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2B | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2019 | SIUSLAW NEWS Viks from 1B But Wartnik didn’t seem too concerned with final tallies, instead focusing on how well the kids did. “Elijah LaCosse also had a standout performance,” he said of LaCosse, who finished second in the 145- lb. bracket, losing 5-3 in the finals to a 2018 3A state champion. “The match was out- standing,” Wartnik contin- ued. “Elijah never stopped moving, never gave up. His Siuslaw from 1B said. “I’ve seen it before with younger kids, or kids who are just coming into the varsity level. P-Hill had the same thing for some of their guys, but they had other guys that played a lot of basketball that stepped up for them. You see it every year with kids going it the varsity level — which is a big jump.” Friday was the Viks’ first away game, which had local fans out in force to Fishing from 1B has been light. 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 north coast aggregate (Necanicum River to Salmon River). No wild Coho retention for the 2019 season. SILETZ RIVER: Fall Chinook, summer steel- head Fall Chinook fishing on the Siletz River continues to be slow with the low, clear, and cold conditions. Fish will start to stage in the estuary again waiting for the next big rain event. With no considerable rain in the extended forecast, expect more of the same until we get a weather change. Fish are now spread throughout the Siletz River from the estu- ary up to the deadline located at Illahee boat ramp. Summer steelhead fish- ing continues to be slow on the Siletz and the sea- son is winding down and almost done for the year. There are a few fish being caught in the lower gorge area and fishing pressure continues to be very low. Hatchery fish are released at Twin Bridges and Moonshine Park. Many anglers fish the upper “gorge” area for these hard-fighting fish. Bobber fishing with jigs/ bait, casting lures, and drift fishing are great tech- niques to catch a Siletz summer steelhead. 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 week- days. If anglers do walk in, they can park at the one- mile gate and start from there. SILTC O OS & TAHKENITCH LAKES: warmwater species, cut- throat and rainbow trout Warmwater fishing is slowing down on Siltcoos and Tahkenitch and is done for the season. Many warmwater fish will go into their winter hibernat- ing behavior as the water temperatures cool down for the winter. Siltcoos also gets performance was partic- ularly impressive consid- ering that Elijah had been pinned by the same person a week prior at an all-com- ers meet on the OSU cam- pus.” Also finishing second was Christian Newlan in the 195-lb. division. “He had a pair of impres- sive wins to make the finals and wrestled with great en- ergy in the finals,” Wartnik said. “Unfortunately, he made some bad choices in the championship match. Otherwise, it would have been much closer. With a few adjustments, Christian could beat the boy he lost to.” Then there was Hayden Muller, who took fourth place at 138 pounds. “Hayden Muller was amazing,” Wartnik said. “She beat a pair of boys to make it to the semis — pinned them both. In the semis, she fought to the end and scored the last two points of the match. She just didn’t have enough technique to pull off a win. Still, she showed that she can wrestle with the boys and win. She injury-de- faulted her last match because she tweaked a knee early in the day. The coaching staff decided not to risk anything worse. But she should be back for this weekend.” Hunter Petterson, a freshman, took fifth and “showed improvement over the course of the day,” Wartnik said. “He did a good job listening.” Bailey Overton “wres- tled tough but had the mis- fortune of being in [Ma- son Buss’] small bracket,” said Wartnik. “Her only matches were against the two toughest Central Linn wrestlers who battled Ma- son.” He also praised JC Gen- try, stating that the sopho- more “wrestled very well. It looked like he was going to win in the 5th- 6th-place match, but he overran a pinning combination and ended up on his back.” Finally, Wartnik said that sophomore Jesus Garcia “wrestled great” and got his first-ever varsity win with a major decision over Co- quille. “It was in that match where Jesus took his oppo- nent down eight times in a row,” Wartnik said. “That was very impressive.” Today and tomorrow, the Viks will be on the road at the North Bend Invita- tional. Tuesday, Siuslaw will be at home to host a three-way duel with Reed- sport and North Bend. First match is set for 5:30 p.m. in the Siuslaw High School main gym. support the Billies’ first game of the season. “It’s a primetime game, there’s more people in the crowd, there’s the newspa- per, as well as video people there,” Perry said. “The kids want to do well, so they put a lot of pressure on themselves and at times that can backfire when you’re thinking too much on the basketball court instead of just playing.” The pressure can lead to overthinking, which then leads to mistakes. The Viks were missing shots that they would normally hit while scrimmaging, and “I think we were pressing a little bit,” Perry said. When the team doesn’t hit, the errors get stuck in their head, which is made worse when a team is trailing “We were just trying to play