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MYRTLE POINT — Delays in construction at Myrtle Point High School have given the district’s students an unexpected extended summer vacation.

When construction began on the high school the last week of June, it was slated for completion before Tuesday, the first day of school. Now, however, the entire district won’t resume classes until Sept.

16, said superintendent Bruce Shull.

Planning for the high school’s seismic and HVAC upgrades began a year ago and bidding recruitment began in May. The project was supposed to be “substantially completed” by Aug. 30, according to Chambers Construction’s specs.

But several delays mean construction won’t be completed and allow students to return to the school until October.

“But teachers are flexible and kids are resilient,” said Jennifer Sweeney, principal of the high school.

Shull said sub-contractor recruitment, asbestos abatement and the substantial amount of infrastructure upgrades all led to a slow-moving project. And when crews began digging to place the main power switch gear and transformer, they found a 70-year-old fuel tank, which Pacific Power said has to be removed for safety reasons.

On Aug. 13, the school board voted to delay school almost two weeks.

In the end, it comes down to dollars, Shull said, and it would have cost more to expedite the process than to let it run into the school year. Paying construction crews overtime would have tacked another $200,000 onto the bill.

“I didn’t think that was a good use of district money,” he said. “That’s a substantial cost and I don’t want to do that if we don’t have to.”

But the project is still over budget, he said. With the unexpected fuel tank discovery and several other change orders, the bill ran up to $3.2 million. But Cham-

COOS BAY — Federal agents are now actively involved in the investigation of an explosive device found at the Prayer Chapel in downtown Coos Bay on Tuesday afternoon and are weighing whether to take over the case.

“We’re actually working jointly with Coos Bay police,” said Holly Fauerso, a spokeswoman for the FBI’s Portland field office.

“The bombing could fall under state laws or under federal laws under Title 18.”

Title 18 of the U.S. Code gives federal law enforcement broad jurisdiction over explosives and arson investigations, including church arsons, which were specifically criminalized under the Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996.

An FBI agent and specialists from Oregon State Police assisted local law enforcement in disarming the device just hours after emergency personnel responded to a report of a fire at the location.

In a press release Wednesday, Capt. Chris Chapanar of the Coos Bay Police Department said the device was discovered by firefighters arriving at the chapel shortly before 5 p.m., after a passing beverage delivery man noticed smoke coming from inside the building.

Firefighters had the blaze contained within an hour, and the building incurred no

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Myrtle Point School District superintendent Bruce Shull stands in the chemistry classroom at the school Wednesday. Behind him are the school’s offices. Summer renovation work is taking longer than thought, delaying the start of classes until Monday, Sept. 16.

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Inside the gym at Myrtle Point High School, the seismic retrofit is being done. The wooden beams are being reinforced with steel rods and laminated sheeting and the structure is being strengthened where windows used to be on the wall.

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COQUILLE — Could there be a another mosquito problem after the completion of the Winter Lake Marsh Project?

Some living near the proposed project believe it will be another Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, with clouds of mosquitoes plaguing the area.

Coos County commissioners listened to residents’ concerns Wednesday at an emergency work session. The project covers 407 acres of the Beaver Slough Drainage District’s 1,702 acres, near Roseburg Forest Products.

The project, part of which will add three or four muted tidal regulators, is in its design and bid stage for engineering, according to Tim Walters, with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Walters said residents shouldn’t be concerned about having the same mosquito outbreak as Bandon.

“If we have a problem at a specific (water) level, we’ll change it,” Walters said in a phone interview Wednesday. “If we see a mosquito problem, we’ll fix it.”

Walters said one of the adjacent properties, Beaver Slough, regularly flooded and had no mosquito problem.

Sharon Waterman, a landowner near the

Kitzhaber may call special session

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PORTLAND — Saying “it’s time to call the question,” Gov. John Kitzhaber told state lawmakers on Wednesday to prepare for a potential special session of the Legislature to deal with tax and pension questions.

The governor said he’ll only call lawmakers back to Salem on Sept. 30 if it’s clear he’ll find success with his push to cut pension costs and increase tax revenue.

“Time is short,” Kitzhaber said in a statement. “Unless we act now, students returning to school this week will continue to face cuts in the classroom.”

Kitzhaber has been trying for months to reach a deal that would raise revenue to boost funding for schools and mental health treatment while lowering the cost of public employee pensions. Kitzhaber said

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Schools, pension cuts would be on agenda he’s also committed to including support for small businesses — a key demand from Senate Republicans.

Kitzhaber said he’s meeting with House and Senate leaders from both parties this week in hopes of securing a deal that would lower long-term pension costs by $5 billion and secure $200 million in new revenue.

A successful compromise will require support from both parties because the Democratic majority in both chambers doesn’t have enough votes to raise taxes without some support from Republicans.

“There is still a lot of work to be done to determine if the votes are there,” said House Speaker Tina Kotek, D-Portland.

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Senate President Peter Courtney, DSalem, said he’ll work as hard as he can to find a compromise that can win passage.

“There’s a lot at stake. We can have a longer school year and smaller classes. We can have dedicated funding for mental health,” Courtney said in a statement. “We can do this.”

Rep. Mike McLane, the House Republican leader, said Oregon needs leadership on reforming the Public Employees Retirement System, and he hopes Kitzhaber can provide it.

“If he can’t, our schools and public safety will suffer,” McLane said.

Kitzhaber told The Associated Press he’s travelling to Washington on Monday to meet with Anthony Foxx, the new U.S. Department of Transportation secretary, about a proposed light-rail and Interstate 5 bridge linking Oregon and Washington.

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Anti-NDAA crowd protests outside The World “They mocked grassroots democracy.”

Mary Geddry, Coquille-area blogger

THE WORLD COOS BAY — Approximately two dozen protesters took up residence outside The World’s offices in downtown Coos Bay on Wednesday to protest what they say was the denigration of community activists by the newspaper.

Coquille-area blogger Mary Geddry said the protest was sparked by The World’s June 10 and Aug. 13

editorials, which argued against the passage of a county resolution opposing sections of the National Defense Authorization Act. “They mocked grassroots democracy,” Geddry said Wednesday.

The editorials argued that while the act — which allows the government to indefinitely detain “enemy combatants” on U.S. soil — was troubling, opposing it wasn’t county business.

By Lou Sennick, The World

Tom McKirgan salutes a passing car in front of The World newspaper offices on Commercial Avenue on Wednesday afternoon. A local organizer for the Oathkeepers, the group was protesting two editorials published this summer about the National Defense Authorization Act and the group’s attempt to get Coos County commissioners and other local elected officials behind their efforts to put pressure on the federal government to rescind the measure.

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Sept. 3, 11:16 a.m., criminal trespass, 500 block of Shorepines Vista.

Sept. 3, 12:23 p.m., theft of gas, 1800 block of North Bayshore Drive.

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Sept. 3, 1:49 p.m., theft of mail, 300 block of Laclair Street.

Sept. 3, 2:18 p.m., theft of bike, 500 block of Commercial Avenue.

Sept. 3, 2:38 p.m., dispute, 100 block of South Wasson Street.

Sept. 3, 3:50 p.m., hit-and-run collision, 1000 block of South First Street.

Preschool open house tomorrow evening Cartwheel’s Preschool Open House is scheduled 6:30-7:30 p.m. Sept. 6 at Faith Lutheran Church, 2741 Sherman Ave., North Bend. Refreshments will be served and financial assistance is available.

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Sept. 3, 9:02 p.m., dispute, 500 block of South Ninth Street.

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Sept. 4, 7:59 a.m., prowler, 3300 block of Tidewater Drive.

Sept. 4, 8:08 a.m., shots fired, 600 block of Central Avenue.

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Sept. 3, 10:49 p.m., harassment, 800 block of West 15th Street.

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Sept. 3, 11:05 a.m., dispute, 2100 block of Harrison Avenue.

Sept. 3, 1:54 p.m., theft of cell phone, 2100 block of Hamilton Avenue.

Sept. 3, 2:39 p.m., theft, 400 block of O’Connell Street.

Sept. 3, 3:30 p.m. criminal mischief, 600 block of Tower Street.

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Sept. 3, 10:11 a.m., dispute, 91000 block of Hedge Lane, Coos Bay. Sept. 3, 10:15 a.m., fraud, 90000 block of Travis Lane, Coos Bay. Sept. 3, 10:46 a.m., dispute, 92000 block of Cape Arago Highway, Coos Bay. Sept. 3, 1:14 p.m., burglary, 97000 block of state Highway 241.

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TODAY Singles Bowling 9:15 a.m., North Bend Lanes, 1225 Virginia Ave., North Bend.

“The Gift of El Tio” Authors Presentation 7-8:30 p.m., North Bend Public Library, 1800 Sherman Ave., North Bend. True story of the discovery of silver in Bolivia and a 400-year-old prophecy.

FRIDAY Mother of All Garage Sales 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 1554 Sherman Ave., North Bend. Across from Ashworth’s Market. Proceeds benefit Orco Arts “The Guild” after school program. 541-2979256 or ckluther@hotmail.com Country Flea Market 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Greenacres Grange Hall, 93393 Greenacres Lane, Coos Bay. Food available. Proceeds from the event benefit the grange.

Downtown Coos Bay Wine Walk 5-7:30 p.m. Start at Top Shelf Liquidators, 275 N. Broadway second floor, suite G or Coos Bay Visitor Information Center, 50 Central Ave. Map & glass $10. Proceeds benefit CASA and Boys & Girls Club of Southwestern Oregon. 541269-1222 ext. 248 Cartwheel Pre-School Open House, 6-30-7:30 p.m., Faith Lutheran Church, 2741 Sherman Ave., North Bend.

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Port Orford Farmers Market 9 a.m. to noon, corner of Eighth and U.S. Highway 101, Port Orford. 541-287-2000 Get Ready Coos Bay 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Coos Bay Fire Department, 450 Elrod Ave., Coos Bay. Cosponsored by Northwest Natural Gas. Gold Beach Brew and Art Festival noon to 10 p.m., Event Center Fairgrounds, 28798 U.S. Highway 101, Gold Beach.

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Contact Doreen Nielson at 541490-1593 or GoldBeachBrewArtFest@yahoo.com Free Roller Skating 3-5 p.m., Snoddy Memorial Gymnasium, Bay Area Church of the Nazarene, 1850 Clark St., North Bend. Skates provided for all ages. Children must be accompanied by parent or guardian.

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Silent and live auction. 541297-7126 Breaking the Barriers Concert 7 p.m., Coquille Community Church, 625 E. 10th St., Coquille. Donations accepted to benefit Coquille Food Bank and the Roever Foundation.

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Pony Village Mall, 1611 Virginia Ave., North Bend. Wear your best hat and bring your best tea cup. Cost is $5. 541756-0433 Carol and Franklin Turner Art Opening 1-3 p.m. Evergreen Court, O’Connell St., North Bend.

MONDAY Nature Printing Society Market Night 7-9 p.m., Oregon Institute of Marine Biology dining hall, 63466 Boat Basin Road.

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TUESDAY Women of the Word Interdenominational Bible Study 9:30 a.m., St. James Episcopal Church, 210 E. Third St, Coquille. Newcomers are warmly welcomed. For more information, call Perle at 541396-5599.

Armchair Film Adventure — “7 Days” 2 p.m., Coos Bay Public Library, 525 Anderson Ave., Coos Bay. Refreshments served. 541-269-1101

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North Bend brush pickup announced NORTH BEND — Brush pickup for residents of North Bend starts Sept. 16. City officials remind the public of several requirements: ■ Brush must be out prior to first day of pickup. Please do not put brush out more than two weeks prior to Sept. 16.

■ Brush must be in a single pile, no bigger than 5 feet in length.

■ Brush must be out next to the curb free from overhead obstacles, fire hydrants and other obstacles. Remember to keep a clear path for pedestrians along the sidewalk.

■ One pile per address.

Group piles are not allowed.

■ Brush must not exceed 5 cubic yards. More than 5 yards can be taken, but prior arrangements must be made.

■ No grass clippings, sod, dirt, loose leaves, plastic bags, bailing twine or other materials, which are not appropriate for grinding.

■ Additional brush will be billed at $8.50 per cubic yard during brush pickup.

■ After scheduled brush pickup concludes, fee for brush is $10.50 per cubic yard plus trip fee.

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Foundation Grant applications have been available online since Aug. 2. Deadline for submission is Sept. 13.

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Naval Sea Cadet Corps hosts seminar NORTH BEND — The Neil A. Colomac Battalion of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps will hold a recruiting

seminar at 5 p.m. Sept. 21 at the Coast Guard Air Station in North Bend.

The Sea Cadets is a youth organization modeled after the U.S. Navy and trains cadets in a variety of military specialties. The Sea Cadets are looking for outstanding people between the ages of 11 and 17.

To attend the seminar, contact Will Kerr at LTJGKerr@yahoo.com. To learn more about the NSCC, visit www.SeaCadets.org.

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Congress should weigh in on Syria Our view The President is correct to seek Congressional approval on Syrian intervention.

What do you think?

The World welcomes letters. Email us at letters@theworldlink.com.

The situation in Syria grows more desperate each day. But God knows Americans are sick of war.

Since Sept. 11, 2001, we’ve been engaged in some kind of conflict on Mideast soil. We used to enmesh ourselves in Middle Eastern affairs under the guise of maintaining defense postures against the former Soviet Union, while all the while protecting petroleum sources for the West.

Now, the specter of actual self defense hangs over everything. If they can gas their own people, could

they turn on us, as well?

The power of the president to intervene in these tense situations unilaterally has become almost a norm, especially during the George Bush administration. We say we seek support and participation of allies, and we march in sometimes under the banner of the United Nations.

But it still has come down to the decision of the elected Commander in Chief.

Apparently not this time.

President Barack Obama is seeking congressional approval to intervene militarily to stop the carnage

currently decimating the Syrian people. The intervention could come in degrees, but he's looking for Congress's blessing to take any measures at all.

We applaud him, but not because we believe the office of the President should be restricted.

We applaud him because it's time for Congress to share the responsibility — especially for the American people.

At this point in our history with war, any additional effort to work our will in the Middle East should come with full

knowledge and approval (even grudgingly) of all of us. And we can do that through our elected representatives.

And with our region's large population of active duty personnel and veterans, no one cares about what may be in store for our troops more than we do.

Mr. Obama won't win with the haters no matter which way he goes. So forget placating those people.

Obama's ability to saberrattle isn't the issue here.

The issue is following the sentiment of the people — via Congress.

College of the absurd in session Junior and Missy’s parents are driving them 12 hours away from their hometown to The University of Getting Out of My Parents’ House. Sure, there are plenty of local community colleges and state schools they could have attended, but then they would have to come home every night to live with those stupid cash machines who raised them. They’d sooner marry someone their parents hate than live at home another day.

And they will, but first Junior and Missy will have to waste $200,000 getting useless degrees in Binge Drinking and Hooking Up, or as colleges and universities like to call it, “Communication Studies.”

The hotels this week are full and the stores are packed with college freshmen and their parents shopping for just the necessities, the things you really need to get good grades in college — full-length mirrors, hairdryers, juicers and JIM Keurig coffee machines.

All the things the parents MULLEN wished they had when Humorist they went to college but couldn’t afford. Junior and Missy won’t be staying in a dorm, silly; their parents have bought them a condo near campus where they can really crack the books — and host nightly beer pong parties.

What is truly stunning is how plain it is that the incoming freshmen cannot stand being in the presence of their parents. It’s as if the parents, especially the moms, are wearing an invisible force-field that smells like skunk. If their teenager gets too close to them, the kid’s nose wrinkles and their eyes go rolling. You can read the expression as if it were on a banner in foot-high letters over their head: “Why can’t you just give me all the money I need and leave? I can do everything myself!”

Everything, that is, except earn the money that makes the whole scam possible. The parents don’t seem to notice that all their buying isn’t making the kids love them more; if anything, it makes the rift bigger. Parents are tossing money down a deep hole of resentment that gets deeper with each dollar spent.

What would the freshman class look like if they had to spend a year or two working before they could run away from home: if they were required to pay for some of their own tuition, instead of working for that year or two after they flunk out freshman year? What if college entrance requirements were teacher and employer recommendations instead of SAT scores?

Sure, everybody wants to go to a “good” school, to go to their first choice, but is the math they teach down the street any different than the math they teach far away?

Is Geology 101 different at Harvard than it is at UCLA? Is biology different in Nebraska than it is in Florida? If it is, something’s very, very wrong.

Why is there an English department at any school? If you got an 800 on your SAT, it’s a good bet that you already speak English. For all that money, shouldn’t you be learning something you don’t know? Say, French, Farsi or Finnish? What are you going to do with that English degree? Teach English to people who already know it? That must be tough. How did Shakespeare and Dickens ever get by without one? How did they make it in life without ever studying Shakespeare or Dickens? Or maybe they did because they never went to college.

Still dying to get a degree in Pop Culture from some Ivy League school? Go to community college for two years and then transfer over. You’ll still get your high-status scroll and you’ll also have saved enough money to have a big, splashy wedding to someone your parents despise. That’ll show them.

Jim Mullen is the author of “Now in Paperback!” and “Baby’s First Tattoo.”

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Public Forum Not pleased with Elliott forest sale With grave concern I read of a proposal to sell 2,714 acres of Elliott State Forest land because timber sales are temporarily held up in court. I am an adjacent land owner to the Elliott and have strong opinions on the matter.

The timber industry has long wanted to convert this public forest, the patrimony of the people of Oregon, to private ownership. The argument this time assumes the state will lose the court cases, which they say will result in the entire Elliott being classed as a marbled merlot nesting site, preventing timber sales anywhere in the Elliott ever again. That, of course, is pure hysterical nonsense calculated to generate anti-environmental emotion.

Meanwhile, the timber is growing, adding value every year. It is sucking carbon out of the atmosphere and replacing it with oxygen and providing other

environmental benefits.

But jobs are lost you say? Yes, and if the land is sold it will provide employment for a few loggers for a few weeks or months.

After that, the public (and the public schools) will never receive another dime from it nor will there be jobs there.

Compromises will in time be made and timber sales in the Elliott will resume. But if the land is sold, none of those changes will accrue to the benefit of the public schools which is the point of Elliott timber sales in the first place.

Lionel Youst Allegany

Forget spray, save bees Coos Bay Beekeepers work to keep bees alive, to pollinate our food supply. Aerial spray over Coquille River Marsh to kill mosquitos may also kill bees.

Spray will settle over everything.

Bees bring pollen from trees and plants back to the hive to feed

their brood. Better to forget spray, fill the ditches and put cows back on the fields. Natural control is best and will help the bees.

Patti and Hal Strain Myrtle Point

Another idea for Mingus park Cross at Mingus Park idea: What about taking the cross down and putting up a bronze spread eagle? It would solve all the problems and money for a lawsuit. It still would have the meaning for our lost men. No more fighting.

Joan Whiteside Coos Bay

Cameras could catch vandals Were Bashar al-Assad's troops responsible for killing innocent Syrians with poison gas? Or was this a false flag operation conducted by Assad's enemies intending that others (notably President Obama)

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would assume it to have been ordered by Assad?

Similarly, were opponents of the cross in Mingus Park responsible for recent acts of vandalism therein, or have these also been false flag maneuvers conducted by defenders of the cross?

This writer is disappointed that apparently no surveillance cameras have been installed in Mingus Park to catch the vandals.

Michael J. Gonsior Coos Bay

It’s not just one judge It didn’t take long for Montana District Judge G. Todd Baugh to apologize.

On Monday, he handed down a sentence of 30 days (actually it was 31, but he gave him credit for having served one day already) to a former high school teacher convicted of raping a 14-yearold student — who committed suicide while the criminal case was pending. Explaining the result, he focused on the victim, saying she was “older than her chronological age” and “as much in control of the situation” as the adult teacher rapist.

By Wednesday, it was a national story. Protests had been planned, and organizers were demanding his resignation.

In a letter to the local paper, the judge apologized. But his apology was as eye-opening as his sentence. While recognizing that his remarks were “demeaning of all women,” and that a 14year-old “obviously” cannot consent (under the law, 16 is the age of consent), “I think that

people have in mind that this was some violent, forcible, horrible rape. ... It was horrible enough as it is just given her age, but it wasn’t SUSAN this forcible ESTRICH beat-up rape.”

So there it Columnist is.

The girl was, by the judge’s own assessment, a “troubled youth” of 14. She obviously couldn’t consent. But since this wasn’t, at least in the judge’s view, “a forcible beat-up rape,” he figured the man had already suffered enough.

Now, the easy answer is to assume that this is just one “outlier” judge with a crazy view of rape that he is probably regretting even as he tries to defend himself. If I believed that, I wouldn’t be wasting your time here. Judges make all kinds of

mistakes that don’t deserve public attention.

But I don’t believe that for a minute. In the last election, remember, we had a member of the House, a major party nominee for Senate, opining about how “legitimate rape” victims don’t get pregnant.

I wrote a book about this nearly 30 years ago. It is called “Real Rape.” It focuses on one of the painful lessons that I learned as a victim: that people were willing to accept that I was “really” raped only after I described the “forcible beat-up rape” I’d endured.

But what about all the other rape — rapes without weapons, rapes of girls too young or not competent to consent? Rapes of women by men they know and do not dare say no to? Are those somehow not “real” rapes?

In the 30 years since, men and women across the country have worked hard to change the way rape laws are written and enforced to recognize that you

can be raped without being beaten up; that force takes many forms; that there can be no consensual sex where one party cannot consent as a matter of law. Progress has been made, but clearly not enough.

What U.S. Senate candidates and judges blurt out are not thoughts that they alone have.

How can it be that we are still fighting this fight after so many years?

What harm is there in being absolutely clear to those who would have sex with people they don’t know or can’t trust that they should take no chances and err on the side of no sex? Unromantic? Maybe. But rape isn’t very romantic, either.

The fact that the problems I was grappling with nearly 30 years ago continue to have resonance in law school classrooms and in courtrooms and in Senate races is something I never would have predicted.

And so we fight on.

Thursday,September 5,2013 • The World • A5

Obituaries and News of the West OBITUARY

Medford police say attacker waited in bushes before fatal stabbing MEDFORD (AP) — An attacker who stabbed a woman to death in front of neighbors over the weekend was waiting in nearby bushes when she returned home, police said.

The assailant caught Maria Guadelupe Rodriguez, 38, from behind on Sunday night, and she died outside her apartment, the Medford Mail Tribune reported Wednesday.

“There was no question that he was lying in wait,” Police Chief Tim George said.

Police said they captured Jose Valencia-Gaona, 45, of Medford, shortly before noon Wednesday and jailed him on a murder charge.

Officers said his street name is Pepe, and investigators believe he knew the victim, possibly from a past relationship.

Neighbor Roderick Hawkins said his girlfriend saw the attack and began screaming.

“I came out the door and was running up to help when the guy popped

out and swung the knife at me. He was going to cut me,” Hawkins said.

Hawkins said he dodged the swipe and ran. The assailant caught Rodriguez from behind, he said.

“I thought she was right behind me and we were going to get away,” Hawkins said. “But he must have choked her or stabbed her before I got there because she wasn’t moving very fast.”

Neighbors said they began yelling for help and ordering the man to

Sharon (Prosa) Kibby Aug. 6, 1944 - Aug. 26, 2013

leave, which he did while threatening to kill them, the newspaper said.

“One guy was going inside his house to get his gun, but the guy was gone before he got back,” Hawkins said. “If I hadn’t seen him in time, I would have been the second victim.”

Neighbors said Rodriguez worked two jobs and was a kind and gracious neighbor. She is survived by a son who lives in Alaska and a daughter who lives in Eugene, police said.

MAX train lifted to rescue woman pinned beneath PORTLAND (AP) — A 65year-old woman who fell in front of a light-rail train Thursday morning was pinned beneath it, extracted and then taken to the hospital in critical condition.

The Oregonian reported she was trapped between the undercarriage of the MAX train and the tracks.

Firefighters used hydraulic jacks to raise the train and removed a section of its front bumper to free her.

Police said she fell in front of the westbound train as it entered a station between the Lloyd Center Mall and the Rose Quarter on the city’s northeast side.

The TriMet transit agency said the accident delayed morning commuters, and shuttle buses were pressed into service to carry lightrail passengers around the accident scene.

Marion County sued for putting 6 dogs to death SALEM (AP) — Two Salem residents accused of having dangerous or nuisance dogs and then acquitted have sued Marion County for putting the six animals to death.

The Salem Statesman Journal reports that Lonnie Anderson and Jacqui Shimmin seek $402,000 — $2,000 for their defense expenses, the rest for emotional distress.

Their suit says charges came after a dogfight and a jogger reporting she was menaced by a dog.

The suit said Anderson and Shimmin were charged in August 2012 and the dogs euthanized a week later.

The suit alleges the county didn’t conduct a reasonable investigation, and a witness couldn’t identify the dogs.

The suit said some of the counts were later dismissed, and Anderson and Shimmin were acquitted of others earlier this year.

County officials declined to comment.

Lane Co. officials force out homeless protest EUGENE (AP) — A threeweek-old camp-in protest at the Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza in downtown Eugene was broken up Wednesday after Lane County commissioners enacted an emergency closure of the plaza.

The Eugene RegisterGuard reports the Board of Commissioners voted 4-1 on the emergency closure. Protesters were given until Wednesday afternoon to clear out the camp. Four individuals later refused to leave and were cited for trespassing by Eugene police.

Officials say the closure will be used to clean all of the areas and work on further restrictions.

The group behind the makeshift campsite, Safe Legally Entitled Emergency Places to Sleep, or SLEEPS, is protesting the lack of legal camping areas for homeless people in Eugene.

Call center adds 180 jobs in Veneta VENETA (AP) — Lane County officials say a new call center will open in Veneta, bringing an estimated 180 jobs to the area.

Officials announced on Wednesday construction on the new facility in the town west of Eugene, Ore., will start this month, with the center run by First Call Resolution beginning operations about three months after that.

The Eugene RegisterGuard reports First Call had been negotiating for a Cottage Grove site for more than

STATE D I G E S T a year, which included lining up $150,000 from the city to extend fiber optic cable to a strip mall area where First Call wanted to locate and $50,000 from Lane County.

But negotiations with Cottage Grove fell through.

County officials then offered Veneta as another choice because the site had the proper infrastructure.

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The Associated Press Wildlife officials blame Pedestrians cross Miner Street in Yreka, Calif., in February 2008. Supervisors in the far Northern California virus for dead deer

MEDFORD (AP) — Oregon wildlife officials say blacktailed deer are being found dead in several rural communities in southern Oregon’s Jackson County.

Officials say this is likely a new outbreak of the naturally occurring adenovirus that killed hundreds of area deer more than a decade ago.

The Medford Mail Tribune reports that biologists on Tuesday learned of their first confirmed case of the adenovirus.

Several reports of similar deaths have come recently in Jacksonville, Eagle Point and elsewhere.

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife says the deaths are occurring at a rate not seen since 2002, when more than 1,000 blacktails died.

Wildlife biologist Mark Vargas says outbreaks tend to happen during hot, dry months. The virus is also associated with people leaving food and water for animals, which causes unnatural congregations of blacktails and other animals.

Humans and pets aren’t considered at risk.

Missing python found close to Tigard home TIGARD (AP) — The owner of a 5-foot-long python reported missing in the Portland suburb of Tigard says the snake has been found.

Police spokesman Jim Wolf says the snake’s female owner found it Wednesday, coiled in her garage near a hot water tank. The snake appears to be fine.

The Oregonian reports that the snake is believed to have escaped from its container Wednesday morning.

The spokesman says a Tigard police officer stopped to investigate when he spotted one of the owner’s family members ducking beneath some shrubbery earlier. The man explained he was looking for the snake. The man was eventually arrested on an outstanding misdemeanor warrant.

Police, pot shop owner named to board PORTLAND (AP) — A police chief, state prosecutors and a dispensary owner are among the 13 people appointed by the Oregon Health Authority to advise the state on its new marijuana dispensaries.

The dispensary law goes into effect on March 1.

Before then, a bill passed this year dictates that the state must draw up rules, including ways to test marijuana for mold and pesticides.

Among those appointed are Lincoln County District Attorney Rob Bovett, Yamhill County Sheriff Jack Crabtree and Salem dispensary owner Noel Bullock.

The state is entering new territory in permitting dispensaries, a model shot down by voters in a 2010 ballot measure but made legal by the Legislature in June.

At her request, no services will be held for Sharon Kibby, of Coos Bay. Sharon went home to our father Aug. 26, 2013.

Richard and Sharon were married in 1960 in Coos Bay. They shared 53 years of a continuous loving marriage which brought fourth two girls, Karen K. Iparraguirre and Susan L. Sero.

Sharon worked at The World newspaper for 21 years, then went off to buy and run The Fabric Mill Upholstery for the last 19 years.

She is survived by husband, Richard; daughters, Karen and Susie; six grandchildren, LaTeashia, Jaymie, Richard, Megan, Whitney, and Seth and also four greatgrandchildren.

Her favorite pastime was studying the Bible with Shepherds Chapel on T.V. I know she’s in the best possible hands now.

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county where residents are fed up with what they see as a lack of representation at the state capitol and overregulation, have voted in favor of separating from the state. The Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 on Tuesday for a declaration of secession. The vote appears mostly symbolic since secession would require approval from the state Legislature and the U.S. Congress, but supporters say it would restore local control over decision making. They want other rural counties in Northern California and Southern Oregon to join them in the creation of a new state called the State of Jefferson.

Siskiyou leaders vote to separate from California YREKA, Calif. (AP) — A far northern California county where residents have complained they lack representation at the state capitol wants to separate from California.

The Record Searchlight of Redding reports that the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 on Tuesday in favor of a declaration for secession.

According to the newspaper, residents of the majority Republican county lobbied the board in August to consider secession. In

addition to a lack of representation in Sacramento, they cited concerns about water rights and a rural fire prevention fee approved by the legislature.

Supporters want other rural counties in northern California and southern Oregon to join them in the creation of a new state.

But splitting from California would not be easy. Siskiyou County would have to gain the approval of the state legislature and U.S. Congress.

Medford schools get strict about animals MEDFORD (AP) — Remember those Rockwellian days when the family pet followed the kids to school and everyone laughed?

Well, no more.

The Medford School District is kicking critters off campus.

As the new school year starts, it’s scram to the loyal dog that once trailed behind its teacher-owner and shoo to the cat that basked in the school office longer than anyone can remember.

The plug isn’t being pulled on fish tanks, but other live science projects probably can’t stay overnight.

The zoological restrictions, which were tightened in December and are now being enforced, are intended to protect kids and employees from animal-activated allergic reactions, respiratory diseases, other health and safety issues, and the possibility of a bite, scratch or peck.

“We’re still making campuses animal friendly, it’s just not their home,” says Julie Evans, the district’s director of elementary education.

Although she sympathizes with owners of banished pets, she says, “We need

campuses to be safe.”

District educators acknowledge that creatures can be effective teaching aids.

They can provide closeup lessons about animal habitat, handling and feeding for life-science classes.

Their growth, water intake and food consumption can be measured and charted in math class. And their actions may inspire artwork and original stories.

Research also shows that caring for classroom pets improves attendance, connects kids to nature and teaches that human actions have an impact on other living beings.

Emotionally, children confide in pets when they’re feeling low or left out.

But in Medford, animals have to hightail it when the dismissal bell rings, if they’re allowed on campus at all.

A Lionhead rabbit named Yoshi spends the day in a cage in the second-grade classroom at the new VIBES Public Charter School at the Kids Unlimited facility. At night, it goes home with teacher Melissa Olmstead Ballard.

The fish, however, stay put in a big, glass tank.

In some schools, birds, reptiles and insects can

linger during the week — unless they’re wild, exotic or poisonous.

“Reading dogs,” drugsniffing or search-and-rescue canines are welcome on campus, but not so fast with everyday dogs and cats.

If a kid brings a leashed or caged animal for show and tell, the “guest” pet must be taken home immediately afterward.

To comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Medford School Board Policies ING and ING-AR do make provisions for service animals.

Service dogs can come to school and even ride the bus.

But they and their owners have to jump through a few hoops first.

For one, the dog has to wear a harness and a vest that identifies it as a service animal.

It has to have all its shots, a license and special training.

Owners then have to show they have adequate liability insurance and promise to handle any mess or damage to district property.

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Nation Montana teacher’s sentence appealed

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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — State prosecutors on Wednesday appealed as “illegal” a 30-day sentence handed down by a Montana judge to a former teacher for raping a student who later killed herself.

The announcement came after District Judge G. Todd Baugh received widespread The Associated Press condemnation for the sen- Protesters gathered on the Yellowstone County Courthouse lawn in Billings, Mont., on Aug. 29, calling for the tence and his comments that resignation of a state judge over comments he made about the teenage victim in a rape case. Judge G. Todd the victim was “older than Baugh has apologized for the comments but says he has no intention of resigning. her chronological age.”

Defendant Stacey Rambold, 54, last week received 15 years But prosecutors on “We believe that the sen- hearing. He said two days in prison with all but a month tence Judge Baugh imposed later that his comments Wednesday filed notice that suspended for his months- on Stacey Rambold is illegal,” about Moralez were inappro- they want the resentencing long sexual relationship with Attorney General Tim Fox said priate. And earlier this week, canceled so the appeal can proBillings Senior High School in a statement. “Using the Baugh scheduled a resen- ceed. Though Baugh’s bid to student Cherice Moralez. means provided by state law, tencing hearing for Rambold resentence Rambold is “wellAttorneys for the state and we are appealing his sentence for Friday. In that order, the intentioned,” Chief Deputy Yellowstone County say a and working diligently to judge agreed with the state’s Yellowstone County Attorney minimum of two years in ensure that justice is served.” determination that Ram- Rod Souza wrote, the judge Baugh has sought to undo bold’s original sentence con- lacks the authority to take back prison for Rambold is manhis original sentence. his actions since the Aug. 26 flicted with Montana law. dated under state law.

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DETROIT (AP) — For the U.S. auto industry, the recession is now clearly in the rear-view mirror.

New car sales jumped 17 percent to 1.5 million in August, their highest level in more than six years. Toyota, Ford, Nissan, Honda, Chrysler and General Motors all posted double-digit gains over last August.

The full-year sales pace rose above 16 million for the first time since November 2007, the month before the Great Recession officially started. Exuberant automakers said sales will likely remain at that pace for the rest of this year.

“I think it’s here to stay,” said Mustafa Mohatarem, GM’s chief economist.

U.S. car and truck sales totaled 16 million in 2007, then plummeted during the recession. They bottomed out at 10.4 million in 2009 and

have been rising ever since. In August, they seemed to pick up speed. Mohatarem said he expects the year to end with sales closer to 15.8 million vehicles, which is higher than GM’s official forecast of 15.5 million.

August’s strong sales surprised analysts. Alec Gutierrez, an analyst with Kelley Blue Book, said sales unexpectedly spiked over Labor Day weekend after car companies unleashed a flurry of ads.

But even with the holiday marketing push, the trend still points to higher sales.

More people are working as the economy improves, and they need cars to commute to their jobs. The cars on U.S. roads have reached a record 11.4 years old and need to be replaced. And low interest rates — now at 2.5 percent for a four-year car loan, according to Bankrate.com — are attracting buyers.

Feds won’t enforce same-sex veterans law WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Wednesday it will stop enforcing a law that blocks benefits to partners of military veterans in same-sex marriages.

In a letter to congressional leaders, Attorney General Eric Holder said that a provision in federal law on benefits to veterans and their families defines “spouse” to mean a person of the opposite sex. He says that definition leaves out legally married same-sex couples, and runs afoul of a June Supreme Court ruling.

The court declared unconstitutional a provision in the Defense of Marriage Act restricting the words marriage and spouse to apply only to heterosexual unions. Holder says that like the Defense of Marriage Act, the provision in the veterans benefits law has the effect of placing lawfully married samesex couples in a second-tier marriage.

“Decisions by the Executive not to enforce

federal laws are appropriately rare,” Holder told Congress. “Nevertheless, the unique circumstances presented here warrant nonenforcement.”

He said the Supreme Court’s conclusion that DOMA imposes a stigma on everyone in same-sex marriages “would seem to apply equally” to the veterans benefits law. Holder noted that after the Supreme Court’s decision, the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the House of Representatives withdrew from a pending lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the veterans benefits provisions.

President Barack Obama directed the executive branch to cease enforcement of the provision, Holder wrote.

Last week, a federal judge in Los Angeles ruled that a lesbian Army veteran and her spouse should be entitled to disability benefits, given the Supreme Court’s recent ruling.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate panel’s deep divide over giving President Barack Obama the authority to use U.S. military force against Syria underscores the commander in chief’s challenge in persuading skeptical lawmakers and wary allies to back greater intervention in an intractable civil war.

The administration was pressing ahead Thursday with its full-scale sales job, holding another round of closed-door meetings for members of Congress about its intelligence on Syria.

Responding to Obama’s The Associated Press Egyptian security officers guard the scene of a bomb attack targeting the convoy of Egypt’s Interior Minister request, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted Mohammed Ibrahim, in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, Thursday.

10-7 Wednesday to authorize the “limited and specified use” of the U.S.armed forces against Syria, backing a resolution that restricts military action to 90 days and bars American ground troops from combat.

Egypt: Interior minister survives bomb attack CAIRO (AP) — A bomb targeted the convoy of Egypt’s interior minister Thursday in Cairo in the first attack on a senior government official since the country’s Islamist president was toppled in a coup two months ago, raising concerns over a possible campaign of violence by his supporters.

The assassination attempt against Mohammed Ibrahim, who is in charge of the police force, signaled the arrival in the capital of the sort of insurgency-style attacks that have been escalating in the Sinai Peninsula.

Sinai has been roiled in unrest and lawlessness for years, but Islamic militants have carried out more fre-

quent and deadlier attacks on security forces there since the July 3 ouster of President Mohammed Morsi.

The bombing also harkened back to the insurgency waged by Islamic militants in the 1980s and 1990s against the rule of nowousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak. At that time, militants targeted several senior officials, killing the parliament speaker and nearly killing the then-interior minister. Mubarak himself survived an assassination attempt in 1994, when militants attacked his convoy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Some of Morsi’s more hard-line supporters have publicly threatened to wage a

campaign of assassinations and car bombings against officials of the militarybacked government until the former president is reinstated.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Thursday’s blast, which went off in the late morning as Ibrahim’s convoy passed through Nasr City, an eastern district of Cairo. The ministry did not immediately say where the bomb was planted.

