Shortstop Joey LeFebvre (3) defies gravity during Friday’s baseball game against Siuslaw. The Pilot/Jef Hatch

In what was termed by a BHHS assistant coach as a battle of the mound, starting pitcher A.J. Briganti pitched seven full innings; striking out seven and walking five, while only giving up one run on just one hit. 

Fisherman Larry Ellis, right, catches a late winter steelhead on the Rogue River while fishing with guide Jay Lander. The Pilot/Larry Ellis

Anglers who took advantage of calm seas last week were rewarded with limits of rockfish, lingcod and cabezon. For most of the week, fishermen were lined up elbow-to-elbow at the Port of Brookings Harbor fillet station.

Included in anglers’ bags were a variety of exotic rockfish, including some big Chinas and vermilion, as well as plenty of black rockfish. When I got to the fillet station on Saturday, the fish barrels were overflowing with filleted carcasses.

Anglers caught their rockfish on a variety of lures and baits, including shrimp flies, twin-tail scampis, grubs and leadfish.

Bruin Halle Ostman belts one during Wednesday’s JV softball game. The Pilot/Jef Hatch

The cold, wet weather Wednesday couldn’t keep the Bruins’ JV softball team from heating up as they picked up a game-two win, 6-2, after dropping the first game 1-2.

Freshman Kaitlin Saphiloff was the only Bruin to score in game one as the Bruins were limited to just five hits during the five-inning game that was stretched to seven innings when the Bruins tied up the score in the fifth. 

The Del Norte Warriors were able to break the deadlock in the seventh to take home the victory.

Jessica Yock lays down a bunt during Saturday’s win over Coquille. The Pilot/Jef Hatch

Jessica Yock pitched the first game and was able to hold Coquille to just two runs over five innings.

“I feel good,” Yock said following the game. “I hit my spots and did what I was supposed to.”

Bryce Aldrich slides across home plate to end the game in the fifth inning of game one of Saturday’s doubleheader against Coquille. The Pilot/Jef Hatch

Bruin Pitcher A.J. Briganti went seven innings, holding the Trojans to one run in the fifth and one in the sixth.

“A.J. did really well in poor conditions,” said Bruin Coach Darrel Nelson. “It started raining really good halfway through the game, but he battled through it.”

Zack Konkel soars to new heights in the pole vault.

The Brookings-Harbor High School track team hosted its second home meet of the season on Saturday, and while both the girls and boys teams were unable to break the top three in team scores, a number of individuals set personal records in individual events.

“It felt really good,” senior Chandler Gotfried said of his personal best throw of 170-4 feet. “It felt like I’ve accomplished something, but there is still room to improve.”

Use this basic double-plunking setup and let the springers or winter steelhead tell you what they want. The Pilot/Larry Ellis

Fishing report for 

March 30-April 5

Last week the Pacific Fisheries Management Council adopted the final ocean salmon season for California, Oregon and Washington. According to a press release issued by the PFMC last Thursday, “The Klamath River fall Chinook forecast for 2012 is about four times greater than average and the highest forecast on record since 1985.” That’s cause for celebration for Curry County anglers. Here’s how the seasons read.

Head Coach Jess Beaman hands out pinnies in preparation for a scrimmage. The Pilot/Jef Hatch

The Brookings United soccer team has gotten a jump on their soccer season despite the foul weather that has many other teams longing for sunnier weather. 

Utilizing The Rink, the roller skating rink located on Railroad street in Brookings, the team began, on Tuesday, to practice the skills needed for a successful season.

The athletes, both boys and girls, are divided into two teams based on age, with a U11 team that is made up of fifth graders who are 10 and 11 years old, and a U12/U13 team that has kids age 12 to 13.