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THESIUSLAWNEWS.COM WEDNESDAY EDITION | JANUARY 29, 2020 | $1.00 ODFW R EGIONAL F ISHING R EPORT www.dfw.state.or.us/RR Sports & Recreation Calendar Jan. 30 • MHS Basketball At Mohawk Girls at 5:30 p.m. Boys at 7 p.m. Jan. 31 • SHS Basketball At J. City Boys at 5:45 p.m. Girls at 7:15 p.m. • MHS Basketball At Triangle Lake Girls at 5:30 p.m. Boys at 7 p.m. • SHS Wrestling At Cottage Grove TBD (Cont. Feb. 1) JARED ANDERSON/SIUSLAW NEWS Siuslaw junior guard Brea Blankenship scored 6 points against Marshfield on Friday. L ADY V IKS NEARLY SINK P IRATES B Y J ARED A NDERSON Siuslaw News Marshfield d Siuslaw: 29-34 As Siuslaw girls’ basketball team went up against Marshfield at Siuslaw’s Glenn Butler gym on Friday night, the crowds were going wild as the third quarter began with the Viks up by 3 points. “It’s fun when it’s a close game,” coach Ashlee Cole said. “We struggled coming out of the gate the first quar- ter, our shots just weren’t dropping. But in the second quarter we came back and started making our shots. We were actually 100 percent on our free throws.” Tide Tables Entrance Siuslaw River High Tide Low Tide Jan. 29 3:03am / 6.7 2:31pm / 6.5 8:55am / 2.7 9:05pm / 1.0 With the lead at the half- time buzzer, Cole stressed the importance of offense in the locker room. “Our biggest issue right now is not being able to exe- cute our offense,” Cole said. “I talked about that in the locker room and how, for the first time, our defense wasn’t as good as it was in the past. So, we changed a few things up on defense and came out and showed that a little more.” The Viks came out strong during the third period, step- ping up their defense and sinking a few key shots. Marshfield fought back in what became a tug-of-war in the third, the cheers from the crowds almost deafening as each team sank a shot or nabbed a steal. “We won the third quarter, and that’s been our goal every time we talk,” Cole said. “Come out and win the third quarter. If we can’t do that, then it’s going to be tough ride the rest of the game.” Siuslaw outscored the Lady Pirates 10-6 in the quarter, moving ahead 20-19. When the fourth quarter buzzer rang, the crowds were on their feet. “We had a struggle holding the lead,” Cole said of the fourth period, where Marshfield rallied to tie the game — with Siuslaw doing See VIKS 4B V IKINGS KEEP IT CLOSE WITH P IRATES B Y J ARED A NDERSON Jan. 30 3:37am / 6.7 3:17pm/ 6.0 Siuslaw News 9:42am/ 2.6 9:38pm/ 1.5 The Siuslaw boys basketball team lost two home games in a row last week — to Marist and Marshfield — two teams that Vikings coach Dylan Perry described as “definitely the two best opponents in our league.” Against Marist, Siuslaw started out strong. “We played back and forth through most of the first half,” Jan. 31 4:12am / 6.7 4:12pm / 5.5 10:36am / 2.5 10:14pm / 2.2 Feb. 1 4:50am / 6.7 5:22pm / 5.0 11:37am / 2.3 10:56pm / 2.8 Feb. 2 5:34am / 6.8 6:46pm / 4.8 Siuslaw News Feb. 3 The Siuslaw wrestling team had a stellar week at the Sky- Em and Bay City dual meets on Friday and Saturday, with the Viks winning eight of the nine matches they competed in. “Our team wrestled very well all through the weekend, especially our experienced wrestlers,” coach Neil Wartnik 1:48am / 1.4 Feb. 4 7:19am / 7.2 9:23pm / 5.3 couldn’t get out of.” The Viks ended up losing by 17 points. Still, Perry praised his team’s effort in the game, pointing out that it was a huge improvement over last year’s 27-point loss against Marist. “But our guys aren’t satis- fied with improvement — we want to win,” Perry said. “We understand that we have to win these games for the See VIKINGS 3B Siuslaw pins solid weekend on mats 12:43am / 1.9 11:51pm / 3.4 B Y J ARED A NDERSON 6:24am / 7.0 8:12pm / 5.0 Perry recalled. “We executed our game plan and defensive strategy on some of their good players. I thought we did a