Ibrahim survived the attack, but at least 22 people were wounded, including two policemen and a child seriously. There were no fatalities.

Police were searching for suspects in the area but no arrests had been made, security officials said.

Studies break down health law’s premiums WASHINGTON (AP) — Coverage under President Barack Obama’s health care law won’t be cheap, but cost-conscious consumers hunting for lower premiums will have plenty of options, according to two independent private studies.

A study released Thursday by the nonprofit Kaiser Fam-

Pres. Obama heads into the lion’s den in Russia ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — President Barack Obama is heading into the lion’s den of Russia, confronting Syria’s key patron as well as foreign leaders skeptical of his call for an international military strike against Bashar Assad’s government.

Obama on Thursday began a two-day visit to St. Petersburg for the Group of 20 economic summit, putting him in the same country as Edward Snowden for the first time since the American fugitive fled to Moscow earlier this year. Both Syria and Snowden have been sore points in an already strained U.S.-Russian relationship, fueling the notion that Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin just can’t get along.

Stepping out of his armored limousine at the arrival ceremony, Obama greeted Putin with a few brief words and a grip of the hands. Turning to the waiting cameras, Obama cracked a wide grin before entering the ornate Constantine Palace. Praising the beauty of the palace, Obama thanked his host, who smiled at the American leader.

The starched, businessman-like exchange was the most highly anticipated of the summit, but lasted less than 20 seconds.

The White House went out of its way to say that while the two would cross paths at various meetings, Obama would not be meeting one-on-one with the Russian leader during his stay in St. Petersburg.

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The rebels launched the assault on the ancient Christian village of Maaloula — which is on a UNESCO list of tentative world heritage sites — on Wednesday after an alNusra fighter blew himself up at a regime checkpoint at the entrance to the mountain village. The village, about 40 miles northeast of Damascus, is home to 3,300 residents, some of whom still speak a version of Aramaic, the ancient language of biblical times believed to have been spoken by Jesus.

Heavy clashes between President Bashar Assad’s troops and Nusra Front fighters persisted in surrounding mountains Thursday, according to the Observatory, which collects information from a network of anti-regime activists.

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Syrian fighting near Christian village BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government troops battled al-Qaida-linked rebels over a regime-held Christian village in western Syria for the second day Thursday, as world leaders gathered in Russia for an economic summit expected to be overshadowed by the prospect of U.S.-led strikes against the Damascus regime.

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Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Patchy fog.

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Friday: Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 68. North wind 7 to 11 mph.

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TARDY Continued from Page A1 bers has agreed to a gross maximum price of just more than $3 million.

“Originally we thought it was going to be $2.9 million, so we’ve gone to First [Community] Credit Union, who agreed to give us a construction loan,” Shull said.

That extra cost won’t be footed by taxpayers, he said, since it will come out of the district’s general fund.

The building had a “very high” seismic risk, according

to the Oregon Military Department’s Office of Emergency Management, who provided the district with a $1.5 million grant to better stabilize the building in case of an earthquake.

“We’re in one of the highest subduction zones,” he said, referencing the Cascadia Subduction Zone. “There’s concern since it’s been a long time since we had a major one.”

Plate glass windows were replaced with shatter-proof glass and the roof is now properly laterally braced.

Implementing these seismic

DEVICE Continued from Page A1 readily apparent exterior damage.

Multiple officers and a detective from the Coos Bay Police Department arrived shortly after fire personnel and quickly taped off the area. Later, they requested help from the Oregon State Police Explosives Unit in Central Point, who in turn contacted the FBI.

upgrades provided a great opportunity to do the other necessary projects, Shull said, including wiring, plumbing and an HVAC system in the newer section of the school.

“The old part of the building ... it would cost more to fix everything than to tear it down and start over,” he said.

The oldest part of the high school was built in 1929, while the “new” section — the 30,000-square-foot section under construction — was built in the 1950s. Right now, crews are wrapping up work on six classrooms, the main office and the student com-

By 7 p.m., the perimeter had been extended south to Central Avenue and Second Street and east to U.S. Highway 101.

FBI and state police personnel finally arrived on scene shortly after 9:30 p.m.

Officers made several trips inside the building with a bomb suit and thermal imaging equipment before beginning to reopen the roadway at approximately 10:40 p.m.

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mons area. The stadium was also seismically upgraded.

The HVAC system will provide “more consistency with inside temperatures,” Sweeney said.

“It will help with the sun in the afternoon. There were some overheated kids and teachers,” she said. “And we have the opposite problem in the end of winter months where it’s just a little cold and there’s a lot of coats they have to wear. With this, kids won’t be distracted from learning.”

When students arrive on campus in less than two weeks, they’ll be in makeshift

MOSQUITOES Continued from Page A1 project, said the project would have similar issues as the Bandon Marsh.

“We don’t want another Bandon Marsh, that’s my concern,” Waterman said.

The project has two parts: ODFW’s restoration of the marsh and the Beaver Slough Drainage

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classrooms, using computer labs, the gym, wrestling room and vocal and band rooms for now. The five computer labs also received new heating, lighting, data and electrical, but they’ll be open by Sept.16, Shull said.

“We’re not dislocating students to any other buildings,” he said.

The entire district’s first day of school was pushed back to avoid busing and teacher scheduling conflicts and to take into account that some older children watch younger children during the day, he said.

District’s replacement of its tidal regulators, said Walters. The district piggy-backed onto ODFW’s efforts so they could get some federal grant money, Walters said.

No exact amount is known yet, he said.

The drainage district’s tidal regulators were added in 1996, so will only last three or four more years, said Fred Messerle, chairman for the drainage district.

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For now, Shull expects that the school year will end on time since extra school days are already built into every school year.

But he plans on applying for a construction waiver with the state to make sure students will spend enough hours in their seats this school year.

“I’m concerned,” he said, “but we have a plan.”

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They are key in holding back water for the pasture lands already there, he said.

Commissioners decided to take no action yet, due to the early stage of the project. However, they were interested in keeping tabs on it.

“At this point I don’t see a reason for the commissioners to intervene,” said Coos County Commissioner John Sweet.

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Coquille Hall of Fame grows Early Runners, wrestlers Heisman and basketball champs will be honored during hopefuls ceremony Saturday ■

A look at This Week’s games Tonight

Myrtle Point at North Douglas Time: 7 p.m.

Radio: No local radio Outlook: The game was switched from Myrtle Point to Drain and moved up a day to accommodate the host Warriors in the aftermath of the tragic deaths last week of one of the players and his aunt, a secretary at the school. For Myrtle Point, the contest is a chance to see how much better the team is with a full squad after starting the 2012 season badly shorthanded.

Friday

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THE WORLD Coquille will honor two standout wrestlers and two champion female runners, as well as the school’s most recent champion in a team sport, during the thirdannual hall of fame banquet on Saturday.

The event will be held at the Coquille Community Building and begins with a silent auction that starts at 5 p.m.

Dinner is $25 for individuals, $25 for couples and $5 for children under 12. The menu includes tritip steak or chicken, with baked potato, salad and dessert. People can buy tickets at the door or during Coquille’s football game Friday night against Phoenix, when the inductees will be honored at halftime.

Inductees include Steve Engelgau, a 1968 state wrestling champion; Griff Yates, who won two wrestling titles and later became an All-American and record-setting running back at Southern Oregon Univeristy; Joy Dixon, who won three straight state titles in the 400 meters in the 1990s and later played college basketball for Northern

Arizona; Amy Nickerson, who won both the 800 and 1,500 meters at the state meet all four years in high school and also took two state cross country titles; the 1996 4x400-meter relay team of Dixon, Nickerson, Laura Gibson and Hidie King; and the 1977 boys state champions. The team included Larry Story, Terrill Brown, Kyle Duey, Rick Yager, Jeff Jenkins, J.C. Luoto, Jeff Rhodenburg, Bill McNew, Chris Amling, John Schneider, John Andrist and Steve Hammer. The coaches were Tom Leaton and Doug Wilson and the managers were Pete Morris and Ron Ray. SEE COQUILLE | B3

Time: 7 p.m.

Radio: KMHS (91.3 FM) Outlook: The Pirates open the Josh Line era at home against the Buckaroos, a squad from the Columbia River Gorge that beat Bend 27-21 last week. In addition to debuting their new head coach, the Pirates are unveiling a new offense — the spread attack. Line got a look at his players during the jamboree at Junction City last week and will hope for the offense to click better now that the team has had a week to work on issues that came up then. This week is big for Marshfield because it is the Pirates’ only dress rehearsal before facing a potent Douglas squad on the road in the Far West League opener next week.

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North Bend at Newport Time: 7 p.m.

Radio: K-Light (98.7 FM) Outlook: The Bulldogs opened the season with a good win last week over Molalla. The run defense was outstanding and North Bend showed some of the big-play capability that was a staple the past few seasons, with new quarterback Cam Lucero having a big night.

Now North Bend goes on the road for the first time to face a traditionally tough Cubs squad, but one that suffered a surprising loss at home last week to South Umpqua. North Bend has one more nonleague game next week, against Cottage Grove, before jumping into the regular league schedule.

Siuslaw at Illinois Valley Time: 7 p.m.

Radio: KCST (106.9 FM) Outlook: The Vikings got a good win last week over Class 3A Scio and take on another Class 3A team this week. Siuslaw’s transition to Joseph Dotson at quarterback went well in the opener. Sophomore Andrew Tupua continued the family trend of standout running backs.

Phoenix at Coquille Time: 7 p.m.

Radio: KTEE (94.9 FM and 95.7 FM).

Outlook: The Pirates shut out BrookingsHarbor last week, so they have a game under their belts, while Coquille got a little experience for its young skill players in a jamboree at home. The Red Devils will need a strong effort in their annual hall of fame game to keep up with a Phoenix club that handed them perhaps their worst loss last year.

Gold Beach at Regis Time: 7 p.m.

Radio: KGBR (92.7 FM) Outlook: The Panthers and Rams play the latest installment of their rivalry, this time with Regis as the host. Gold Beach opened with a good win at home last week over Salem Academy. Second-year quarterback CJ Maxwell was solid and athletic senior Garrett Litterell had a good debut in his first game.

Neah-Kah-Nie at Reedsport Time: 7 p.m.

Radio: No local radio Outlook: The Braves got good experience for their younger players in the jamboree at Coquille and now turn their focus to beating the Pirates for the third straight year.

Reedsport will look for a big game from two of its veterans, quarterback Haden Sams and running back Matthew Rohde.

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Rafael Nadal returns a shot to Tommy Robredo during the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open on Wednesday.

Nadal rolls into semifinals NEW YORK (AP) — There’s video evidence out there that Rafael Nadal did, indeed, lose a tennis match to Richard Gasquet.

OK, so it was half a lifetime ago, and it was at a tournament in Tarbes, France, for kids 14 and under.

“Last time I beat him, I was 13,” Gasquet said. “It was a long time ago.”

Reminded of that match, Nadal smiled and said, “I lost 64 in the third. Yeah, I remember.”

As professionals, it’s been a different story: Nadal is 10-0 against Gasquet heading into their U.S. Open semifinal Saturday.

When Gasquet looks up a clip of that long-ago encounter on YouTube, he said, “I can see I’m winning against him, so I don’t believe it sometimes.”

Based on the way Nadal is playing at the moment, it is hard to believe many players could beat him. A year after skipping the U.S. Open because of a bad left knee, Nadal powered his way back to the semifinals by overwhelming 19th-seeded Tommy Robredo 6-0, 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday night.

“I’m sure that’s the way I have to play to keep having chances to be successful in every surface, but especially on this one,” the second-seeded Nadal said after improving to 20-0 on hard courts in 2013. “I was able to do it today. I hope to be able to do it in two days.”

He never faced a break point and has not lost a set through five matches. Hasn’t even lost a single service game so far, a run of 67 holds.

This latest win lasted 1 hour, 40 minutes, and it really was over after 22 minutes. That’s how long it took Nadal to dominate the first set, not only winning every game but also 24 of 29 points, including all seven that lasted 10 strokes or more.

“I played great the first set,” Nadal said. “It’s my first set so far this year 100 percent.”

That’s really saying something, considering that he is 58-3 this season with nine titles, including his record eighth championship at the French Open in June.

“He was up very quick,” said Robredo, who is 0-7 in Grand Slam quarterfinals, “and then there was nothing else to do. He was too good.”

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Culver at Bandon Time: 7 p.m.

Radio: No local radio Outlook: The Tigers also played in the Coquille jamboree, and showed some good things a season after going winless. The benefit of a young roster last year was that Bandon returns a bunch of players with experience heading into this season, including returning quarterback Shawn Peters, who leads the team’s triple option attack.

Prospect at Powers Time: 3 p.m.

Radio: No local radio Outlook: The Cruisers are the only South Coast team to open league play this week, and they start with a big game. Prospect is one of the teams expected to compete for a playoff spot and Powers could use a win to get its season off to a strong start with games the next two weeks against two of league’s other top teams - Triad and Elkton. They hope a strong junior class shows improvement from last year on defense, a big key to winning in the eight-man format.

Bobcats move volleball match Myrtle Point’s volleyball game against UVC has been moved to Coquille High School because of the ongoing construction in Myrtle Point. The JV match starts at 3 p.m., followed by the varsity.

Call me a knee jerk. I don’t care.

It’s fundamentally accurate, since this September I’m going to be jerking my knee like I’m doing the Heisman pose and guessing really early who’ll be in New York after the season.

One of the most fun parts of being a college football fan is looking back at who were “locks” in September for the Heisman and how they fell off. To be honest, it’s almost as fun as the speculation.

Geno Smith was a lock last year until voters realized his teammates Steadman Bailey and Tavon Austin were the only ones holding him from running out the back of the end zone. Two years ago Andrew Luck was an absolute lock until RG III and his Superman socks took over America.

So here’s my SPORTS five Heisman hopefuls that deserve to be in New York if all you looked at was the first week: 1. Tahj Boyd, Clemson Considering he was the only GEORGE one of the five who played (and ARTSITAS beat) a top-25 team, added to the fact that he threw for 312 total yards and totaled 5 touchdowns against Georgia, he sits at my pole position. The kid is incredible, he could easily be a top-5 pick in the next years draft and having a dynamic play maker like Sammy Watkins at wideout doesn’t hurt either. Now, hopefully he doesn’t pull a “Clemson” and have an uncharacteristic let down after a big win.

2. Marcus Mariota, Oregon He’s obviously the local favorite, but going 12-for-21 for 234 against and only one touchdown against lowly Nicholls State isn’t the best start on face value.

But taking into account he also ran for over 100 yards with a QB rating of 166.5, added to my personal awe after being on the field Saturday and seeing how good this guy can be, it’s obvious the numbers will eventually catch up to the talent.

Everyone who follows the Ducks knows he’ll win or lose the trophy in the game against Stanford in November, just like last year.

3. Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville Everyone had him starting out the year as the favorite, and he didn’t disappoint. Bridgewater went 23-for-28 for 355 yards and five touchdowns with only one interception. Also, listen to that name. Teddy Bridgewater. Can you not see that name in lights?

The biggest issue is that his schedule is extremely weak, which will be a big detriment if the Cardinals don’t go undefeated.

4. Jameis Winston, Florida State Famous Jameis. If you watched him on Monday against the Pittsburgh Panthers, you saw the best performance in college football’s opening week. Not only were his numbers incredible — 25-for-27 for 356 yards and four touchdowns — you saw one of the most talented players in the country. The sky is the limit for this kid. Hopefully he doesn’t ever show that he, is in fact, just a kid.

5. Jonathan Paul “Gig’em” Manziel, Texas A&M What would a sports column be without Johnny Football? He is the returning winner, so pulling an Archie Griffin and winning two years in a row is a tall order. But considering he was the first freshmen to ever win the Heisman, he’s used to setting precedents.

Maybe, instead of making the money sign after every touchdown last Saturday against Rice, he was showing his detractors in the media the worlds smallest violin and that they can’t have his life and profit from it too.

Vick paved the way for new stars PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Before RG3, Colin Kaepernick and Russell Wilson, there was Michael Vick.

The 33-year-old Vick may be the old man on the block now, but he’s proud to have helped pave the way for multidimensional quarterbacks in the NFL. More teams are turning to QBs who can run and the read-option offense has become the latest trend.

Vick gets his first chance to play in Chip Kelly’s version of the up-tempo offense when the Philadelphia Eagles open the season against Robert Griffin III and the Washington Redskins on Monday night.

While Griffin, Kaepernick and Wilson get most of the attention for their success last year, Vick isn’t ready to pass the torch and drift off to retirement.

“I feel like I was kind of the ambassador of this offense in the NFL, like I was the originator,” he said Wednesday. “In 2006, I ran for 1,000 yards running the same type of read-option offense. It’s in the record books and I couldn’t

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Philadelphia quarterback Michael Vick throws a pass during practice Wednesday. have done it without running the read option. I don’t think you can be a dropback passer and run for 1,000 yards in one season, so it was a big accomplishment for me.

“It was something that I was shooting for. I probably had some other goals set, but it was one of them.”

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Boston’s Jacoby Ellsbury rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run in the third inning against the Detroit Tigers at Fenway Park on Wednesday.

Red Sox go deep early, often THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON — David Ortiz hit two of Boston’s eight homers and also doubled for his 2,000th career hit on Wednesday night to lead the Red Sox to a 20-4 romp over the Detroit Tigers.

Will Middlebrooks hit a grand slam, Ortiz had an RBI double to reach the AL m i l e s to n e Recap and Daniel Nava added a two-run homer when Boston pulled away with an eight-run sixth inning.

Ortiz homered again in the five-run seventh — the 427th of his career to move past Billy Williams and into 47th on baseball’s all-time home run list.

The Red Sox burst out with a franchise record-tying eight homers and a seasonhigh 20 runs. Jacoby Ellsbury, Stephen Drew, Mike Napoli and Ryan Lavarnway also homered for the Red Sox. Rays 3, Angels 1: Rookie Wil Myers hit two homers off Jered Weaver.

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pitched scoreless ball into the sixth inning of his first victory in nearly six weeks for the Ray. Indians 6, Orioles 4: The Cleveland Indians, boosted by a good-luck chicken and a pair of RBIs from both Yan Gomes and Ryan Raburn, beat the Baltimore Orioles.

Cleveland pitcher Justin Masterson carried a live chicken on to the field for batting practice. The bird, supplied by a clubhouse workers from an area farm,was a gift to reliever Cody Allen.

The chicken spent most of batting practice standing with Cleveland’s pitchers in front of the warning track in center field. Allen’s teammates gave him the nickname “Chicken Al” in spring training and the chicken has been named “Cody.”

Athletics 11, Rangers 4: Jarrod Parker got plenty of home-run help and pitched his way into Oakland’s record book, and the surging Athletics pulled into a tie atop the AL West with Texas by overpowering the Rangers.

Parker (11-6) allowed two runs in six innings to extend

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his unbeaten streak to 18 straight starts, eclipsing Catfish Hunter’s Oakland mark set from June 2-Sept. 3, 1973.

Brandon Moss, Daric Barton and Coco Crisp each hit two-run homers and Josh Donaldson added a threerun drive for Oakland.

Yankees 6, White Sox 5: Struggling ace CC Sabathia pitched effectively into the eighth inning before Mariano Rivera earned his first fourout save in more than two years, helping the New York Yankees hold off the Chicago White Sox for a three-game sweep.

Astros 6, Twins 5: Trevor Crowe hit an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning that lifted the Houston Astros over the Minnesota Twins.

Mariners 6, Royals 4: Kendrys Morales hit a tworun homer with two outs in the ninth inning for Seattle.

Morales hit his 18th home run to straight away center on a 1-2 pitch from Aaron Crow (7-5).

The Royals used eight pitchers, tying a club record for a nine-inning game.

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SAN DIEGO — Pablo Sandoval hit three homers and drove in six runs Wednesday, leading a rare power show by the San Francisco Giants in a 13-5 win over the San Diego Padres.

Sandoval started the day with 10 home runs this season. He then hit a two-run shot in the fifth inning, a leadoff drive in the eighth and a three-run homer in the ninth.

Sandoval’s only previous three-homer game came in the opener of last year’s World Series. He wound up as the MVP of the Series.

The star third baseman also added a single against the Padres.

San Francisco hit six home runs overall. The Giants began the game tied with Miami for the fewest homers in the majors with 80.

Cardinals 5, Reds 4, 16 innings: Matt Adams’ second homer sent St. Louis to a victory over the Reds in 16 innings, protecting the Cardinals’ hold on second place in the NL Central.

Adams broke an 0-for-17 slump by connecting in the 14th. After St. Louis let that lead get away, he homered again off Logan Ondrusek (31), ending the Reds’ longest game of the season.

The Cardinals had dropped the first two games in the series, letting the Reds get within a game and a half for second place. They finish their season series on Thursday. St. Louis leads it 11-8.

Carlos Martinez (2-1) escaped a threat in the 15th, when Shin-Soo Choo reached third with two outs but was caught in a rundown.

Brewers 9, Pirates 3: Pirates ace Francisco Liriano lasted only three innings and the Milwaukee Brewers pounded out a victory to delay Pittsburgh from clinching its first winning season since 1992.

Liriano (15-7), who had allowed five earned runs in his previous four starts, was rocked for seven runs on seven hits, with two walks and two costly wild pitches.

The Pirates, aiming for their 82nd victory, twice left the bases loaded and stranded 12 runners.

Pirates All-Star Jason Grilli, who had been sidelined with a right forearm strain, pitched the eighth for his first appearance since July

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Rockies 7, Dodgers 5: Jorge De La Rosa pitched six strong innings to win his sixth consecutive decision, Todd Helton homered and the Rockies snapped the Dodgers’ six-game winning streak with a victory.

De La Rosa (16-6) allowed two runs and six hits in matching his career high for wins in a season and tying Jordan Washington’s Zimmermann for most wins in the National League. De La Rosa went 16-9 in 2009 for the Rockies.

Colorado built an early lead off Edinson Volquez, who was making his first start for Los Angeles after being signed last week by the Dodgers following his release

by San Diego.

Volquez (9-11) allowed four runs and six hits in four innings in falling to 0-5 in six starts against Colorado this season.

Mets 5, Braves 2: Lucas Duda had three hits, including a home run, and Andrew Brown added a towering two-run shot to lead Dillon Gee and the Mets to a win over the Braves.

Gee (11-9) cruised after he was given a 5-0 lead in the third. The right-hander allowed one run on four hits in seven innings.

Cubs 9, Marlins 7:

Donnie Murphy homered to cap a four-run rally in the seventh inning and the Cubs connected four times to beat the Marlins.

Murphy’s two-run shot put the Cubs ahead 8-7.

Starlin Castro, Dioner Navarro and Ryan Sweeney each added solo home runs for Chicago.

Nationals 3, Phillies 2: Jordan Zimmermann became the National League’s first 16-game winner, pitching seven solid innings to lead the Nationals past the Phillies.

Z immermann (16-8) struck out five, walked one and allowed two runs in winning his fourth straight start.

Ryan Zimmerman’s solo shot off Phillies reliever Zach Miner in the seventh inning tied the game at 2. Jake Diekman (1-4) walked the leadoff batter in the eighth, then allowed pinch-runner Jeff Kobernus to score on a fielder’s choice for the winning run.

INTERLEAGUE Diamondbacks 4, Blue Jays 3, 10 innings: Willie Bloomquist lined his third hit for a run-scoring single in the 10th inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks avoided a three-game sweep with a win over the Blue Jays.

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Sports Spieth earns spot in Presidents Cup

BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press

Jordan Spieth started the season without status on any tour. He ends it by going to the Presidents Cup. Fred Couples used his captain’s picks Wednesday on the 20-year-old Spieth and Webb Simpson to fill out his 12-man team, making Spieth the youngest American to play in the Presidents Cup since it began in 1994.

“I’m just super stoked,” Spieth said.

Nick Price used his picks on a pair of rookies — Brendon de Jonge of Zimbabwe and Marc Leishman of Australia — as the International team tries to win for only the second time. The matches are Oct. 3-6 at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio.

Spieth was just starting his sophomore year at Texas a year ago when he decided to turn pro at the end of 2012, even though he failed to get out of the second stage of PGA Tour qualifying and was not a member of any tour. He played well enough to earn special temporary status on the PGA Tour, won the John Deere Classic in July and lost in a playoff last month at the Wyndham Championship.

He is assured of being the first player since T iger

TENNNIS From Page B1 The eighth-seeded Gasquet, who was born 15 days after Nadal in June 1986, took a far more circuitous route to his first major semifinal in six years. After needing five sets to get past No. 10 Milos Raonic in the fourth round, Gasquet again went the distance Wednesday, edging No. 4 David Ferrer 63, 6-1, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3 over nearly 31⁄2 hours.

Gasquet might find some

Fans join Thorns for celebration PORTLAND (AP) — After just one season, the Portland Thorns have something that their male counterparts, the Timbers, still covet: a championship.

The Thorns celebrated the first National Women’s Soccer League championship with more than 500 fans at Jeld-Wen Field on Wednesday.

Although some of the team’s stars — including Alex Morgan and Christine Sinclair — were whisked off to national team duty and other obligations following Saturday’s victory in the championship game in New York, that didn’t seem to dampen enthusiasm.

Portland Mayor Charlie Hales was among those who thanked the team.

“This team never wavered. They never lost sight of the goal, and that was to win the championship,” coach Cindy Parlow-Cone said. “And they did it!”

The Thorns blanked the Western New York Flash 2-0 for the inaugural NWSL title before 9,129 fans at Sahlen Stadium in Rochester, N.Y. Tobin Jeath and Sinclair each scored for the Thorns.

Portland’s Kathryn Williamson was ejected in the 56th minute and the Thorns had to go the rest of the match a player down, but the Flash were unable to capitalize.

Portland goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc made seven saves in the short-handed win.

Sinclair headed directly to the few dozen vocal Thorns supporters stationed behind the goal to celebrate and blow kisses after effectively sealing the first year team’s championship.

“People are just so thankful and appreciative,” LeBlanc said during a break from signing autographs.

“You dream about winning a championship but you never prepare yourself for something like this.”

Defender Rachel Buehler flew in for the event from Washington D.C., where she played in the U.S. women’s national team victory over Mexico on Tuesday. Buehler had a goal in the 7-0 victory.

“It was such a journey this season,” she said.“I think what made it special was how the whole team came together.”

The eight-team National Women’s Soccer League, in its first season, is a pro league involving the United States, Canadian and Mexican soccer federations.

The Thorns were the league’s biggest hit attendance-wise, with an average of more than 13,300 fans per match. Portland’s attendance skewed the average attendance for the league, but the median attendance was just over 3,000 fans a game.

least one table with people for the dinner.

“We are definitely going to support all the programs at both schools to the best of our abilities,” Waddington said.

Both Yates and Engelgau are scheduled to attend, as well as 10 players from the champion basketball team.

Unfortunately, Dixon is a teacher in the Midwest and Nickerson now lives in Alaska and neither will be able to attend. They will be represented by parents, Waddington said.

King also had a prior commitment, but Gibson, who now has a successful singing career, will represent the relay team.

In addition to the silent auction, about 10 nice auction items will be sold through an oral auction at 7 p.m., just before the induction ceremony, Waddington said.

Meanwhile, the booster club already is taking nominations for next year’s hall of fame class. A nomination form is available on the club’s website, www.coquilleboosterclub.org.

T.Walker, Capps (6), Luetge (7), Farquhar (9) and Zunino; E.Santana, W.Davis (4), Bueno (5), K.Herrera (6), Collins (7), D.Joseph (8), Hochevar (8), Crow (9) and S.Perez. W—Luetge 1-2. L—Crow 7-5. Sv—Farquhar (12). HRs—Seattle, K.Morales (18).

W.Rosario. W—J.De La Rosa 16-6. L—Volquez 9-11.

Sv—Brothers (15). HRs—Colorado, Helton (12).

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Columbus 9 13 5 32 31 35 4 12 10 22 23 35 Toronto FC D.C. United 3 18 5 14 16 43 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA 14 8 6 48 52 35 Real Salt Lake 13 9 4 43 43 32 Los Angeles Seattle 13 8 4 43 33 26 9 5 12 39 39 30 Portland Colorado 10 8 9 39 34 29 Vancouver 10 9 7 37 38 35 9 7 10 37 36 38 FC Dallas 9 11 7 34 28 40 San Jose 5 15 7 22 26 48 Chivas USA NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Wednesday’s Games Columbus 2, Houston 0 Seattle FC 1, Chivas USA 0 Saturday, Sept. 7 Columbus at Sporting Kansas City, 5:30 p.m.

Vancouver at FC Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

Chicago at Seattle FC, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.

Toronto FC at Portland, 8 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 8 New York at Houston, 2 p.m.

Montreal at New England, 4:30 p.m.

D.C. United at Chivas USA, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at San Jose, 8 p.m.

Woods in 1996 to start a season without status and reach the Tour Championship.

Couples left out young players his last two times as captain — Dustin Johnson in 2009, Keegan Bradley in 2011, even though Bradley had won the PGA Championship for his second win as a rookie. The captain said he had help from his team “and probably all of the United States” in taking Spieth.

Couples said not taking Bradley in 2011 “wore on me a little bit,” especially after watching Bradley play well at the Ryder Cup a year later.

“I’m going with the young guy and our whole team is excited,” Couples said. “We have a great team, but to pick Jordan I think was the right move.”

By taking the rookie, Couples left Jim Furyk off an American team for the first time since the 1997 Ryder Cup, ending a streak of 15 straight teams. Couples said it was such a tough decision that he did not call Furyk, and left him a text message late Tuesday night.

Furyk didn’t mind the delivery — “All you’re looking for is contact,” he said — and while he was disappointed, he said Couples was in a tough spot.

“Everyone is going to argue what the right call is,”

Furyk said. “He had so many good players ... he wasn’t going to make a bad choice.”

Couples also said he would consider Johnson, who hasn’t won since the Tournament of Championship in January at Kapalua.

Simpson was inside the top 10 who qualified for most of the two-year process until the final hole, when Zach Johnson made a 25-foot

birdie putt at the TPC Boston to move into the 10th spot by what amounted to $5,715 in PGA Tour earnings. Couples had said Monday night he was leaning toward Simpson.

Furyk narrowly made the Presidents Cup last time and then went 5-0 at Royal Melbourne. He also is a past champion at the Memorial, played at Muirfield Village.

hope from knowing he was 18 against Ferrer before Wednesday.

“I know he’s the favorite of the match,” Gasquet said about Nadal. “Nobody will say I’m the favorite.”

There’s no doubt who was expected to win Thursday’s pair of men’s quarterfinals: No. 3 Andy Murray plays No. 9 Stanislas Wawrinka in the afternoon, while No. 1 Novak Djokovic faces No. 21 Mikhail Youzhny at night.

The women’s semifinals are Friday, with No. 1 Serena Williams vs. No. 5 Li Na, and

No. 2 Victoria Azarenka vs.

83rd-ranked Flavia Pennetta.

Williams owns 16 major titles, Azarenka two, and Li one. Pennetta will be making her Grand Slam semifinal debut a year after having right wrist surgery.

Nadal’s 12 major trophies include the 2010 U.S. Open, and he has reached at least the semifinals the past five times he entered the tournament. Nadal did not come to New York in 2012, part of about a seven-month absence due mainly to a left knee problem.

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Jordan Spieth guides his eagle putt on the 18th hole during the final round of the Deutsche Bank Championship on Monday.

From Page B1 The event is put on by the Coquille Booster Club, which uses it as a fundraiser for the club, which supports all the athletic programs at both the high school and middle school.

Booster Club President Dave Waddington said the group is hoping more than 200 people will attend. He said the club challenged the coaches at both schools to sell enough tickets to fill at

SCOREBOARD On The Air Today High School Volleyball — North Bend at Marshfield, 6 p.m., KMHS (1420 AM).

NFL Football — Baltimore at Denver, 5:30 p.m., NBC. College Football — Florida Atlantic at East Carolina, 4:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1.

Tennis — U.S. Open, 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., ESPN2.

Major League Baseball — Seattle at Kansas City, 11 a.m., Root Sports.

Golf — Web.Com Tour Chiquita Classic, 1 p.m., Golf Channel; European Masters, 6 a.m., Golf Channel.

Friday, Sept. 6 H i g h S c h o o l F o o t b a l l — Pendleton at Marshfield, 7 p.m., KMHS (91.3 FM); North Bend at Newport, 7 p.m., K-Light (98.7 FM); Phoenix at Coquille, 7 p.m., KTEE (94.9 FM and 95.7 FM); Gold Beach at Regis, 7 p.m., KGBR (92.7 FM); Siuslaw at Illinois Valley, 7 p.m., KCST (106.9 FM); Brookings-Harbor at Hidden Valley, 7 p.m., KURY (95.3 FM).

College Football — Wake Forest at Boston College, 5 p.m., ESPN2.

C a na d i an F o o t b al l L e a gu e — Calgary at Edmonton, 6 p.m., NBC Sports Network.

Major League Baseball — Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 11 a.m., WGN; Tampa Bay at Seattle, 7 p.m., Root Sports.

Auto Racing — NASCAR Sprint Cup Federated Auto Parts 400, practice at 9 and 11:30 a.m. and qualifying at 2:30 p.m., ESPN2; NASCAR Nationwide Series Virginia 529 College Savings 250, qualifying at 1 p.m., ESPN2, and race at 4:30 p.m., ESPN. Golf — Web.Com Tour Chiquita Classic, 1 p.m., Golf Channel; Champions Tour Montreal Championship, 3:30 p.m., Golf Channel; European Masters, 6 a.m., Golf Channel.

Saturday, Sept. 7 College Football — College GameDay, 6 a.m., ESPN; Florida at Miami, 9 a.m., ESPN; Cincinnati at Illinois, 9 a.m., ESPN2; Southeastern Louisiana at TCU, 9 a.m., Root Sports; Oklahoma State at Texas-San Antonio, 9 a.m., Fox Sports 1; Oregon at Virginia, 12:30 p.m., ABC and KWRO (630 AM and 100.3 FM); San Diego State at Ohio State, 12:30 p.m., ESPN2; Delaware State at Delaware, 12:30 p.m., NBC Sports Network; Idaho at Wyoming, 1 p.m., Root Sports; South Carolina at Georgia, 1:30 p.m., ESPN; Louisiana-Lafayette at Kansas State, 3:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1; West Virginia at Oklahoma, 4 p.m., Fox; Texas at BYU, 4 p.m., ESPN2; Hawaii at Oregon State, 5 p.m., Pac-12 Networks and KHSN (1230 AM); Notre Dame at Michigan, 5 p.m., ESPN; Washington State at USC, 7:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1.

Tennis — U.S. Open, men’s semifinals, 9 a.m., CBS. Major League Baseball — Los Angeles Dodgers at Cincinnati, 10 a.m., Fox; Tampa Bay at Seattle, 6 p.m., Root Sports.

Auto Racing — NASCAR Sprint Cup Federated Auto Parts 400, 4:30 p.m., ABC. Golf — Walker Cup, 1 p.m., Golf Channel; Web.Com Tour Chiquita Classic, 11 a.m., Golf Channel; Champions Tour Montreal Championship, 3:30 p.m., Golf Channel; European Masters, 6 a.m., Golf Channel.

Major League Soccer — Chicago at Seattle, 7 p.m., NBC Sports Network; Toronto at Portland, 8 p.m., KEVU.

Local Schedule Today High School Football — Myrtle Point at North Douglas, 7 p.m.

High School Volleyball — Far West League: North Bend at Marshfield, 6 p.m.; South Umpqua at Siuslaw, 6 p.m.; Douglas at Brookings-Harbor, 6 p.m.; Oakland at Sutherlin, 5 p.m. Skyline League: Powers at Camas Valley, 6 p.m. Nonleague: Myrtle Point at St. Mary’s, 6:30 p.m.

High School Girls Soccer — Far West League: Marshfield at Coquille, 3 p.m.; North Bend at

Brookings-Harbor, 3 p.m.

High School Boys Soccer — Far West League: Marshfield at Coquille, 5 p.m.; North Bend at Brookings-Harbor, 5 p.m.; Pacific at South Umpqua, 4:30 p.m.; Douglas at Sutherlin, 5 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 6 Hig h School Football — Skyline League: Prospect at Powers, 3 p.m. Nonleague: Pendleton at Marshfield, 7 p.m.; North Bend at Cottage Grove, 7 p.m.; Phoenix at Coquille, 7 p.m.; Culver at Bandon, 7 p.m.; Neah-Kah-Nie at Reedsport, 7 p.m.; Gold Beach at Regis, 7 p.m.; Siuslaw at Illinois Valley, 7 p.m.; BrookingsHarbor at Hidden Valley, 7 p.m.

High School Volleyball — Skyline League: UVC at Pacific, 5:30 p.m.

High School Cross Country — Marshfield at Marist Invitational, 4 p.m., Eugene.

Saturday, Sept. 7 High School Volleyball — Powers at Glendale tournament; Coquille, Pacific and Siuslaw at Dune Classic, Reedsport, 10 a.m.; UVC vs. Myrtle Point at Coquille, 3 p.m.

Pro Baseball American League East Division W L Pct GB 84 57 .596 — Boston 51⁄2 77 61 .558 Tampa Bay New York 75 64 .540 8 1 Baltimore 73 65 .529 9 ⁄2 1 Toronto 64 76 .457 19 ⁄2 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 81 59 .579 — 74 65 .532 61⁄2 Cleveland 1 8 ⁄2 72 67 .518 Kansas City Minnesota 61 77 .442 19 Chicago 56 82 .406 24 West Division W L Pct GB Oakland 80 59 .576 — 80 59 .576 — Texas 1 64 74 .464 15 ⁄2 Los Angeles 17 63 76 .453 Seattle Houston 46 93 .331 34 Wednesday’s Games Houston 6, Minnesota 5 Oakland 11, Texas 4 Arizona 4, Toronto 3, 10 innings Cleveland 6, Baltimore 4 N.Y. Yankees 6, Chicago White Sox 5 Boston 20, Detroit 4 Seattle 6, Kansas City 4 Tampa Bay 3, L.A. Angels 1 Today’s Games Seattle (J.Saunders 11-13) at Kansas City (Guthrie 13-10), 11:10 a.m.

