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SN THESIUSLAWNEWS.COM WEDNESDAY EDITION | APRIL 14, 2021 | $1.00 Siuslaw completes sweep at state After sweeping the Sky-Em a week earlier, SHS cross country added both state titles last Saturday Siuslaw News Sports & Leisure Sports Calendar April 16 • SHS Baseball hosts Elmira/T-Lake 3 pm and 5 pm • SHS Softball hosts Elmira ZEAHNA YOUNG/SIUSLAW NEWS 3 pm and 5 pm Members of the Siuslaw's state championship girls and boys cross country teams climb to the awards stand following their sweep of the OSAA 4A State Championships last Saturday at Marist High School. April 20 By Zeahna Young Siuslaw News • SHS Track & Field hosts Sky-Em JV “You can't really beat that. It's one of those once-in-a-lifetime type of days for sure,” Siuslaw cross country coach Chris Johnson said of his teams’ final meet of the season, where both the boys and girls swept the OSAA 4A State Championships. Aside from both teams having runners place among the top 10 out of more than 80 runners in each race, both the boys and the girls teams came in first overall in the state. Johnson discussed how they felt 3:30 p.m. • SHS Baseball hosts Marshfield 5 pm • SHS Softball hosts Marshfield 5 pm Low Tide April 14 8:30am / 0.0 8:21pm / 2.4 April 15 2:13am / 7.1 3:28am / 5.9 9:05am / 0.0 8:52pm / 2.8 April 16 2:41am / 6.9 4:15pm / 5.6 9:43am / 0.2 9:25pm / 3.3 April 17 3:13am / 6.7 5:09pm / 5.3 fortunate, for one, just to be able to conduct the competition at the state level. “We were just really excited that we had a chance to do this,” said Johnson. “It's been such a rocky tumultuous time for everybody, so to get back to some semblance of normal was really exciting.” Johnson explained that, at the beginning of the season, there was concern over whether there was even going to be a state meet when the OSAA decided to give the culminating week back to the schools. “But I told them all along that we'd figure out a way to make this By Ned Hickson Siuslaw News Entrance Siuslaw River 1:47am / 7.2 2:46pm / 6.1 — Siuslaw coach Chris Johnson Viks serve cold bowl of redemption to Bulldogs Tide Tables High Tide "We've had some good teams and a bunch of league championships over the last few years. But we really haven't put together this kind of a race at a state meet." 10:27am / 0.4 10:04pm / 3.6 April 18 11:18am / 0.6 10:58pm / 3.8 Last Friday night was more than a chance to end the season on a high note when the Vikings took to the field to host visiting Sutherlin. After being chewed up by the Bulldogs on Senior Night for the past two seasons, 60-16 in 2018 and then 56-18 in 2019, Friday’s rematch was real- ly more of an opus for Siuslaw and its seniors, who orches- trated a mounting crescendo a NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS quarter-note at a time. In addition to seniors Elijah Members of the Vikings' defense take down a Sutherlin Blankenship at quarterback, receiver during Friday's final game of the season. receiver Skyler Loomis and linemen Christian Newlan and chance to serve up a hot bowl Camp Lacouture — both of Michael Shick (a newcomer of redemption to the Bulldogs, this season) all getting their last juniors Braydon Thornton and See SIUSLAW 5B Sailors top Mountaineers in farewell game April 19 4:43am 6.1 7:25pm / 5.1 12:19pm / 0.7 April 20 5:53am / 6.0 8:29pm / 5.3 12:16am / 3.9 1:26pm / 0.7 In its highest-scoring game of the season, Mapleton’s football team served a stunning defeat to the Falls City/Kings Valley Charter Co-op Mountaineers. Last Friday (April 9), the Sail- ors won 76-48 on a very special night, which celebrated Home- coming, six seniors playing their final season of Sailor football, as well as the final games for long- time coaches Jeff Greene and Brian Moore. Combined with Greene’s 20 years coaching at Mapleton, he and Moore have See MAPLETON 5B See CHAMPS 2B ODFW REGIONAL FISHING REPORT www.dfw.state.or.us/RR By Zeahna Young Siuslaw News 3:52am / 6.4 6:14pm / 5.1 thing happen,” said Johnson, who explained that each of the 4A leagues doing their part was what enabled them to even hold the event. “I think it's really great that all the rest of the 4A leagues were cooperative, and they held their district meets for qualifying pur- poses — and runners got to have what amounts to a regular state meet.” The only difference was that, for the first time in 50 years, the meet wasn’t held at Lane Community College. Instead, as with the previous week’s district NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS Mapleton senior JJ Neece ourtuns a Falls City defender during Friday's 76-48 rout of the Mountaineers. MID-COAST LAKES: Mid-coast lakes are full of trout and the fishing has been good. Many of the lakes have been stocked twice now and several oth- ers received stockings in mid-March. Here is a list of the lakes that have been stocked so far this year: Thissel Pond, Cleawox, Munsel, Mercer, Alder, Dune, Buck, Lost, Carter, Devils, Woahink, Elbow, Siltcoos, Eckman, and Big Creek Reservoirs #1 and #2. All of these lakes are sched- uled to receive more trout stockings in April as well. SIUSLAW RIVER: Winter steelhead Winter steelhead fishing continues to be slow on the Siuslaw and is slowing down for the season which closed March 31. Trout fishing in streams opens on May 22. Hatchery fish are also planted in Lake Creek and are released into Green Creek. These returning hatchery fish will start to show up in December and peak in January and February. Lake Creek closed to all fishing on March 31 and will open on May 22 for trout fishing. ALSEA RIVER: Winter steelhead Winter steelhead fishing continues to be slow on the See FISHING 2B HAPPY SPRING!! Looks like a fabulous week ahead of us. As of Monday for the last 7 days there were 13 new listings, but 6 of those were already pending and 1 sold before they came on the MLS. So that left 6 new residential listings. So if you’re thinking of selling your home, now is the time to start sprucing up your home. Maybe some nice landscaping for curb appeal, or some fresh paint inside and out. Decluttering is another thing to do and maybe make a few dollars by having a garage sale at the same time. Many people have sold their homes during a garage sale. If you need any help, give me a call. Remember to use a local realtor....it makes sense 100 Hwy. 101, Florence, OR • 541.997.7777 Lynnette Wikstrom Broker “We’re next to the Bridge.” lynnette@cbcoast.com · Cell: 541.999.0786 COAST REAL ESTATE