good job and ran our offense well.” But as the third quarter rolled around, the Viks began slipping on execution. “We made some mental mistakes and unforced turn- overs, taking shots that weren’t as good as we wanted to take,” Perry said. “Those two things kind of dug us a deficit that we 12:59am / 3.7 2:47pm / 0.9 said. “The biggest individual performance was turned in by Matthew Horrillo, who was undefeated on the weekend and defeated the No. 2-ranked (4A) 285-pounder from Hidden Valley [Christopher Woods].” Yoskar Delamora also went undefeated over the weekend, while Christian Newlan, Elijah LaCosse and Mason Buss all going 8-1. “Ryan Jennings and Hunter Petterson wrestled well too, going 5-1 and 4-1 respective- ly,” said Wartnik. On the girls’ side, Bailey Overton and Hayden Muller were crowned Sky-Em weight class champions, while Arrianna Brown placed sec- ond place. Team-wise, Siuslaw won the Sky-Em Dual meet over- all, beating out Cottage Grove See MID COAST LAKES Stocking of the mid-coast lakes will start up again the first week of February. Check the stocking schedule online for dates and locations. Lakes that are scheduled to be stocked in February include: Alder, Dune, Carter, Lost, Elbow, Cleawox, Munsel, Siltcoos, Thissel Pond, Big Creek Reservoirs, Olalla Reservoir and Devils Lake. Warmwater fisheries are slowing down for the year as water temperatures cool down. SIUSLAW RIVER: Winter steelhead Winter steelhead typically show up on the Siuslaw River in December and peak January through March. Fishing has been fair so far this year but should get better as the season progresses into January. The river will be high and off color after this week’s rain- storms but will be dropping back into shape next week. There will be good opportuni- ties for boat and bank anglers around the popular Whitaker Creek area. Steelhead fishing has been slow so far this sea- son but should pick up with forecasted rainstorms. SILTCOOS & TAHKENITCH LAKES: Coho Coho fishing closed Dec. 31 in Siltcoos and Tahkenitch lakes but both will be stocked with trout in February. Check the ODFW website online for stocking dates and locations. TENMILE LAKES: Trout, warmwater species, large- mouth bass bass anglers will need to slow down their pre- sentation as the water tem- peratures continue to drop. Anglers are catching most of the bass along the deeper weed lines and submerged trees. Yellow perch are cruising on the deep-water mud flats. Most of the fish are under 10-inches long but anglers are catching a few 12 inch-plus fish. Trout anglers continue to troll for trout. A few trout have been caught on bait by anglers targeting yellow perch. UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH: Steelhead The mainstem South has reopened. Fishing usually picks up in January and there should be a few around in the lower sections. The river may be in decent shape with some rain in the forecast. Make sure to turn in snouts from hatch- ery fish for a chance to win a gift card. ALSEA RIVER: Winter steelhead Winter steelhead fishing has been fair over the last few weeks. After the recent rain- storms anglers caught fish throughout the system, all the way up to the hatchery locat- ed on the NF Alsea. Dry conditions have slowed fishing again this last week but forecasted rainstorms should get fish moving throughout the system again and create better conditions for winter steelheading. When the river starts to drop back into shape there will be good opportunities for both boat and bank anglers. The NF Alsea offers good bank access for the bank angler. The Alsea River receives SIUSLAW 3B See FISHING 5B 280 RHODODENDRON DR. Very rare in town architecturally designed home on the river w/ a 30 ft dock. Throughout the home are custom touches from solid cherry cabinets, maple floors that radiate heat, to Brazilian tilework. 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