Boston (Peavy 11-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Nova 8-4), 4:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Quintana 7-5) at Baltimore (Mig.Gonzalez 8-7), 4:05 p.m.

Houston (Peacock 3-5) at Oakland (Gray 2-2), 7:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Price 8-6) at L.A. Angels (Williams 5-10), 7:05 p.m.

Friday’s Games Boston (Doubront 10-6) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 10-9), 4:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 4-11) at Baltimore (Feldman 4-4), 4:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Z.Wheeler 7-3) at Cleveland (Kazmir 7-7), 4:05 p.m.

Detroit (Ani.Sanchez 12-7) at Kansas City (Shields 10-8), 5:10 p.m.

Toronto (Dickey 11-12) at Minnesota (Pelfrey 510), 5:10 p.m.

Houston (Keuchel 5-8) at Oakland (Griffin 129), 7:05 p.m.

Texas (Garza 3-2) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 146), 7:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Cobb 8-3) at Seattle (Iwakuma 126), 7:10 p.m.

National League East Division Atlanta Washington New York Philadelphia Miami Central Division

W 85 71 63 63 52 W

L 54 68 75 77 86 L

Pct .612 .511 .457 .450 .377 Pct

GB — 14 1 21 ⁄2 1 22 ⁄2 1 32 ⁄2 GB

— 81 58 .583 1 80 59 .576 78 62 .557 31⁄2 60 79 .432 21 22 59 80 .424 W L Pct GB 83 56 .597 — 70 68 .507 121⁄2 66 75 .468 18 62 77 .446 21 62 77 .446 21 Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Mets 5, Atlanta 2 Chicago Cubs 9, Miami 7 Arizona 4, Toronto 3, 10 innings San Francisco 13, San Diego 5 Washington 3, Philadelphia 2 St. Louis 5, Cincinnati 4, 16 innings Milwaukee 9, Pittsburgh 3 Colorado 7, L.A. Dodgers 5 Today’s Games St. Louis (Lynn 13-9) at Cincinnati (Cingrani 63), 4:10 p.m.

Arizona (Cahill 5-10) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 3-4), 7:15 p.m.

Friday’s Games Milwaukee (Lohse 9-8) at Chicago Cubs (Rusin 2-3), 11:20 a.m.

Atlanta (Minor 13-5) at Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 116), 4:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Z.Wheeler 7-3) at Cleveland (Kazmir 7-7), 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Capuano 4-7) at Cincinnati (Leake 11-6), 4:10 p.m.

Washington (Haren 8-12) at Miami (Fernandez 10-6), 4:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (A.J.Burnett 7-9) at St. Louis (J.Kelly 7-3), 5:15 p.m.

Colorado (Nicasio 8-7) at San Diego (B.Smith 0-1), 7:10 p.m.

Arizona (Corbin 13-5) at San Francisco (Petit 20), 7:15 p.m.

Pittsburgh St. Louis Cincinnati Milwaukee Chicago West Division Los Angeles Arizona Colorado San Diego San Francisco

Wednesday’s Linescores 1 0 and and 6-2.

Athletics 11, Rangers 4 Texas 002 000 101 — 4 9 0 Oakland 210 006 02x — 11 12 1 Darvish, R.Ross (6), J.Ortiz (6), Ogando (7), Burns (8), Feliz (8) and Pierzynski, G.Soto; J.Parker, Bre.Anderson (7) and Vogt. W—J.Parker 11-6. L—Darvish 12-7. Sv—Bre.Anderson (2). HRs— Texas, G.Soto (7). Oakland, Moss (26), Barton (2), Donaldson (20), Crisp (18).

Indians 6, Orioles 4 Baltimore 000 130 000 — 4 6 0 Cleveland 400 020 00x — 6 10 1 Z.Britton, Gausman (3), Fr.Rodriguez (6), Stinson (7), Ji.Johnson (8) and Wieters; McAllister, Shaw (5), Allen (6), J.Smith (8), C.Perez (9) and Y.Gomes. W—Shaw 3-3. L— Gausman 2-4. Sv—C.Perez (22). HRs—Baltimore, A.Jones (29), Machado (13).

Yankees 6, White Sox 5 Chicago 100 000 040 — 5 8 1 New York 100 400 10x — 6 8 1 Er.Johnson, D.Webb (7), Purcey (8) and Phegley; Sabathia, D.Robertson (8), M.Rivera (8) and Au.Romine. W—Sabathia 13-11. L—Er.Johnson 0-1. Sv—M.Rivera (41). HRs—New York, Cano (26).

Red Sox 20, Tigers 4 Detroit 003 100 000 — 4 8 1 Boston 021 118 52x — 20 19 0 Porcello, Alburquerque (6), Bonderman (6), E.Reed (7) and Avila, Holaday; Dempster, Workman (7), F.Morales (8), R.De La Rosa (9) and D.Ross, Lavarnway. W—Dempster 8-9. L— Porcello 11-8. HRs—Detroit, Fielder (22). Boston, Drew (12), Ellsbury (8), D.Ortiz 2 (26), Middlebrooks (12), Nava (11), Lavarnway (1), Napoli (18).

Mariners 6, Royals 4 Seattle Kansas City

Diamondbacks 4, Blue Jays 3 Toronto 300 000 000 0 — 3 5 1 Arizona 020 000 100 1 — 4 9 0 (10 innings) Buehrle, S.Santos (7), Delabar (8), L.Perez (9), Jeffress (10) and Arencibia; Delgado, D.Hernandez (8), Ziegler (9), W.Harris (10) and M.Montero. W—W.Harris 3-0. L—L.Perez 0-1.

HRs—Toronto, R.Davis (4).

Mets 5, Braves 2 New York 203 000 000 — 5 12 1 Atlanta 000 010 010 — 2 7 0 Gee, Black (8), Hawkins (9) and T.d’Arnaud; Loe, F.Garcia (5), Varvaro (8) and G.Laird. W—Gee 11-9. L—Loe 0-2. Sv—Hawkins (7). HRs—New York, A.Brown (6), Duda (12). Atlanta, F.Freeman (19).

Cubs 9, Marlins 7 Miami 020 004 100 — 7 11 1 Chicago 012 001 41x — 9 11 1 Flynn, Hatcher (5), Caminero (6), A.Ramos (7), R.Webb (7), Qualls (8) and K.Hill; Samardzija, Villanueva (7), Strop (8), Gregg (9) and D.Navarro. W—Villanueva 4-8. L— R.Webb 2-6. Sv—Gregg (29). HRs—Miami, Morrison (5), Hechavarria (3). Chicago, St.Castro (9), D.Navarro (12), Sweeney (5), Do.Murphy (9).

Giants 13, Padres 9

Astros 6, Twins 5 Minnesota 003 000 011 — 5 7 Houston 300 110 001 — 6 12 Hendriks, Pressly (5), Duensing (9) C.Herrmann, Pinto; Lyles, Bedard (7) Pagnozzi. W—Bedard 4-10. L—Duensing HRs—Minnesota, Presley (1), Doumit (12).

Tampa Bay 010 000 200 — 3 7 0 Los Angeles 000 000 100 — 1 7 1 Hellickson, Al.Torres (6), McGee (7), Jo.Peralta (8), Rodney (9) and J.Molina; Weaver, Kohn (8), D.De La Rosa (9) and Conger, Iannetta. W— Hellickson 11-8. L—Weaver 9-8. Sv—Rodney (32).

HRs—Tampa Bay, W.Myers 2 (11). Los Angeles, Iannetta (8).

002 200 002 — 6 11 0 000 400 000 — 4 4 1

San Francisco 001 430 014 — 13 17 0 San Diego 110 012 000 — 5 9 1 Lincecum, Mijares (6), Machi (6), S.Rosario (7), S.Casilla (8), Kickham (9) and H.Sanchez; Stults, Brach (5), Boxberger (7), Thayer (9), Bass (9) and Hundley. W—Lincecum 9-13. L—Stults 8-13. HRs— San Francisco, B.Crawford (9), Pence (18), H.Sanchez (3), Sandoval 3 (13). San Diego, R.Cedeno (2), Headley (9).

Nationals 3, Phillies 2 Washington 100 000 110 — 3 6 0 Philadelphia 020 000 000 — 2 9 0 Zimmermann, Krol (8), Stammen (8), R.Soriano (9) and W.Ramos, J.Solano; Halladay, Miner (7), Diekman (8), Papelbon (9) and Ruiz.

W—Zimmermann 16-8. L—Diekman 1-4. Sv— R.Soriano (38). HRs—Washington, Zimmerman (17).

Cardinals 5, Reds 4 St. Louis 000 201 000 000 010 1 — 5 12 0 Cincinnati 020 010 000 000 010 0 — 4 10 1 (16 innings) S.Miller, Choate (6), Siegrist (7), Rosenthal (8), S.Freeman (10), Axford (11), Lyons (12), Mujica (14), Ca.Martinez (15) and Y.Molina; Arroyo, LeCure (8), Duke (8), A.Chapman (9), Hoover (10), Simon (12), Ondrusek (15) and Hanigan, C.Miller, Mesoraco. W—Ca.Martinez 2-1. L— Ondrusek 3-1. HRs—St. Louis, Ma.Adams 2 (11).

Cincinnati, B.Phillips (18).

Brewers 9, Pirates 3 Pittsburgh 011 010 000 — 3 12 1 Milwaukee 025 000 20x — 9 13 0 Liriano, J.Gomez (4), Pimentel (6), J.Hughes (7), Grilli (8) and Buck; W.Peralta, Mic.Gonzalez (7), D.Hand (7), Wooten (8), Badenhop (9) and Maldonado. W—W.Peralta 9-14. L—Liriano 15-7.

HRs—Pittsburgh, McCutchen (19). Milwaukee, K.Davis (9).

Rockies 7, Dodgers 5 Los Angeles 100 001 030 — 5 11 1 Colorado 211 000 30x — 7 11 2 Volquez, League (5), Howell (6), Marmol (7), P.Rodriguez (8), B.Wilson (8) and A.Ellis; J.De La Rosa, Ottavino (7), Outman (7), W.Lopez (7), Belisle (8), Corpas (8), Brothers (9) and

Pro Football Today’s Game Baltimore at Denver, 5:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Atlanta at New Orleans, 10 a.m.

Cincinnati at Chicago, 10 a.m.

New England at Buffalo, 10 a.m.

Tennessee at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m.

Tampa Bay at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.

Kansas City at Jacksonville, 10 a.m.

Seattle at Carolina, 10 a.m.

Miami at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 10 a.m.

Oakland at Indianapolis, 10 a.m.

Green Bay at San Francisco, 1:25 p.m.

Arizona at St. Louis, 1:25 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games Philadelphia at Washington, 4:10 p.m.

Houston at San Diego, 7:20 p.m.

Tennis U.S. Open Wednesday At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York Singles Men Quarterfinals Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Tommy Robredo (19), Spain, 6-0, 6-2, 6-2. Richard Gasquet (8), France, def. David Ferrer (4), Spain, 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3.

Women Quarterfinals Victoria Azarenka (2), Belarus, def. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-3. Flavia Pennetta, Italy, def. Roberta Vinci (10), Italy, 6-4, 6-1.

Doubles Men Quarterfinals Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Marcelo Melo (10), Brazil, def. Treat Huey, Philippines, and Dominic Inglot (16), Britain, 7-5, 6-3.

Women Third Round Serena and Venus Williams, United States, def.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, and Lucie Safarova (11), Czech Republic, 6-1, 7-6 (3).

Quarterfinals Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua (8), Australia, def. Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina (2), Russia, 6-2, 6-3.

Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka (5), Czech Republic, def. Nadia Petrova, Russia, and Katarina Srebotnik (3), Slovenia, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5.

Sania Mirza, India, and Zheng Jie (10), China, def. Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, and Peng Shuai (4), China, 6-4, 7-6 (5).

Mixed Semifinals Abigail Spears, United States, and Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, and Bruno Soares (5), Brazil, 6-2, 6-1.

Andrea Hlavackova, Czech Republic, and Max Mirnyi (7), Belarus, def. Kristina Mladenovic, France, and Daniel Nestor, Canada, 7-5, 6-7 (4), 12-10.

Pro Soccer Major League Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE W Montreal 12 New York 12 Sporting KC 12 Philadelphia 10 New England 10 Houston 10 Chicago 10

L 7 9 9 8 9 9 10

T 6 6 6 9 7 7 5

Pts 42 42 42 39 37 37 35

GF 41 40 38 37 35 30 31

GA 35 35 27 37 25 31 35

Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB—Suspended St. Louis minor league 2B Brett Wiley (State College-NY Penn) 50 games after testing positive for an amphetamine.

National League CHICAGO CUBS—Selected the contract of RHP Chang-Yong Lim from Iowa (PCL).

Designated RHP Michael Bowden for assignment. Claimed RHP Daniel Bard off waivers from Boston. Designated OF Cole Gillespie for assignment.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS—Named Kenny Lauer vice president of digital and marketing.

MILWAUKEE BUCKS—Named Jim Cleamons and Scott Williams assistant coaches and Josh Oppenheimer assistant coach/player development.

FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS—Signed G Derek Dennis to the practice squad. Terminated the practice squad contract of QB Jerrod Johnson.

CINCINNATI BENGALS—Placed WR Andrew Hawkins on the injured reserve/return list.

Signed OT Dennis Roland. Signed QB Greg McElroy to the practice squad.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Signed RB Bradley Randle to the practice squad. Released RB Joe Banyard from the practice squad.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Re-signed OL Josh Kline to the practice squad. Released LB Jeff Tarpinian from the practice squad.

NEW YORK GIANTS—Placed RB Andre Brown on the injured reserve/return list. Signed DE Adewale Ojomo from the practice squad. Signed OL Sam Baker to the practice squad.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Agreed to terms with D Niklas Hjalmarsson on a five-year contract extension through the 2018-19 season.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Signed F Andre Burakovsky to a three-year, entry-level contract.

Promoted Olie Kolzig to goaltender coach.

Named Scott Murray associate goaltender coach.

COLLEGE NCAA—Granted men’s basketball G Michael Dixon’s waiver to play this season at Memphis after transferring from Missouri.

SOUTH DAKOTA—Announced the retirement of men’s basketball coach David Boots.

WASHINGTON STATE—Announced assistant basketball coach Ben Johnson is leaving the basketball program.

B4•The World • Thursday,September 5,2013

Sports Broncos get shot at revenge

Tribe seeks name change for Redskins

BY BARRY WILNER The Associated Press Ever since the NFL announced that the champion Ravens would open the season at Denver, the Broncos have been salivating over a chance to get back at Baltimore.

That opportunity comes tonight in the Mile High City, where the Ravens staged that sensational late comeback in the divisional playoff game last January before beating the Broncos in double overtime.

Anyone who says there is no carryover from previous seasons shouldn’t bother watching this one, because it will disprove that theory — big time.

“I think as a team, this is our year,” said cornerback Rahim Moore, whose misplay on a deep pass to Jacoby Jones in the final minute of regulation helped Baltimore tie the postseason matchup.

“I think we’re going to do some big things. It’s not going to be easy. Not at all.

We have to remain the hunters. But we do have a chip on our shoulders, too.”

Oddsmakers believe that’s more of a boulder on their shoulder, and have installed Denver (tied No. 2, AP Pro32) as a 9-point favorite over Baltimore (No. 8, AP Pro32).

The Ravens have had all kinds of offseason upheaval, particularly to the defense, which no longer has Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, Dannell Ellerbe, Paul Kruger and

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The Associated Press

Denver head coach John Fox talks with quarterback Peyton Manning and receiver Wes Welker during last week’s preseason game. The Broncos open the season against the defending champion Ravens tonight.

Bernard Pollard.

It’s never wise to underestimate a defending champion, though. Peyton Manning might have his way with the retooled Baltimore defense, or the proud Ravens just might pull off a surprise as Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco takes advantage of All-Pro linebacker Von Miller’s absence due to suspension.

That spread is too high ...

BRONCOS, 24-21.

No. 16 Minnesota (plus 1 4 ⁄2) at No. 19 Detroit: Until further notice, pick Adrian Peterson against a bad defense ... UPSET SPECIAL: VIKINGS, 29-27.

No. 5 New England (minus 10) at No. 29 Buffalo: The mismatch of the weekend. Bills never beat Patriots even when healthy, which they aren’t ... BEST BET: PATRIOTS, 37-10.

No. 32 Oakland (plus 91⁄2) at No. 11 Indianapolis: Another good choice for Best Bet ... COLTS, 27-13.

No. 2 6 P h i l a d e l p h i a

( p l u s 3 1⁄ 2) a t No. 1 0 Wa s h i n g to n , Mo n d ay night: This one gets lots of eyeballs as RG3 returns and Chip Kelly’s Quack Attack debuts for Philly ... REDSKINS, 22-20.

1 No. 7 Green Bay (plus 4 ⁄2) at No. 1 San Francisco: Are Niners a little full of themselves? Seems so, but maybe cockiness is warranted ...

49ERS, 30-28.

No. 25 Tennessee (plus 7) at No. 17 Pittsburgh: Two of 2012’s biggest flops. Steelers at home get the edge in close one ... STEELERS, 19-17.

No. 4 Atlanta (plus 3) at No. 12 New Orleans: Emotional return of coach Sean Payton mimics emotional return of Saints to Big Easy after Hurricane Katrina ... SAINTS, 37-35.

No. 2 (tie) Seattle (minus 3) at No. 23 Carolina: Seahawks don’t always travel well to East Coast. Shouldn’t matter for an opener, though ... SEAHAWKS, 23-14.

No. 24 Arizona (plus 41⁄2) at No. 18 St. Louis: Rams

continue 2012 mastery within division ... RAMS, 20-13.

No. 20 Tampa Bay (minus 3) at No. 30 New York Jets: Revis returns to his old island, uh, house, and cleans up ... BUCCANEERS 24-1.

No. 13 New York Giants (plus 3) at No. 15 Dallas: Giants always win in Jerry’s house ... GIANTS, 31-27.

No. 9 Cincinnati (plus 3) at No. 14 Chicago: Tough place for AFC contender Bengals to open ... BEARS, 17-13.

No. 22 Miami (pick-em) at No. 28 Cleveland: Tough preseason for Dolphins, but good start to regular season ... DOLPHINS, 16-13.

1 No. 6 Houston (minus 3 ⁄2) at No. 27 San Diego, Monday night: Texans believe they are Super Bowl capable. Such teams don’t lose such games ... TEXANS, 27-16.

No. 21 Kansas City (minus 31⁄2) at No. 31 Jacksonville: A pair of 2-14 teams from last year. Only Chiefs headed in right direction ... CHIEFS, 20-9.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — An American Indian tribe in upstate New York said Thursday it will launch a radio ad campaign pressing for the Washington Redskins to shed a name often criticized as offensive.

The Oneida Indian Nation said the first ad will run on radio stations in Washington before the team hosts the Philadelphia Eagles in its season opener Monday night.

In the ad, Oneida Nation Representative Ray Halbritter says NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell should “stand up to bigotry” by denouncing “the racial slur” in the team’s name.

“We do not deserve to be called redskins,” the Oneida leader says in the ad. “We deserve to be treated as what we are — Americans.”

The radio ad said Goodell had rightly been critical this summer after an Eagles wide receiver was caught on video making a racial slur against African-Americans.

The ads launch as the Washington Redskins this year face a fresh barrage of criticism over their nickname, with local leaders and pundits calling for a name change. In May, 10 members of Congress sent letters to Redskins owner Dan Snyder and Goodell urging the team to change the name.

Snyder has vowed to

Bailey will miss opener tonight THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Notre Dame makes final trip to Big House

BY RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press

In a sense, Michigan coach Brady Hoke was right when he said Notre Dame was “chickening out” of its rivalry with the Wolverines.

No, the Fighting Irish are not literally scared to play Michigan, but if the Wolverines weren’t generally so good Notre Dame might not have pulled out of the series between two of college football’s most famous teams. As is the case with all heavyweight programs, Notre Dame needs to manage the difficulty of its schedule and guarantee regularly playing seven home games.

The Fighting Irish (1-0) visit the Big House on Saturday, their last scheduled trip to Ann Arbor. Michigan (1-0) plays at South Bend, Ind., next season, and then the rivalry takes an indefinite hiatus.

It’s a rivalry that is both historical and significant — and really cool.

Winged helmets vs. golden domes.

But when Notre Dame agreed to play five games against Atlantic Coast Conference opponents per season, starting next year, it needed to clear some space — and Michigan got the boot.

“It’s just there’s so many complexities with our schedule and our agreement with the ACC that it’s difficult and frustrating,” Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said. “I can see the frustration that would be there.”

Why Michigan and not Navy or Purdue or even Michigan State?

To be fair, there is a lot of history with those rivalries. The Irish have played the Midshipmen more (86 times) than even Southern California (84).

They’ve played Purdue 84 times as well and Michigan State is next on the

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VICK Eagles open season Monday From Page B1 Vick replaced six-time Pro Bowl QB Donovan McNabb in Philadelphia. McNabb was another gifted runner who despised the label “running quarterback.” Vick embraces it, but also wants to be known for his passing ability.

“I think as kids — when we’re in the backyard — we idolize certain guys and we want to be like those guys who we look up to,” he said.

“You don’t want to just be viewed as a running quarterback, like all you can do is run or ‘he’s just athletic.’ We put a lot of hard work into our

most-played list at 75. Michigan’s 40 is behind Pitt (68), Army (50) and Northwestern (47).

Just as important: Notre Dame doesn’t necessarily need another heavyweight on its schedule.

Next season Notre Dame plays the usual suspects: Stanford, USC, Michigan. No Michigan State. The deal with the ACC added Louisville and Florida State. There is also a road game against Arizona State that the Irish couldn’t get out of, plus Northwestern and North Carolina.

You never know for sure how tough a schedule will be until it plays out, but that has potential to be one of the most difficult in the country.

As much as programs and conferences are looking for ways to bulk up their future schedules, they are doing so carefully. Notice how much discussion has gone on in the Southeastern Conference about possibly playing nine league games and eliminating crossdivision rivalries.

Not wanting to give up home games is one of the reasons Florida so rarely plays Miami. The Gators visit the Hurricanes on Saturday, and have no plans to play again.

What Notre Dame is doing with Michigan is similar and understandable, but hopefully it won’t be permanent.

The picks: MAIN EVENTS No. 6 South Carolina (plus 3) at No. 11 Georgia: Jadeveon Clowney gets chance to catch his breath ... GEORGIA 27-23.

No. 14 Notre Dame (plus 31⁄2) at No. 17 Michigan: Under the lights, Wolverines protect the Big House ...

MICHIGAN 23-20.

MARQUEE MATCHUPS No. 12 Florida (minus 3) at Miami: Fourth regular-season meeting since 1987 ... FLORIDA 31-21.

No. 15 Texas (minus 7) at BYU: Cougars offense was washed away by

craft and what we do, to be able to go out and execute and run an NFL offense, which is hard, because if anybody could do it, we probably wouldn’t be here.

“Sometimes you don’t get credit for what you do, but I think at the end of the day, you’ve got to be the best football player that you can be.”

Vick is the oldest player on Philadelphia’s roster and he’ll be the oldest QB to start a season opener for the Eagles since 35-year-old Ron Jaworski in 1986. He knows there’s a generation of players in the league now who grew up playing him on video games.

Some of those guys are defenders he still outruns despite a 10-year age difference and some are the quarterbacks stealing his spotlight. Vick appreciates the

Virginia rain, should be better at home ... TEXAS 24-20.

1 West Virginia (plus 20 ⁄2) at No. 16 Oklahoma: Sooners rediscovered their defense last week ... OKLAHOMA 4521.

Washington State (plus 15) at No. 25 Southern California: Whoever is the quarterback for USC needs to play better ... USC 35-17.

UPSET SPECIAL Syracuse (plus 12) at No. 19 Northwestern: Wildcats came back from California banged up ... SYRACUSE 30-24.

PLUCKY UNDERDOGS No. 2 Oregon (minus 22) at Virginia ... OREGON 38-14.

San Diego State (plus 28) at No. 3 Ohio State ... OHIO STATE 41-17.

San Jose State (plus 261⁄2) at No. 5 Stanford ... STANFORD 35-14.

Virginia is coming off a soggy victory against BYU, and could probably use another rain storm to help slow down the Ducks. San Diego State is coming off a surprising loss to Eastern Illinois, but should be better. San Jose State hung tough with Stanford last season and has one of the best quarterbacks in the country in David Fales.

BEST BET UTSA (plus 26) at No. 13 Oklahoma State ... OKLAHOMA STATE 52-14.

MISMATCHES South Carolina State (no line) vs No. 4 Clemson ... CLEMSON 54-14.

Sam Houston State (no line) at No. 7 Texas A&M ... 62-20.

Eastern Kentucky (no line) at No. 8 Louisville ... LOUISVILLE 48-14.

1 UAB (plus 34 ⁄2) at No. 9 LSU ... LSU 41-3.

Tennessee Tech (no line) at No. 21 Wisconsin ... WISCONSIN 45-6.

1 Southern Miss (plus 28 ⁄2) at No. 22 Nebraska ... 42-10.

1 Buffalo (plus 27 ⁄2 ) at No. 23 Baylor ...

BAYLOR 52-16.

SE Louisiana (no line) at No. 24 TCU ... TCU 56-14.

recognition they give him for being sort of a trailblazer.

“It means a lot,” he said.“It means the way I’ve been able to play the game and others before me has trickled down to the younger generation.”

As for RG3, Vick said: “I’m a fan of his just like he’s a fan of mine. It’s great that you have guys that respect what you do. I like the way he plays the game, the desire he brings, his intensity, his heart, the way he carries himself with his teammates and you can tell everybody in the organization likes him and that’s the type of character you have to have as a quarterback in this league.

“You want everybody to like you, and you want to be that franchise guy.”

Just don’t ask if Vick if he’s watched film on Griffin

to learn from him.

“I was running the read option before RG3 started running the read option so I know how to do it,” he said.

“The thing I respect is the way they do it and the way he did it last year and putting his team in position to excel and be successful.

“He’s taken it to another level and I have a lot of respect for him.”

And they’ll square off on Monday.

NOTES: With only three QBs on the roster after Dennis Dixon and G.J. Kinne were cut, the Eagles needed an extra arm in practice. So, Kelly threw passes to running backs during one drill. ... The Eagles signed former Oregon defensive end Brandon Bair to complete their eight-man practice squad.

never change the name.

League spokesman Brian McCarthy, in an email to The Associated Press, said they “respect that reasonable people may have differing views.”

“The name from its origin has always intended to be positive and has always been used by the team in a highly respectful manner,” McCarthy wrote.

There was no immediate response from the Redskins.

The Oneidas have been vocal opponents of the Redskins nickname — be it for NFL or high school teams.

The tribe, which runs a casino and resort in central New York, this year gave $10,000 toward new jerseys to an area high school that changed its nickname from the Redskins to the Hawkeyes.

The Oneida said the first ad will run Sunday and Monday on several stations in Washington. Subsequent ads will run in Washington during home games and in the cities hosting the team when it is away. A spokesman for the Oneidas would not say how much the campaign would cost beyond “multiple thousands.”

Halbritter said that fans also are being urged to lobby the NFL in support of the name change at www.changethemascot.org , a website that debuted Thursday.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Champ Bailey won’t play in the Denver Broncos’ opener against the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday night because of a sprained left foot.

The 15th-year pro was ruled out Wednesday.

He hasn’t p ra c t i c e d since getting hurt in a preseason game at Seattle on Aug. 17.

Denver will start Dominique RodgersCromartie in Bailey’s place opposite right cornerback Chris Harris with Tony Carter getting work at nickel.

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Rookie Smith will be Jets starter at QB

rest of the season due to a nagging left hip injury.

Bautista has been on the disabled list since Aug. 21 and Toronto manager John Gibbons said the slugging outfielder will not play the rest of the season to give him more time to heal.

Bautista played 118 games this season, hitting .259 with 28 homers and 73 RBIs.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL NCAA faces new lawsuit over concussions CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.

— Three former college football players are suing the NCAA, saying it failed to educate them about the risks of concussions and did not do enough to prevent, diagnose and treat brain injuries.

Chris Walker and Ben Martin, who played for Tennessee from 2007-2011, and Dan Ahern, who played for North Carolina State from 1972-76, filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Wednesday.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Rookie quarterback Geno Smith will start for the New York Jets in the season opener at home Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The team announced the decision through its Twitter feed Wednesday, finally confirming what had been AUTO RACING expected since Mark Sanchez Burton won’t drive for injured his right shoulder in a Childress in 2014 preseason game against the WELCOME, N.C. — Jeff Giants on Aug. 24.

Burton will not return to San Francisco linebacker Richard Childress Racing for the 2014 season. faces civil lawsuit Burton made the SAN FRANCISCO — San announcement Wednesday, Francisco 49ers linebacker ending his relationship with Aldon Smith and former RCR that dates to the 2005 Niners tight end Delanie season. Burton hasn’t won Walker have been named in a since 2008 and is 22nd in the lawsuit by a Northern Sprint Cup standings this California man who said he season. was shot during a party at RCR says a new driver for Smith’s house. the No. 31 Chevrolet will be In the suit filed Tuesday in announced at a later date.

Santa Clara County Superior Court, David Kleczek, an NASCAR bans driver’s attorney for Ronndale girlfriend after slap Esporlas, claims that Smith DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. and Walker fired weapons — NASCAR has indefinitely illegally during a party at girlfriend a driver’s banned Smith’s San Jose home on from all events for slapping a June 29, 2012. rival racer after the Truck Bills choose rookie Series race Sunday in Manuel for quarterback Bowmanville, Ontario.

NASCAR said Wednesday ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills coach Doug that Kelly Heaphy, driver Marrone said rookie quarter- Mike Skeen’s girlfriend, also back EJ Manuel will be his was fined $2,500 for slapping starter in opening the season Max Papis in the face.

Papis and Skeen had been against New England on battling for third in the closSunday.

Manuel’s status had been ing laps of the race until conin question after he had what tact between the two on the the team called a “minor pro- last lap ruined Papis’ finish. cedure” on his left knee on The two hit again during the cool-down lap, and Papis Aug. 18. voiced his displeasure about Skeen during his post-race BASEBALL interview. Heaphy then Bautista will miss rest of approached Papis and Toronto’s season slapped him.

PHOENIX — The Toronto Papis finished sixth in the Blue Jays shut down right road race, and Skeen was fielder Jose Bautista for the 13th.

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204 Banking

Coos Soil & Water Conservation District is now accepting application for the Watershed Technical Specialist position. For more information www.coosswcd.org or 541-396-6879.

ORCA Communications ORCA is a broadband telecommunications company dedicated to providing rural communities with informational resources by providing Ethernet transport and internet access solutions. We are seeking an

Operations Manager in the North Bend, OR office.

Oversee on-site customer installations including router, switch, and other CPE configs; cable placement, terminations & testing; equipment installation; outside & inside cable placement; resource and labor allocation. Supervise staff of 6-8 and manage work flow and projects reporting to ORCA President. 5 yrs exp in telecommunications related field with project management exp.

Fluency in Ethernet, VLAN, LAN/WAN fundamentals, TDM, & collocation concepts.

Cisco router & switch certification helpful.

Systems or other engineering exp desired. Background, post offer drug test required. Visit www.orcacomm.com for more info about us. Resume with cover letter & salary to: dmiles@themillcasino.com

Care Giving 225

Business 300

Customer Service Professional Job will include numerous aspects including customer service, retail sales of R.V. Parts and Accessories to administrative and clerical duties. Required skills include: Customer Service Organization Detail Mulit-Tasking Typing & Computer Willingness to Learn Trade.

If you are interested in joining the #1 RV Dealer on the Oregon Coast in this capacity please contact Eric Porter at 541-269-5121 or email eric@portersrv.com.

A resume is required.

This is a full time, hourly position.

208 Education

306 Jobs Wanted COOS BAY Based independent contract carrier for The World newspaper.

Afternoon delivery Monday - Thursday and Saturday before 8am.

Real Estate 500

Large Studio C.B. $450.

1 bedroom C.B. $495.

2 Bedroom N.B. $575.

2 bdrm very large 1900sq ft. C.B. $850.

Call for info.

541-297-4834 Willett Investment Properties FURNISHED 1 bdrm apt. Everything furnished except electricity. $395/month, first/last/deposit. No smoking/pets. Background check & references required. 541-888-3619.

501 Commercial PUBLISHER’S NOTICE All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitations or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law.

Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-669-9777. The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

504 Homes for Sale

1996 Manufactured home. Large living Room w/ Sunporch. Formal Dinning Room- 3 Bedrooms/ 2 Bth, open kitchen. 2 car Garage plus Shop. $179,000. Call 541-267-3639.

403 Found Free Ads All free ads must fit the criteria listed below.

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Merchandise for Sale under $500 total.

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4 BD/2 Bath 1600 + Sq. Ft. New Kitchen Oversized Garage $167,500 540 Pacific Ave, Coos Bay Call Shana Jo Armstrong, Principal Broker CENTURY 21 Best Realty 541-267-2221 EXT. 4127

Beautiful Custom Log home All in the convenience of in town. www.homesbyowner.com/40183 Also Zillow and Craigs List. $198,000 541-888-6234 or 949-690-7557

WANTED:HOUSE Coos Bay or North Bend area for under $50,000, in any condition. Have cash and can close quickly.

Call Howard

541-297-4834

510 Wanted RENTALS & REAL ESTATE SPECIALS Choose any of these specials and add a photo for $5.00 extra.

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Lost & Lost Pets

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Ads $35.00 $15.00AllFree free ads must fit the

Coos Bay: 319 N. 8th St. (Above Skateboard Park) Sat. and Sun., 9-4pm.

Teacher just retired.

Shelves, Books,$15.00 Toys, Rainforest Curriculum. Misc, Household Items.

criteria listed below.

$45.00

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$55.00 Merchandise for Sale under $500 total. $59.95

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Merchandise

Meticulous?! This is for you! All brand new top to bottom, 2bd/1ba apt in quiet NB 5-plex. Sliding door leads to private yard. W/D hookups. Garbage pd. No smoking/pets. 756-1768 $695.

North Bend Studio close to shopping & schools. W/G incl.

No pets/smoking. $470/$400 dep.

1189 Virginia #3 541-267-0125 or 541-297-6752 Tamarac’s only 1 bedroom unit is available. Quiet. View of Bay and Bridge. $700 mo.541-759-4380.

3 Plus Bdrm. 2 bath, 2 Kitchens w/ Mother- in -Law unit. Bunker Hill.

W/D, garage, G/ pd. Must see inside to appreciate. Pets okay, 1 yr. lease. $875 mo. plus Sec. Dep. Call Tim @ 1-503-313-0015

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Best Ad - $12.00 (includes a photo & boxing) 6 lines - 3 week in The World, Bandon Western World, Umpqua Post, and The World and link, theworldlink.com Smart Mobile.

704 Musical Instruments Gemeinhardt flute MOUTHPIECE - NEW!! + rod cleaner also new!!

541-271-0508 $85.00

707 Tools Pedestal Grinder 1.1/2 x 10 wheels.

Box of wheels (4) 2 coarse and 2 fine, 3ph. $350. 541-756-5109

North Bend, Very Clean. 1 bedroom, quiet neighborhood, oversized corner lot, W/D, dishwasher,No smoking/pets.

Excellent references required. $790/mo. + $1000 deposit. 541-267-0673.

3 Bedroom. 1 bath, clean, Daniel”s Creek $550 Mo. 541-290-6172

610 2-4-6 Plexes For Rent: CB, 3 bed, 1 and 1/2 bath. Duplex. Laundry Room, Clean. $650 Mo. Plus $1250 refundable cleaning, security Dep. 541-756-5109

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All specials are category specific. There are no refunds on specials.

541-267-6278

Rentals 600

601 Apartments Large 1 bed, 1 bath, kitchen.

Located in historic registry home.

One of two units. MHS area. W/D, appliances, bay windows, very private. Requires quiet tenant, no smoking, no pets. W/S/G paid, $525/mo. Excellent references required. First, last, + security deposit. Available now!

Call owner: 916-296-8525.

REEDSPORT Large Townhouse style duplex Clean, great location. 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath, 1 car garage, W/D hookups, dishwasher, patio plus yard. Available from Sept. 1st, 600/mo., 1st/ last + $150 deposit.

No pets/smoking. Tenant responsible for untilities Credit check required.

Call 541-271-3743

612 Townhouse/Condo

Wet Stone Grinder with stand 10”x 1.1/2” $65. Star 10” Rock Saw with power feed $165. 541-756-5109

709 Wanted to Buy Looking for an inexpensive car to use while at Bandon Dunes until Thanksgiving. Under $500 would be perfect.

1-609-802-9147

710 Miscellaneous “N” scale model RR: 2’x3’ layout board w/track; scenery, bldgs. etc. engines, freight & passenger cars; call for list.541-271-0508. $250. obo 2 Cemetery plots # 4 and 5 for sale at Ocean View Memory Gardens. Near baby land. Normally $1295 ea. Sacrifice $1000 ea. Call 541-832-2644 6-shelf light wood folding cd/ dvd/ etc.storage rack; like new ; also great for knick-knacks; like new; 541-271-0508 $10.00 obo Cardstock cut & assemble various models: villages, lighthouses, western towns, etc. call for complete listing.

541-271-0508 $60. obo cut & assemble cardstock villages; western towns, fort, victorian houses, lighthouses; call for complete list; great fun;541-271-0508 $40.00

Home Canning Stuff: 22 qt.

Presto/canner $35. 2 WB Canners $15/$20. Steamer/Juicer $35. Electric Slicer. HD Grinder, jars, Stainless steel Bowl & 16 qt. pot, & More 541-888-9746

BAYFRONT TOWNHOMES Wooded setting, fireplace, decks, view of bay and bridge.

2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths.

Tamarac 541-759-4380

New!! black Swiss Gear backpack! durable polyester; has organizer pocket,main pocket,& 2 pockets for bottles 541-271-0508 $10.00

RENTALS & REAL ESTATE SPECIALS Choose any of these specials and add a photo for $5.00 extra.

Rentals / Real Estate 1 1 week - 6 lines,

$35.00 Rentals / Real Estate 2 2 week - 6 lines,

$45.00 Rentals / Real Estate 3 3 week - 6 lines,

$55.00 Rentals / Real Estate 4 4 week - 6 lines,

$59.95 All specials will appear in The World, Bandon Western World, Umpqua Post, Wednesday Weekly, Online & Smart Mobile.

