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Klampe wins 2 tournaments in one weekend
Local golfer brings back excitement for youth golf in Florence
By Zac Burtt/Siuslaw News
Siuslaw News
Sports &
Lifestyle
SPORTS
CALENDAR
Siuslaw and Mapleton
All events subject to change
September 11
• SHS Cross Country:
Ash Creek XC Festival at
Western Oregon University
— 9 a.m.
• MHS volleyball vs. Myrtle
Point at Riddle — 1:30 p.m.
• MHS volleyball at Riddle
— 3 p.m.
• SHS volleyball at North
Bend — 6:30 p.m.
September 13
• SHS Soccer vs. Tillamook
— 6:30 p.m.
September 14
• MHS Volleyball vs. Crow —
6 p.m.
September 16
• SHS Soccer vs. Pleasant Hill
— 6:30 p.m.
• MHS Volleyball at Mohawk
— 6 p.m.
Tide Tables
Florence golfer Ryan Klampe
swept both age 14–15 boys di-
visions at two Oregon Golf As-
sociation junior golf events in
Florence the weekend of Aug.
24 and 25, winning the Flor-
ence Junior at Florence Golf
Links and also finishing on
top of the Joe English Ocean
Dunes Junior at Ocean Dunes
Golf Links.
Klampe battled gusty winds
at the Florence Junior at Flor-
ence Golf Links on August
24. He started off strong with
a birdie on the first hole, then
remained consistent, staying
even on all but two holes to
finish the front 9 just 1-over
par.
The first hole of the back
9 gave him trouble. Facing a
long par 4 with hazards on
both sides, along with strong
winds, Klampe knew he had a
challenge.
“I was like ‘don’t go to the
left’ and ‘don’t go to the right’.
See GOLF page 3B
Local 14-year-old golfer Ryan Klampe won both OGA junior golf tournaments held in Florence
Aug. 24 to 25.
‘We want to take advantage of every little thing we can in a football game’
Siuslaw football team plans to do things different than the rest
By Zac Burtt
Siuslaw News
Like kids everywhere, high
school athletes in Florence are
hoping the 2021-22 sports year
is something like normal. A full
slate of games, the standard rules
for their sports and high fives all
should be back for this year.
Florence’s football team may
look like they’re getting back to
normal, but when they take the
field this season, their opponents
will find the way Siuslaw does
things is different than almost
any other high school team in
the state.
Football teams do everything
in their power to avoid turning
the ball over to their opponent.
The Vikings take it one step fur-
ther. Not only do they want to
avoid turnovers like fumbles and
interceptions, Coach Sam John-
son and his team have no inter-
est in giving their opponents the
ball, even on kicks.
“The game of football is as old
as time and has been played, es-
sentially, the same since the be-
ginning,” Johnson explains about
the sport that originated in the
1860s. “Most teams play tradi-
tional football. They kick the
ball to the other team. They try
and kick it deep and then they
play defense. We’re different in
that we treat kick-offs and punts
like turnovers. We’d rather not
ever give the other team the ball,
ever.”
Conventional football wisdom
says on fourth down on your side
of the field you punt the ball. Siu-
slaw has analyzed the numbers
and they see it different. As far as
the Viking coaching staff is con-
cerned if they punt 5 times, all
season, that’s too much.
“We want to take advantage
of every little thing we can in a
football game,” Johnson said.
“Why would I ever give the other
team the ball if I can keep it and
have another chance to score?”
What about after the Vikings
score? The rules say you must
kick the ball. That doesn’t mean
you have to kick it to your oppo-
nent.
“Normally, when you kick the
ball off to the other team, you try
to kick it deep, and you play de-
fense. If we’re kicking the ball off
to another team, we’re saying, in
essence, ‘Here you go, here’s your
chance,’ In a competitive atmo-
sphere, why would I ever give the
other guy a chance to beat me?”
asked Johnson.
Football coaches are notori-
ously conservative. Whether it’s
to avoid embarrassment or just
a firm belief in sticking with
tradition, most coaches only
onside kick when their team is
trying for a desperate comeback
or when their back is against the
wall. Johnson and his team plan
to do things different.
“We go into each game with
an analytical approach. Why
wouldn’t we onside kick the ball
every time?” Johnson asked.
