Brookings-Harbor High School junior Cole Hannan, top, runs an arm bar against a Douglas opponent during a dual meet earlier this month. The Pilot/Jef Hatch

His dedication to that dream was recognized when he was named Outstanding Wrestler on Saturday at Siuslaw High School’s Nick Lutz Invitational wrestling tournament in Florence.

Hannan was honored as the best wrestler in the 103 to 140 pound weight classes and, as BHHS wrestling Head Coach Dave Freeman put it, “He is finally getting the recognition he deserves.”

Girls

The Brookings-Harbor High School Lady Bruins basketball team tallied another victory as they rode senior Kambri Coleman’s 26 points to a 56-30 victory over the Lancers of South Umpqua.

Coleman had four 3-pointers on the night and had put up 19 points in the first half alone.

Senior Tyler Wood cuts to the basket during the boys 53-42 victory over Siuslaw. The Pilot/Jef Hatch

The Brookings-Harbor High School Bruins boys and girls teams took the wind out of the Siuslaw Vikings sails Friday night with double victories. 

The girls won the early game with a score of 46-22, while the boys came out on top of a scrap-fest with a 53-42 victory that was close from beginning to end.

Marc Hazel of Phoenix measures a Dungeness crab taken in front of Sporthaven Beach last season. The Pilot/Larry Ellis

Fishing report for 

January 6-12

The ocean crabbing season that southern Oregon recreational crabbers have long been waiting for south of 42-degrees, 26 minutes north latitude will open tomorrow, Jan. 15. The question is, “Will the ocean be flat enough for sport boaters to safely crab?” That answer is a little iffy this week.

As of last Thursday, the ocean was as flat as a piece of glass, but a new series of fronts slated to hit the coastline sometime this week might make the ocean a little too lumpy for recreational crabbers.

 Eighth grader Riley Frazier flies by a defender during the teams loss to the eighth grade Raiders. The Pilot/Jef Hatch

Azalea Middle School’s 2012 boys basketball season opened Thursday as the Redwood Raiders of Fort Dick, Calif. came to visit.

The Brookings-Harbor High School boys and girls basketball teams will be fighting against cancer Friday night when they take the floor for their league basketball games against the Siuslaw Vikings.

The teams will adorn purple warm-up shirts for their pre-game warmups and will be donating half of the gate receipts from the night to the American Cancer Society.

The players will be honoring the survivors in their lives at 6 p.m., prior to the start of the Lady Bruins’ game.

The ceremony will include having survivors escorted by players to center court  to be recognized by the crowd, as well as a Luminaria ceremony. 

The teams will host a silent auction with items donated from local businesses such as Les Schwab, Gold Beach Lumber, Beachcombers and an eight-crab dinner with the crab donated by commercial fisherman Lonnie Marrington and the side dishes provided by Cindy Schofield and Alice Farmer. 

The team has asked that all attendees to the game Friday wear purple in support of the fight against cancer. They will be selling T-shirts for $20 each and all proceeds from the shirts will be donated by Ali’s Graphics to the American Cancer Society. The organizers are asking that anyone interested in purchasing a shirt call 541-661-2570 to preorder as the shirts sold out during the 2010 fundraiser.

The teams raised over $1,200 last year and hope to raise more than that this year.

The night’s activities are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. with the girls game beginning at 6:30 p.m. and the boys game scheduled to begin around 8 p.m.

C.J. Paxton grimaces while trying to hold his opponent to the mat during the Bruins’ first league dual meet of the season. Paxton would win by pin. The Pilot/Jef Hatch

The final team score of the Brookings-Harbor High School versus Douglas wrestling dual meet failed to reflect the quality of wrestling that occurred Wednesday night under the spotlight in the high school gym. 

What the Bruins’ 42-45 loss did reflect was a slick bit of chicanery by Douglas Head Coach Steve Evans and some clever countermoves by Bruins Head Coach Dave Freeman to keep the score close. 

Between the two teams there were eight scheduled forfeits in the 106, 113, 170, 195, 220 and 285-pound weight classes and, according to dual meet rules, each coach alternated sending their wrestler to check in at the scorer’s table first.