All specials are category specific. There are no refunds on specials.

School Desk.Formica and Chrome, absolutely perfect, large size. $25 541-269-9075.

WANTED: All unwanted scrap metal items. Free pick-up. Small fee for diesel. 541-297-0271.

701 Furniture FREE MOVING BOXES and packing material. Six month old love seat $200. Two tiered 48” round table $25.

Call 541-329-2192.

Coos Bay: Yard Sale. 64272 Windfall Rd. Fri/Sat/Sun 9-5pm.

Collectables, Household Items & some Furniture.

Florence City Wide Garage Sale Mark Your Calendars Saturday 9/7 Maps available at the Florence Visitors Center and in the Saturday issue of the Siuslaw News.

Garage Sales All garage sale ads includes Photos and must be classified in categories 751 to 756 & 826 to 830

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Better Ad - $17.00 (includes boxing) 5 lines - 2 days in The World, 1 day in Bandon Western World, Umpqua Post, The World link, 7 days on theworldlink.com and Smart Mobile.

Best Ad - $20.00 (includes boxing) 5 lines - 1 week in The World, Bandon Western World, Umpqua Post, and The World and link, theworldlink.com Smart Mobile.

Greenacres Country Flea Market.

Greenacres Grange. 9-4 Fri/Sat. Off Hwy 42 between CoosBay & Coquille.

Lots of vendors.

Kitchen open - good food!

NORTH BEND: Craft & Unpainted, Statuary sale.

Sept. 4th & 5th - 1 to 4 6th & 7th 10 to 3.

2418 Lewis St. 541-751-0183. Between Oak & Ash Reedsport: Moving sale! 2878 Ridgeway Dr. Sept. 05-09 and Sept. 11-15. 9-7pm. 40 yrs of Household Misc Items.

756 Wood/Heating Firewood: Seasoned , Dry, Old Growth Douglas Fir. $200 cord.

541-297-3668 New Factory Rubber Floor Matts for 2002 Dodge Caravan $100.

541-756-4707 or 541-404-4709 SEASONED HARDWOOD, no green wood. $210/cord.

Prompt delivery. 541-751-0766.

Whitefield Pellet Stove plus 32 bags of pellets & accessories. Good condition $800.

541-756-4707 or 541-404-4709

Electronics 775

777 Computers I will pick up & safely recycle your old computers, printers & monitors, CB, NB, CQ. No charge. 541-294-9107 Toshiba laptop - Windows 7 - Intel Pentium 4 Gig ddr3. $225 call 541-267-6019

Pets/Animals 800

802 Cats

Recreation/ Sports 725

733 Water Sports For Sale: 9 Ft.3 Custom Sail Board, excellent shape. $350 OBO. 541-808-4411

734 Misc. Goods MountainSmith Backpack $130, Sierra 2-person tent $50, 2 Yakima bike roof racks $150, 541-297-8102 OBO

735 Hunting/Rifles GUN SHOW Dates and Hours are Saturday Sept 14th 9-5pm and Sunday September 15th 9-3pm Douglas County Fair Grounds 541-530-4570

541-267-6278

Other Stuff 700

Coos Bay: SUPER SALE. 62711 Karl Rd. Off Shingle House. Fri/Sat 9-4pm. SUPER SALE. Brand name cloth for Teens/Adults, Shoes, Purses, Costumes, Fun Jewelry, new wedding dresses sizes 6-26.

Freezer, Dresser and plants.

FOR SALE: Several Wood Pallets. $4.00 Each. Call 541-756-5123.

metal laundry/shopping cart;wheels on front & back;folds up; good condition; 541-271-0508 $5.00

614 Warehouses

Coos Bay: 570 Shorepines Pl. Thur/Fri/Sat 9-4pm. Crafts, Tools, small kitchen appliances, lots of really good stuff.

Good Ad - $5.00 3 lines - 1 week in The World, Bandon Western World, Umpqua Post, The World link, theworldlink.com and Smart Mobiles.

Better Ad - $7.00

MUST SEE! Newly refurbished unit. 2 bedroom, 1 bath. Hardwood & laminate flooring, granite counter tops, fireplace, W/D in unit, carport, patio. 1.5 blocks West of BAH, W/S/G paid.

No smoking/pets. Only $800/mo + cleaning & security dep. Call for appointment. 541-267-2626.

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404 Lost

754 Garage Sales

All merchandise ads must be classified in categories 700 to 710 & 775 to 799

606 Manufactured

Interest List for future openings: Independent Contract Newspaper Carrier.

Contact Susana Norton at 541-269-1222 ext. 255

Notices 400

701 Furniture

Central Machine, shallow well pump.

1hp, 898 gphr w/ 15 gallon reservoir.

Like new $85 541-756-5109

Contact Susana Norton at 541-269-1222 ext.255

Merchandise for Sale under $500 total.

DEVELOPMENTAL SPECIALIST needed for South Coast Head Start, a program of Oregon Coast Community Action. Provide support for special needs children and their families.

FT/FY; Related BA/BS required.

Call 541-888-3717 or visit www.orcca.us for more info. EOE Closing: 9/6/13 or until filled.

CARTWHEELS PRESCHOOL registering now! Financial Assistance Available.

541-756-4035, ext. 303

$$EASY QUALIFYING real estate equity loans. Credit no problem.

Oregon Land Mortgage.

541-267-2776. ML-4645.

We are excited to announce an available position for a

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454 Schools

304 Financing

The World Link- Free Paper.

Contact Susana Norton at 541-269-1222 ext. 255

EOE For more details please apply online: www.myfirstccu.org

Education 450

APARTMENTS AVAILABLE

HARMONY HOMECARE “Quality Caregivers provide Assisted living in your home”.

541-260-1788

Investment Services Assistant

Full-Time teller

541-267-6278

227 Elderly Care

ONCE A WEEK DELIVERY

in Bandon, Oregon.

Salary Range: $ 9.00 - $17.00

LIFE CHAIN:

Coos Bay/North Bend Sunday October 6 from 2:00-3:30 along Highway 101.

541-267-8315

!!Sunny and Bright!! Quality 2 bdm. in Eastside (Coos Bay). New carpet, New paint! Covered parking, large store room and more. No Smoking and No Pets. $575 plus dep. W/S/G included. Call 541-269-6562!

604 Homes Unfurnished

We are excited to announce an available position for an

in North Bend, Oregon.

Salary Range: $ 10.00 - $19.00 plus opportunity for Company Incentive & Bonus Plan.

Apartments Value601Ads

406 Public Notices

Kohl’s Cat House Adoptions on site.

541-294-3876

803 Dogs Pets All pet ads includes Photos and must be classified in categories 801 to 824

Good Ad - $10.00 3 lines - 1 week in The World, Bandon Western World, Umpqua Post, The World link, theworldlink.com and Smart Mobiles.

Better Ad - $12.00

Market Place 750

754 Garage Sales COOS BAY: GARAGE SALE Fir. 9/6/13 & Sat. 9/7/13 9AM - 4PM 637 NORTH 13 ST. Tools, furniture Etc.......

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Best Ad - $17.00 (includes boxing) 6 lines - 3 week in The World, Bandon Western World, Umpqua Post, and The World link, theworldlink.com and Smart Mobile.

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805 Horses/Equine HORSESHOEING

909 Misc. Auto HONDA WORLD

$10,990 TEJUN FOWLER 541-297-5295 tejunfowler@gmail.com

2008 Toyota Yaris Auto, 1 Owner, A/C, 2Dr, Low Miles. #B3394/617414

808 Pet Care Pet Cremation 541-267-3131

$13,990 2004 Ford Explorer Sport Trac, 4x4, 4Dr Truck, XLT, Low Miles. #13246A/517112

Automobiles 900

901 ATVs

$11,990 2006 Nissan Sentra Se Auto, 4 Cyl., 12,700 Miles, Red, Well Equipped. #B3395/540880

AUTO / VEHICLES / BOATS & TRAILERS All Auto ads must be classified in categories 901 to 946

Good Ad - $12.00 3 lines - 1 week in The World, Bandon Western World, Umpqua Post, The World link, theworldlink.com and Smart Mobiles.

$10,990 2007 Pontiac Vibe Auto, 1 Owner, Low Miles. #B3393/417439

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$12,990 2007 Toyota Tacoma Reg. Cab Auto, Low Miles, Air, Canopy. #B3391/393190

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$12,990 2007 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT 4x4, Auto, Low Miles, Premium Pkg, Leather, More! #B3390/258241

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2013 Taking a look at the way others do things will spark new ideas for future projects in the year ahead.You will be able to move forward with ambitious objectives and the help and support you need.Your rewards will be greatly enjoyed and much deserved.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Opportunity and discipline will take you a long way. Don’t put off anything that will bring you closer to your goal. Call in favors and reestablish connections that could help you advance.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Consider what isn’t working in your life and begin the process that will lead to peace of mind and a bright future. Don’t hesitate to give someone else the chance to take control.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — A geographical change will spark enthusiasm and inspiration.You may need to negotiate with someone who could greatly help your cause. Learn as you go, and you will excel.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov.23-Dec.21) — Be secretive about your plans.

Strategize carefully and get everything in place before you make your move.You can come out on top, but your timing must be faultless.

CAPRICORN (Dec.22-Jan.19) — Don’t let your emotions stand between you and success.

Someone you love may sabotage your plans if you have been

906 4X4

Legals 100

$26,990 2005 Ford F150 4x4 Super Crew Laramies Nascar Edition, Leather, Moon Roof, 14K Miles. #33387/068276

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF COOS PROBATE DEPARTMENT

2003 TOYOTA TACOMA EXTENDED CAB 4X4. 4 CYL, MANUAL TRANS, CD, NEW TOOL BOX, MUD TIRES, 112791 MILES. $9000. obo 541-572-4413

$5,490 2003 Ford Escort ZX2 2Dr Coupe, Low Miles. #13224B/161711

1350 Ocean Blvd., Coos Bay

HondaWorld.com 541-888-5588 • 1-800-634-1054

913 SUVs 2000 FORD EXPEDITION 4x4 Eddie Bauer. Runs great. Super value at $3,750. 541-347-9228.

914 Travel Trailers

No. 13PB0112 NOTICE OF PETITION TO APPOINT GUARDIAN In the Matter of the Guardianship of ANNABELLE GLASS Respondent: To: Natasha Brockman and all other interested parties: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on 6/5/2013, the undersigned has filed a petition for appointment of LARRY SCHAFER AND LINDA SCHAFER as Guardians of ANNABELLE GLASS, a minor child. A copy of that petition can be obtained at the Coos County Court, at the Court address listed below.

The petitioner’s address and telephone number are: LARRY SCHAFER AND LINDA SCHAFER 420 24th Street Myrtle Point Oregon 97458 541 572-2453

For Sale: 18 Ft. Fun Finder X Travel Trailer, excellent condition. $13,000.00 Call 541-269-9870 or 541-404-5059

Your daily classifieds are ON-LINE AT www.theworldlink.com

The relationship of the petitioner to the Respondent is: Paternal grandfather and grandmother The ‘Motion’ or ‘Answer’ or ‘Objection’s must be given to the court clerk or administrator within 30 days of the date of the first publication specified herein along with the required filing fee.

Written objections may be made by mailing or delivering the objection to Coos County Circuit Court, Probate Department, PO Box 865, North Bend, Oregon 97459.

NOTICE: If you wish to receive copies of future filings in this case, you must inform the court and the person named as petitioner in this notice.

You must inform the court by filing a request for notice and paying any applicable fee. The request for notice must be in writing, must clearly indicate that you wish to receive future filings in the proceedings and must contain your name, address and phone number. You must notify the person named as petitioner by mailing a copy of the request to the petitioner. Unless you take these steps, you will receive no further copies of the filings in this case.

First Published this date: 08/22/2013 DATED: 8-6-2013. /s/___________________________ Walter B. Hogan Attorney for Petitioner PETITIONERS: LARRY SCHAFER AND LINDA SCHAFER 420 24th Street Myrtle Point Oregon 97458 541 572-2453 ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER: WALTER B. HOGAN,OSB #74143 706 Ash Street/PO Box 458 Myrtle Point, Oregon 97458 541 572-4060, FAX 541 572-4401 whogan@aol.com PUBLISHED: The World - August 22, 29, September 05 and 12, 2013 (ID-20237234) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF COOS Case No.: 13PB0209 Notice To Interested Persons In the Matter of the Estate of Trellis E. Sylvester , Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above estate.

All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them, within four months after the date of first publication of this notice, to the personal representative at the address of the attorneys for the personal representative set forth below, or the claims may be barred.

All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceeding may obtain additional information from the records of the court, the personal representative, or the attorneys for the personal representative.

Dated and first published: September 5, 2013.

Susan Glick, Personal Representative

neglectful of them. Take care of both personal and professional responsibilities to minimize obstacles.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Partnership situations will be difficult. Expect to face a standoff that could alter the way you do things in the future. Offer an experimental way to solve differences, and you may find common ground.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — You’re in a good cycle for contracts, agreements and moneymaking opportunities. Share ideas with someone who has as much to contribute as you do. An unusual path could be the one to take to reach your objective.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Consider a certain change, but don’t jump in too quickly.You aren’t likely to get what you want if you are restless and impatient.

Let someone else make the first move.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Keep things moving along.

Stubbornness will be what stands between you and success. A practical approach to a job will help you avoid complaints and interference.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Travel and communication will inspire you. The fresh ideas coming your way may seem challenging at first, but with a couple of adjustments you’ll find a way to make things happen.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — If you invite friends over to enjoy the comfort of your home, you will be able to successfully ask for favors and support. At the very least, a fun time will be had by all.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Not everyone will agree with

your choices, but you have to do what’s best for you. Be receptive and polite in the face of criticism, but trust your own mind above others. Love is on the rise.

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the grantor or grantor’s successors in interest acquired after the execution of the Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including a reasonable charge by the trustee.

PUBLISHED: The World- September 05, 12 and 19, 2013 (ID-2023777)

Notice is further given that any person named in ORS 86.753 has the right, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for the sale, to have this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Trust Deed reinstated by payment to the beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred) and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or Trust Deed, and in addition to paying said sum or tendering the performance necessary to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Trust Deed, together with trustee’s and attorney’s fees not exceeding the amounts provided by said ORS 86.753.

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE Reference is made to a certain trust deed (“Trust Deed”) made, executed and delivered by Peggy L. Sell and Kevin S. Sell, as tenants by the entirety, as grantor, to First American, as trustee, in favor of Oregon First Community Credit Union, as beneficiary, dated March 18, 2009, and recorded on March 23, 2009, as Recording No. 2009-2593, in the mortgage records of Coos County, Oregon. Oregon First Community Credit Union is now known as First Community Credit Union.

The Trust Deed covers the following described real property (“Property”) situated in said county and state, to-wit: See attached Exhibit A. EXHIBIT A Legal Description Real property in the County of Coos, State of Oregon, described as follows: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE WESTERLY BOUNDARY OF THE METTMAN CREEK COUNTY ROAD, WHICH IS EAST 1456.47 FEET AND SOUTH 335.08 FEET FROM THE NORTH QUARTER CORNER OF SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 25 SOUTH, RANGE 12 WEST OF THE WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN, COOS COUNTY, OREGON, WHICH POINT IS ALSO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THAT PARCEL OF LAND DEEDED TO SAMUEL T. BAUMAN AND ADELINE R. BAUMAN, HUSBAND AND WIFE, IN DEED RECORDED SEPTEMBER 27, 1967 AS MICROFILM NO. 67-9-22192, RECORDS OF COOS COUNTY, OREGON; THENCE ON THE FOLLOWING BEARING AND DISTANCE ALONG THE NORTHERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID BAUMAN PROPERTY; NORTH 82º 25’ WEST 340.20 FEET; THENCE NORTH 70º 44’ WEST 151.22 FEET; THENCE NORTH 63º 37’ WEST 100.15 FEET; THENCE NORTH 53º 27’ WEST 139.49 FEET; THENCE LEAVING THE NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID BAUMAN PROPERTY AND RUNNING DUE NORTH TO THE NORTH SECTION LINE OF SAID SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 25 SOUTH, RANGE 12 WEST; THENCE EAST ALONG SAID NORTHERLY SECTION LINE OF SECTION 6 FOR A DISTANCE OF 1020 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE WEST BOUNDARY OF THE METTMAN CREEK ROAD; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE WEST BOUNDARY OF THE METTMAN CREEK COUNTY ROAD TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. There are defaults by the grantor or other person owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by the Trust Deed, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the defaults for which foreclosure is made are grantor’s failure to pay real property taxes when due and grantor’s failure to pay when due the following sums: Arrearage in the sum of $5,943.00 as of June 1, 2013, plus additional payments, property expenditures, taxes, liens, assessments, insurance, late fees, attorney’s and trustee’s fees and costs, and interest due at the time of reinstatement or sale.

By reason of said defaults, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligations secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to-wit: Payoff in the sum of $125,359.27 as of June 1, 2013, plus taxes, liens, assessments, property expenditures, insurance, accruing interest, late fees, attorney’s and trustee’s fees and costs incurred by beneficiary or its assigns.

WHEREFORE, notice hereby is given that the undersigned trustee will on October 31, 2013, at the hour of 11:00 a.m., in accord with the standard of time established by ORS 187.110, at the following place: West Front Entrance of the Coos County Courthouse, 250 N. Baxter Street, Coquille, Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the above-described Property, which the grantor had or had power to convey at the time of the execution by grantor of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013 Events both unexpected and inevitable can be turned to your advantage in the year ahead.

Your ability to make the best out of what you are given will greatly help your financial or career prospects. Opportunities will come from those you have worked or played with in the past.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Plan to have fun. Get out with friends or take a day trip that will open up new opportunities for relationships, hobbies or a selfimprovement project.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Emotions will escalate and troubles will surface if you aren’t careful about how you react to the day’s tumultuous events.

Step back and keep a cool head.

Let others speak first.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Don’t take chances that can lead to arguments or injury. Discipline and common sense will be your friends; impulse, your enemy. Try to make some small but necessary changes on the home front.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov.23-Dec.21) — If you’ve been feeling down in the dumps or green around the gills, a lifestyle change might be in order. Don’t allow anyone to meddle in your affairs.

CAPRICORN (Dec.22-Jan.19) — Focus on things you need to fix at home. If you take care of your responsibilities, you will feel better about your current situation.

Avoid interacting with someone who upsets you.

In construing this notice, the singular includes the plural, the word “grantor” includes any successor in interest to the grantor as well as any other person owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, and the words “trustee” and “beneficiary” include their respective successors in interest, if any.

The NOTICE TO RESIDENTIAL TENANTS, attached hereto as Exhibit B, is incorporated herein by reference. [Exhibit B, NOTICE TO RESIDENTIAL TENANTS, is not published pursuant to 86.750(2)(b).]

THIS COMMUNICATION IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. UNLESS YOU NOTIFY US WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER RECEIVING THIS NOTICE THAT YOU DISPUTE THE VALIDITY OF THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION OF IT, WE WILL ASSUME THE DEBT IS VALID. IF YOU NOTIFY US, IN WRITING, WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE THAT YOU DO DISPUTE THE DEBT OR ANY PORTION OF IT, WE WILL PROVIDE VERIFICATION BY MAILING YOU A COPY OF THE RECORDS. IF YOU SO REQUEST, IN WRITING, WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE, WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR IF DIFFERENT FROM THE CURRENT CREDITOR. DATED: June 7, 2013.

Valerie A. Tomasi, Successor Trustee Tomasi Salyer Baroway 121 SW Morrison, Suite 1850 Portland, OR 97204 Phone: 503-894-9900; fax: 971-544-7236 PUBLISHED: The World - August 22, 29, September 05 and 12, 2013 (ID-20236588) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR COOS COUNTY PROBATE DEPARTMENT No. 13PB0202 In the Matter of the Trust of: WILLARD M. AND GENEVIEVE E. HAYNE TRUST uad December 11, 1990, Rosalie Stavaas, Petitioner NOTICE OF FILING TRUSTEE’S PETITION TO DETERMINE CLAIMS OF CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that Rosalie Stavaas, the Successor Trustees of the Willard M. and Genevieve E. Hayne Trust uad December 11, 1990 and have filed a petition to determine claims of creditors.

The name of the settlor is Willard M. Hayne. Mr. Hayne died June 5, 2013.

The name of the Successor Trustee is Rosalie Stavaas. Claims may be presented to the Successor Trustee at P.O. Box 731, Lyle, WA 98635.

Claims against the trust estate may be barred unless presented to the Successor Trustee at the address specified in the notice within four months after the date of the first publication of the notice.

Dated and first published this 05 day of September, 2013.

JAMES AND HOLMBECK LLC By: Dennis D. James, OSB #770371 Attorney for Successor Trustee

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Let your imagination be your guide.You can set trends and get the support you need to invest in something that you uncover. A new or rejuvenated romance appears likely.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Rethink your strategy and consider a more pragmatic course.

A medical issue will improve if you employ both alternative and traditional options.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Your emotions will be scattered, but your heart will know the right way to go.Your intuition will not let you down when it comes to a serious relationship matter. Be proactive, not reactive.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Use your intellect to get what you want.You will see situations clearly, making it easy for you to handle tough negotiations. Be cautious on the domestic front.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Cast a gimlet eye upon any offer being made to you. A fast talker could mislead you if you aren’t careful. Before moving forward, do your research diligently.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Set some rules that will help your household run smoothly, and be sure to include incentives in order to avoid opposition. A moderate approach to change can lead to more options down the line.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You could have mixed emotions about the people around you.

Before you address your feelings openly, take a look at the ups and downs you face and the consequences that could ensue from your words.

Fax: (541) 479-4042 E-mail: dennis@dstreetlaw.com (Publish once a week for 3 weeks, beginning September 5, 2013.)

PUBLISHED: The World - September 05, 12 and 19, 2013 (ID-20237572)

CIRCUIT COURT OF OREGON FOR COOS COUNTY NO. 13CV0547 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff, v.

BRUCE S. ENGLISH; KITTIE LOU ENGLISH; BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.; PERSONS OR PARTIES UNKNOWN CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, LIEN OR INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN, Defendant(s).

TO: BRUCE S. ENGLISH, KITTIE LOU ENGLISH, AND PERSONS OR PARTIES UNKNOWN CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, LIEN OR INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON: You are hereby required to appear and defend against the allegations contained in the Complaint filed against you in the above entitled proceeding within thirty (30) days from the date of service of this Summons upon you. If you fail to appear and defend this matter within thirty (30) days from the date of publication specified herein along with the required filing fee, Bank of America, N.A. will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The first date of publication is September 5, 2013.

NOTICE TO DEFENDANTS: READ THESE PAPERS CAREFULLY! You must “appear” in this case or the other side will win automatically. To “appear” you must file with the court a legal paper called a “motion” or “answer.” The “motion” or “answer” must be given to the court clerk or administrator within thirty days along with the required filing fee. It must be in proper form and have proof of service on the plaintiff’s attorney or, if the plaintiff does not have an attorney, proof of service on the plaintiff.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU SHOULD SEE AN ATTORNEY IMMEDIATELY. If you need help in finding an attorney, you may call the Oregon State Bar’s Lawyer Referral Service at (503) 684-3763 or toll-free in Oregon at (800) 452-7636.

The object of the said action and the relief sought to be obtained therein is fully set forth in said complaint, and is briefly stated as follows: Foreclosure of a Deed of Trust/Mortgage Grantors: Bruce S. English and Kittie Lou English Property address: 88891 Whiskey Run Lane Bandon, OR 97411 Publication:The World DATED this 29th day of August, 2013. [ ]Matt Booth, OSB# 082663 Email: mbooth@robinsontait.com [ ]Zachary Bryant, OSB #113409 Email: zbryant@robinsontait.com [ ]Craig Peterson, OSB #120365 Email: cpeterson@robinsontait.com [ X ]Brandon Smith, OSB #124584 Email: bsmith@robinsontait.com Robinson Tait, P.S. Attorneys for Plaintiff Tel: (206) 676-9640 Fax: (206) 676-9659 PUBLISHED: The World- September 05, 12, 19 and 26, 2013 (ID-20237905) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF COOS CIVIL SUMMONS No. 13CV0428 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Plaintiff, vs.

GEORGIA SIMS, SISTER OF JANIS I. KERNS, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS CONSTRUCTIVE TRUSTEE OF THE ESTATE OF JANIS I. KERNS; JILL MILLER, SISTER OF JANIS I KERNS; UNKNOWN HEIRS OF JANIS I. KERNS; STATE FARM BANK, F.S.B., OTHER PERSONS OR PARTIES, including OCCUPANTS, UNKNOWN CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, LIEN, OR INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN

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Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANTS: Unknown Heirs of Janis I. Kerns and Georgia Sims NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: READ THESE PAPERS CAREFULLY! A lawsuit has been started against you in the above-entitled Court by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Plaintiff. Plaintiff’s claim is stated in the written Complaint, a copy of which is on file at the Coos County Courthouse. You must “appear” in this case or the other side will win automatically. To “appear” you must file with the court a legal paper called a “motion” or “answer.” The “motion” or “answer” must be given to the court clerk or administrator within 30 days along with the required filing fee. It must be in proper form and have proof of service on the plaintiff’s attorney or, if the plaintiff does not have an attorney, proof of service on the plaintiff.

The object of the complaint is to foreclose a deed of trust dated June 12, 2006 and recorded as Instrument No. 2006-8092 given by Janis I. Kerns, a married individual on property commonly known as 1545 Underwood Ave, Coos Bay, OR 97420 and legally described as: Lot 3, Block 4, Marshfield Heights, Coos County, Oregon.

The complaint seeks to foreclose and terminate all interest of Unknown Heirs of Janis I. Kerns and Georgia Sims and all other interests in the property.

The “motion” or “answer” (or “reply”) must be given to the court clerk or administrator within 30 days of the date of first publication specified herein along with the required filing fee. The date of first publication of the summons is August 22, 2013.

If you have questions, you should see an attorney immediately. If you need help in finding an attorney, you may contact the Oregon State Bar’s Lawyer Referral Service online at www.oregonstatebar.org or by calling (503) 684-3763 (in the Portland metropolitan area) or toll-free elsewhere in Oregon at (800) 452-7636.

Attorney for Plaintiff, /s/ James A. Craft James A. Craft #090146 [jcraft@logs.com] SHAPIRO & SUTHERLAND, LLC 1499 SE Tech Center Place, Suite 255 Vancouver, WA 98683 (360)260-2253; Fax (360)260-2285 S&S No. 10-105979 PUBLISHED: The World- August 22, 29 amd September 05 and 12, 2013.

(ID-20237104) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, the Lakeside Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at Lakeside City Hall, 915 North Lake Road, Lakeside, Oregon beginning at 7:00 p.m. September 19, 2013. The public hearing will be held to discuss The Comprehensive Plan Goals and Policies Update. Written comments will be received until the date of the public hearing at City Hall 915 North Lake Road, Box L Lakeside, OR 97449. At the above said public hearing, the general public and any interested person or party shall be afforded an opportunity to provide testimony on the Draft Plan.

PUBLISHED: The World - September 05 and 12, 2013 (ID-20237694) REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS CITY OF COOS BAY 500 Central Ave Coos Bay, Oregon 97420 Proposals for Value Engineering Services for the Wastewater Treatment Plant 2 project will be received by the City of Coos Bay until October 3, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. The RFP is available online at the City’s website: http://coosbay.org/government/rfp-list.

This value engineering project is being funded by a loan obtained through the Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority (IFA) in conjunction with the project titled, Coos Bay Initial Wastewater System Repairs Design & Construction.

Questions can be addressed by calling (541) 269-1181 ext.

2247.

PUBLISHED: The World- September 05 amd 12, 2013 (ID-20237992) LEGAL NOTICE The Fortress Self Storage 1503 Ocean Blvd NW Coos Bay, OR 97420 541-888-5521 The following units will be sold at Public Auction on September 25. 2013 at 11:00 am for non-payment of rent and other fees. Auction to be pursuant to

auction rules and procedures for Truax Holdings III. Rules are available upon inquiry.

Unit # 31 Unit # 37 Unit #781

Ashworths Market Robert & Sally Stewart Savannah Lewis

PUBLISHED: The World- September 03 and 05, 2013 (ID-20237979) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE On Monday, September, 30, 2013 at the hour of 10:00 a.m. at the Front Door of the Coos County Courthouse, 250 North Baxter St. Coquille, Oregon, the defendant’s interest will be sold, subject to redemption, in the real property commonly known as: 93644 McKenna Lane Coos Bay OR 97420.

The court case number is 12CV0971, where Green Tree Servicing LLC is plaintiff, and Darlene M. Foote and David B. Foote JR., is defendant. The sale is a public auction to the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check, in hand, made out to Coos County Sheriff’s Office. For more information on this sale go to: www.oregonsheriffs.com/sales.htm PUBLISHED: The World- August 22, 29 and September 05, 2013 (ID-20237091) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE On Monday, September, 30, 2013 at the hour of 10:00 a.m. at the Front Door of the Coos County Courthouse, 250 North Baxter St. Coquille, Oregon, the defendant’s interest will be sold, subject to redemption, in the real property commonly known as: 93644 McKenna Lane Coos Bay OR 97420.

The court case number is 12CV0971, where Green Tree Servicing LLC is plaintiff, and Darlene M. Foote and David B. Foote JR., is defendant. The sale is a public auction to the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check, in hand, made out to Coos County Sheriff’s Office. For more information on this sale go to: www.oregonsheriffs.com/sales.htm PUBLISHED: The World- August 29, September 05, 12 and 19, 2013 (ID-20237153)

www.oregonsheriffs.com/sales.htm PUBLISHED: The World- August 29, September 05, 12 and 19, 2013 (ID-20237511) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE On Monday, October 07, 2013 at the hour of 10:00 a.m. at the Front Door of the Coos County Courthouse, 250 North Baxter St. Coquille, Oregon, the defendant’s interest will be sold, subject to redemption, in the real property commonly known as: 91708 Wingert Lane Coos Bay OR 97420,. The court case number is 13CV0349, where Homestreet Bank, is plaintiff, and Charles Richardson Beth Richardson and All Occupants of the property, are defendants. The sale is a public auction to the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check, in hand, made out to Coos County Sheriff’s Office. For more information on this sale go to: www.oregonsheriffs.com/sales.htm PUBLISHED: The World- August 29, September 05, 12 and 19, 2013 (ID-20237437) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE On Monday, September 23, 2013, at the hour of 10:00 a.m. at the Front Door of the Coos County Courthouse, 250 North Baxter St. Coquille, Oregon, the defendant’s interest will be sold, subject to redemption, in the real property commonly known as: 564 S 6th, Coos Bay OR 97420. The court case number is 13CV0227, where U.S. Bank National Association, is plaintiff, and Lilith Nix; Donna Nelson; Vickie J. Smith; Occupants of the Property, are defendants. The sale is a public auction to the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check, in hand, made out to Coos County Sheriff’s Office. For more information on this sale go to: www.oregonsheriffs.com/sales.htm PUBLISHED: The World- August 15, 22, 29 and September 05, 2013 (ID-20236717) Estate of Lola Elizabeth Cottam Notice to Interested Persons Coos County Circuit Court Case Number: 13PB0195

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE On Monday September 23, 2013 at the hour of 10:00 a.m. at the Front Door of the Coos County Courthouse, 250 North Baxter St. Coquille, Oregon, the defendant’s interest will be sold, subject to redemption, in the real property commonly known as: 70142 Lakewood Rd North Bend OR. 97459.

The court case number is 12CV0330, where Federal National Mortgage Association is plaintiff, and Kari M. Roid is defendant. The sale is a public auction to the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check, in hand, made out to Coos County Sheriff’s Office. For more information on this sale go to: www.oregonsheriffs.com/sales.htm PUBLISHED: The World- August 15, 22, 29, and September 05, 2013 (ID-20236323) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE On September 16, 2013 at the hour of 10:00 a.m. at the Front Door of the Coos County Courthouse, 250 North Baxter St. Coquille, Oregon, the defendant’s interest will be sold, subject to redemption, in the real property commonly known as: 70774 Majestic Shores Road, North Bend, OR 97459. The court case number is 12CV0485, where Citimortgage is plaintiff, and J. Alan Pegelow and Janet Pegelow is defendant. The sale is a public auction to the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check, in hand, made out to Coos County Sheriff’s Office. For more information on this sale go to: www.oregonsheriffs.com/sales.htm PUBLISHED: The World- August 15, 22, 29, and September 05, 2013 (ID-20236275) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE On Monday October 07, 2013 at the hour of 10:00 a.m. at the Front Door of the Coos County Courthouse, 250 North Baxter St. Coquille, Oregon, the defendant’s interest will be sold, subject to redemption, in the real property commonly known as: 94532 Shelley Lane Coquille OR 97423,. The court case number is 12CV0525, where Northwest Community Credit Union is plaintiff, and Gregory W. Miller, Tamara J. Miller and JPMorgan Chase Bank is defendant. The sale is a public auction to the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check, in hand, made out to Coos County Sheriff’s Office. For more information on this sale go to:

Notice: The Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, for the County of Coos, has appointed Michael R. Cottam as Personal Representative of the Estate of Lola Elizabeth Cottam, deceased.

All persons having claims against said estate are required to present the same, with proper vouchers to the Personal Representative at 2173 NE Broadway, Portland, Oregon 97232, within four months from the date of first publication of this notice as stated below, or they may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by this proceeding may obtain additional information from the records of the Court, the Personal Representative, or the Attorney for the Personal Representative.

Dated and first published August 29, 2013.

Michael R. Cottam, Personal Representative, c/o Oregon Elder Law, 2173 NE Broadway, Portland, Oregon 97232.

Attorney for the Personal Representative, Julie Lohuis, Oregon Elder Law, 2173 NE Broadway, Portland, Oregon 97232.

PUBLISHED: The World August 29, September 05 and 12, 2013 (ID-20237549) Estate of Renae V. Cottam Notice to Interested Persons Coos County Circuit Court Case Number: 13PB0196 Notice: The Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, for the County of Coos, has appointed Michael R. Cottam as Personal Representative of the Estate of Renae V. Cottam, deceased. All persons having claims against said estate are required to present the same, with proper vouchers to the Personal Representative at 2173 NE Broadway, Portland, Oregon 97232, within four months from the date of first publication of this notice as stated below, or they may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by this proceeding may obtain additional information from the records of the Court, the Personal Representative, or the Attorney for the Personal Representative.

Dated and first published August 29, 2013.

Michael R. Cottam, Personal Representative, c/o Oregon Elder Law, 2173 NE Broadway, Portland, Oregon 97232.

Attorney for the Personal Representative, Julie Lohuis, Oregon Elder Law, 2173 NE Broadway, Portland, Oregon 97232.

PUBLISHED: The World- August 29, September 05 and 12, 2013 (ID-20237556) Public Sale On September 13, 2013 starting at 10:00 at Circle H, 1190 Newmark, Coos Bay, Oregon 97420 A public sale will be held by E.L. Edwards Realty II, Inc. 541-756-0347 UNIT H 438 H 268 H 46 EZS- 59 EZS- 71 Eng 77 Eng 43 Eng 87

NAME Pam Terrell Kevin Mason Brian Simmons Thomas Jones Duane Leafdahl Lieren Cavanaugh Bob Nolan Tracie Whitney

Dunes V Corina Comstock Dunes 5 Larry Jones Troy B15 Carol Denny Troy C6 Kris Bilts Lakeside B2 Frank Sanborn PUBLISHED: The World- August 29 and September 05, 2013 (ID-20237559) SALE OF TIMBER COQUILLE INDIAN RESERVATION - COQUILLE FOREST COMBO CT LOGGING UNIT The Bureau of Indian Affairs and Coquille Indian Tribe are offering timber for purchase from the Combo CT Logging Unit located in Sections 7, 15, 24 & 25, T.30S, R.11W, and W.M. Coos County, Oregon. SEALED BIDS must be submitted in duplicate on forms provided and titled “Proposal for Timber, Combo CT Logging Unit”. Address bids to the Coquille Indian Tribe, ATTN. Bureau of Indian Affairs - Timber Sale Bid Official, 3050 Tremont St., North Bend, Oregon 97459. Mailed sealed bids must be posted so that they will be received by 10:00 a.m. local time on October 3rd, 2013. Sealed Bids may be submitted in person at the Coquille Tribe’ Mill Casino/Hotel in the Hazel Room at 3201 Tremont St., North Bend, OR. 97459 until 10:00 a.m., local time on October 3rd, 2013. Opening of sealed bids will be at 10:00 a.m. followed by oral auction. This is a thinning sale containing approximately 1,560,000 board feet of timber. There is an estimated 1,560,000 board feet of Douglas fir and other conifers. The above stated volumes are estimates only and are not guaranteed. Each bidder must state the price per thousand board feet, Scribner Log Scale, which will be paid for timber scaled from this sale.

No bid per thousand board feet of less than $221.29 for Douglas fir will be considered. No bidding will be permitted on Western Hemlock, White fir, and Cedars. Western Hemlock will be paid for at the rate of $89.34, White fir will be paid for at the rate of $89.34 per thousand board feet, Port Orford cedar at the rate of $239.34 per thousand board feet, Western Red cedar at the rate of $439.34 per thousand board feet. Special Culls and Peeler Culls for all species will be paid for at a rate of $10.00 per thousand board feet, gross scale. Wood Logs (Utility Culls) and pulp wood removed for all species will be paid for at a rate of $2.00 per Ton. All sawtimber from this sale is subject to log export and substitution restrictions. A bid deposit in the form of certified check cashiers check, bank draft drawn payable to the Coquille Indian Tribe, in the amount of $30,000.00 must accompany each sealed bid. The deposit of the high bidder will be retained pending acceptance or rejection of the bids. All other deposits will be returned following the bid opening. The deposit of the high bidder will be applied as part of the purchase price against the timber cut on this sale, or retained as liquidated damages if the bidder fails to execute the contract and furnish a satisfactory performance bond of $50,000.00 within thirty (30) days of acceptance of his bid. An acceptable performance bond will be in the form of a cashier’s check, bank draft, cash, or irrevocable letter of credit. The advance payment will be applied as part of the purchase price against timber cut on this sale. The right to waive technical defects and to reject any or all bids is reserved. In the event of a rejected high bid, the approving officer may authorize acceptance of another bidder who, at bid opening, makes written request that their bid and bid deposit be held pending a bid acceptance. A Prospectus and sample timber sale contracts are available on request. Complete information concerning the timber, condition of sale, and submission of bids may be obtained from Jason Robison, Forest Manager, Coquille Indian Tribe, 3050 Tremont St., North Bend, OR. 97459, Phone - 541-756-0904 or Ed Vaughn, Forest Operations Coordinator, Coquille Indian Tribe, Cell Phone: 541-643-0746.

