people get sick,” Wartnik said.
“We had practices, but we
only had a fragment of the
group.”
On Friday, they’ll be com-
peting in their first tourna-
ment of the season at the
Deven Dawson Harrisburg
Invitational at Harrisburg
High School.
“As a coach, I’m thinking,
‘Friday, we wrestle our first
tournament. How can we get
ready when we’re not togeth-
er?”
He knows that it’s some-
thing that other teams in the
state are dealing with the
same issues, but it still feels
like a rush at the last minute
to prepare. But from what
Wartnik saw on Monday, the
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SHS 3B
Dec. 6
7:50am / 6.8
8:08pm / 5.3
1:12am / 2.0
2:30pm / 5.3
Dec. 7
8:27am / 7.1
9:09pm / 5.5
2:02am / 2.3
3:15pm / 1.6
Dec. 8
9:02am / 7.4
10:03pm / 5.8
Surfperch fishing to be topic of STEP meeting tonight
The Florence Salmon Trout
Enhancement Program (STEP)
meeting tonight, Dec. 4, will
feature local fishing expert Bill
Mumpower, who will show
how to — and where to go —
to catch Surfperch.
The ocean waves out our
back doors are home to many
different varieties of Surfperch
and the season is open all year.
Mumpower knows all the
different ways and places to
catch these tasty fish.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m.
at the Florence Elks Club, lo-
cated at 12th Street and High-
way 101.
All Florence STEP meetings
are open to the public.
MID COAST LAKES:
Stocking of the mid-coast
lakes ended in June. Check
the stocking schedule online
for dates and locations of
stockings. Some of the bigger
lakes have “hold-over” trout
and the fishing typically picks
up in the fall when these trout
are feeding to prepare for the
winter months ahead. In the
mid-coast these lakes include:
Olalla, Big Creek reservoirs,
Cleawox, Mercer, Munsel and
Siltcoos.
Warmwater fisheries are
slowing down for the year as
water temperatures cool
down.
SIUSLAW RIVER: Fall
Chinook
Fall Chinook fishing con-
tinues to be fair on the
Siuslaw River. The river is low
and clear and there are still
some fish in the estuary, but it
has been slow. Fish are still
holding in the upper tidewa-
ter areas waiting for the next
big rain event. Expect more of
the same until we get some
more rain.
Reminder: Lake Creek (a
tributary of the Siuslaw River)
is closed for the fall salmon
season to protect the forecast-
ed low number of returning
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).
No wild Coho retention for
the 2019 season.
ALSEA
RIVER:
Fall
Chinook
Fall Chinook fishing on the
Alsea River continues to be
slow with the low and clear
conditions. There are still
being some fish caught in the
estuary as fish start to stage
and wait for the next big rain
event. With little rain in the
10-day forecast expect more of
the same for the next few
weeks.
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
closed Oct. 31.
SALMON RIVER: fall
Chinook
Fall Chinook fishing has
slowed down on the Salmon
River with the low and clear
conditions. Most of the fish
have moved up and out of the
estuary headed for the spawn-
ing grounds and the run is
almost done for the year. A few
fish are still being caught in
the estuary and the pressure
has been light.
Due to low forecasted fall
Chinook returns, this year’s
daily bag limit has been
reduced to 1 wild Chinook
See
FISHING 2B
2:48am / 2.5
3:56pm / 1.0
KCST ANNOUNCES HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Dec. 9
9:37am / 7.8
10:51pm / 6.0
3:31am / 2.7
4:34pm / 0.3
Nov. 10
10:11m / 8.0
11:35pm / 6.3
4:12am / 2.9
5:11pm / -0.2
Coast Radio released
its 2019-20 high school
basketball broadcast
schedule this week as the
Siuslaw Vikings get
ready for their first
games of the season.
The station will use a
combination of four
broadcasters to cover 16
doubleheaders, includ-
ing all Far West League
games featuring both
boys and girls.
Former Siuslaw Boys
junior varsity coach
Ryan Stahel will join vet-
eran broadcasters Bob
Sneddon, Wayne Sharpe
and Randy Paredes to
help cover the majority
of the Viking’s boys and
girls games.
“We’re very pleased to
add Ryan to the sports
broadcast staff, KCST
General Manager Jon
Thompson said. “It’s a
chance to bring in some-
one who knows basket-
ball and knows our local
athletes. It’s a three
month season and his
addition helps spread
the workload.”
The schedule also lists
two Mapleton double-
headers that the station
hopes to carry.
Thompson said the
station still working
through the logistics and
sales efforts to cover the
Mapleton games.
The scheduled air-
time for games is 15
minutes prior to tip off.
I hope you all had a fabulous Turkey Day and enjoyed getting together with families and friends!
I know I did....thanks Pam and Jeanette for hosting a great get together!
Now we’re on to Christmas festivities with the tree lighting ceremony this Saturday from 3:30 to 6:30pm in Old Town.
Don’t forget to Shop Local.
Also at this time of year, we need to think about those in need.
Food Share and SOS are just a few that need us to support them.
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