“Let’s say we recover one out of
every three onside kicks. That
means our opponent recovers
the other two. If they score at the
standard rate of 50 percent of the
See FOOTBALL page 2B
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
September 11
4:36 a.m. / 5.6
10:29 a.m. / 1.2
4:35 p.m. / 6.8
11:29 p.m. / -0.1
September 12
5:39 a.m. / 5.1
11:14 a.m. / 1.8
5:21 p.m. / 6.7
September 13
12:32 a.m. / 0.0
6:54 a.m. / 4.8
12:09 p.m. / 2.4
6:17 p.m. / 6.5
September 14
1:43 a.m. / 0.0
8:21 a.m. / 4.6
1:23 p.m. / 2.8
7:25 p.m. / 6.3
September 15
2:59 a.m. / 0.0
9:46 a.m. / 4.8
2:51 p.m. / 2.9
8:42 p.m. / 6.3
Time
Out
By Coach Lloyd
Little
Retired teacher,
coach
& game official
With more than 55 years
as an athlete, coach, par-
ent and spectator, Lloyd
Little shares what he’s
learned about sports from
his multiple points of view.
Golfer wins PNW Senior PGA Championship
On Sept. 3, Bob Rannow
of Ocean Dunes Golf Links
in Florence won the PNW
Senior PGA Championship
presented by Cadillac and
supported by Golf Channel,
John Deere and the PGA
TOUR by one stroke over
Tony Robydek of Meadow
Park GC at Rainier Golf &
Country Club.
In addition to Ran-
now and Robydek, Mark
Knowles of McCormick
Woods GC, Greg Manley
of Meridian Valley CC and
Monte Hanson of Bend
GC qualified for the 2021
Senior PGA Professional
Championship presented
by Cadillac, held Oct. 21 to
24 at PGA Golf Club in Port
St. Lucie, FL.
Final results of the PNW
Senior PGA Championship
are posted to 2021secse-
niorpga.golfgenius.com.
School
Spirit
During the fall, there is
a spirit assembly for each
home football game. It is
during these assemblies
when you can get an idea
of how much support
your school sports pro-
grams have.
During homecoming
week, there are spirit ac-
tivities during lunch time
each day. There is com-
petition between the four
classes each day. The mall
Siuslaw
JV downs
upriver
rival
Mapleton
Varsity
Volleyball
hosts Siuslaw
Jr. Varsity
By Zac Burtt
Siuslaw News
Area resident Bob Rannow represented Ocean Dunes Golf Links on Sept.
3 in the PNW Senior PGA Championship.
area is divided into four
sections, with each class
assigned a section to dec-
orate for homecoming
week. On Friday, there’s
a homecoming assembly
filled with activities.
The students love it
when the teachers partic-
ipate in spirit week activ-
ities.
In 1979, more than 20
faculty members dressed
up in black garbage bags
representing
grapes.
We sang and danced to
the music “I Heard it
Through the Grapevine.”
One year, during an air
band competition, the
faculty presented lead
singer John Risner sing-
ing “Johnny Be Good,”
with Mr. Affinito and Mr.
Little on back-up guitars.
The skit would not be
complete until both back-
up guitars did the “Back
to the Future” backslide
across the gym floor.
Homecoming week and
spirit week are just two
weeks in the school year.
The real test of school
spirit is in the number of
students attending home
games. Not only attend-
ing those games, but ac-
tively participating in the
cheers led by the cheer-
leaders at those games.
Players in the game will
appreciate the vocal sup-
port of their fellow stu-
dent body members.
Do not let a mask pre-
vent you from attending
and yelling support for
your team. Each Viking
and Sailor team member
has worked hard to be
successful in their sport.
Your attendance and sup-
port may be just the thing
they need to win the
game.
Go Viks! Go Sailors!
Siuslaw JV d Mapleton
25-18, 25-9, 25-17
After Alsea cancelled
their Mountain West vol-
leyball match with Ma-
pleton on Sept. 7 because
of COVID exposure, the
Siuslaw junior varsity team
jumped at a chance for an
extra game.
Sophomore Jolee Erick-
son rained down ace after
ace for the Vikings and Siu-
slaw swept Mapleton 3-0.
Mapleton’s game Thurs-
day at Siletz Valley was also
cancelled. The team has
two games scheduled today
in Riddle, one versus Myr-
tle Point and the other ver-
sus Riddle.
Siuslaw JV played at
Pleasant Hill on Wednes-
day night and though they
lost 0-3, varsity coach Kari
Blake was pleased how they
See JV DOWNS page 2B