All products produced from this timber sale is 100% Forest Stewardship Certified PUBLISHED: The World- September 03,05,10 and 19, 2013 (ID-20237358) SALE OF TIMBER COQUILLE INDIAN RESERVATION - COQUILLE FOREST RASLER CREEK RW LOGGING UNIT The Bureau of Indian Affairs and Coquille Indian Tribe are offering timber for purchase from the Rasler Creek RW Logging Unit located in Section 24 & 25, T.30S, R.11W, and W.M. Coos County, Oregon. SEALED BIDS must be submitted in duplicate on forms provided and titled “Proposal for Timber, Rasler Creek RW Logging Unit”.

Address bids to the Coquille Indian Tribe, ATTN. Bureau of Indian Affairs - Timber Sale Bid Official, 3050 Tremont St., North Bend, Oregon 97459. Mailed sealed bids must be posted so that they will be received by 10:00 a.m. local time on September 19th, 2013. Sealed Bids may be submitted in person at the Coquille Tribes Office at 3050 Tremont St., North Bend, OR. 97459 until 10:00 a.m., local time on September 19th, 2013. Opening of sealed bids will be at 10:00 a.m. This sale contains approximately 314,000 board feet of felled, bucked and decked timber. The bucking lengths are included in the prospectus. There is an estimated 314,000 board feet of Douglas fir and other conifers. The above stated vol-

umes are estimates only and are not guaranteed. Each bidder must state the price per thousand board feet, Scribner Log Scale, which will be paid for timber scaled from this sale. No bid per thousand board feet of less than $493.71 for Douglas fir will be considered. No bidding will be permitted on Western Hemlock, White fir, and Cedars. Western Hemlock will be paid for at the rate of $377.72, White fir will be paid for at the rate of $377.72 per thousand board feet, Port Orford cedar at the rate of $497.72 per thousand board feet, Western Red cedar at the rate of $697.72 per thousand board feet. Special Culls and Peeler Culls for all species will be paid for at a rate of $50.00 per thousand board feet, gross scale. Wood Logs (Utility Culls) removed for all species will be paid for at a rate of $2.00 per Ton. All sawtimber from this sale is subject to log export and substitution restrictions. A bid deposit in the form of certified check cashiers check, bank draft drawn payable to the Coquille Indian Tribe, in the amount of $10,000.00 must accompany each sealed bid. The deposit of the high bidder will be retained pending acceptance or rejection of the bids. All other deposits will be returned following the bid opening. The deposit of the high bidder will be applied as part of the purchase price against the timber cut on this sale, or retained as liquidated damages if the bidder fails to execute the contract and furnish a satisfactory performance bond of $30,000.00 within thirty (30) days of acceptance of his bid. An acceptable performance bond will be in the form of a cashier’s check, bank draft, cash, or irrevocable letter of credit. The advance payment will be applied as part of the purchase price against timber cut on this sale. The right to waive technical defects and to reject any or all bids is reserved. In the event of a rejected high bid, the approving officer may authorize acceptance of another bidder who, at bid opening, makes written request that their bid and bid deposit be held pending a bid acceptance. A Prospectus and sample timber sale contracts are available on request. Complete information concerning the timber, condition of sale, and submission of bids may be obtained from Jason Robison, Forest Manager, Coquille Indian Tribe, 3050 Tremont St., North Bend, OR. 97459, Phone - 541-756-0904 or Ed Vaughn, Forest Operations Coordinator, Coquille Indian Tribe, Cell Phone: 541-643-0746.

All products produced from this timber sale is 100% Forest Stewardship Certified PUBLISHED: The World- August 27, 29, September 03 and 05 ,2013 (ID-20236900) NORTH BEND HOUSING AUTHORITY WOODLAND APARTMENTS CABINETRY REPLACEMENT PROJECT NO. 13326 INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that sealed bids are invited in single contract proposal for removal of existing cabinetry and installation of new cabinetry at the Woodland Apartments located at 245 Schoneman Street, Coos Bay, OR for the North Bend Housing Authority.

Work consists of the removal of existing cabinetry and installation of new cabinetry. Upper cabinets are not in contract.

Owner. Bid security must be for 10% of amount of the bid and guarantee bids for a period of thirty (30) days after bid opening.

North Bend Housing Authority may reject any bid not in compliance with all prescribed public bidding procedures and requirements, and may reject for good cause any or all bids upon a finding by the North Bend Housing Authority that it is in the public interest to do so. North Bend Housing Authority reserves the right to waive minor irregularities in Bid Form upon a finding by the North Bend Housing Authority that it is in the public interest to do so.

Bid Forms will be accepted via hand delivery, mail or email.

Mr. Ned Beman, Executive Director PUBLISHED: The World - September 5, 2013 (ID-20238002) NORTH BEND HOUSING AUTHORITY WOODLAND APARTMENTS SITE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT NO. 13327 INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that sealed bids are invited in single contract proposal for site improvements consisting of installing rip rap and asphalt at the Woodland Apartments located at 245 Schoneman Street, Coos Bay, OR for the North Bend Housing Authority.

Work consists of site excavation, installation of rip rap, and installation of asphalt walkway.

Bids must be in writing and delivered to the office of Crow/Clay & Associates Inc., Architecture and Planning; 125 W. Central Avenue, Suite 400; Coos Bay, Oregon 97420. Bids will be accepted until 11:30 A. M., Thursday, September 26, 2013. Bids will be opened and read in a public meeting at the office of Crow/Clay & Associates Inc., scheduled for 11:35 A. M., Thursday, September 26, 2013. Bids received after 11:30 A. M., will not be received or considered. After opening, the bids will be available for public inspection.

Construction Documents may be examined at the office of the Architect: Crow/Clay & Associates Inc., Architecture and Planning; 125 W. Central Avenue, Suite 400; Coos Bay, OR 97420; (541) 269-9388; and at the following locations: Eugene Plan Exchange, Eugene, Oregon.

Prime bidders may obtain one set of bidding documents at the Architect’s office upon deposit of $25.00.

Non-bidders’ deposits will not be refunded. Additional sets and partial sets may be purchased from the Architect for the cost of reproduction.

Pre-Bid Conference to be held at 11:30 A.M., Thursday, September 12, 2013 at the job site, 245 Schoneman Street, Coos Bay, Oregon. Meet in the parking lot west of the office. The Pre-Bid Conference is not mandatory.

No bid will be considered unless accompanied by bid security in the form of a Cashier’s Check issued in favor of the Owner or a bid bond issued by a bonding company acceptable to the Owner. Bid security must be for 10% of amount of the bid and guarantee bids for a period of thirty (30) days after bid opening.

Bids must be in writing and delivered to the office of Crow/Clay & Associates Inc., Architecture and Planning; 125 W. Central Avenue, Suite 400; Coos Bay, Oregon 97420. Bids will be accepted until 10:30 A. M., Thursday, September 26, 2013. Bids will be opened and read in a public meeting at the office of Crow/Clay & Associates Inc., scheduled for 10:35 A. M., Thursday, September 26, 2013. Bids received after 10:30 A. M., will not be received or considered. After opening, the bids will be available for public inspection.

North Bend Housing Authority may reject any bid not in compliance with all prescribed public bidding procedures and requirements, and may reject for good cause any or all bids upon a finding by the North Bend Housing Authority that it is in the public interest to do so. North Bend Housing Authority reserves the right to waive minor irregularities in Bid Form upon a finding by the North Bend Housing Authority that it is in the public interest to do so.

Construction Documents may be examined at the office of the Architect: Crow/Clay & Associates Inc., Architecture and Planning; 125 W. Central Avenue, Suite 400; Coos Bay, OR 97420; (541) 269-9388; and at the following locations: Eugene Plan Exchange, Eugene, Oregon.

Mr. Ned Beman, Executive Director

Bid Forms will be accepted via hand delivery, mail or email.

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Prime bidders may obtain one set of bidding documents at the Architect’s office upon deposit of $25.00.

Non-bidders’ deposits will not be refunded. Additional sets and partial sets may be purchased from the Architect for the cost of reproduction.

Pre-Bid Conference to be held at 10:30 A. M., Thursday, September 12, 2013 at the job site, 245 Schoneman Street, Coos Bay, Oregon. Meet in the parking lot west of the office. The Pre-Bid Conference is not mandatory.

No bid will be considered unless accompanied by bid security in the form of a Cashier’s Check issued in favor of the Owner or a bid bond issued by a bonding company acceptable to the

BRIDGE J. William Fulbright, a Senator representing Arkansas from 1945 to 1975, said, “We must dare to think ‘unthinkable’ thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world.”

At the bridge table, the more “unthinkable” thoughts you have and analyze, the more likely you are to succeed. In this deal, South is in six spades. West leads the club ace. After ruffing in the dummy, how should declarer continue?

When South opened with a vulnerable pre-empt, North wondered about a grand slam. But not knowing how to find out if his partner had the diamond king or a diamond singleton, he took the practical shot at six spades.

South begins with 11 top tricks: seven spades, one heart, one diamond and two club ruffs in the dummy. The hunt is on for a 12th winner.

South should play a trump to his hand and ruff his last club on the board. But what then?

One possibility is also to eliminate the hearts, then to hope for luck in diamonds. But that should not work here.

In fact, the contract is guaranteed. After the club ruff, a spade to the king and the second club ruff, declarer should return to his hand with a spade and run the heart 10. Here it loses to East’s queen, but what can East do?

Whatever he returns concedes a trick. And even if West could cover the heart 10 with the queen or king, South would win with dummy’s ace, then run the heart jack, discarding a diamond from his hand (unless, of course, East covered with the other heart honor).

Consider as many possibilities as possible.

Special Sports Edition

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Football 2013 Marshfield enters the Class 4A ranks — See Page 9

North Bend seeks another playoff run

Bobcats welcome bigger squad

Coaching icon enters final year

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Schedule

Radio listings Games for eight of the South Coast’s 10 high schools can be heard on local radio, with five teams having dedicated radio stations and three more having some of their games broadcast by one of the local stations.

Most of the stations have a relatively small range, and can’t be heard on the entire South Coast.

Here are the stations, listed in order from the bottom of the radio dial.

KMHS Pirate Radio (91.3 FM): Broadcasts all Marshfield football games. They also can be heard on the Internet at http://kmhsradio.cbd9.net.

Marshfield volleyball games are broadcast on the school’s AM statio (1420 AM) and the FM station broadcasts the Coaches Corner show every Monday morning at 7 a.m.

KGBR (92.7 FM): Broadcasts Gold Beach games.

KTEE (94.9 FM and 95.7 FM): Broadcasts a mix of Bandon, Coquille and Myrtle Point games (see schedule below).

K U R Y ( 9 5 . 3 F M ) : Broadcasts Brookings-Harbor games.

K-Light (98.7 FM): Broadcasts North Bend games. They also are streamed on the Internet at www.lighthouseradio.com.

KCST (106.9 FM): Broadcasts Siuslaw games.

KTEE Schedule Sept. 6: Phoenix at Coquille Sept. 13: Glendale at Myrtle Point Sept. 27: Chiloquin vs. Bandon Oct. 4: Gold Beach at Bandon Oct. 11: Glide at Coquille Oct. 18: Coquille at Myrtle Point Oct. 25: Bandon at Coquille Nov. 1: Reedsport at Myrtle Point

Ducks and Beavers University of Oregon games can be heard in Coos County on KWRO (630 AM and 100.3 FM) and in Florence and Reedsport on KCST (106.9 FM). Other major stations around the state include KUGN in Eugene (590 AM), KXL in Portland (750 AM) and KQEN in Roseburg (1240 AM).

Oregon State University games can be heard in the Bay Area on ESPN Radio (1230 AM) and in Florence on KCST (1250 AM). The Beavers also can be heard on KPAM (860 AM), on KKNX in Eugene (840 AM) or on KRNR (1490 AM) in Roseburg.

Complete South Coast league schedules Table of Friday Aug. 30 Far West League North Bend 55, Molalla 28 Siuslaw 37, Scio 16 Sunset Conference Gold Beach 46, Salem Academy 18 Gilde 21, Oakridge 6 Skyline League Elkton 66, Mohawk 28 Camas Valley 64, St. Paul 54

Saturday, Aug. 31 Skyline League Lowell 74, Triad 24 Prospect 62, Butte Falls 6

Friday, Sept. 6 Far West League Pendleton at Marshfield North Bend at Newport Siuslaw at Illinois Valley Brookings-Harbor at Hidden Valley Sutherlin at Scio South Umpqua at North Valley Douglas at La Salle Prep Sunset Conference Phoenix at Coquille Harrisburg at Glide Culver at Bandon North Douglas at Myrtle Point Neah-Kah-Nie at Reedsport Gold Beach at Regis Skyline League Butte Falls at Days Creek Prospect at Powers Gilchrist at Hosanna Christian North Lake at Elkton

Saturday, Sept. 7 Skyline League Camas Valley at Triad

Friday, Sept. 13 Far West League Cottage Grove at North Bend South Umpqua at Siuslaw Sutherlin at Brookings-Harbor Marshfield at Douglas Sunset Conference Waldport at Reedsport Glendale at Myrtle Point Lost River at Gold Beach Glide at Rogue River Skyline League Triad at Powers Hosanna Christian at North Lake Elkton at Gilchrist Prospect at Days Creek

Saturday, Sept. 14 Sunset Conference Oakland at Bandon (Cranberry Bowl) Salem Academy at Coquille Skyline League Camas Valley at Butte Falls

Friday, Sept. 20 Far West League Brookings-Harbor at Marshfield North Bend at South Umpqua Siuslaw at Sutherlin Hidden Valley at Douglas

Sunset Conference Coquille at Monroe Illinois Valley at Glide Reedsport at North Douglas Myrtle Point at Riddle Gold Beach at Oakridge Skyline League Powers at Elkton Gilchrist at Prospect Falls City at North Lake

Saturday, Sept. 21 Skyline League Hosanna Chrisitan at Camas Valley Butte Falls at Triad

Friday, Sept. 27 Far West League Marshfield at Siuslaw North Bend at Sutherlin Douglas at Brookings-Harbor Sunset Conference Coquille at Oakland Chiloquin vs. Bandon at Winston Gold Beach at Cascade Christian Reedsport at Riddle Skyline League Gilchrist at Powers North Lake at Camas Valley Prospect at Hosanna Christian Butte Falls at Elkton

Saturday, Sept. 28 Sunset Conference Myrtle Point at St. Mary’s Skyline League Triad at Sherman

Friday, Oct. 4 Far West League Marshfield at North Bend Douglas at Siuslaw Sutherlin at South Umpqua Sunset Conference Coquille at Reedsport Myrtle Point at Glide Gold Beach at Bandon Skyline League Powers at Hosanna Christian Triad at Prospect North Lake at Butte Falls Days Creek at Elkton

Saturday, Oct. 5 Far West League Clatskanie vs. Brookings-Harbor at Pleasant Hill

Friday, Oct. 11 Far West League North Bend at Douglas South Umpqua at Marshfield Siuslaw at Brookings-Harbor Sunset Conference Myrtle Point at Bandon Glide at Coquille Reedsport at Gold Beach Skyline League Powers at Days Creek Prospect at North Lake Hosanna Christian at Butte Falls

Saturday, Oct. 12 Skyline League Gilchrist at Triad Elkton at Camas Valley

Friday, Oct. 18 Far West League Brookings-Harbor at North Bend Sutherlin at Marshfield South Umpqua at Douglas Sunset Conference Gold Beach at Glide Coquille at Myrtle Point Bandon at Reedsport Skyline League Powers at Butte Falls North Lake at Gilchrist

Saturday, Oct. 19 Skyline League Prospect at Camas Valley Elkton at Triad

Friday, Oct. 25 Far West League Siuslaw at North Bend Brookings-Harbor at South Umpqua Douglas at Sutherlin Marshfield at Crook County Sunset Conference Glide at Reedsport Bandon at Coquille Myrtle Point at Gold Beach Skyline League Powers at North Lake Elkton at Prospect Triad at Hosanna Christian Butte Falls at Gilchrist

Friday, Nov. 1 Far West League Class 4A Play-in round Sunset Conference Gold Beach at Coquille Bandon at Glide Reedsport at Myrtle Point Skyline League Camas Valley at Powers Butte Falls at Prospect Hosanna Christian at Elkton Triad at North Lake

Nov. 8-9 Far West League Class 4A first round Sunset Conference Class 3A first round Class 2A first round Skyline League Class 1A first round

Nov. 15-16 State Playoffs Class 4A quarterfinals Class 3A quarterfinals Class 2A quarterfinals Class 1A quarterfinals

Nov. 22-23 State Playoffs Class 4A semifinals Class 3A semifinals Class 2A semifinals Class 1A semifinals

Saturday, Nov. 30 State Championships Class 4A championship game Class 3A championship game Class 2A championship game Class 1A championship game

Contents

Master Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Radio Listings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Coquille Red Devils . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Marshfield Pirates . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 North Bend Bulldogs . . . . . . . . . . . .5 School Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Bulldog Rugby Player . . . . . . . . . . .6 Marshfield Scholar . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Column, George Artsitas . . . . . . . . .6 Powers Cruisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 League Alignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Football Playoff Structure . . . . . . . .7 Bandon Tigers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Cover Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Reclassification Process . . . . . . . . .9 Myrtle Point Bobcats . . . . . . . . . . .10 Column, John Gunther . . . . . . . . . .10 Reedsport Braves . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Youth Football . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Siuslaw Vikings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 2012 Playoff Review . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Brookings-Harbor Bruins . . . . . . . .13 College Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Gold Beach Panthers . . . . . . . . . . .14 Umpqua Valley Schools . . . . . . . . .14 NFL Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 2012 NFL Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 NFL Preview Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Football 2013 Credits Cover Illustration Alysha Beck Page Design John Gunther Stories George Artsitas John Gunther Photos Lou Sennick Alysha Beck Contacts John Gunther, Sports Editor 541-269-1222, ext. 241 john.gunther@theworldlink.com Twitter: @jguntherworld George Artsitas, Sports Writer 541-269-1222, ext. 236 george.artsitas@theworldlink.com Twitter: @DucksTheWorld Lou Sennick, Senior Photographer lou.sennick@theworldlink.com 541-269-1222, ext. 264 Alysha Beck, Staff Photographer alysha.beck@theworldlink.com 541-269-1222, ext. 271 Twitter: @alyshab012

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Coquille Red Devils

Young Red Devils seek to extend playoff run Sophomores will fill a number of key roles for Coquille ■

BY JOHN GUNTHER The World

COQUILLE — A year ago, Coquille had a team filled with big seniors. Now many of the key players are sophomores and few are big.

The goal is the same, though, a trip to the state playoffs for the fourth straight year.

“I plan on it,” said Chris Elmer, one of a small handful of seniors who are back from last year’s squad which got Coquille a home playoff game for the first time since the 1970 state champion season.

Unfortunately, the Red Devils lost that game to Willamina, extending a string of playoff losses that also stretches back to that title season.

“As soon as the game ended last year, I was telling the guys in the locker room, ‘Next year is our year. I want to get back,’” Elmer said.

To get there, Coquille will have to beat both the other Class 3A teams in the hybrid Sunset Conference — Glide and Bandon — since the league only gets one berth to the Class 3A playoffs this year.

Coquille coach David Thomason said the players are driven to accomplish that goal.

“The senior class — they don’t know anything but the playoffs,” he said.

The players also know there are doubters — from around the state and, Elmer said, even in their own community. And who can blame them?

Photos by Lou Sennick, The World

Coquille linemen work on their technique during an afternoon practice. Coquille plans to make up for a lack of size with good speed and deception.

The Red Devils only have two returning starters on offense — tackle Austin Ross and running back Tristan Dixon — and four on defense — Ross (nose tackle), Dixon (defensive back), Elmer (linebacker) and junior Makel “Mo” Faith (defensive end).

And aside from the 250pound Ross, they have none of the size of last year’s squad up front.

Thomason thinks they can overcome that.

“We’re young; we’re small,” he said. “But we’re really athletic.”

And the young players are picking up the schemes quickly because they’re a bright group, Thomason said.

“I think we will surprise a lot of people with this group,” he said. “The sophomores are better than people

Coquille Coach: David Thomason (fifth season) Assistants: Albert Dixon, Jake Cochran 2012 Record: 6-4 (4-1 league) Returning Starters: Offense 2, and Defense 4 Key Players: Austin Ross, sr, OL/DL; Tristan Dixon, sr, RB/DB; Chris Elmer, sr, RB/LB; Jacob Vigue, sr, OL; Gavin Landmark, sr, OL/DL; Makel “Mo” Faith, jr, RB/DE; Brandon Bowen, jr, OL/DE; Kyle Yost, jr, OL/DE; Zach Breitkreutz, soph, QB/DB; Joseph Scolari, soph, TE/LB; Wyatt Yates, soph, RB/LB; Zach Ray, soph, C/LB; Kody Courtright, soph, WR/LB.

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think. It’s a very competitive group.”

One plus for the team is the flexibility of Coquille’s offense of choice, the wing-T attack.

“The wing-T is such a gigantic offense,” Thomason said. “It includes so much.

We can take advantage of what we’ve got.”

In Coquille’s example, this year that means the Red Devils will be a lot more active, both on the line and with more misdirection in the offense.

Thomason also sees that Red Devils as needing balance within their four ball carriers — the quarterback, the wing back, the halfback and the fullback.

Dixon and Elmer are interchangeable at wing back and halfback. The fullback duties will be shared by Faith, sophomore Wyatt Yates and sophomore Kody Woody.

The player who will direct that attack, meanwhile, is sophomore Zach Breitkreutz, who has the confidence with everybody affiliated with the program.

“He played in a couple of games last year,” Dixon said.

“He did outstanding as a freshman.”

“He has all the physical tools,” Thomason said. “The thing I am most impressed with are the mental tools.

He’s smart and cool-headed.”

Breitkreutz also has command of the huddle, already showing outstanding leadership, Thomason said.

“He’s going to be fun to watch, especially in this offense.”

Breitkreutz is quick as a runner and also has a strong passing arm. The primary receivers will be sophomores Joseph Scolari and Kody Courtright.

Blocking up front will be Ross and fellow senior Jacob Vigue, sophomore center Zach Ray, sophomore

Coquille quarterback Zach Breitkreutz hands the ball off to a running back during a practice. Breitkreutz is one of several sophomores who will fill key roles for Coquille this fall.

Chandler Bing and junior Brandon Bowen, who is a prime example of the character of Coquille’s group, Thomason said.

“Brandon was a tight end last season,” Thomason said.

“He knew our offensive line needs and came to me in the offseason and offered to switch.”

The linemen are focusing on the angles that they are required to take in the wingT blocking patterns.

“I think the speed will work,” Ross said. “We’ve been working on the angles a lot.”

While the offense could be explosive with its new twists, the defense also required a redesign to make up for the different size of the players compared with the past few years.

Coquille likely will line up with three down linemen and five linebackers.

The front will include Ross and a mix of Faith, Bowen and junior Kyle Yost at defensive end.

The linebacking corps

includes Elmer, Scolari, Yates, Ray and Woody.

Dixon will be the safety in the attack and the two cornerbacks will be Breitkreutz and Courtright.

“I think our defense is going to b pretty good,” Ross said. “The linebackers are picking it up.”

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“This year we have a lot more heart and will at practice,” Elmer said. “We have a lot more drive than past years.”

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Marshfield Pirates

Pirates embark on new system with Line at helm

BY GEORGE ARTSITAS The World

COOS BAY — New coach.

New offense. New result?

Marshfield is hoping that will be the case with new head coach Josh Line as the Pirates try to not relive their winless 2012 campaign.

Line, who played at the University of Oregon right after the turn of the century, will implement a high speed spread offense similar to the Ducks’ current one.

Since Line, who had been Marshfield’s defensive coordinator, was only hired in July after Justin Ainsworth’s departure, the turnover has been a little difficult. But he said he can’t complain with the coaches he’s surrounded by.

“It’s been tough, but I’ve got amazing assitant coaches,” he said. “They have been incredibly helpful. I feel like the luckiest coach in the state of Oregon. My hat’s off to them. Without them it wouldn’t have happened.”

Since jumping on, Line has had the staff meet several times to figure out how they

can best apply the new offense. Line decided to attack the transition by going position by position, having each player understand their their specific roles, and keep developing from there.

“It been a process, no question,” offensive coordinator Floyd Montiel said.

“It’s been fun and I think the kids are buying into it.”

Alex Brown is the main cog on the Pirates defense at linebacker. Andrew Sharp and Bo Hunter are two players Line plans on being a solid duo at corner. Hunter Olson playing free safety — after not playing football last year — and Austin Howerton at the other safety position round out the secondary.

After last Friday’s jamboree, Lance Grigsby will be Marshfield’s quarterback because of how dynamic he can be with the ground game, but Line’s not married to him being the starter.

“He kind of possesses a problem with people with his feet,” Line said. “I’m not the kind of guy that locks into one guy. He's the guy right

Photos by Alysha Beck, The World.

Marshfield’s football players line up for sprints during a practice. The Pirates are keeping an up-tempo practice to match their offense. now and he’s got to to play well, we got a couple other kids behind him and you never know what’s going to happen.”

Offensively, Marshfield will have senior Howerton waiting in the wings behind Grigsby, with returning running back Brown the workhorse in the backfield.

To instill the tactics and techniques of the new

offense, Line has focused on repetition. Line used many meetings to solidify an understanding of the offense in his team and has run drills “until they’re blue in the face.”

“It’s been a little bit of a transition,” Howerton said. “(The learning curve) has been good. I think a lot of the guys are getting it down so we’ll be ready.”

Thankfully for Howerton, Line expects the passing game to be the same for the most part. Unfortunately for the line and Brown, the running game should be completely different.

Since the team is not filled with big players, moving to more of a spread is a welcome, and almost necessary, change.

The other biggest factor

is conditioning. with the breakneck pace, team conditioning is paramount.

While Line thinks that individuals are able to keep up, the entire Pirate team has to be ready to have any chance of success.

“It’s not enough to know it, you have to do it fast.” Line said. “Everything is a building block and then you put the pieces together.”

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Marshfield head coach Josh Line directs players during drills.

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Coach: Josh Line (first season) Assistants: Floyd Montiel, Mike Seedborg, Chad Scriven, Bruce Bryant, Ty Volin, Mike Plotycia, David Delgado, Ben Johnson, Russ Yeager.

2012 Record: 0-9 (0-5 league) Returning Starters: Offense 5 and Defense 6 Key Players: Alex Brown, sr, RB/LB; Austin Howerton, sr, QB/DB; Bill Fields, sr, OL/DL; Lance Grigsby, jr, QB/DB; Taylor Dornbusch, sr, WR/LB; Johnny Phillips, sr, RB/LB; Ty Bunnell, sr, WR/DE; Lane Mitts, sr, OL/DL; Victor Lahr, sr, OL/DL; Raider Borgogno, sr, LB; Andrew Sharp, jr, WR/DB.

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Bulldogs eye step to the top rung of the ladder North Bend was in championship game for first time during 2012 season ■

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tough obstacle for some, but after spring workouts and developing over the summer, Lucero welcomes the change.

“I kinda’ knew what I was doing a little bit. There’s a lot more pressure,” said Lucero, who filled in when Hamilton Mateski wasn’t available last fall. “As a quarterback, I have to think a lot more instead of just going out and catching a ball every play.”

Lucero has plenty of weapons, including running backs Zack Hawk, a senior, and Buck. The receiving corps includes athletic junior Drew Matthews, Rider (also Lucero’s backup at QB), senior Ty Roane and sophomore Luke Lucero, the quarterback’s speedy cousin.

On defense Prince will have a solid base with returning all-state linebacker Laird anchoring the middle of the defense along with fellow linebackers Roane and Buck and defensive backs Hawk, Cam Lucero and Matthews, who picked off 11 passes last fall and was a first-team allleague selection.

Laird, who is the anchor, doesn’t expect his game plan to be any different after receiving acclaim last year.

He welcomes the added repsonsibility.

“I love it, “ Laird said. “ I always tried to lead the defense. No titles will change my ability.”

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NORTH BEND — There’s only one way to improve after being runner-up.

In 2013, North Bend will try and take that next step.

After losing in the state championship game last year, the Bulldogs are looking to rebound this year behind a core of seven seniors, and after last year not just get back to the game, but take home the title.

“Our expectations are always going to be the same, no matter what we did the year before,” head coach Gary Prince said. “Our goal as a program is to win a state championship. That’s the only goal we set. For some that might not be realistic but that’s our goal."

As of now, Prince’s focus Head coach Gary Prince works with the defensive line during the first day of practice at North Bend. is on the improvement of his young players. With only expects big things from senior North Bend took the first seven seniors — one being linemen Collin Mallory and step toward getting to its Fred Barahona, an exchange Zach Wallace, along with goal, beating Molalla 55-28 in student from Portugal who standout sophomore Joe the season opener last Friday. has never played organized Rutheford and junior Hunter “We don’t set high expecfootball before — Prince is Coach: Gary Prince (third season) Harden. They will also get hep tations we’ll never achieve trying to focus on developing Assistants: Roger Iparraguirre, Ryan from Laird and junior Rhett them,” Prince said.

“So far it’s juniors like Levi Rider, Zach Goll, Jay Pennington, Joe Bollig, Mike Strode on the offensive line. worked out."

Harrington, and Jake Buck.

Rose, Brandon O’Neil, Mason Retalick, While the ultimate goal may Shawn Spence, Kingston Hughes, Tim be lofty, Prince knows that West, Cory Goll putting the bar high is a great 2012 Record: 11motivator for his kids.

2 (5-0 league) “I honestly think it gets Returning our kids to believe it’s a posStarters: Offense sibility,” he said. “We want to 2 and Defense 4 be one of those last two Key Players: Cam Lucero, jr, QB/DB; Ry teams playing for a champiRoane, sr, WR/LB; Zack Hawk, sr, RB/DB; onship and it seems to work.”

Levi Rider, jr, WR/LB; Mason Laird, sr, One of Prince’s biggest RB/LB; Drew Matthews, jr, WR/DB; Jake challenges this year will be Buck, jr, RB/LB; Collin Mallory, sr, OL/DL; transitioning Cam Lucero Tim West, sr, OL/DL; Zach Harrington, jr, from wide receiver to quarOL/DL; Zach Wallace, sr, TE/DL; Joe terback. The 6-foot-2 junior Rutherford, soph, OL/DL; Hunter played quarterback for the Harden, jr, OL/DL. junior varsity team as a freshmen but stood out as a wide receiver last year.

Taking your best wide receiver and slapping him under center might’ve been a A North Bend receiver works on his routes during an afternoon practice.

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Gary Prince 2013 Schedule Aug. 30 d. Molalla 55-28 Sept. 6 @ Newport Sept. 13 Cottage Grove Sept. 20 @ South Umpqua Sept. 27 @ Sutherlin Oct. 4 Marshfield Oct. 11 @ Douglas Oct. 18 Brookings-Harbor Oct. 25 Siuslaw

Getting there: How to find the schools Cam Lucero

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Here are driving directions to the schools in the Far West League and the Sunset Conference.

Far West League Brookings-Harbor High School Address: 564 Fern St., Brookings.

Directions: Take U.S. Highway 101 south to Brookings and turn left (east) onto Easy Street, which goes over a hill and then runs right past the high school.

Douglas High School Address: 1381 NW Douglas Ave., Winston. Directions: Take Highway 42 to Winston. The high school is just north (left) of the highway right before town.

Marshfield High School Address: 10th and Ingersoll, Coos Bay. Directions: From U.S. Highway 101 turn west on either Golden Avnue or Hall or Ingersoll streets, all of which run up to the high school.

North Bend High School Address: 2323 Pacific Ave., North Bend. Directions: From U.S. Highway 101, turn west onto Virginia Avenue or

Newmark Street and travel over the hill. From Virginia, turn left onto Harrison Street or from Newport turn right onto Brussells Street (both are at traffic signals) and then turn west onto Crowell Lane, which runs by the high school.

Siuslaw High School Address: 2975 Oak St., Florence.

Directions: Take U.S. Highway 101 north to Florence and turn west (left) onto 30th Street, which goes to the high school.

South Umpqua High School Address: 501 NW Chadwick Lane, Myrtle Creek. D i r e c t i o n s : Take Highway 42 to Winston and turn south onto Interstate-5. Take the Tri Cities exit (Exit 103) and turn left back across the freeway. Follow the road around the corner and continue about half a mile to Chadwick Lane and turn left to the high school.

Sutherlin High School A d d r e s s : Fourth and Umatilla, Sutherlin. Directions: Take Highway 42 to Winston and turn north onto Interstate-5. Take the main Sutherlin exit (Exit 136) and turn right onto Central Avenue. After about two miles (all the way through the city center), turn left onto Umatilla. The high school is about four blocks from Central.

Sunset Conference Bandon High School Address: 550 Ninth St. SW, Bandon.

Directions: Take U.S. Highway 101 to Bandon and turn west onto Ninth Street (at the Dairy Queen restaurant).

The high school is three blocks from the highway.

Coquille High School.

A d d r e s s : 500 W. Central Ave., Coquille. Directions: From Highway 42 turn onto Central Avenue either at the west end of town (across from the log ponds) or the east end (near downtown) and travel about one mile to the high school, which is on the south side of Central, across from a cemetery.

Glide High School A d d r e s s : 18900 North Umpqua Highway, Glide. D i r e c t i o n s : Take Highway 42 to Interstate-5 and head North into Roseburg. Turn east at the City Center exit (Exit 124) and follow signs for Highway 138 and Diamond Lake. Glide is 18 miles east of

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Gold Beach High School Address: 29516 Ellensburg Ave., Gold Beach. Directions: Take U.S. Highway 101 to Gold Beach. The high school is on the west side of the highway.

Myrtle Point High School Address: 717 Fourth St., Myrtle Point.

Directions: Follow Highway 42 to Myrtle Point and turn west onto Harris Street at the traffic signal. The high school is two blocks from the highway.

Reedsport Community Charter School A dd re ss : 2260 Longwood Drive, Reedsport. D i r e c t i o n s : Take U.S. Highway 101 to Reedsport. The high school is on the east side of the highway near the south end of town.

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Fred Barahona brings his skills to the Bulldogs after playing rugby in his native Portugal. He is an exchange student at North Bend this year.

Exchange student brings rugby experience to NB

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Barahona caught only a couple of NFL games on ESPN and a handful of college contests as NORTH BEND — In 2013, North well, but that’s all it took for his curiosity to peak. He said his Bend will have some European friends think “American football” rugby flair on the football team. is lame, and that since there are Portugese exchange student no pads in rugby, football isn’t as Fred Barahona has joined the physical. Barahona was still Bulldogs this season, paying organized football for the first time intrigued enough to give it a go when he got into the country early after playing rugby back home in August. across the Atlantic.

He says, “It’s like rugby, just Barahona is from a small city with pads” and now he can go near Lisbon called Evora and he back, knowing the difference came here because his family thought it was a good idea for him between what his friends think and what he actually to get to know the world and the experienced. “important” country was “I was always a little curios to America.

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play this sport. We saw a lot of in the movies ‘hell week’ and it’s been good until now,” Barahona said.

“All the guys (giving it their all) in the field and I always wanted to try it.”

Head coach Prince said his focus right now is for Barahona to be a defensive end, but he also has him in special teams for kickoff coverage as well. Prince has dealt with foreign exchange students in the past, but certainly none as physical as Barahona.

“Fred gets after it,” Prince said through a smile.

He’s also doing all the things the coaching staff has asked of him, from being on the scout team to

getting reps with the first or second teams.

Defensive coordinator Ryan Goll said he is impressed with how far Barahona has come along, even though he can’t imagine being in Barahona’s shoes.

“He’s had a great attitude. He’s developing well to the game, not playing it before,” Goll said. “The kids are responding to him really well and he’s been a good asset in the lockeroom. I couldn’t imagine coming and never knowing the game before and learning it.”

Barahona has started to love certain elements of football. He enjoys the fact that after every play you can congratulate someone on a

hit and not take it personally. He now knows the relevance of why everyone needs pads in this sport (even though he hates how much hotter it gets with them).

While it may be normal to make fun of football in Portugal, Barahona will try to pass on what he learns to his buddies back home and try to have them fall for the game he’s quickly starting to love.

“I hope to pass that experience to my friends there. Here the friendship and everything is more then Portugal I think, more then rugby,” Barahona said. “Show that this is good friendship and we can get better there and change the wave in Portugal.”

Oregon’s move away from daily doubles is an improvement Eighth graders across the state rejoice!

Oregon will adopt a new policy next year that will make it so football coaches can’t schedule daily doubles on consecutive days. If teams do hold two workouts, there needs to be at least a three-hour break between the practices.

Oregon teams will also have to have two weeks of practice before competing in a jamboree and three weeks before sanctioned games, eliminating any type of zero week games.

I find the practicality of doubling up practices day after day to be suspect at face value. To have two practices, separated by a couple hours every single SPORTS day seems to be semi-cruel immersion into football thrown under the guise of conditioning. Players are given a rude awakening. Summer is over, school is on the horizon, but before the routine schooldays starts, don’t forget football comes first.

I’m not the only one who feels double days are a thing GEORGE of the past.

ARTSITAS Marshfield head coach Josh Line has almost already adopted this new kind of, scheduling one long three-hour practice a day.

He feels like he’s getting everything out of his team in one practice he would with two and is just getting a head start on what Oregon policymakers have already figure out.

“I feel like that’s the direction the state of Oregon is going. I just feel like if we can’t get it done in three hours, then it’s not worth doing,” Line said. “The double practices are a little archaic and old school and I don’t know if they’re efficient.”

“Archaic” is the exact word for what bothers me about what having two long practices in the hot August sun. Daily doubles are a tradition in the worst possible way. It’s something no one ever enjoys, but since older players had to suffer through them, you might as well have youngsters experience that same pain.

It’s tantamount to initiation week at a fraternity. It’s gross, makes you tired, and nobody likes it. But it’s a “tradition” and since the older people suffered, why not have the next ones up do it?