catch up all the time, and when you’re doing that, it just doesn’t play into your favor,” said Perry. While Perry said any season can start out rough, things eventually work themselves out. “You just have to go through those hard times where you’re learning,” he said. “It’s still the same game, it’s just basketball. It’s not any different. You just have to take a deep breath and play. Stuff is going to go bad, that’s how it is.” The Viks will have plen- ty of opportunities in the next few weeks to gain the experience needed for a high-pressure game. They’ll be attending a weekend-long tournament starting Saturday, preceded by Thursday’s away game at Harrisburg. “I suspect that they’ll step up and they’ll improve,” Perry said. “It’s just part of the process. It’ll get better. Just keep con- tinuing to support them and give them confidence. That’s what they need. They can’t get too down on themselves. We just need to build them up and get them prepared.” On the girls’ side, the loss spread was lower, as junior post Gracie Freudenthhal lead the night was 8 points, 16 rebounds and 2 steals. She was followed by senior Mia Collins with 6 points and 8 rebounds, and junior Break Blankenship with 5 points and 1 steal. The Vikings will have a busy weekend, first with a Thursday away game at Harrisburg (Lady Viks at 5:45 p.m. and the boys at 7 p.m.) Then, Friday and Saturday, there’s the Junction City/Harrisburg tournament, which will see the teams playing a host of games to prepare for the season. stocked rainbow trout, check the stocking sched- ule for numbers and dates of stockings. Coho fishing has been slow in Siltcoos and Tahkenitch so far this year. The dry, clear, and cold weather pattern will slow the number of fish coming into the lakes, but it should pick up when the next big rainstorm comes in. After the next big rain event the fishing should be good through November and into December. Reminder: Retention of wild Coho is still allowed for the 2019 season, 1 wild adult Coho per day (as well as 1 jack per day) and 5 adult Coho for the year in aggregate with Siltcoos, Tahkenitch and Tenmile Lakes. WILSON RIVER: Chinook The rains early this week should have gotten fall Chinook moving upriver and throughout the fishery. Although past the peak of the run, the Wilson is known to get some late fish and there will be a few bright Chinook well into December. Anglers are reminded that this year’s bag limit for wild Chinook is 1 per day and 5 per year from the North coast aggregate (Necanicum River to Salmon River). Trout fishing closed Oct. 31. YAQUINA RIVER: Fall Chinook Fall Chinook fishing has been good on the Yaquina River but slowed down last week. Low, clear, and cold conditions this week will have fish staging in the upper tidewater waiting for the next rain event. With no rain in the extended 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. TENMILE CREEK: Trout Trout fishing is closed in rivers and streams until May 22, 2020. TENMILE LAKES: Trout, warmwater species, largemouth bass Bass fishing has been good on Tenmile Lakes. Anglers are catching most of the bass along the deep- er weedlines and sub- merged trees. Yellow perch will start transitioning from the weed lines to the deep-wa- ter mud flats in the next few weeks. Most of the fish are under 10-inches long but there are a few 12-inch- plus fish being caught. Trout anglers continue to troll for trout. A few trout have been caught on bait by anglers targeting yellow perch. UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH: CLOSED, begin- ning Sept. 16 The mainstem South and all tributaries close to all fishing on Sept. 16 as part of the annual closure to protect salmon. The South opens again Dec. 1. PACIFIC OCEAN AND BEACHES: Bottomfish, salmon, halibut, surfperch Bottomfishing is now open to fish at all depths. Fishing for lingcod and rockfish was very good this past weekend. Many anglers caught big lingcod while fishing out past 40 fathoms. The daily bag limit for marine fish is 5 plus 2 lingcod. The harvest of cabezon along with copper, quill- back, and China rockfish are now all closed to boat anglers. Shore anglers will still be able to harvest these rockfish species (but are encouraged to release them) and 1 cabezon a day. Anglers may also choose to fish the offshore long- leader fishery outside of the 40-fathom regulatory line, which is open year- round. The longleader fishery has a daily bag limit of 10 fish made of yellowtail, widow, canary, blue, deacon, redstripe, greenstripe, silvergray, and bocaccio rockfish. No other groundfish are allowed and offshore long- leader fishing trips cannot be combined with tradi- tional bottomfish, flatfish or halibut trips. Find information about a long- leader setup here. Ocean salmon fishing is closed. Halibut fishing is now closed. BOTTOM FISHING: The bottomfish fishery is open at all depths. The General Marine Species bag limit is 5 fish; a sepa- rate bag limit allows reten- tion of 2 lingcod. Retention of cabezon, China rock- fish, copper rockfish, and quillback rockfish is pro- hibited; the quotas for these species have been reached. Retention of yelloweye rockfish is prohibited by all anglers. PACIFIC HALIBUT: Halibut fishing season is closed. OCEAN SALMON: Seasons now closed. 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