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April 21
• MHS Track & Field
hosts Mapleton Inv.
4 pm
NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
Siuslaw junior shortstop Bailey Overton slides ahead of the throw to steal home during last
Friday's doubleheader with visiting Elmira/Triangle Lake.
April 23
• SHS Baseball
at Marist 3 and 5 pm
• SHS Softball
at Marist 3 and 5 pm
• SHS Track & Field
Coast Inv. at Siuslaw
4 pm
April 27
• SHS Baseball
hosts J. City 5 pm
• SHS Softball
hosts J. City 5 pm
• SHS Track & Field
at C. Grove 4 pm
Tide Tables
Siuslaw bats well in second game
By Zeahna Young
Siuslaw News
Siuslaw: 7 Elmira: 13
Siuslaw: 4 Elmira: 11
“The Siuslaw Vikings’ offense
showed much improvement
since the loss against Cottage
Grove on Tuesday (April 13),”
coach Sean O’Mara said of his
softball team’s performance at
last Friday’s doubleheader at
home versus Elmira.
The Falcons were able to
defeat the Viks in both games,
with the final scores coming to
7-13 and 4-11. However, offen-
sively the team is already show-
ing great strides in improving
its hitting percentage, with a
combined total of 16 hits and 11
runs for the evening.
Particularly notable for the
evening was senior Adri
Edwards, who went 4-for-8 at
the plate, with 1 RBI and 4 sto-
len bases.
Elmira started out strong,
scoring 6 runs in the first inning
to Siuslaw’s 3. But the Vikings
came back in the second inning
with 3 more runs, tying the
game and not allowing the
Falcons to score again until the
fifth inning.
In that inning, the Falcons
pulled ahead, scoring 3 more
runs to Siuslaw’s 1. The Viks
were unable to score any more
runs in the first game, while
Elmira scored 4 additional runs
in the final two innings —
bringing the final score in favor
of Elmira, 7-13.
In scoring, Siuslaw junior
Bailey Overton had a double
that led to a run, fellow junior
Hayden Muller also had a
standout performance in the
first game, hitting 2-for-4 and
scoring 2 runs, knocking in a
pair of RBIs and stealing 1 base.
Junior Maggie Manning
pitched the entire game to
Edwards, racking up three
strikeouts.
Said O’Mara, “Overall, I was
quite pleased with the offensive
turnaround the team was able
to make as a result of the last
two days of focused practice.
We made some pretty signifi-
cant gains from last Tuesday to
Friday.”
Going into the second game,
O’Mara switched up pitchers,
bringing in freshman Cate
Waggoner, who picked up two
strikeouts in the game.
O’Mara also discussed the
movement towards playing a
short game in the second
match-up, as third base wasn’t
being covered as thoroughly as
other areas of the field.
See
SIUSLAW 2B
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Viks swing into the night against Elmira
Low Tide
April 21
7:14am / 5.9
9:20pm / 5.7
1:44am / 3.6
2:29pm / 0.6
By Zeahna Young
Siuslaw News
Siuslaw: 7 Elmira: 22
April 22
8:32am / 6.0
10:01pm / 6.1
2:58am / 3.1
3:25pm / 0.4
April 23
9:39am / 6.2
10:38pm / 6.7
3:57am / 2.2
4:14pm / 0.3
April 18
10:40am / 6.6
11:13pm / 7.3
4:47am / 1.2
4:58pm / 0.4
April 19
11:36am 6.8
11:49pm / 7.9
5:35qm / 0.3
5:41pm / 0.5
April 20
12:30pm / 7.0
6:21am / -0.7
6:23pm / 0.9
April 17
12:26am / 8.4
1:23pm / 7.0
7:07am / -1.3
7:05pm / 1.2
On Friday (April 16), the Vi-
kings’ baseball team faced off
against Elmira/Triangle Lake’s
team at home. It was a hard-
fought game, but the Falcons
were able to come out ahead,
finishing the game after the
sixth inning and winning 22-7.
Lead-off on the mound for
Siuslaw was Elijah Blanken-
ship, who had pitched in the
previous game against Cottage
Grove, with Jason Garcia once
again behind the plate. Ac-
cording to coach Tom Shinn,
“We are still looking at differ-
ent combinations on the field.
I had planned on looking at
him [Blankenship] behind the
plate in this series previously.”
The Falcons took the lead
early, finishing the first inning
ahead 6-3. However, in the
second inning, the Viks were
able to tie things up by scoring
an additional three runs and
holding the Falcons scoreless
in the inning.
Siuslaw also executed well
on defense in the second in-
ning. After an attempted
squeeze bunt by Elmira, which
NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
Siuslaw senior Clay Kramer takes a swing at the plate as the
Vikings took on the Falcons in last Friday's home opener.
the batter missed, the Vikings
were able to tag out the base-
runner advancing home from
third base.
In the third inning, the Fal-
cons pulled ahead by one run
and, in the fourth inning,
Blankenship was relieved by
Isaac Garza after four total
strikeouts.
Elmira scored three more
runs in the fourth inning to
Siuslaw’s one, putting the Fal-
cons up 10-7.
Unfortunately, the Viks did
not bring home any more run-
ners for the remainder of the
game.
In the fifth, Elmira kept
swinging hard, scoring three
See
VIKS 3B
It is time again to “chip
in for the cause” during the
11th Annual Siuslaw Open
to benefit Siuslaw Out-
reach Services (SOS).
The Siuslaw Open —
presented by Oregon Pa-
cific Bank, Florence Den-
tal Clinic, PeaceHealth,
Banner Bank and Mehlum
Family Foundation — is
one of the premier golfing
events in Florence.
This year's tournament
will be held Saturday, May
22, at Florence Golf Links,
which features open, Scot-
tish-style fairways.
“General Manager Nik
Remer and his staff have
made the planning an en-
joyable process the past
couple of years and we are
excited to be back at FGL.”
said SOS Executive Direc-
tor Bob Teter, who added
that that the tournament
committee and FGL staff
are taking every reasonable
precaution to protect golf-
ers adapted to state Covid
mandates.
For example, there will
be no shot gun start this
year. Teams will have as-
signed tee times. Golfers
will be provided with hand
See
GOLF 2B
ODFW REGIONAL
FISHING REPORT
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
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
Alsea. The recent rain
improved the conditions
and the fishing picked up a
bit. Overall, it continues to
be slow and the run is
winding down for the year
as we head into April.
Although it has been a slow
year there are still fish to be
caught in the system
See
FISHING 3B
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