Thankfully, in 2014, we’ll take the first step toward not having to watch players fend off heat stroke just so some annual ritual can be met. Coaches will obviously drag along daily doubles until they’re finally abolished, holding as many as possible to keep with the caveman tradition.

“I don’t know if I would ever go back,” Line said.

Thankfully for Line and eighth graders across the state, he won’t have the option.

WRITER

By Alysha Beck, The World

Marshfield offensive lineman Bill Fields is a standout in the classroom as well as on the field, earning distinguished honors for science.

Academics comes easy for Pirate

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cumulative GPA and a 206 on the pre-SATs, putting him in the 98th percentile. This COOS BAY — Over at semester he’s taking three Marshfield, a Pirate is out to classes through SWOCC, prove that football players can where both of his parents work. stand out in the classroom, too.

Within the football proJust look at Bill Fields, gram, Fields loves watching Marshfield’s senior lineman, films and dissecting his play. It who just qualified as a semifimakes him very coachable. nalist for a National Merit “Bill’s awesome. Fantastic Scholarship. worker. He’s one kids you don’t This will be Fields’ third have to worry about because of year starting on the line for the his intelligence. He will make Pirates, but he knows keeping mistakes — nobody’s perfect — his skills diverse off the field is but he’s a good anchor on the just as important. line,” Marshfield assistant “You got to have variety in coach Floyd Montiel said. “His your life. You can’t be a single intelligence in the classroom focus person,” Fields said. “I definitely transfers to his inteldon’t feel like it’s that strange.” ligence on the field.”

Fields also is a swimmer in His smarts haven’t gone the winter and competes in without notice. Fields won throwing events for the Bausch and Lomb Marshfield’s track and field Honorary Science Award team in the spring. handpicked picked by Off the field, his resumé in Marshfield’s science departthe classroom may be better ment. If he chooses to go to than on the gridiron. A 3.4 Rochester University and The World

Rensselaer Polytechnic he could get a portion of his tuition paid, but he thinks “that’s a long way away.”

He wants to be an engineer who focuses on “basically not building bridges” and is looking at Oregon State and Washington State, but still needs to take some campus visits before finalizing his decision. Wherever he ends up studying, he plans on going to walk-on tryouts for the experience.

Fields sees plenty of similarities in academics and athletics.

“Science takes a little bit of attention to detail and you don’t want to mess up the little things, and the same thing applies to football. The fundamentals have to be on key or it doesn’t work right,” Fields said.

In the immediate future, Marshfield head coach Josh Line expects Fields to be an allleague selection at the end of

the season. Line has seen Fields embrace his role as a leader at his position and on the team.

He has been one of the smarter kids at Marshfield in Line’s tenure at the school.

Line said Fields shows his smarts because he’s a little undersized, but still gets the job done. He has a high aptitude to easily understand angles, leverage and footwork, especially with the offense Line has been implementing.

Fields’ coach knows that the Pirates will go as far as Fields can help take them.

“With what we’re doing new offensively, he’s picking that up incredibly quickly and I think that has a lot to do with his intelligence level. He got a grasp quickly because he worked so hard to figure it out,” Line said “He’s going to be one of the guys who heads us hopefully on a deep run in the state playoffs.”

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Powers Cruisers

Cruisers get defensive in quest for playoffs

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POWERS — Tim Stallard understood the root problem for his team’s defense last fall, when Powers struggled to make tackles, a few times meaning the difference between a win and a loss.

“They were small,” said Stallard of the Cruisers, who relied heavily on sophomores while finishing with a 5-5 overall record (3-5 in league play).

Stallard expects that problem will go away this year.

“We have improved,” he said. “All the juniors are a year older, and hopefully 15 pounds heavier.

“That’s going to determine our season — if we tackle well.”

On the other side of the ball, the Cruisers should boast a solid offense behind returning quarterback Tye Jackson and several talented skill position players.

“They just execute real well and they’re all pretty smart,” Stallard said.

Clayton Stallard, one of the team’s two seniors, returns as the power back in the eight-man formation.

Junior Devin MacKensen can provide a change of pace in the backfield and projects to be the team’s best receiver.

“He has good hands and he’s super fast,” Tim Stallard said.

Another key playmaker will be one of the newcomers, athletic freshman Jackson Stallard. The coach’s son will be the backup quarterback and will fill in at the other skill spots.

“He’s going to be a big contributor,” said Tye Jackson.

The Cruisers also expect a big year out of Jackson, in his second year calling the signals.

“He’s improved a ton,” said Clayton Stallard. “He’s definitely gotten a lot better.”

Jackson will be operating behind a veteran center, Jaron MacDonald, the team’s other senior. MacDonald missed much of the early part of the season last year with a foot injury.

“I’ve been playing center since fifth grade,” said MacDonald. “I have down what I need to do.”

“Jaron is going to do some good things,” said T im Stallard.

Juniors Wyatt Gregorio and Aaron Pedrick also return to the line, and Sean Bartlett, another junior who is in just his second year of football, will contribute.

A great offense will only get the Cruisers so far, though.

“We need to really focus on defense,” Clayton Stallard said. “I think we’re all going to work together and do fine.”

Powers lost leading tackler Sean Martinez, another junior, for the year to an injury. But the Cruisers like the improvements of everyone else.

“Our problem last year was size,” Tye Jackson said.

“Everybody is bigger.”

MacKensen and Pedrick return at defensive ends, Photos by Alysha Beck, The World with MacDonald and Powers head football coach Tim Stallard talks to his team during the first week of their practice.

This is Stallard’s second year as head coach.

Gregorio inside. The key, Tim Stallard said, may be the play of Clayton Stallard and junior Patrick Byrd at linebacker.

The defensive backs, including Tye Jackson and freshman cousins Jackson and Austin Stallard, will be relied Coach: Tim Stallard (second season) on more for run support.

Assistants: Guy Ellis, Kayne Pedrick “I’ve been real impressed 2012 Record: 5-5 (3-5 Skyline League) with them,” Tim Stallard Retuning Starters: Offense 6 and said. “I think we’re going to Defense 7 Key Players: be pretty good.”

Jaron MacDonald, A big part of the Cruisers’ sr, D/DL; Clayton optimism results from the Stallard, sr, team’s dedication during Tim Stallard RB/LB; Wyatt summer workouts.

Gregorio, jr, “They got in the weight 2013 Schedule OL/DL; Patrick room and lifted and got some Sept. 6 Prospect Byrd, jr, E/LB; Sept. 13 Tirad running in, too,” said Devin MacKensen, jr, RB/DE; Sean Sept. 20 @ Elkton MacDonald.

“Faster, Bartlett, jr, OL/DL; Aaron Pedrick, jr, Sept. 27 Gilchrist stronger, better.”

OL/DE; Tye Jackson, jr, QB/DB; James Oct. 4 @ Hosanna Christian “It’s exciting,” added Clauson, soph, RB/LB; Jackson Stallard, Oct. 11 @ Days Creek Clayton Stallard. “I fell like fr, QB/DB; Austin Stallard, fr, E/DB. Oct. 18 @ Butte Falls there’s more energy than Oct. 25 @North Lake there was last year.”

Nov. 1 Camas Valley “We’ll be pretty solid on both sides of the ball,” Tye Jackson said. “We have pretty high expectations this year.”

The Cruisers will need to start fast.

The schedule puts three of the biggest games right away, starting at home against Prospect and Triad before a road trip to Elkton.

Tye Jackson Clayton Stallard Jaron MacDonald The Cruisers lost to both Devin MacKensen jumps over bags during warm-ups at the start of a Triad and Elkton last fall. practice.

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Football league alignments for 2013 Teams and their league alignments for the 2013-2014 school year. Schools without football teams, such as Pacific on the South Coast, are not included.

Class 6A S o u t h w e s t C o n f e r e n c e : Crater Comets, Grants Pass Cavemen, North Medford Black Tornado, Roseburg Indians, Sheldon Irish, South Eugene Axemen, South Medford Panthers, Thurston Colts.

M e t r o L e a g u e : Aloha Warriors, Beaverton Beavers, Jesuit Crusaders, Southridge Skyhawks, Sunset Apollos, Westview Wildcats.

Three Rivers League: Canby Cougars, Clackamas Cavaliers, Lake Oswego Lakers, Lakeridge Pacers, Oregon City Pioneers, West Linn Lions.

Central Valley Conference: McKay Scots, McNary Celtics, North Salem Vikings, South Salem Saxons, Sprague Olympians, West Salem Titans.

Mount Hood Conference: Barlow Bruins, Centennial Eagles, Central Catholic Rams, David Douglas Scots, Gresham Gophers, Reynolds Raiders.

Pacific Conference: Century Jaguars, Forest Grove Vikings, Glencoe Crimson Tide, Hillsboro Spartans, McMinnville Grizzlies, Newberg Tigers, Tigard Tigers, Tualatin Timberwolves.

Portland Interscholastic League: Grant Generals, Lincoln Cardinals.

Class 5A M i d w e s t e r n L e a g u e : Ashland Grizzlies, Churchill Lancers, Eagle Point Eagles, Marist Spartans, North Eugene Highlanders, Springfield Millers, Willamette Wolverines.

Intermountain League: Bend Lava Bears, Mountain View Cougars, Redmond Panthers, Summit Storm.

Portland Interscholastic League: Benson Techmen, Cleveland Cavaliers, Franklin Quakers, Jefferson Democrats, Madison Senators, Roosevelt Roughriders, Wilson Trojans.

N o r t h w e s t C o n f e r e n c e : Liberty Falcons, Milwaukie Mustangs, Parkrose Broncos, Putnam Kingsmen, Sandy Pioneers, Sherwood Bowmen, St. Helens Lions, Wilsonville Wildcats.

Mid-Willamette Conference: Corvallis Spartans, Crescent Valley Raiders, Dallas Dragons, Lebanon Warriors, Silverton Foxes, South Albany Rebels, West Albany Bulldogs, Woodburn Bulldogs.

Columbia River Conference: Hermiston Bulldogs, Hood River Valley

Eagles, Pendleton Buckaroos, The Dalles Wahtonka Eagle Indians.

Class 4A Far West League: Brookings-Harbor Bruins, Douglas Trojans, Marshfield Pirates, North Bend Bulldogs, Siuslaw Vikings, South Umpqua Lancers, Sutherlin Bulldogs.

Cowapa League: Astoria Fishermen, Banks Braves, Scappoose Indians, Seaside Seagulls, Tillamook Cheesemakers, Yamhill-Carlton Tigers.

T r i - V a l l e y C o n f e r e n c e : Estacada Rangers, Gladstone Gladiators, La Salle Prep Falcons, Madras White Buffalos, Molalla Indians, North Marion Huskies.

Oregon West Conference: Cascade Cougars, Central Panthers, Newport Cubs, Philomath Warriors, Stayton Eagles, Taft Tigers.

Sky-Em League: Cottage Grove Lions, Elmira Falcons, Junction City Tigers, La Pine Hawks, Sisters Outlaws, Sweet Home Huskies.

S k y l i n e C o n f e r e n c e : Henley Hornets, Hidden Valley Mustangs, Klamath Union Pelicans, Mazama Vikings, North Valley Knights, Phoenix Pirates.

G r e a t e r O r e g o n L e a g u e : Baker Bulldogs, La Grande Tigers, McLoughlin Pioneers, Ontario Tigers.

Intermountain League: Crook County Cowboys, Ridgeview Ravens.

Class 3A Sunset Conference: Bandon Tigers, Coquille Red Devils, Glide Wildcats.

Southern Cascade League: Cascade Christian Challengers, Illinois Valley Cougars, Lakeview Honkers, Rogue River Chieftains.

Lewis & Clark League: Clatskanie Tigers, Corbett Cardinals, Rainier Columbians, Valley Catholic Valiants, Warrenton Warriors.

West Valley League: Amity Warriors, Colton Vikings, Dayton Pirates, Gervais Cougars, Horizon Christian Hawks, Sheridan Spartans, Willamina Bulldogs.

P a c W e s t C o n f e r e n c e : Blanchet Catholic Cavaliers, Chemawa Braves, Creswell Bulldogs, Harrisburg Eagles, Jefferson Lions, Pleasant Hill Billies, Salem Acadamy Crusaders, Santiam Christian Eagles, Scio Loggers.

E a s t e r n O r e g o n L e a g u e : Burns Hilanders, Nyssa Bulldogs, Umatilla Vikings, Vale Vikings.

Independents (for footba ll only) : Riverside Pirates, St. Mary’s Crusasders.

Class 2A S u n s e t C o n f e r e n c e : Gold Beach Panthers, Myrtle Point Bobcats, Reedsport Braves.

Southern Cascade League: Bonanza Anglers, Chiloquin Panthers, Lost River Raiders.

Note: Sunset and Southern Cascade leagues are combined for playoff purposes.

N o r t h w e s t L e a g u e : Gaston Greyhounds, Knappa Loggers, NeahKah-Nie Pirates, Nestucca Bobcats, Portland Christian Royals, Vernonia Loggers.

Mountain View Conference: Monroe Dragons, North Douglas Warriors, Oakland Oakers, Oakridge Warriors, Riddle Irish.

Tri-River Conference: Central Linn Cobras, Culver Bulldogs, Kennedy Trojans, Regis Rams, Santiam Wolverines, Toledo Boomers, Waldport Irish.

Blue Mountain Conference: Enterprise Outlaws, Grant Union Prospectors, Heppner Mustangs, Irrigon Knights, Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii Rockets, Stanfield Tigers, Union Bobcats, Weston-McEwen/Griswold TigerScots.

Independents (for footba ll only): Days Creek Wolves, Elgin Huskies,

Glendale Pirates.

Class 1A District 1: Alsea Wolverines, Falls City/Kings Valley Charter Mountaineers, Jewell Blue Jays, Oregon School for the Deaf Panthers, Perrydale Pirates, St. Paul Buckaroos.

District 2: Butte Falls Loggers, Camas Valley Hornets, Elkton Elks, Gilchrist Grizzlies, Hosanna Christian Lions, North Lake Cowboys, Powers Cruisers, Cougars, Triad Prospect Timberwolves.

D i s t r i c t 3 : Arlington Honkers, Condon/Wheeler Knights, Dufur Rangers, Echo Cougars, Ione Cardinals, Sherman Huskies, South Wasco County Redsides.

District 4: Cove Leopards, Imbler Panthers, Joseph Eagles, Pine Eagle Spartans, Powder Valley Badgers, Wallowa Cougars.

District 5: Crow Cougars, Lowell Devils, Mapleton Sailors, McKenzie Eagles, Mohawk Indians, Siletz Valley Warriors, Triangle Lake Lakers, Yoncalla Eagles.

District 6: Adrian Antelopes, Burnt River Bulls, Crane Mustangs, Harper/Huntington Hornets, Jordan Valley Mustangs, Mitchell/Spray Loggers, Monument/Dayville Tigers, Prairie City Panthers.

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The biggest change locally is that the Class 3A portion of the Sunset League gets just one playoff berth.

Class 6A: This year, 22 teams automatically qualify for the 32-team bracket, with the other 10 spots decided by a play-in round that includes the other 20 schools.

Class 5A: Power rankings, not league standings, are used to determine all postseason spots. The top eight teams in the final rankings automatically qualify for the 16team bracket. The other eight spots are decided by a play-in round.

Class 4A: The league champions from the Cowapa, Tri-Valley, Oregon West, Sky-Em, Far West, Skyline and Greater Oregon leagues automatically qualify for the final 16-team bracket, along with the next highest team in the power rankings. The

other eight teams are determined by a play-in round that includes the second- and third-place teams from each league and the highest-ranked non qualifiers.

Class 3A: The 16 teams that reach the playoffs are determined by league standing, including PacWest (4), Lewis & Clark (3), West Valley (3), Eastern Oregon (3), Southern Cascade hybrid (2) and Sunset hybrid (1).

Class 2A: The 16 qualifiers are distributed as follows: Blue Mountain (4), Northwest (3), Mountain View (3) and Tri-River (3), with the final three teams include the champions of the Sunset and Southern Cascade hybrid leagues and the next highest ranked team from among those two leagues, which make up Special District 1.

Class 1A: The league allotment for the 16 teams that reach the playoffs will be determined on Sept. 9.

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Bandon Tigers

Experienced Tigers seek scoreboard success

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BANDON — Last year Bandon took its lumps with a young, inexperienced squad, that featured only two seniors and failed to capture a victory all season.

The long season was the result of a senior-filled playoff squad in 2011 that was followed by a group with just two seniors who were position players and two juniors who had any extensive experience from the playoff squad.

Now all those players who were forced into playing time last fall are back, a year older and stronger, and the Tigers have a new excitement around the program.

“We went through tough times,” said senior quarterback Shawn Peters. “We don’t want that to happen again. We want improvement.”

That should be almost automatic, given the circumstances.

“We grew up, that’s for sure,” said senior Justin Flores, who will anchor the line for the second straight year. “We’re way more mature — mentally and physically.

“We can’t be any worse.

We could be really good.”

Even as the team struggled on the scoreboard, Flores saw great improvement last season.

“From the jamboree to the Cranberry Bowl to our last game against Gold Beach, we grew,” he said.

Now the Tigers have a

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Bandon’s players take a coach for a ride on the blocking sled during an afternoon workout the first week of fall practice at Bandon. bigger team with nearly 40 players, including a few who didn’t play last year. And the players who are back are bigger, which should help Bandon meet one of coach Silia Polamalu’s big goals, being a more physical team.

“Last year, we were on the receiving end,” he said. “This year, we want to be more on the giving end.”

That will start up front with a line that includes returning starters Flores and fellow senior Tanner Colton plus one of the newcomers — 290-pound Jacob Shamloo.

“He’s impossible to move in practice,” Polamalu said.

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“Our line got bigger,” said Colton. “Hopefully we will be able to push out people.”

The Tigers will continue to run the triple option, which should be improved with Peters having a year under his belt at QB. “It’s a lot better,” Peters said. “We kind of simplified it a little bit.”

The Tigers return speedy junior running back Cole Kreutzer.

“He’s one of the fast kids on the team,” Polamalu said.

“If we can get him out in the open field with a little bit of space, there’s not many kids who can slow him down.”

Polamalu also has been impressed with sophomore Trae Dyer. Senior Will Lozano has been doing a good job at fullback.

“He’s the smallest of our fullbacks, but also the fastest,” Polamalu said. “He’s worked extremely hard all year.”

Senior JJ Witte and sophomore Tristian Davidson lead the receivers.

As for Peters, the coach had praise.

“He’s a real smart kid and he catches on fast,” Polamalu said, adding that Peters learned last year while seeing a lot of different defensive formations and will know better how to handle them this fall.

The Tigers also should be improved on defense.

“We’re looking good,” Polamalu said. “We’ve had growth in a lot of positions

Bandon players work on their agility and footspeed on a sunny afternoon. there.”

The Tigers return a veteran linebacking corps with Peters, Lozano, Colton and senior Wes Gandy. Juniors Shelby Bannister and Jericho Buchanan are proven backups, joined by fellow junior Trent Gagnon.

The backfield includes Kruetzer, Dyer, junior newcomer Alex Winston and junior Quentin Coomer, the backup quarterback who missed nearly all of last season with a broken collarbone.

The front includes the big offensive linemen, which Polamalu hopes will help stuff opponents’ run games.

“We’ve got a great defense,” said Lozano, pointing to the team speed and experience.

The Tigers also have a hunger to produce more success on the field.

“We’ve got a lot of fire in

our hearts this year,” Lozano said.

The Tigers would need a big improvement to reach the playoffs, since the Sunset Conference only gets one bid in the Class 3A postseason from among Bandon, Glide and Coquille.

They can’t wait to see how much better they are.

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“The core of our team was all on the field last year.

They’re excited to get out there and play some football.”

Bandon Coach: Silia Polamalu (fourth season) Assistants: Bill Reager, Mark Flynn, Jason Beedle 2012 Record: 0-9 (0-5 league) Returning Starters: 9 offense/9 defense Key Players: Tanner Colton, sr, OL/DL; Coleton Jackson, sr, RB/LB; Justin Flores, sr, OL/DL; Shawn Peters, sr, QB/LB; Will Lozano, sr, RB/LB; JJ Witte, sr, WR/DB; Lucas Miller, sr, OL/DL; Jacob Shamloo, sr, OL/DL; Shelby Banister, jr, RB/LB; Jericho Buchanan, jr, RB/LB; Quentin Coomer, jr, QB/DB; Trenton Gagnon, jr, TE/LB; Wes Gandy, jr, OL/LB; Cole Kreutzer, jr, RB/DB; Jacob Taylor, jr, WR/DB; Aaron Willings, jr, OL/DL; Alex Winston, jr, WR/DB; Tristian Davidson, soph, WR/DB; Trae Dyer, soph, DB.

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Cover Story

Classification change energizes Marshfield

BY JOHN GUNTHER

Excitement stretches to community

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COOS BAY — The past few seasons, Marshfield’s football coaches have felt like they weren’t playing with a full deck.

That’s because the enrollment at the school had dipped far below many of the Pirates’ Midwestern League rivals. That can be a critical problem in a sport like football, that relies so heavily on numbers.

“It’s been pretty evident that the past few years we haven’t been able to be competitive,” said new Marshfield head coach Josh Line.

“And it’s not that we haven’t had good kids. We’ve had great athletes — just not enough of them.”

That should change this fall, since the Oregon School Activities Association’s executive board decided late last year to drop the school to Class 4A and into the Far West League.

The move reunites the Pirates with neighbor North Bend as league rivals and gives Marshfield a whole new set of league foes for the first time — Siuslaw to the north, Brookings-Harbor to the south and Sutherlin, Douglas and South Umpqua to the east.

The move has understandably generated a new level of excitement around fall camp.

“I think there’s an energy, not just from the kids, but from the community,” Line said. “Human nature is to be excited when you can be competitive.”

Marshfield was among the Midwestern League’s best in a number of sports the past few years, especially track and field, volleyball and girls swimming.

Both basketball programs and the softball team also have seen success.

But that success came amid a shrinking enrollment.

As recently as the 2005-2006 school year, Marshfield’s enrollment was over 1,100 students. But the number has dropped every year since the 2003-2004 school year.

The opening of the Destinations Academy in the Harding Learning Center pulled some students from Marshfield’s student body. More left due to attrition, like virtually all the other schools on the South Coast.

In the 2011-2012 school year, Marshfield’s average daily enrollment was 766, far smaller than all the schools in the Midwestern League except Marist, a private school that opted to play up to Class 5A. OSAA’s decision wasn’t necessarily a popular one with Marshfield’s new league foes, who opted not to send a letter of support to go with Marshfield’s request to drop down, especially since it came a year before the end of the current four-year time block and new league alignments that will be finalized in October (see related story below).

While Marshfield as tiny in the

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A Marshfield player knocks the ball away from one of Siuslaw’s ball carriers during their preseason game last season. Starting this fall, the Pirates and Vikings are league foes in all sports.

Midwestern League, it is huge in the Far West League, where only North Bend, which has a cooperative agreement for all sports with the Oregon Coast Technical Institute, and Brookings-Harbor boast enrollments of over 500 students. Siuslaw (441), Sutherlin (428), Douglas (425) and South Umpqua (387) all are among the smallest eight schools in Class 4A. Marshfield athletic director Greg Mulkey said the Pirates shouldn’t plan on being a sports bully in their new league.

“When I met with our coaches, I said, I think it’s exciting in regards that we’re playing at a level that is warranted with our population at our schools. We can’t lose sight now we’re going into this league and we think we’re dominating. We didn’t last year.”

The Pirates lost to both North Bend and Siuslaw in football and boys basketball. Siuslaw was state champion in boys cross country and boys track and Sutherlin boasted one of the top girls basketball teams in the state. North Bend and Brookings-Harbor have strong boys and girls soccer teams And though Marshfield dominated the Midwestern League in girls swimming, now the Pirates are in a special district that

includes three of the best programs in the combined Class 4A3A-2A-1A classification: North Bend, Henley and Phoenix.

Line views the quality of the Far West League as a great thing. In football, Douglas also has been among the state’s best Class 4A programs in recent years.

“The cool thing about being in this league is some of the top teams in 4A are in the league,” he said.

“We’re going to have a chance to see how we stack up against some of the best programs.”

And he said the Pirates will strive to join them.

“Our measuring stick is going to be seen in the season,” he said.

“We want to be a state playoff caliber team. We’re going to get there.”

North Bend athletic director Mike Forrester knows what Marshfield is going through. It’s a little over a decade since the Bulldogs dropped down to Class 4A when they were a similar size to what Marshfield is now.

“I remember we dominated everybody at the start,” he said of the Far West League. “Every one of our teams qualified for the playoffs (the first season).”

But the Bulldogs struggled to compete at the state level, except

in a few sports where a couple of top individuals can result in earning state trophies.

“At the state level, we didn’t dominate,” Forrester said.

The Bulldogs lost their first few football playoff games and were eliminated early from the girls state basketball tournament while missing out on the boys tournament.

Eventually, North Bend won a handful of state titles in girls basketball, volleyball, boys cross country and girls and boys swimming.

The biggest boost Forrester remembered, though, was the attitude change on the sports teams.

“The biggest thing is your athletes start believing in themselves again,” he said.

That’s what Line is counting on.

Marshfield won just one varsity football game the past two seasons.

“We have a really good group of young kids coming up,” he said.

“We have a solid core group of juniors and seniors who have great work ethic and great attitudes.

“That confidence thing is huge in football. We’re going to get that back.”

COOS BAY — While Marshfield’s drop to Class 4A this fall is sure to provide a boost for the athletes, athletic director Greg Mulkey hopes it fills a similar role for the community.

And a big part of that, he said, is being among league rivals that have a tremendous following in their home towns.

That wasn’t always the case in the Midwestern League, where the other schools were in Eugene and Springfield — big cities where the community support doesn’t always fall to the high schools.

“Our league that we’re in (now), I think they follow their teams a little better,” Mulkey said. “They’re onehorse towns. The communities really come out and support schools.

“That is going to benefit us as well.”

While the Pirates might be used to playing in front of mostly empty gyms in the Midwestern League, now they will be going into some smaller facilities packed with noisy home crowds.

Basketball in particular will be a big change since all of Marshfield’s league games now will be doubleheaders, a practice common among the smaller classifications.

“I am so excited about the doubleheaders,” Mulkey said.

Marshfield should see larger groups of visiting fans coming to the Bay Area in basketball, but also in football.

Marshfield football coach Josh Line is looking forward to that.

“For us and our fan base, and the fan bases we play, it’s going to create more energy and get more people in the stands,” Line said.

“I want our football games to be events that create energy and excitement.”

That carries over to the players, he said.

There’s no worry about that as Marshfield and North Bend are reunited in the same league, boosting the rivalry that was much more fierce throughout the history of the neighboring schools until the Bulldogs dropped down to Class 4A a decade ago.

“That rivalry with North Bend was strong and we’re going to get that back — and we’re going to have other rivalries,” Line said.

At the same time, Mulkey said Marshfield will try to work with North Bend to keep the rivalry positive, however heated it might be during the actual competitions.

“We’ll do our best to make sure it gets back to the importance of what it was, but at the same time keep that positive relationship,” he said.

Next year will bring another batch of changes

BY JOHN GUNTHER The World

While Marshfield’s dropping into the Far West League is the biggest change for sports on the South Coast this fall, a bunch of changes can be expected this time a year from now.

That’s because the Oregon School Activities Association is finishing a four-year time block and planning for the next four years, with the work so far being done by the Classification and Districting Committee.

That group will make a final recommendation to the OSAA Executive Board on Oct. 28.

The Executive Board, which will listen to public testimony, can approve the proposal or make changes.

It’s decision that day will be final.

■ Schools again will be broken into six classifications for the next time block.

The committee explored options including five classifications for all sports and five classifications for football only before deciding the current format is best.

■ The socioeconomic status of schools will be considered when determining enrollment for classification purposes. A multiplier will be used based on the number of students on free and reduced lunches.

■ Hybrid leagues will be eliminated in the new time block, meaning an end to the Class 3A/2A Sunset Conference hybrid.

■ Because Bandon was close to the upper limit for Class 2A, the committee gave the T igers a geographic exemption to play in that classification with other coastal Class 2A schools.

Work so far

Work still to do

The committee has been narrowing its focus for the past year, forwarding a number of proposals to member schools for comments. Its final scheduled meeting is Sept. 23, though it can plan another meeting if needed.

The committee already has reached consensus on a number of items that will directly impact South Coast schools. Still to be determined are the fates of two schools, Coquille and Pacific, which could see great impacts by the OSAA decision for different reasons.

Among the decisions the committee is firm on:

Still to be determined are the specific cutoff levels for each classification.

OSAA Assistant Executive Director Peter Weber said the organization recently received 2012-2013 enrollment numbers from the Oregon Department of Education and is combining those with the socioeconomic multiplier to finalize the numbers the committee will use for its final recommendation. Weber was hoping to get those numbers out to schools this week so they could prepare any comments for the committee before its Sept. 23 meeting.

Classification and Districting Committee Draft #8 Proposal is based on 2011-2012 enrollment. Numbers for 2012-2013 should be released this week. Committee likely will adjust enrollment limits within each classification based on new numbers.

Leagues with South Coast schools Class 4A (709-325 students) Far West League Brookings-Harbor (459) Douglas (375) Marshfield (609) North Bend (560) Siuslaw (397) South Umpqua (330) *North Bend number includes Oregon Coast Technical Institute Class 3A (324-191) Southern Cascade League Cascade Christian (303) Coquille (247) Glide (200) Illinois Valley (287) Lakeview (193) Rogue River (248) St. Mary’s (302)

OSAA released the committee’s eighth proposal in May, but hasn’t heard much from the schools.

“I think a lot of people are waiting for the new numbers before they put anything together,” Weber said. “Once we get these new numbers out, there will be plenty of feedback.”

On the South Coast, the biggest concerns are Coquille and Pacific.

The committee almost certainly will propose keeping Marshfield and North Bend in the Far West League along with BrookingsHarbor and Siuslaw. The rest of the league probably will

Class 2A (190-90) Sunset Conference Bandon (206) Gold Beach (150) Myrtle Point (164) Pacific (93) Reedsport (151) Toledo (177) Waldport (168) Class 1A (89-and-under) Skyline League Camas Valley (57) Elkton (78) Oak Hill (32) Days Creek (86) Mile Adventist (80) Powers (32) Rogue Valley Adventist (46) Umpqua Valley Christian (87)

include Douglas and either South Umpqua or Sutherlin (if South Umpqua drops down to Class 3A) because OSAA is trying to balance the classification out with mostly six-school leagues.

Reedsport, Gold Beach, Bandon and Myrtle Point will most likely be in a coastal Class 2A league with Waldport and Toledo.

That change is a welcome one for Reedsport athletic director James Hixenbaugh, who did not like dealing with the hybrid Southern Cascades League for football, volleyball and basketball playoff purposes and different special districts for other sports.

“We’re tired of the hybrid stuff,” Hixenbaugh said.

“The league isn’t a real league. It’s us, Gold Beach and Myrtle Point for 2A. You’re still competing in a league, but half your league is 3A and half is 2A. It doesn’t make your league games seem as important.”

The Sunset Conference teams have played each other, awarded single trophies for team sports (Reedsport and Gold Beach have won volleyball and football, respectively, each of the past three years despite being smaller schools) and had a common all-league team. But the nature of the league and games between Class 2A and 3A schools also has been confusing to some.

Pacific will be in the league, as well, unless the Pirates fall under the upper 1A limit of the final proposal.

But given the Pirates’ lack of ability to regularly advance to the playoffs from the Class 1A Skyline League in many sports, it’s unlikely the school would have much success against the bigger Class 2A foes.

Weber said he expects Pacific to end up in Class 1A.

The Coquille quandary Coquille is another matter. The Red Devils are on an island no matter how the numbers work out because they clearly belong in Class 3A based on size, but won’t be near any 3A schools.

Early proposals had Coquille in a league with mid-Willamette Valley schools including both Scio and Jefferson near Salem.

The more recent proposal has the Red Devils in with Southern Oregon schools including St. Mary’s and Cascade Christian of Medford and the school that mirrors Coquille in isolation — Lakeview, located 300 miles away.

While Reedsport isn’t fond of the hybrid Sunset Conference, it has worked out great for travel for Coquille, which has many concerns about the proposal and will make a presentation to the Classification and Districting Committee at its Sept. 23 meeting.

One big concern is missed classtime for students to travel to league contests when every league foe except Glide is more than 130 miles away.

Safety becomes an issue in the winter, since getting to most of the other league schools will require crossing mountain passes. Also, most of Coquille’s coaches don’t work in the school district and can’t afford to repeatedly take time off their regular jobs for such long trips.

Cost is the other huge issue.

“Our major concern beside kids missing school is our transportation costs are going to go up quite a bit, especially when we’ve been able to play relatively close for our league and nonleague games,” said Coquille athletic director Dan Hampton.

Weber said the committee hasn’t been able to come up with a good option for Coquille.

“We’re open to good solutions for that one,” he said.

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Myrtle Point Bobcats

Bigger roster boosts optimism in Myrtle Point

BY JOHN GUNTHER The World

MYRTLE POINT — Marty Stallard’s instant assessment of his Myrtle Point football team spoke volumes.

“Overall, we’re better at every position except middle linebacker,” the second-year Bobcat head coach said.

It helps that Myrtle Point started fall camp with a decent number of players.

An awkward coaching change that resulted in an exodus of players last summer and Stallard taking over the squad on the eve of fall practice meant that Myrtle Point started with just nine players a year ago. This year, Stallard welcomed about 25 to the first practice, with a few more out of town completing family vacations.

“We’ve gone against a defense (in practice), which we didn’t do until the first snap last year,” Stallard said. “It’s a real plus for us having numbers. Football is a numbers game. If you don’t have numbers, it’s real tough.”

The Bobcats return eight players who started at least a game on offense last fall and 10 on defense.

That experience also has given Myrtle Point a boost.

“Last year, we were so limited,” Stallard said a few days into practice. “We’re running stuff we didn’t run all year.”

“It’s pretty crazy how far we’ve come since last year,” said Keaton Black, one of the team’s four seniors. “It’s really refreshing.”

Black and Greg Vincent are the only two Bobcats who have been with the team all four years — and through four different coaches.

“It’s nice to not have to learn something new this year,” Black said.

The other two seniors are among the biggest keys for the Bobcats.

Thomas Nathan moved to town from Alaska before his sophomore year and became a breakout star last fall at running back.

“He’s the real deal,” Stallard said. “He’s a real talented football player.”

The other senior is Cooper Stateler, who played as a freshman, couldn’t play because of a broken leg his sophomore year and then was going to play last year before Kenny Koberstein took another job right before the summer started and things didn’t work out with Koberstein’s replacement, leading to Stallard stepping in at the last minute.

Now Stateler is the quarterback, and he is a big improvement to the position after Matt Newton became quarterback by default last year, Stallard said.

“He’s a real key for us,” Stallard said. “He makes us go. He’s really sharp and he picks us up.

“Matt was sharp, too, but he didn’t have the talent for a quarterback.”

Stateler was the junior varsity quarterback as a freshman and said he’s happy to be back.

“I’ve always been told I could excel in this position

Myrtle Point Coach: Marty Stallard (second season) Assistants: Jim Farmer, Jake Nickerson, Cas Brown, Billy Wisby 2012 Record: 1-8 (1-4 league) Returning Starters: Offense 8 and Defense 10 Key Players: Thomas Nathan, sr, RB/DB; Cooper Stateler, sr, QB/DB; Keaton Black, sr, RB/LB; Greg Vincent, sr, WR/DB; Billy Strain, jr, OL/DL; Jared Chamley, jr, OL/DL; Kenden Findley, jr, OL/DL; Brady Schraeder, jr, TE/LB; Isaac Godfrey, soph, OL/LB; Ryan Sears, soph, FL/DB; Cole Osbon, soph, OL/DL; Justin Kohl, soph, OL/LB; Owen Brown, soph, OL/LB; Anthony Stoddard, fr, FB/LB.

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Myrtle Point’s Bill Strain runs after the ball in a special teams drill during the first week of the Bobcats’ football practice. and I’ve never done it,” Stateler said. “It’s been fun to be out here with everyone.”

Stateler gives the Bobcats multiple options on offense, particularly in the passing game.

“His footwork is money and he can throw a dime,” Nathan said.

Added Stallard: Our passing game is much better. If you’ve got a passing game and a running game, hopefully you can be a little more effective.”

Black joins Nathan in the backfield at fullback and Vincent has become a dependable receiver along with sophomore flanker Ryan Sears.

The Bobcats should have a solid line, including sophomore’s Justin Kohl, Cole Osbon, Isaac Godfrey and first-year player Kyle Fore.

Juniors Jared Chamley and Kenden Findley also are in the mix.

Myrtle Point also should be improved on defense with a bunch of experience.

Godfrey faces the toughest role replacing Newton at middle linebacker.

The Bobcats have options

Myrtle Point football coach Marty Stallard goes over plays with his offense. Stallard said the Bobcats are far ahead of where they were last year. on the line, including Junior Billy Strain and sophomore Damon Price at ends, Chamley and Kohl at tackle and Fore at nose guard. The other linebackers with Godfrey are Black and freshman Anthony Stoddard.

Nathan is the safety with Sears and Vincent at cornerback.

“A lot of these guys have experience from being forced to play varsity right

away,” Black said.

Myrtle Point also has a renewed commitment to work, led by the seniors.

“The leadership is the best it’s every been since we were in high school,” Black said.

“We’re trying to strive for greatness,” Nathan said. “We want to get those wins this year.”

The Bobcats had one of those last year, beating

Bandon, which was a huge accomplishment for a team that started practice with fewer than 10 players.

“I’ve never seen so many guys cry at one time,” Vincent said.

This year, the Bobcats hope to have practice celebrating victories.

“I think we’ll be a lot better than we were,” Stallard said. “We’ll win some games.”

Excitement follows a season of struggles When we recorded the first episode of our new Oregon Coast Sports podcast last week, one question that came up was what we had observed in the various camps we visited.

I always enjoy the start of training camp because the kids generally seem to be excited. Plus, I get a chance to mingle with the coaches and discuss numbers and how players have improved and all similar related elements about their programs.

This year, two of the more exciting places I visited were two of the teams that struggled most last year — for different reasons.

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season, at least in terms of wins and losses.

But when I got to Bandon during the first week of practice this year’s Tigers were excited about the new season and the growth they made last year and during the offseason.

One of my favorite preseason comments came from Justin Flores, who was the anchor of Bandon’s line last year and will be in his third year starting for the Tigers.

He was discussing all the depth Bandon has built up in a year when nearly 40 players showed up for camp, including two seniors who hadn’t played before.

“We have a lot of subs this year,” Flores said. “I didn’t get out one minute last year. This year I will be able to get some rest.”

Flores didn’t play every snap last year — he was not on the field for all the special teams plays. But he didn’t miss any regular offensive or defensive plays, because the Tigers needed him because of their great lack of experience.

A little bit to the east, Myrtle Point’s players didn’t get much rest because the

Bobcats barely had enough players to field a team when the season started, though the squad grew slowly through the year.

This season, coach Marty Stallard welcomed about 25 kids for the first day of practice.

Sure, that’s not a huge number by any means. But it’s a great improvement for the squad.

Stallard was thrilled that the Bobcats were able to scrimmage in practice, a luxury they never had last year.

And the players who returned already were far ahead of where they were at the end of the 2012 season.

Greg Vincent is one of only two seniors who have made it all four seasons in Myrtle Point, with four different head coaches along the way, and said he and fellow fourth-year senior Keaton Black were ecstatic with this year’s situation.

“It’s a miracle,” he said.

Football numbers are cyclical on the South Coast.

Some teams are a little bigger, others a little smaller.

But the enthusiasm is a delight to see.

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Reedsport Braves

Braves hope to take a step forward in 2013

BY GEORGE ARTSITAS The World

REEDSPORT — Young talent can be a blessing and a curse. Reedsport hopes it’ll be the former in 2013.

The Braves will return only four seniors in 2013 and only had 24 kids in camp. For a school with only 151 students, getting the older players to help in breeding and developing new talents is a necessity.

“They’ve been with me a long time, they know what is expected,” head coach Shane Nelson said. “They know what they’re doing, the older guys are ready to go, it’s just getting the younger guys up to speed. We’re waiting for the light bulbs to come on.”

Nelson, who is entering his fifth year as varsity coach, said there’s also a lot of kids who would like to play if they met academic eligibility.

Nelson guesses that number at a dozen.

Nelson also has six sophomores who have extra experience after playing last year as freshmen.

Quarterback Haden Sams, who has been a starter for three years, takes it as the responsibility of himself and the other upperclassmen to buck the trend and make sure these young players can equal success.

“A lot of the younger kids are stepping up. Me and (senior Matthew Rohde) have to be the people to set the trend and turn us back into winners.”

Reedsport’s biggest challenge offensively will be filling the massive void at flyback now that Wayne Hutchinson is graduated.

Reedsport runs the fly offense out of a pistol formation, and with Hutchinson’s departure, the Braves will somehow have to make up for 150 carries they lost from last year.

Enter Rohde.

An all-league back last year, Rohde can’t complain that he’ll be touching the ball a lot more. But he knows the responsibility that goes along with being a senior.

“You get to score a lot of touchdowns,” Rohde said.

“We’re going to step up and be leaders.”

The younger players will fill key roles, too.

Sophomores Griffin Kaufmann and Egan Glover are mainstays on both sides of the line, with Kaufmann serving as center and doing

Photos by Lou Sennick, The World

Reedsport’s players work out hard on the sled, pushing it and a coach around the practice field to help condition the team. an outstanding job, Nelson said. Sophomores Chris Chavtur and Joey Herr help with the carries in the backfield.

Two seniors who haven’t been part of the team all along also will be expected to provide a big boost.

Jordan Ragan joined the team a year ago, but didn’t blossom until this fall.

“He’s looking awesome this year,” Nelson said of the offensive and defensive lineman.

Meanwhile, senior Hayden Hinshaw, the Class 2A pole vault champion last spring, joined the squad this year and immediately became “by far the most athletic kid on our football team,” Nelson said. Hinshaw

will lead the blocking at fullback.

On defense, Kaufmann and Glover boookend the front line after starting at defensive end last fall. The linebacking corps is strong with Herr, Chavtur, Hinshaw and juniors Jared Billings and Cameron Winfield.

Reedsport finished last year 3-6 overall and hasn’t

made the playoffs in more than a decade.

Nelson understands that his biggest challenge will be getting his younger players ready, but when you ask him how he think his team will fare this year, he can only shrug his shoulders and wait

until that first Friday game.

“This year, I don’t know what’s gong to happen,” Nelson said. “You have to be optimistic every year. It’s football, you never know.”

“You don’t know how they’re going to perform until the lights come on.”

Reedsport Coach: Shane Nelson (fifth season) Assistants: Russell Hinshaw, Brendon Gibbens.

2012 Record: 3-6 (2-3 in league) Returning Starters: Offense 5 and Defense 6 Key Players: Matt Rohde, sr, RB/DB; Cameron Winfield, jr, TE/LB; Griffin Kaufmann, soph, OL/DE; Egan Glover, soph, OL/DE; Jordan Ragan, sr, OL/DL; Haden Sams, sr, QB/DB; Joey Herr, soph, RB/LB; Chris Chavtur, soph, RB/LB; Jared Billings, jr, RB/LB; Hayden Hinshaw, sr, FB/LB..

Shane Nelson 2013 Schedule Sept. 6 Neah-Kah-Nie Sept. 13 Waldport Sept. 20 @ North Douglas Sept. 27 @ Riddle Oct. 4 Coquille Oct. 11 @ Gold Beach Oct. 18 Bandon Oct. 25 Glide Nov. 1 @ Myrtle Point

Coach Shane Nelson works with the team, teaching players routes and other skills.

Youth League remains popular on South Coast THE WORLD The South Coast Youth Football League continues to grow on the South Coast.

This year, Gold Beach is in the league for the first time, with teams in both the thirdfourth and fifth-sixth grade age groups.

North Bend also has added a third fifth-sixth team, a first for that town.

In all, the South Coast has eight teams in the thirdfourth division and 10 in the fifth-sixth group.

Coquille has teams in both division after having neither last fall. They include a few players from Powers and Myrtle Point.

The league opens with a jamboree Saturday at Marshfield High School and continues with games on Saturdays through Oct. 26.

Here are the schedules for this week’s jamboree and the regular season.

Vikings; Coquille Chiefs vs. Coos Bay Jets.

Bandon Saints, 1 p.m.

10:20 a.m.: North Bend Broncos vs.

Sept. 28 Bandon Saints; Gold Beach Lions vs. North At Coquille: North Bend Ravens vs.

Bend Steelers.

Coquille 49ers, 9 a.m.; North Bend Steelers vs. Coquille Chiefs, 11 a.m.

Third-Fourth Grade At Marshfield: North Bend Colts vs. Coos 11 a.m.: North Bend Colts vs. Coquille 49ers; Coos Bay Jaguars vs. Gold Beach Bay Chargers, 9 a.m.; Reedsport Redskins vs.

Coos Bay Jaguars, 9 a.m.; Reedsport Falcons Packers.

11:20 a.m.: Bandon Cardinals vs. Coos Bay vs. North Bend Broncos, 11 a.m.; Coos Bay Chargers; Reedsport Redskins vs. North Jets vs. Coos Bay Raiders, 1 p.m.; North Bend Titans vs. Coos Bay Vikings, 3 p.m.

Bend Ravens.

At Gold Beach: Bandon Cardinals vs. Gold 11:40 a.m.: North Bend Colts vs. Gold Beach Packers; Coquille 49ers vs. Coos Bay Beach Packers, 9 a.m.; Bandon Saints vs.

Gold Beach Lions, 11 a.m.

Jaguars.

Noon: North Bend Ravens vs. Bandon Oct. 5 Cardinals; Coos Bay Chargers vs. Reedsport At North Bend: North Bend Ravens vs.

Redskins .

North Bend Colts, 9 a.m.; Gold Beach Packers vs. Coos Bay Chargers, 9 a.m.; Gold Regular Season Beach Lions vs. North Bend Broncos, 11 Sept. 13 At Bandon: Coquille 49ers vs. Bandon a.m.; North Bend Steelers vs. North Bend Cardinals, 6 p.m.; Coquille Chiefs vs. Vikings, 1 p.m.

At Reedsport: Coquille 49ers vs.

Bandon Saints, 7:30 p.m.

Reedsport Redskins, 9 a.m.; Bandon Sept. 14 Cardinals vs. Coos Bay Jaguars, 9 a.m.; At North Bend: Gold Beach Packers vs. Coquille Chiefs vs. Coos Bay Raideres, 11 North Bend Ravens, 9 a.m.; Reedsport a.m.; North Bend Vikings vs. Bandon Redskins vs. North Bend Colts, 9 a.m.; Saints, 1 p.m.; Coos Bay Jets vs. Reedsport Reedsport Falcons vs. North Bend Titans, 11 Falcons, 3 p.m. a.m.; Coos Bay Raiders vs. North Bend Broncos, 1 p.m.; North Bend Steelers vs.

Coos Bay Vikings, 3 p.m.

At Marshfield: Coos Bay Jaguars vs. Coos Bay Chargers, 9 a.m.; Gold Beach Lions vs.

Coos Bay Jets, 11 a.m.

Oct. 19 At Marshfield: Bandon Cardinals vs.

North Bend Colts, 9 a.m.; North Bend Ravens vs. Coos Bay Jaguars, 9 a.m.; Coquille 49ers vs. Coos Bay Chargers, 11 a.m.; Bandon Saints vs. North Bend Steelers, 11 a.m.; Coquille Chiefs vs. Gold Beach Lions, 1 p.m.; Coos Bay Vikings vs.

Coos Bay Jets, 3 p.m.

At Reedsport: Gold Beach Packers vs.

Reedsport Redskins, 9 a.m.; North Bend Titans vs. North Bend Broncos, 11 a.m.; Coos Bay Raiders vs. Reedsport Falcons, 1 p.m.

Oct. 26 At North Bend: Season Finale, games and times to be determined.

Good Luck!

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Sept. 21

Fifth-Sixth Grade

At Coquille: North Bend Colts vs. Coquille 49ers, 9 a.m.; Reedsport Redskins vs. North Bend Ravens, 9 a.m.; Reedsport Falcons vs.

Coquille Chiefs, 11 a.m.; North Bend Broncos vs. Coos Bay Jets, 1 p.m.; Coos Bay Vikings vs. Coos Bay Raiders, 3 p.m.

At Bandon: Coos Bay Chargers vs.

Bandon Cardinals, 9 a.m.; Gold Beach Packers vs. Coos Bay Jaguars, 9 a.m.; North Bend Steelers vs. Gold Beach Lions, 11 a.m..; North Bend Titans vs.

9 a.m.: Coos Bay Jets vs. North Bend Broncos; Coos Bay Vikings vs. Bandon Saints.

9:20 a.m.: Gold Beach Lions vs.

Reedsport Falcons; North Bend Steelers vs.

Coos Bay Raiders.

9:40 a.m.: North Bend Titans vs. Coquille Chiefs; Coos Bay Raiders vs. Reedsport Falcons.

10 a.m.: Noth Bend Titans vs. Coos Bay

Oct. 12 At Marshfield: North Bend Colts vs. Coos Bay Jaguars, 9 a.m.; North Bend Ravens vs.

Coos Bay Chargers, 9 a.m.; North Bend Steelers vs. Coos Bay Raiders, 11 a.m.; North Bend Titans vs. Coos Bay Jets, 1 p.m.

At Bandon: Coquille 49ers vs. Gold Beach Packers, 9 a.m.; Reedsport Redskins vs.

Bandon Cardinals, 9 a.m.; Coquille Chiefs vs.

Coos Bay Vikings, 11 a.m.; Reedsport Falcons vs. Gold Beach Lions, 1 p.m.; Bandon Saints vs. North Bend Broncos, 3 p.m.

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Siuslaw Vikings

Vikings pay tribute to former assistant

BY GEORGE ARTSITAS The World

FLORENCE — For the first time in team history, Siuslaw’s football players will wear stickers on their helmets this season.

It’s not a rah-rah spirit endeavor. It’s so every time Siuslaw players march on the field, they’ll have a reminder of a coach who can’t be with them this season with a decal of “DR” on their helmet.

The Vikings lost offensive line coach Delbert Revis the day after Christmas last year to liver cancer, and the senior class is dedicating their season to the fallen coach.

“He’s always in the back of my mind, even during practice, I’m thinking about him,” said senior left guard and nose guard Jeremy Moore. “He was the greatest.

A great coach and a great man.”

Moore had plenty of time to spend with Revis off the field last year after tearing his ACL during summer camps.

After 12 months of rehabbing he’s back on the field, and while it may be a little nerveracking at first, he can thank his team for getting him through it.

“They’ve been super supportive,” Moore said. “If it wasn’t for them, I don’t know if I would be able to come back.”

Outside of Moore, the Vikings have six returning seniors among 14 returning varsity players total. The Vikings have made the playoffs every year for the past decade.

Sam Johnson, a senior wide receiver and free safety, is just glad to be a part of it.

“It’s a special program to be a part of. We don’t really go off last year’s wins and losses because we have to start over this year. Last year doesn’t do anything for us.”

The Vikings return a veteran squad, with six starters back on both sides of the ball.

Moore is joined on the line by senior veterans Nick McKenzie, Mitch Stonelake

Photos by Lou Sennick, The World

Siuslaw coach Tim Dodson talks to the Vikings during a practice session behind the high school as they prepare for the upcoming Far West League season, Dodson’s 18th as head coach. and Jeremiah Tupua, along with junior center Chris Bacon.

Joseph Dotson moves from end to quarterback, and will be distributing the ball in Siuslaw’s veer offense to Johnson, receiver Brad Snow and running backs Christian Jakobsen and Andrew Tupua.

Tupua led the team in rushing during its win over Scio last week.

This is Tim Dodson’s 18th season as head coach, and he continues to use the offense run for 30 years before him by his predecessor Len Lutero.

Between the two coaches, the Vikings have “48 years running the veer.”

The Vikings also boast a veteran defense with linebackers Stonelake, Jakobsen, JB Dodson and Jaecob Patchett; McKenzie and Jeremiah Tupua up front; and defensive backs Snow and Johnson.

Sophomore Kenneth Thrall also con-

Siuslaw Coach: Tim Dodson (18th season) Assistants: Jerry Fleming, Pat Wondra, Chris Goodman, Andy Johnson, Josh Thomas-Dotson, Tony Castro, Bob Teter, Jacob Steinberger, Cameron Thrall 2012 Record: 8-2 (4-1 league) Returning Starters: Offense 6 and Defense 6 Key Players: Joseph Dotson, jr, QB/LB/ Sam Johnson, sr, WR/DB; Jaecob Patchett, sr, WR/LB; JB Dodson, sr, TE/LB; Kenneth Thrall, soph, RB/LB; Christian Jakobsen, jr, RB/LB; Brad Snow, jr, WR/DB; Andrew Tupua, soph, RB/DB; Mitchell Stonelake, sr, OL/DL; Jeremy Moore, sr, OL/DL; Nick McKenzie, sr, OL/DL; Jeremiah Tupua, sr, OL/DL; Chris Bacon, jr, OL/DL.

Sam Johnson

Tim Dodson 2013 Schedule Aug. 30 d. Scio 39-16 Sept. 6 @ Illinois Valley Sept. 13 South Umpqua Sept. 20 @ Sutherlin Sept. 27 Marshfield Oct. 4 Douglas Oct. 11 @ Brookings-Harbor Oct. 25 @ North Bend

Jeremy Moore

tributes on both sides of the ball and is the team’s kicker.

But for all the veteran players the Vikings return, they had two big holes to fill on the coaching staff — Revis and Clint McClellan, a longtime assistant who got a promotion to Salem for his work in corrections.

McClellan left just as fall camp was starting, but Dodson welcomed back Andy Johnson, who had been an assistant in the past, and former player Josh ThomasDotson. Chris Goodman also will help fill the void.

“It takes three guys to fill in for Clint,” Dodson said.

“That’s how much he did for us.”

The change in coaches also means another change for Dodson, who had enjoyed the luxury of a consistent staff.

“I’m back having to coach coaches again, and I haven’t had to do that for a while,” he said.

The squad’s outlook remains bright.

For a team that is perennially competitive, Dodson really has little concerns about what they’re capable of.

“We’ll be fine,” Dodson said. “We’re pretty successful year in and year out.

There’s teams in our league that are much better than us and we will do the best we can to beat them.”

Siuslaw’s offense runs through its plays.The Vikings continue to use the veer, a staple for nearly half a century.

Players work through blocking and tackling drills under the watchfull eyes of the coaching staff during practice at Siuslaw High School.

Looking back, 2012 playoffs and standings Class 6A First Round Jesuit 65, Centennial 6 Thurston 30, Oregon City 28 Sprague 57, Westview 38 Tualatin 32, Clackamas 20 Sheldon 42, David Douglas 6 Roseburg 39, Gresham 38, 2 OT Century 33, Crater 27 Southridge 59, West Linn 14 Lake Oswego 41, McNary 40 South Medford 28, Beaverton 14 West Salem 13, Grant 12 Alhoa 38, Glencoe 35 Tigard 67, Reynolds 35 Canby 30, South Salem 13 Sunset 49, McMinnville 42 Central Catholic 61, Lakeridge 14 Second Round Jesuit 63, Thurston 7 Sprague 10, Tualatin 0 Sheldon 52, Roseburg 6 Southridge 41, Century 8 Lake Oswego 41, South Medford 14 West Salem 59, Aloha 46 Tigard 42, Canby 14 Central Catholic 35, Sunset 21 Quarterfinals Jesuit 49, Sprague 13 Sheldon 62, Southridge 27 Lake Oswego 28, West Salem 7 Tigard 43, Central Catholic 37 Semifinals Sheldon 35, Jesuit 28 Lake Oswego 42, Tigard 21 Championship Sheldon 13, Lake Oswego 6

Midwestern League League Overall W L W L Marist 7 0 8 1 6 1 7 2 Springfield Ashland 5 2 6 3 Churchill 4 3 6 3 3 4 5 4 Eagle Point North Eugene 2 5 2 7 1 6 2 7 Willamette Marshfield 0 7 0 9 Playoffs: Marist beat Hermiston 6822, Mountain View 28-16, and Redmond 40-8, then lost to Sherwood 46-20 (in the championship game); Springfield beat Roosevelt 42-22, then lost to Sherwood 42-30; Churchill lost to Redmond 40-15; Ashland lost to West Albany 42-7.

Far West League League Overall W L W L North Bend 5 0 8 1 Siuslaw 4 1 7 1 Douglas 3 2 5 4 Brookings-Harbor 2 3 3 5 1 4 2 7 Sutherlin South Umpqua 0 5 1 8 Playoffs: North Bend beat Klamath Unoin 42-20, Gladstone 10-7 and Ontario 29-8 before losing to Baker 52-22 in the championship game; Siuslaw lost to La Salle Prep 22-21; Douglas lost to Cascade 40-21.

Sunset Conference League W L 5 0 4 1 3 2 2 3 1 4 0 5

Overall W L 7 3 6 3 7 3 3 6 1 8 0 9

Gold Beach Coquille Glide Reedsport Myrtle Point Bandon Playoffs Class 3A: Coquille lost to Willamina 24-13; Glide lost to Horizon Christian 31-13.

Class 2A: Gold Beach beat Knappa 14-8 and lost to Oakland 48-22.

Skyline League League Overall W L W L 8 0 9 0 Camas Valley Hosanna Christian 6 2 8 2 Elkton 6 2 6 3 5 2 5 3 Triad Prospect 4 4 6 4 Powers 2 6 4 6 North Lake 2 5 2 6 Gilchrist 2 6 3 6 Butte Falls 0 8 0 10 Playoffs: Camas Valley beat Cove 94-12, Sherman 48-6, Imbler 40-12 and St. Paul 24-8 (in championship game); Triad beat Adrian 62-52 and lost to Saint Paul 66-18; Elkton lost to Sherman 54-40.

Sherwood 46, Silverton 19 Championship Sherwood 46, Marist 20

Class 4A First Round Scappoose 50, Madras 6 Baker 55, Cottage Grove 42 Cascade 40, Douglas 21 Philomath 35, Sweet Home 26 Gladstone 27, Banks 16 North Bend 42, Klamath Union 20 Ontario 39, North Valley 34 La Salle Prep 22, Siuslaw 21 Quarterfinals Baker 22, Scappoose 0

Class 2A First Round Kennedy 57, Bonanza 0 Central Linn 34, Gaston 14 Oakland 65, Enterprise 12 Gold Beach 14, Knappa 8 Heppner 55, Oakridge 29 Portland Christian 55, Stanfield 21 Grant Union 29, Regis 26 Lost River 20, Monroe 18 Quarterfinals Central Linn 6, Kennedy 0 Oakland 48, Gold Beach 22 Portland Christian 21, Heppner 6 Lost River 26, Grant Union 20, OT Semifinals Oakland 34, Central Linn 28 Portland Christian 25, Lost River 13 Championship Oakland 50, Portland Christian 27

Class 1A

Class 5A First Round Redmond 40, Churchill 15 Crescent Valley 14, Wilson 7 Mountain View 21, Wilsonville 14 Marist 68, Hermiston 22 Silverton 49, Putnam 0 West Albany 42, Ashland 7 Springfield 42, Roosevelt 22 Sherwood 64, Lebanon 8 Quarterfinals Redmond 14, Crescent Valley 6 Marist 28, Mountain View 16 Silverton 35, West Albany 6 Sherwood 42, Springfield 30 Semifinals Marist 40, Redmond 8

Rainier 39, Blanchet Catholic 12 Pleasant Hill 31, Nyssa 28 Cascade Christian 35, Vale 7 Quarterfinals Dayton 54, Willamina 20 Santiam Christian 47, Horizon Christian 14 Scio 30, Rainier 21 Cascade Christian 52, Pleasant Hill 13 Semifinals Dayton 32, Santiam Christian 18 Cascade Christian 29, Scio 14 Championship Dayton 34, Cascade Christian 28

Cascade 35, Philomath 28 North Bend 10, Gladstone 7 Ontario 23, La Salle Prep 21 Semifinals Baker 35, Cascade 29, OT North Bend 29, Ontario 8 Championship Baker 52, North Bend 22

Class 3A First Round Dayton 55, Warrenton 0 Willamina 24, Coquille 13 Santiam Christian 46, Lakeview 22 Horizon Christian 31, Glide 13 Scio 58, Clatskanie 14

First Round St. Paul 66, Powder Valley 20 Triad 62, Adrian 52 Dufur 46, Crow 8 Lowell 64, Echo 16 Camas Valley 94, Cove 12 Sherman 54, Elkton 40 Perrydale 76, Jordan Valley 20 Imbler 60, Triangle Lake 24 Quarterfinals St. Paul 66, Triad 18 Lowell 44, Dufur 8 Camas Valley 48, Sherman 6 Imbler 34, Perrydale 14 Semifinals St. Paul 88, Lowell 40 Camas Valley 40, Imbler 12 Championship Camas Valley 24, St. Paul 8

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Brookings-Harbor Bruins

Bruins shift focus away from the double-wing

BY GEORGE ARTSITAS The World

BROOKINGS — A new year, a new coach and a new way for Brookings-Harbor.

With new head coach Eric Sullivan, Brookings-Harbor will finally move away from its traditional run-heavy double-wing offense and start opening up their offense to more air attacks.

While it’s not a complete overhaul, Sullivan — who was promoted from JV coach last year to head the big boys — will make enough changes to where the kids will be happy but won’t be completely confused at the same time.

“We’re trying to keep certain elements of it to keep the continuity for the kids but just opening the passing game a little bit more and spreading the field,” he said.

Previous head coach Joe Morin bred players on the double-wing from eighth grade, teaching the offense throughout their football upbringing. Now that he’s retired, senior tight end Calvin Watwood and running back Trenton Bevan are delighted that the offense can open up a little more.

But nobody is happier to air the ball out than quarterback Izak Ehlers.

“As a quarterback, the double-wing is horrible. All you’re doing is handing off, handing off, then handing off,” said Ehlers. “Now we have a whole arsenal of stuff.

It’s completely mixed up compared to the basic double-wing everybody knows.

We’re gonna throw in some new stuff that nobody is going to see coming.”

Separating from the double-wing also takes away the predictability of running the ball practically every snap.

Trying to befuddle the opposing defense became tough for the Bruins and some

Photos by Lou Sennick, The World

Eric Sullivan, who takes over the reins as the head football coach at Brookings-Harbor High School this year, talks with his players during a preseason practice. of the players see the change as a perfect step in the right direction for success.

“I believe it will be better for us. The offense we had, if you knew it, you could stop it. It was tough winning games like that,” said senior offensive lineman Tyler Marrington said. “This year we’re actually passing.”

On defense, BrookingHarbor also returns Watwood and defensive back Justin Murray as starters.

Defensive back Bevan and linebacker Marrington also will play key roles in the defense this year.

In their season opener at Phoenix, the Bruins fell 45-0.

Ehlers went 7-for-14 passing, though the Bruins ga i n e d j u s t 2 2 ya rd s t h ro u g h t h e a i r. T h ey weren’t much better on the ground, with 56 rushing ya rd s. Beva n wa s m os t effective, gaining 35 yards.

Alec Darger and Christian

Hooper also ran well.

The Bruins kept the game close for a half before Phoenix pulled away.

But Sullivan knows it will be a process before the entire offensive shift happens.

“All I’m trying to do is build on the foundation that (Morin) put in place. The team I have is really committed to make the steps to move forward,” Sullivan said.

“Every day we’re trying to get a little bit better.”

Brookings-Harbor Coach: Eric Sullivan (first season) Assistants: Chris Schofield, Bob Hoyman, Mark Townsend, Dan O’Brien, Lloyd Alto.

2012 Record: 3-5 (2-3 league) Returning Starters: Offense 2 and Defense 2 Key Players: Calvin Watwood, sr, TE/DL; Tyler Marrington, sr, OL/LB; Trent Bevan, sr, RB/DB; Izak Ehlers, sr, QB; Justin Murray, sr, WR/DB.

The Bruins work through plays inside their indoor practice center on the BrookingsHarbor High School campus.

Izak Ehlers

Eric Sullivan 2013 Schedule Aug. 30 @ lost Phoenix 45-0 Sept. 6 @ Hidden Valley Sept. 13 Sutherlin Sept. 20 @ Marshfield Sept. 27 Douglas Oct. 5 vs. Clatskanie Oct. 11 Siuslaw Oct. 18 @ North Bend Oct. 25 @ South Umpqua

Tyler Marrington

Calvin Watwood

College schedules for Oregon’s big and small schools Pac-12 schedule Aug. 29-Sept. 1 Utah 30, Utah State 26 USC 30, Hawaii 13 Arizona 35, Northern Arizona 0 Oregon 66, Nichols State 3 Eastern Washington 49, Oregon State 46 Auburn 31, Washington State 24 UCLA 58, Nevada 20 Washington 38, Boise State 6 Northwestern 44, California 30 Colorado 41, Colorado State 27 Sept. 5 Sacramento State at Arizona State Sept. 7 Oregon at Virginia Hawaii at Oregon State Weber State at Utah Portland State at California Central Arkansas at Colorado Washington State at USC Arizona at UNLV San Jose State at Stanford Sept. 14 UCLA at Nebraska Stanford at Army Fresno State at Colorado Boston College at USC Tennessee at Oregon Washington at Illinois Southern Utah at Washington State Ohio State at California Oregon State at Utah Wisconsin at Arizona State Texas-San Antonio at Arizona Sept. 21 Utah at Brigham Young New Mexico State at UCLA Idaho at Washington State Utah State at USC Idaho State at Washington Arizona State at Stanford Oregon State at San Diego State Sept. 28 California at Oregon Colorado at Oregon State USC at Arizona State Arizona at Washington Stanford at Washington State Oct. 3 UCLA at Utah Oct. 5 Washington at Stanford Oregon at Colorado Washington State at California Arizona State at Notre Dame Oct. 10 Arizona at USC Oct. 12 Stanford at Utah California at UCLA Colorado at Arizona State Oregon State at Washington State Oregon at Washington Oct. 19 UCLA at Stanford Washington at Arizona State

Oregon Ducks Aug. 31 beat Nicholls St., 66-3 Sept. 7 at Virginia Sept. 14 Tennessee Sept. 28 California Oct. 5 at Colorado Oct. 12 at Washington Oct. 19 Washington State Oct. 26 UCLA Nov. 7 at Stanford Nov. 16 Utah Nov. 23 at Arizona Nov. 29 Oregon State Oregon State at California Utah at Arizona Washington State at Oregon USC at Notre Dame Oct. 26 Stanford at Oregon State UCLA at Oregon Utah at USC Arizona at Colorado California at Washington Oct. 31 Arizona State at Washington State Nov. 1 USC at Oregon State Nov. 2 Colorado at UCLA Arizona at California Nov. 7 Oregon at Stanford Nov. 9 UCLA at Arizona Arizona State at Utah Colorado at Washington USC at California Nov. 15 Washington at UCLA Nov. 16 Utah at Oregon Oregon State at Arizona State Washington State at Arizona Stanford at USC California at Colroado Nov. 23 Washington at Oregon State Oregon at Arizona Arizona State at UCLA Utah at Washington State USC at Colorado California at Stanford Nov. 29 Oregon State at Oregon Nov. 30 UCLA at USC Utah at Colorado Washington State at Washington Notre Dame at Stanford Arizona at Arizona State

Oregon State Beavers Aug. 31 lost E. Washington, 49-46 Sept. 7 Hawaii Sept. 14 at Utah Sept. 21 at San Diego State Sept. 28 Colorado Oct. 12 at Washington State Oct. 19 at California Oct. 26 Stanford Nov. 1 Southern Cal Nov. 16 at Arizona State Nov. 23 Washington Nov. 29 at Oregon

Portland State Vikings Aug. 29 beat E. Oregon 57-17 Sept. 7 at Cal Sept. 14 Humboldt State Sept. 21 at UC Davis Sept. 26 Cal Poly Oct. 5 at Montana Oct. 12 Southern Utah Oct. 26 North Dakota Nov. 2 Weber State Nov. 9 at Idaho State Nov. 16 Sacramento State Nov. 23 at E. Washington

Complete bowl schedule Saturday, Dec. 21 New Mexico Bowl at Albuquerque (Pac-12 vs.

MWC), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Las Vegas Bowl (MWC vs. Pac-12), 12:30 p.m.

(ABC) Famous Idaho Potato Bowl at Boise (MAC vs.

MWC), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) New Orleans Bowl (C-USA vs. Sun Belt), 6 p.m.

(ESPN) Monday, Dec. 23 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl at St. Petersburg, Fla. (CUSA vs. AAC), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl at Honolulu (C-USA vs. MWC), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 26 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl at Detroit (MAC vs.

Big Ten), 3 p.m. (ESPN) Poinsettia Bowl at San Diego (Army/At Large vs. MWC), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Dec. 27 Military Bowl at Annapolis, Md. (C-USA vs.

ACC), 11:30 a.m. (ESPN) Texas Bowl at Houston (Big Ten vs. Big 12), 3 p.m. (ESPN) Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl at San Francisco (BYU/At Large vs. Pac-12), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Dec. 28 Pinstripe Bowl at New York (AAC vs. Big 12), 9 a.m. (ESPN) Belk Bowl at Charlotte, N.C. (AAC vs. ACC), 12:20 p.m. (ESPN) Russell Athletic Bowl at Orlando, Fla. (ACC vs.

AAC), 3:45 p.m. (ESPN) Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl at Tempe, Ariz. (Big Ten vs. Big 12), 7:15 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Dec. 30 Armed Forces Bowl at Fort Worth, Texas (MWC vs. Navy/At Large), 8:45 a.m. (ESPN) Music City Bowl at Nashville, Tenn. (SEC vs.

ACC), 12:15 p.m. (ESPN) Alamo Bowl at San Antonio (Pac-12 vs. Big 12), 3:45 p.m. (ESPN)

Holiday Bowl at San Diego (Big 12 vs. Pac-12), 7:15 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Dec. 31 AdvoCare V100 Bowl at Shreveport, La. (ACC vs. SEC), 9:30 a.m. (ESPN) Sun Bowl at El Paso, Texas (ACC vs. Pac-12), 11 a.m. (CBS) Liberty Bowl at Memphis, Tenn. (C-USA vs.

SEC), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Chick-fil-A Bowl at Atlanta (ACC vs. SEC), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Jan. 1 Gator Bowl at Jacksonville, Fla. (Big Ten vs.

SEC), 9 a.m. (ESPN2) Heart of Dallas Bowl (Big Ten vs. C-USA), 9 a.m. (ESPNU) Capital One Bowl at Orlando, Fla. (Big Ten vs.

SEC), 10 a.m. (ABC) Outback Bowl at Tampa, Fla. (Big Ten vs. SEC), 10 a.m. (ESPN) Rose Bowl at Pasadena, Calif. (BCS/Pac-12 champion vs. BCS/Big Ten champion), 2 p.m.

(ESPN) Fiesta Bowl at Glendale, Ariz. (BCS vs. BCS), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Jan. 2 Sugar Bowl at New Orleans (BCS/SEC champion vs. BCS), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Jan. 3 Orange Bowl at Miami (BCS/ACC champion vs.

BCS), TBA (ESPN) Cotton Bowl at Arlington, Texas (Big 12 vs.

SEC), 4:30 p.m. (FOX) Saturday, Jan. 4 BBVA Compass Bowl at Birmingham, Ala. (SEC vs. AAC), 10 a.m. (ESPN) Sunday, Jan. 5 GoDaddy Bowl at Mobile, Ala. (Sun Belt vs.

MAC), 6 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 6 BCS National Championship at Pasadena, Calif. (BCS No. 1 vs. BCS No. 2), 5:30 p.m.

(ESPN)

Linfield College Sept. 14 at Hardin-Simmons Sept. 21 Cal Lutheran Sept. 28 at Case Western Oct. 5 Pacific Lutheran Oct. 19 at Whitworth Oct. 26 Lewis & Clark Nov. 2 at Willamette Nov. 9 Puget Sound Nov. 16 at Pacific League: Northwest Conference Website: www.linfield.edu/sports Willamette University Sept. 6 Hardin Simmons Sept. 14 Sewanee Sept. 28 at East Texas Baptist Oct. 11 Whitworth Oct. 19 at Lewis & Clark Oct. 26 Pacific Lutheran Nov. 2 Linfield Nov. 9 Pacific Nov. 16 at Puget Sound League: Northwest Conference Website: www.willamette.edu/athletics Lewis & Clark University Sept. 7 at Utica Sept. 14 Claremont Sept. 21 Wisconsin-Platteville Oct. 5 Puget Sound Oct. 12 at Pacific Lutheran Oct. 19 Willamette Oct. 26 at Linfield Nov. 2 at Pacific Nov. 16 Whitworth League: Northwest Conference Website: www.lcpioneers.com Pacific University Sept. 6 at Adrian Sept. 14 Occidental Sept. 21 at Menlo Oct. 5 at Whitworth Oct. 12 Puget Sound Oct. 19 at Pacific Lutheran Oct. 26 University of Chicago Nov. 2 Lewis & Clark Nov. 9 at Willamette Nov. 16 Linfield South Coast player: Riley Rankin, soph, OL, Siuslaw.

League: Northwest Conference

Website: www.goboxers.com Eastern Oregon University Aug. 29 lost to Portland State 57-17 Sept. 7 Montana Tech Sept. 14 at Montana State-Northern Sept. 21 Southern Oregon Sept. 28 Carroll College Oct. 5 Montana-Western Oct. 19 at Rocky MOuntain Oct. 26 at Montana Tech Nov. 2 Dickinson State Nov. 9 at Southern Oregon Nov. 16 at Montana-Western League: Frontier Conference Website: www.eousports.com Southern Oregon University Aug. 31 lost 35-30 to Rocky Mountain Sept. 7 at Montana-Western Sept. 14 at Sacramento State Sept. 21 at Eastern Oregon Sept. 28 at Dickinson State Oct. 5 Montana Tech Oct. 19 Montana State-Northern Oct. 26 Montana-Western Nov. 2 at Carroll College Nov. 9 Eastern Oregon Nov. 16 at Montana Tech South Coast players: Heston Altenbach, jr, DB, Coquille; Larry Bowen, fr, OL, Coquille; Wilson Hodge, fr, OL, Coquille.

League: Frontier Conference Website: www.souraiders.com Western Oregon University Sept. 7 at Eastern Washington Sept. 14 at Central Washington Sept. 21 Dixie State Sept. 28 at Simon Fraser Oct. 5 Azusa Pacific Oct. 12 Humboldt State Oct. 19 at Dixie State Oct. 26 Simon Fraser Nov. 2 at Azusa Pacific Nov. 9 Central Washington Nov. 16 at Humboldt State South Coast player: Joe Harris, soph, RB, Coquille.

League: Great Northwest Athletic Conference Website: www.wouwolves.com

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Gold Beach Panthers

Panthers seek success in Swift’s final year

BY GEORGE ARTSITAS The World

GOLD BEACH — Sixteen years after he took over the job, Gold Beach coach Kevin Swift is the same guy.

He knows he’s brash, he embraces being an old school coach and all his players still play their hearts out on the field because of it.

But now that he’s let his players know he’ll be stepping down after this season, his Panthers have added motivation.

If Gold Beach wins state, Swift’s Panthers know he’ll pull the resignation and come back for one more year.

While most coaches would prefer to go out on top, it’s not coach Swift’s style.

“I don’t believe in going out on top. If you get to the top, you gotta let everyone get a shot to dethrone you.

That’s what warriors do.

They don’t retire, they get beat.”

Swift was ready to step down after the 2011 season when he reached 100 wins, but his team “went and friggin’ won state,” as he said.

Last year, Gold Beach went 8-4. While it may have been good enough to win the Sunset Conference and get the Panthers to the quarterfinals of state, it wasn’t good enough for Swift and the team. Cole Walker started his sophomore year for the Panthers and was part of the 2011 state champs. He’s seen firsthand what it takes to be successful, and knows the squad last year didn’t do what they needed.

“It was a real eye opener to what we need to end up doing in the offseason. If you don’t continue and you start

Photos by Lou Sennick, The World

Gold Beach quarterback CJ Maxwell sets a play for the Panther offense during an afternoon practice as the team prepares for the new season. to become lazy, you lose a lot,” said Walker. “The team last year was extremely complacent and it clearly showed in our last season that we weren’t able to return as good as Gold Beach should’ve and keep up our reputation.”

The defending state

Gold Beach Coach: Kevin Swift (17th season) Assistants: Greg Brown, MIke Becker, Justin Storns, Ken “Pops” Swift.

Returning Starters: Offense 9 and Defense 8 Key Players: Brandon Adams, sr, OL/DL; Derek Carl, sr, TE/LB; Dustin Carter, sr, WR/DB; Brandon Hensley, sr, OL/LB; CJ Maxwell, sr, QB; Colton Pearson, jr, RB/DB; Mike Romsa, sr, RB; Rueben Salcedo, jr, RB/DB; Cole Walker, sr, OL/DL; Raef Williams, jr, LB; Dillion Krieger, sr, OL/DL; Garrett Litterell, sr, WR/DB; Chance Topham, sr, OL/LB; JR Keeler, jr, RB/DL; Colton Maxwell, jr, OL/DL; Mauricio Boydston, jr, OL/DL.

Brandon Adams

Kevin Swift 2013 Schedule Aug. 30 d. S. Academy 46-18 Sept. 6 @Regis Sept. 13 Lost River Sept. 20 @ Oakridge Sept. 27 @ Cascade Christian Oct. 4 @ Bandon Oct. 11 Reedsport Oct. 18 @ Glide Oct. 25 Myrtle Point

CJ Maxwell

Derek Carl

champions were blown out in the quarterfinals by an Oakland team that went on to become the 2012 champions.

After last year, Swift had such a “bad taste” in his mouth, combined with how concerned he was of how the program would be left development-wise for his underclassmen, he chose not to leave.

“If we’re not playing in that final game we don’t think it’s much of a successful season,” he said. “We realize those are pretty high expectations, but it’s kinda nice to see high school kids trying to more than just doing the bare minimum.”

The Panthers will have a chance to work to get back to where they were in 2011.

They return nine starters on offense and eight on defense.

That includes Walker and Brandon Adams, both threeyear starters on the offensive and defensive lines, and Derek Carl, a three-year starter at tight end and linebacker. Linebacker Brandon Hensley also is a three-year starter on defense.

Senior CJ Maxwell returns as starting quarterback, with athletic receiver Dustin Carter back as well. Another senior who joined the fold this year, Garrett Litterell, made several impressive plays as the Panthers got off to a good start with a 46-18 drubbing of Salem Academy last Friday.

Coach Kevin Swift talks with a player during practice. This is the last year Swift will lead the team.

Junior running back and defensive back Cole Pearson didn’t go to state two years ago with the team, but sees that his team is ready to make another run this year.

“Everybody is ready,” said Pearson, “The team’s better in general. There’s a fire under our butt. We’re torched. We’re just ready to come back and gets what’s ours.”

Players work through tackling drills at Gold Beach.

Douglas County squads feature new head coaches

BY GEORGE ARTSITAS The World

For the Douglas county football teams in the Far West and Sunset League Conference, getting a new coach seems to be the trendy move. All four coaches are new this year, though Glide’s coach previously held his same post.

South Umpqua South Umpqua and its new head coach Steve Stebbins are hoping the Lancers can turn over a new sword.

Stebbins graduated from Gresham, has been the offensive coordinator for the past four years and just took over the head coaching spot for this year. He inherits nine

seniors and can’t wait to get on the field.

“I’m excited for it. It’s more responsibility overall with overseeing everything from equipment to budget,” Stebbins said. “I’m taking care of the whole pie. You have to take care of everything.”

Stebbins plans on just making a few tweaks on offense, but he’s putting a bigger emphasis on defense since they gave up a lot of points last year.

After giving up around 43 points a game, they return DJ Holloway at defensive back as well as Marcus Loper and Kristian Evans rounding out the secondary.

Offensively, Stebbins expects a lot out of running back Dakota Senger and his

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wide receiver duo, Evans and Douglas South Umpqua Sutherlin Glide Loper. Heading the offense Aug. 30 d. Elmira 49-48 Aug. 30 d. Newport 16-14 Aug. 30 lost N. Valley 35-0 Aug. 30 d. Oakridge 21-6 will be junior Erik Johnson at Sept. 26 @ La Salle Prep Sept. 6 @ North Valley Sept. 6 @ Scio Sept. 6 Harrisburg quarterback, where he split Sept. 13 Marshfield Sept. 13 @ Siuslaw Sept. 13 @Brookings Sept. 13 @ Rogue River time last year.

Sept. 20 North Bend Sept. 20 Hidden Valley Sept. 20 Siuslaw Sept. 20 Illinois Valley After finishing las year 1-8 Oct. 4 Sutherlin Sept. 27 @ Brookings Sept. 27 North Bend Oct. 4 Myrtle Point and winless in the Far West Oct. 11 @ Marshfield Oct. 4 @ Siuslaw Oct. 4 @ South Umpqua Oct 11 @ Coquille league, Stebbins expectaOct. 18 @ Douglas Oct. 11 North Bend Oct. 11 @ Ashland Oct. 18 Gold Beach tions are humble.

Oct. 25 Brookings Oct. 18 South Umpqua Oct. 18 @ Marshfield Oct. 25 @ Reedsport “I just hope we’re a lot Oct. 25 @ Sutherlin Oct. 25 Douglas Nov. 1 Bandon more competitive. Be in some games and win some games.”

The Lancers got off to a control the defensive line. as their quarterback. They will management and going up good start, beating Newport The Trojans started with a also have Raymon Henderson the middle. in their opener last week 16- high-scoring 49-48 win over in the backfield taking carries “I’m molding to the per14. as running back.

Elmira. sonnel right now,” Doty said.

On defense, the Bulldogs “You gotta work with what’s Douglas Sutherlin have linebackers Henderson on the field and (the pistol) is Douglas will see if a new The Bulldogs will have a and Martineau and defen- not something we can do coach and a returning quar- Lancer lead their charge this sive lineman Wryland right now.” terback will help its fortunes year.

McKnight.

Garrett Short at running in the 2013 campaign.

New head coach Sean The Bulldogs fell 35-0 to back and linebacker will be a New head coach Barrett Radford — who graduated North Valley last week. featured player. Tylan Dubois Smith will have returning from South Umpqua in 2004 will take over the reins as a quarterback Jordan Shaffer at — will take over as Glide quarterback as a junior. the helm of the the offense Sutherlin’s head coach this It feels good to be back.

Doty will also have signifand hopefully improve on a year. He coached Lakeview Jody Doty has returned to size on the line, with icant successful 6-5 season that last season to a 4-6 record. take over the Wildcats squad Rondeau, Cody Ryan saw the Trojans get third The young coach will look after head coaching at Cunningham and all-league place in the Far West league. to have Bulldogs improve Oakland during his hiatus.

Shaffer will have running from a 2-7 overall record with Doty coached from 2000- honorable mention Zach backs Christian Mendoza just one win in the Far West 2007 at Glide before leaving. Steller trying and give Dubois and Chance Wimberly in the league.

Glide had nine seniors last protection.

Still, Doty’s expectations backfield to level some of the They’ll return four year graduate, leaving not a load. starters on both offensive lot of returning experience are sky-high.

“It’s going to be a good On defense, Anthony and defensive sides of the on either side of the ball.

Walker and Austin Porter will ball.

While Doty wants to run the rebuilding year for us,” Doty take care of he linebacking Offensively, the Bulldogs pistol offense, the players he said.

The Wildcats opened with core while Tyler Digby and will look to either Jace has right now just don’t allow Trey McConell will try to Martineau and Taelor Carson it. He’ll have to focus on time a 21-6 win over Oakridge.

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NFL Schedule

Complete 2013 week-by-week NFL schedule Week One Thursday, Sept. 5 Baltimore at Denver, 5:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 8 New England at Buffalo, 10 a.m.

Seattle at Carolina, 10 a.m.

Cincinnati at Chicago, 10 a.m.

Miami at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 10 a.m.

Oakland at Indianapolis, 10 a.m.

Kansas City at Jacksonville, 10 a.m.

Atlanta at New Orleans, 10 a.m.

Tampa Bay at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.

Tennessee at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m.

Arizona at St. Louis, 1:25 p.m.

Green Bay at San Francisco, 1:25 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 9 Philadelphia at Washington, 4:10 p.m.

Houston at San Diego, 7:20 p.m.

Week Two Thursday, Sept. 12 N.Y. Jets at New England, 5:25 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 15 St. Louis at Atlanta, 10 a.m.

Cleveland at Baltimore, 10 a.m.

Carolina at Buffalo, 10 a.m.

Minnesota at Chicago, 10 a.m.

Washington at Green Bay, 10 a.m.

Tennessee at Houston, 10 a.m.

Miami at Indianapolis, 10 a.m.

Dallas at Kansas City, 10 a.m.

San Diego at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.

Detroit at Arizona, 1:05 p.m.

New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 1:05 p.m.

Denver at N.Y. Giants, 1:25 p.m.

Jacksonville at Oakland, 1:25 p.m.

San Francisco at Seattle, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 16 Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 5:40 p.m.

Week Three Thursday, Sept. 19 Kansas City at Philadelphia, 5:25 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 22 Houston at Baltimore, 10 a.m.

Green Bay at Cincinnati, 10 a.m.

N.Y. Giants at Carolina, 10 a.m.

St. Louis at Dallas, 10 a.m.

Cleveland at Minnesota, 10 a.m.

Tampa Bay at New England, 10 a.m.

Arizona at New Orleans, 10 a.m.

San Diego at Tennessee, 10 a.m.

Detroit at Washington, 10 a.m.

Atlanta at Miami, 1:05 p.m.

Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 1:25 p.m.

Indianapolis at San Francisco, 1:25 p.m.

Jacksonville at Seattle, 1:25 p.m.

Chicago at Pittsburgh, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 23 Oakland at Denver, 5:40 p.m.

Week Four (Byes: Carolina, Green Bay) Thursday, Sept. 26 San Francisco at St. Louis, 5:25 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 29 Baltimore at Buffalo, 10 a.m.

Cincinnati at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

Chicago at Detroit, 10 a.m.

Seattle at Houston, 10 a.m.

Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 10 a.m.

N.Y. Giants at Kansas City, 10 a.m.

Pittsburgh vs. Minnesota at London, 10 a.m.

Arizona at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m.

N.Y. Jets at Tennessee, 1:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Denver, 1:25 p.m.

Washington at Oakland, 1:25 p.m.

Dallas at San Diego, 1:25 p.m.

New England at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 30 Miami at New Orleans, 5:40 p.m.

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New England at Cincinnati, 10 a.m.

Detroit at Green Bay, 10 a.m.

Seattle at Indianapolis, 10 a.m.

Baltimore at Miami, 10 a.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m.

Jacksonville at St. Louis, 10 a.m.

Kansas City at Tennessee, 10 a.m.

Carolina at Arizona, 1:05 p.m.

Denver at Dallas, 1:25 p.m.

San Diego at Oakland, 1:25 p.m.

Houston at San Francisco, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 7 N.Y. Jets at Atlanta, 5:40 p.m.

Week Six (Byes: Atlanta, Miami) Thursday, Oct. 10 N.Y. Giants at Chicago, 5:25 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 13 Green Bay at Baltimore, 10 a.m.

Cincinnati at Buffalo, 10 a.m.

Detroit at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

St. Louis at Houston, 10 a.m.

Oakland at Kansas City, 10 a.m.

Carolina at Minnesota, 10 a.m.

Pittsburgh at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.

Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m.

Jacksonville at Denver, 1:05 p.m.

Tennessee at Seattle, 1:05 p.m.

New Orleans at New England, 1:25 p.m.

Arizona at San Francisco, 1:25 p.m.

Washington at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 14 Indianapolis at San Diego, 5:40 p.m.

Week Seven (Byes: New Orleans, Oakland) Thursday, Oct. 17 Seattle at Arizona, 5:25 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 20 Tampa Bay at Atlanta , 10 a.m.

St. Louis at Carolina, 10 a.m.

Cincinnati at Detroit, 10 a.m.

San Diego at Jacksonville, 10 a.m.

Houston at Kansas City, 10 a.m.

Week Five Buffalo at Miami, 10 a.m.

(Byes: Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Tampa New England at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.

Bay, Washington) Dallas at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.

Thursday, Oct. 3 Chicago at Washington, 10 a.m.

Buffalo at Cleveland, 5:25 p.m.

San Francisco at Tennessee, 1:05 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 6 Cleveland at Green Bay, 1:25 p.m.

New Orleans at Chicago, 10 a.m.

Baltimore at Pittsburgh , 1:25 p.m.

Denver at Indianapolis, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 21 Minnesota at N.Y. Giants, 5:40 p.m.

Week Eight (Byes: Baltimore, Chicago, Houston, Indianapolis, San Diego, Tennessee) Thursday, Oct. 24 Carolina at Tampa Bay, 5:25 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 27 Dallas at Detroit, 10 a.m.

San Francisco vs. Jacksonville at London, 10 a.m.

Cleveland at Kansas City, 10 a.m.

Miami at New England, 10 a.m.

Buffalo at New Orleans, 10 a.m.

N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Oakland, 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati, 1:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Arizona, 1:25 p.m.

Washington at Denver, 1:25 p.m.

Green Bay at Minnesota, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 28 Seattle at St. Louis, 5:40 p.m.

Week Nine (Byes: Arizona, Denver, Detroit, Jacksonville, N.Y. Giants, San Francisco) Thursday, Oct. 31 Cincinnati at Miami, 5:25 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 3 Kansas City at Buffalo, 10 a.m.

Atlanta at Carolina, 10 a.m.

Minnesota at Dallas, 10 a.m.

New Orleans at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.

Tennessee at St. Louis, 10 a.m.

San Diego at Washington, 10 a.m.

Philadelphia at Oakland, 1:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Seattle, 1:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Cleveland, 1:25 p.m.

Pittsburgh at New England, 1:25 p.m.

Indianapolis at Houston, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 4 Chicago at Green Bay, 5:40 p.m.

Week 10 (Byes: Cleveland, Kansas City, New England, N.Y. Jets) Thursday, Nov. 7 Washington at Minnesota, 5:25 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 10 Seattle at Atlanta, 10 a.m.

Cincinnati at Baltimore, 10 a.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 10 a.m.

Philadelphia at Green Bay, 10 a.m.

St. Louis at Indianapolis, 10 a.m.

Oakland at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m.

Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m.

Jacksonville at Tennessee, 10 a.m.

Carolina at San Francisco, 1:05 p.m.

Houston at Arizona, 1:25 p.m.

Denver at San Diego, 1:25 p.m.

Dallas at New Orleans, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 11 Miami at Tampa Bay, 5:40 p.m.

Week 11 (Byes: Dallas, St. Louis) Thursday, Nov. 14 Indianapolis at Tennessee, 5:25 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 17 N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 10 a.m.

Baltimore at Chicago, 10 a.m.

Cleveland at Cincinnati, 10 a.m.

Oakland at Houston, 10 a.m.

Arizona at Jacksonville, 10 a.m.

San Diego at Miami, 10 a.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.

Detroit at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m.

Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m.

Kansas City at Denver, 1:05 p.m.

San Francisco at New Orleans, 1:25 p.m.

Minnesota at Seattle, 1:25 p.m.

Green Bay at N.Y. Giants, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 18 New England at Carolina, 5:40 p.m.

Week 12 (Byes: Buffalo, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Seattle) Thursday, Nov. 21 New Orleans at Atlanta, 5:25 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 24 N.Y. Jets at Baltimore, 10 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Detroit, 10 a.m.

Minnesota at Green Bay, 10 a.m.

Jacksonville at Houston, 10 a.m.

San Diego at Kansas City, 10 a.m.

Carolina at Miami, 10 a.m.

Chicago at St. Louis, 10 a.m.

Indianapolis at Arizona, 1:05 p.m.

Tennessee at Oakland, 1:05 p.m.

Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 1:25 p.m.

Denver at New England, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 25 San Francisco at Washington, 5:40 p.m.

Week 13 Thursday, Nov. 28 Green Bay at Detroit, 9:30 a.m.

Oakland at Dallas, 1:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 5:30 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 1 Tampa Bay at Carolina, 10 a.m.

Jacksonville at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

Tennessee at Indianapolis, 10 a.m.

Denver at Kansas City, 10 a.m.

Chicago at Minnesota, 10 a.m.

Miami at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.

Arizona at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.

Atlanta vs. Buffalo at Toronto, 1:05 p.m.

St. Louis at San Francisco, 1:05 p.m.

New England at Houston, 1:25 p.m.

Cincinnati at San Diego, 1:25 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Washington, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 2 New Orleans at Seattle, 5:40 p.m.

Week 14 Thursday, Dec. 5 Houston at Jacksonville, 5:25 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 8 Minnesota at Baltimore, 10 a.m.

Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 10 a.m.

Cleveland at New England, 10 a.m.

Oakland at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.

Carolina at New Orleans, 10 a.m.

Detroit at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.

Miami at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m.

Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m.

Kansas City at Washington, 10 a.m.

Tennessee at Denver, 1:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Arizona, 1:25 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at San Diego, 1:25 p.m.

Seattle at San Francisco, 1:25 p.m.

Atlanta at Green Bay, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 9 Dallas at Chicago, 5:40 p.m.

Week 15 Thursday, Dec. 12 San Diego at Denver, 5:25 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 15 Washington at Atlanta, 10 a.m.

Chicago at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

Houston at Indianapolis, 10 a.m.

Buffalo at Jacksonville, 10 a.m.

New England at Miami, 10 a.m.

Philadelphia at Minnesota, 10 a.m.

Seattle at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m.

New Orleans at St. Louis, 10 a.m.

San Francisco at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m.

Arizona at Tennessee, 10 a.m.

N.Y. Jets at Carolina, 1:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Oakland, 1:05 p.m.

Green Bay at Dallas, 1:25 p.m.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 16 Baltimore at Detroit, 5:40 p.m.

Week 16 Sunday, Dec. 22 Miami at Buffalo, 10 a.m.

New Orleans at Carolina, 10 a.m.

Minnesota at Cincinnati , 10 a.m.

Denver at Houston, 10 a.m.

Tennessee at Jacksonville, 10 a.m.

Indianapolis at Kansas City, 10 a.m.

Cleveland at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.

Chicago at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.

Tampa Bay at St. Louis, 10 a.m.

Dallas at Washington, 10 a.m.

N.Y. Giants at Detroit, 1:05 p.m.

Arizona at Seattle, 1:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Green Bay, 1:25 p.m.

Oakland at San Diego, 1:25 p.m.

New England at Baltimore, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 23 Atlanta at San Francisco, 5:40 p.m.

Week 17 Sunday, Dec. 29 Carolina at Atlanta, 10 a.m.

Green Bay at Chicago, 10 a.m.

Baltimore at Cincinnati, 10 a.m.

Philadelphia at Dallas, 10 a.m.

Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 10 a.m.

N.Y. Jets at Miami, 10 a.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 10 a.m.

Buffalo at New England, 10 a.m.

Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 10 a.m.

Washington at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m.

Cleveland at Pittsburgh , 10 a.m.

Houston at Tennessee, 10 a.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 1:25 p.m.

Denver at Oakland, 1:25 p.m.

Kansas City at San Diego, 1:25 p.m.

St. Louis at Seattle, 1:25 p.m.

Looking back: Final 2012 standings and statistics 2012 Standings East W L y-New England 12 4 7 9 Miami N.Y. Jets 6 10 6 10 Buffalo South W L y-Houston 12 4 x-Indianapolis 11 5 6 10 Tennessee Jacksonville 2 14 North W L y-Baltimore 10 6 x-Cincinnati 10 6 Pittsburgh 8 8 5 11 Cleveland West W L y-Denver 13 3 San Diego 7 9 Oakland 4 12 Kansas City 2 14 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

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Pct PF .750 557 .438 288 .375 281 .375 344 Pct PF .750 416 .688 357 .375 330 .125 255 Pct PF .625 398 .625 391 .500 336 .313 302 Pct PF .813 481 .438 350 .250 290 .125 211

PA 331 317 375 435 PA 331 387 471 444 PA 344 320 314 368 PA 289 350 443 425

Home 6-2-0 5-3-0 3-5-0 4-4-0 Home 6-2-0 7-1-0 4-4-0 1-7-0 Home 6-2-0 4-4-0 5-3-0 4-4-0 Home 7-1-0 3-5-0 3-5-0 1-7-0

Away 6-2-0 2-6-0 3-5-0 2-6-0 Away 6-2-0 4-4-0 2-6-0 1-7-0 Away 4-4-0 6-2-0 3-5-0 1-7-0 Away 6-2-0 4-4-0 1-7-0 1-7-0

AFC NFC Div 11-1-0 1-3-0 6-0-0 5-7-0 2-2-0 2-4-0 4-8-0 2-2-0 2-4-0 5-7-0 1-3-0 2-4-0 AFC NFC Div 10-2-0 2-2-0 5-1-0 8-4-0 3-1-0 4-2-0 5-7-0 1-3-0 1-5-0 2-10-0 0-4-0 2-4-0 AFC NFC Div 8-4-0 2-2-0 4-2-0 7-5-0 3-1-0 3-3-0 5-7-0 3-1-0 3-3-0 5-7-0 0-4-0 2-4-0 AFC NFC Div 10-2-0 3-1-0 6-0-0 7-5-0 0-4-0 4-2-0 4-8-0 0-4-0 2-4-0 0-12-0 2-2-0 0-6-0

East W L y-Washington 10 6 9 7 N.Y. Giants Dallas 8 8 Philadelphia 4 12 South W L y-Atlanta 13 3 Carolina 7 9 New Orleans 7 9 Tampa Bay 7 9 North W L y-Green Bay 11 5 x-Minnesota 10 6 Chicago 10 6 4 12 Detroit West W L y-San Francisco 11 4 x-Seattle 11 5 St. Louis 7 8 Arizona 5 11 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

2012 Individual Leaders T 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 T 1 0 1 0

Pct .625 .563 .500 .250 Pct .813 .438 .438 .438 Pct .688 .625 .625 .250 Pct .719 .688 .469 .313

PF 436 429 376 280 PF 419 357 461 389 PF 433 379 375 372 PF 397 412 299 250

PA 388 344 400 444 PA 299 363 454 394 PA 336 348 277 437 PA 273 245 348 357

Home 5-3-0 6-2-0 4-4-0 2-6-0 Home 7-1-0 3-5-0 4-4-0 3-5-0 Home 7-1-0 7-1-0 5-3-0 2-6-0 Home 6-1-1 8-0-0 4-4-0 4-4-0

Away 5-3-0 3-5-0 4-4-0 2-6-0 Away 6-2-0 4-4-0 3-5-0 4-4-0 Away 4-4-0 3-5-0 5-3-0 2-6-0 Away 5-3-0 3-5-0 3-4-1 1-7-0

NFC AFC Div 8-4-0 2-2-0 5-1-0 8-4-0 1-3-0 3-3-0 5-7-0 3-1-0 3-3-0 2-10-0 2-2-0 1-5-0 NFC AFC Div 9-3-0 4-0-0 3-3-0 5-7-0 2-2-0 3-3-0 5-7-0 2-2-0 3-3-0 4-8-0 3-1-0 3-3-0 NFC AFC Div 8-4-0 3-1-0 5-1-0 7-5-0 3-1-0 4-2-0 7-5-0 3-1-0 3-3-0 3-9-0 1-3-0 0-6-0 NFC AFC Div 7-4-1 4-0-0 3-2-1 8-4-0 3-1-0 3-3-0 6-5-1 1-3-0 4-1-1 3-9-0 2-2-0 1-5-0

2012 Team Statistics AFC OFFENSE Yards New England 427.9 397.9 Denver 372.1 Houston Indianapolis 362.4 352.5 Baltimore 344.0 Oakland 342.9 Buffalo 332.8 Pittsburgh Cincinnati 332.7 319.3 Kansas City Cleveland 314.3 313.1 Tennessee Miami 311.5 Jacksonville 299.3 N.Y. Jets 299.2 297.3 San Diego

Rush 136.5 114.5 132.7 104.4 118.8 88.8 138.6 96.1 109.1 149.7 99.6 105.4 112.6 85.6 118.5 91.3

Pass 291.4 283.4 239.4 258.0 233.7 255.3 204.3 236.7 223.6 169.6 214.7 207.7 198.9 213.7 180.7 205.9

DEFENSE Yards Pittsburgh 275.8 290.8 Denver 319.7 Cincinnati 323.3 Houston 323.4 N.Y. Jets 326.4 San Diego 350.9 Baltimore 354.5 Oakland Kansas City 356.5 356.8 Miami Buffalo 362.9 363.8 Cleveland New England 373.3 Indianapolis 374.3 Tennessee 374.9 Jacksonville 380.5

NFC Rush 90.6 91.1 107.2 97.5 133.6 96.4 122.8 118.6 135.7 108.4 145.8 118.6 101.9 137.5 127.2 141.0

Pass 185.2 199.6 212.5 225.8 189.8 230.1 228.1 235.9 220.8 248.4 217.1 245.2 271.4 236.8 247.8 239.5

OFFENSE Yards New Orleans 410.9 408.8 Detroit Washington 383.2 374.6 Dallas 369.1 Atlanta 363.8 Tampa Bay San Francisco 361.8 360.7 Carolina Green Bay 359.4 355.4 N.Y. Giants Philadelphia 354.1 350.6 Seattle Minnesota 336.6 329.0 St. Louis Chicago 310.6 263.1 Arizona

Rush 98.6 100.8 169.3 79.1 87.3 114.8 155.7 130.5 106.4 116.4 117.1 161.2 164.6 107.1 123.1 75.3

Pass 312.3 307.9 213.9 295.6 281.8 248.9 206.1 230.2 253.1 239.1 236.9 189.4 171.9 221.9 187.4 187.8

DEFENSE Yards San Francisco 294.4 306.2 Seattle 315.6 Chicago 333.1 Carolina 336.8 Green Bay 337.8 Arizona 341.1 Detroit 342.6 St. Louis Philadelphia 343.2 350.0 Minnesota Dallas 355.4 365.6 Atlanta Washington 377.7 379.9 Tampa Bay N.Y. Giants 383.4 New Orleans 440.1

Rush 94.2 103.1 101.7 110.1 118.5 137.0 118.1 117.5 126.3 105.8 125.2 123.2 95.8 82.5 129.1 147.6

Pass 200.2 203.1 213.9 223.0 218.3 200.8 223.1 225.1 216.9 244.3 230.3 242.4 281.9 297.4 254.3 292.6

AFC Quarterbacks Att Com Yds TD Int P. Manning, DEN 583 400 4659 37 11 Brady, NWE 637 401 4827 34 8 Roethlisberger, PIT 449 284 3265 26 8 544 350 4008 22 12 Schaub, HOU 527 338 3606 26 15 P. Rivers, SND 531 317 3817 22 10 Flacco, BAL 528 329 3669 27 16 Dalton, CIN 565 345 4018 22 14 C. Palmer, OAK Fitzpatrick, BUF 505 306 3400 24 16 Gabbert, JAC 278 162 1662 9 6 Rushers Att Yds Avg LG TD 285 1509 5.29 91t 5 J. Charles, KAN 351 1424 4.06 46 15 A. Foster, HOU 290 1263 4.36 41 12 Ridley, NWE 207 1244 6.01 62 6 Spiller, BUF Chr. Johnson, TEN 276 1243 4.50 94t 6 R. Rice, BAL 257 1143 4.45 46 9 278 1094 3.94 48 6 Green-Ellis, CIN 276 1063 3.85 36 8 Greene, NYJ 227 986 4.34 65t 6 Re. Bush, MIA T. Richardson, CLE 267 950 3.56 32t 11 Receivers No Yds Avg LG TD Welker, NWE 118 1354 11.5 59 6 And. Johnson, HOU 112 1598 14.3 60t 4 Wayne, IND 106 1355 12.8 33 5 A.. Green, CIN 97 1350 13.9 73t 11 De. Thomas, DEN 94 1434 15.3 71t 10 Decker, DEN 85 1064 12.5 55 13 Stevi. Johnson, BUF 79 1046 13.2 63 6 B. Myers, OAK 79 806 10.2 29 4 Hartline, MIA 74 1083 14.6 80t 1 B. Lloyd, NWE 74 911 12.3 53 4 Scoring Touchdowns TD Rush Rec Ret Pts A. Foster, HOU 17 15 2 0 102 Decker, DEN 13 0 13 0 78 T. Richardson, CLE 12 11 1 0 72 Ridley, NWE 12 12 0 0 72 A.. Green, CIN 11 0 11 0 66 R. Gronkowski, NWE 11 0 11 0 66 R. Rice, BAL 10 9 1 0 60 De. Thomas, DEN 10 0 10 0 60 H. Miller, PIT 8 0 8 0 50 Re. Bush, MIA 8 6 2 0 48 Kicking PAT FG LG Pts Gostkowski, NWE 66-66 29-35 53 153 S. Graham, HOU 45-45 31-38 51 138 M. Prater, DEN 55-55 26-32 53 133 Tucker, BAL 42-42 30-33 56 132 Janikowski, OAK 25-25 31-34 57 118 Suisham, PIT 34-34 28-31 52 118 P. Dawson, CLE 29-29 29-31 53 116 Vinatieri, IND 37-37 26-33 53 115 35-35 25-31 53 110 Bironas, TEN Lindell, BUF 39-39 21-24 50 102

NFC Quarterbacks A. Rodgers, GBY Griffin III, WAS R. Wilson, SEA M. Ryan, ATL Brees, NOR Romo, DAL E. Manning, NYG C. Newton, CAR S. Bradford, STL Jo. Freeman, TAM Rushers A. Peterson, MIN Morris, WAS M. Lynch, SEA Do. Martin, TAM Gore, SNF Forte, CHI S. Jackson, STL Bradshaw, NYG L. McCoy, PHL Griffin III, WAS Receivers Cal. Johnson, DET B. Marshall, CHI Witten, DAL Gonzalez, ATL D. Bryant, DAL R. White, ATL Cruz, NYG M. Crabtree, SNF J. Graham, NOR Colston, NOR

Att Com Yds 552 371 4295 393 258 3200 393 252 3118 615 422 4719 670 422 5177 648 425 4903 536 321 3948 485 280 3869 551 328 3702 558 306 4065 Att Yds Avg 348 2097 6.03 335 1613 4.81 315 1590 5.05 319 1454 4.56 258 1214 4.71 248 1094 4.41 257 1042 4.05 221 1015 4.59 200 840 4.20 120 815 6.79 No Yds Avg 122 1964 16.1 118 1508 12.8 110 1039 9.4 93 930 10.0 92 1382 15.0 92 1351 14.7 86 1092 12.7 85 1105 13.0 85 982 11.6 83 1154 13.9 Scoring Touchdowns TD Rush Rec Jam. Jones, GBY 14 0 14 A. Peterson, MIN 13 12 1 Morris, WAS 13 13 0 D. Bryant, DAL 12 0 12 M. Lynch, SEA 12 11 1 Do. Martin, TAM 12 11 1 B. Marshall, CHI 11 0 11 M. Turner, ATL 11 10 1 Colston, NOR 10 0 10 Cruz, NYG 10 0 10 Kicking PAT FG LG Tynes, NYG 46-4633-39 50 M. Bryant, ATL 44-4433-38 55 Walsh, MIN 36-36 35-38 56 Ja. Hanson, DET 38-38 32-36 53 Akers, SNF 44-4429-42 63 D. Bailey, DAL 37-37 29-31 51 Barth, TAM 39-39 28-33 57 Hauschka, SEA 46-48 24-27 52 50-50 21-33 54 Crosby, GBY Hartley, NOR 57-57 18-22 53

TD 39 20 26 32 43 28 26 19 21 27 LG 82t 39t 77t 70t 37 46 46 37 34 76t LG 53 56 36 25 85t 59 80t 49t 46 60

Int 8 5 10 14 19 19 15 12 13 17 TD 12 13 11 11 8 5 4 6 2 7 TD 5 11 3 8 12 7 10 9 9 10

Ret 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pts 145 143 141 134 131 124 123 118 113 111

Pts 84 80 78 74 72 72 66 66 60 60

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NFL Preview The Associated Press Pro32 power rankings of the NFL’s 32 teams based on balloting from a 12-member media panel:

1

SAN FRANCISCO Must settle receiving corps, but defense is dynamic.

2

DENVER Manning and company will score plenty. How much will Von Miller’s six-game suspension hurt defense?

3

ATLANTA Will score plenty of points, defense is questionable.

4

SEATTLE Best home-field advantage in NFL will carry Seahawks to division title.

5

GREEN BAY A few holes, but Aaron Rodgers and Clay Matthews can camouflage them.

6

BALTIMORE Don’t fret about no Ray Lewis or Ed Reed, Ravens still are solid.

7

HOUSTON Texans were AFC’s best team for three months, but you need five months to win it all.

7

NEW ENGLAND Other than Amendola, who will Brady throw to? He’ll find the answers.

9

CINCINNATI Time for Bengals to show they are ready for big time. Can’t afford a stumble in this division.

10

Un-Patriotic behavior Wes Welker is in Denver. Aaron Hernandez is in prison facing a murder charge. Brandon Lloyd and Danny Woodhead are also gone. A rebuilding year on offense for the Patriots? That's nothing new for Tom Brady. It seems every few years New England changes the pieces around the quarterback and people wonder if he'll have enough talent helping him. Bill Belichick & Co. have won nine of the last 10 division titles. The star quarterback has been a constant stabilizing presence on an offense that has endured lots of turnover. Over in the Mile High City, look for another stabilizing presence, Peyton Manning, to utilize the talents of the elusive Welker.

AP PRO32 #2

#7

Broncos

Patriots

Wes Welker

Tom Brady

Denver Broncos

New England Patriots

Aaron Hernandez

INDIANAPOLIS Andrew Luck doesn’t have Colts fans saying Peyton who yet.

Soon, maybe?

11

NEW ORLEANS Will score plenty of points, defense even more questionable than Atlanta’s.

12

NEW YORK GIANTS Don’t appear any better than last year’s non-playoff group.

13

WASHINGTON A healthy RG3 makes difference in mediocre division.

14

PITTSBURGH Few good teams have as many questions as Steelers, beginning with run game.

15

MINNESOTA Adrian Peterson goes for second straight 2,000-yard season and Dickerson’s rushing mark.

16

DALLAS

17

TAMPA BAY Make-or-break year for QB Josh Freeman, who has weapons around him.

18

CHICAGO Departure of Urlacher sure to have effect on leadership.

19

KANSAS CITY

20

MIAMI

21

Will be on fringe of playoffs, won’t make them.

22

Andy Reid will turn around the Chiefs, maybe even right away.

Preseason has been very unkind to supposed contender; not in Patriots’ class yet.

ST. LOUIS In another division, Rams would be playoff contender.

DETROIT Beginning to think 2011 playoff run was fluke.

Esteemed analysts rank the teams

Cris Collinsworth Tony Dungy

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CAROLINA Panthers need Cam Newton of 2011 and second half of 2012 at QB.

28

24

ARIZONA

28

24 26

27

New coach Bruce Arians will upgrade what was an awful offense.

SAN DIEGO Talent drain under previous regime has made Chargers an also-ran.

TENNESSEE Coach Mike Munchak’s job security depends on improved D.

PHILADELPHIA Chip Kelly brings quack attack from Oregon and excitement, but not a lot of wins yet.

CLEVELAND Clevelanders must hate the word patience by now. But ... patience.

NEW YORK JETS Rex can coach, but this bunch is his worst team in New York.

30

BUFFALO

31

OAKLAND

32

Starting anew again, long non-playoff string will continue.

If Jaguars aren’t NFL’s worst team, Raiders are.

JACKSONVILLE Probably the least-talented roster in the NFL, but Gus Bradley was a good hire as coach.

Meet the 12-member media panel who cover the league and its teams:

Herm Edwards

Bob Glauber

Rick Gosselin

Clark Judge

Ira Kaufman

Pat Kirwan

John Lynch

Alex Marvez

NBC Sports

NBC Sports

ESPN

Newsday

Dallas Morning News

CBSSports.com

Tampa Tribune

SiriusXM/ CBSSports.com

Fox Sports

Foxsports.com

Game analyst for NBC’s coverage of the NFL; Joined NBC Sports as a game analyst in 1990 after an eightseason NFL career as a wide receiver with the Bengals (1981-88).

Super Bowlwinning head coach whose teams made the playoffs each of his last 10 seasons, un-precedented in his era; joined NBC’s Emmy nominated studio show Football Night as an analyst in 2009.

Former NFL head coach and player joined ESPN in 2009 as an studio analyst.

Appears on NFL Live, SportsCenter, Audibles, and ESPN Radio; also contributes to ESPN’s annual NFL draft coverage.

Has been Newsday’s NFL columnist since 1992 and has covered the NFL since 1985, when he was a Giants beat reporter for Gannett WestchesterRockland Newspapers..

After moving to The Dallas Morning News, he covered the Cowboys from 1990-91.

Served as the paper’s NFL columnist (1992-2010) before his appointment as general sports columnist in 2011.

Since 1982, has covered the Colts, Chargers and 49ers before making the switch from newspapers to the internet in 2000.

He has worked for CBSSports.com

the past nine years.

Began career Prior to joining with UPI in New CBSSports.com, York in 1976 he was an onand has written air analyst and about the NFL columnist for since 1979, CNN/SI when he covered Network and the Ray PerkinsCNNSI.com. led Giants and Also co-hosts a rookie QB the popular named Phil Movin’ The Simms. Worked Chains radio for Tampa program on Tribune since SiriusXM NFL Radio.

1990.

Super Bowl Senior NFL champion, writer at nine-time Pro FOXSports.com Bowler with and a show Broncos and host on Buccaneers.

SiriusXM NFL Recognized as Radio. Has an elite strong covered the safety during NFL since his NFL days. 1995, including Joined Fox stints as a Sports as Bengals, an NFL Broncos and analyst Dolphins beat in 2009. writer.

Jeff Legwold Charean Williams Denver Post

Fort Worth Star Telegram

Covers NFL/Broncos for ESPN; worked at Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post; Hall of Fame Board of Selectors member; Pro Football Writers of America VP.

Has covered the NFL for 20 seasons, including the past 14 for the Fort Worth StarTelegram.

Served on Pro Football Hall of Fame’s selection committee since 2006. Covered the Buccaneers from 1994-1999.

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