BHHS pitcher Bryce Aldrich stretches out to get a hand back on first as the South Umpqua pitcher tries to pick him off. The Pilot/Jef Hatch

The Bruins were unable to get the bats going in the right direction for the game and while they were defensively sound, according to Head Coach Keith Wallin, the lack of offense spelled doom for the game.

BHHS sophomore Shaine Graham looks for victory during the 110-meter hurdles during the Brookings-Harbor High School Rotary Invitational track meet on Saturday. Photo courtesy Chris McConnell

Personal record breaking was the main item on the menu with a number of Bruins — boys and girls — setting PRs in various events.

Brookings-Harbor High School’s All-League award winners are Lakota Hatcher, left, Mallory McDonald, Iva Hart and Karlie Gonzalez. The Pilot/Jef Hatch

One of those goals was to bring home hardware from the state basketball championships in March. They fulfilled that goal, according to Head Coach Chris Schofield.

Citlaly Burke from Idaho was fishing out of the Port of Brookings Harbor with her uncle aboard the Sea Dream on Wednesday when she caught a limit of lingcod and large black rockfish. The Pilot/Larry Ellis

Before moving to Brookings, I knew what a lingcod was. I caught one on every other trip while fishing for rockfish in depths ranging from 100 to 150 fathoms. That’s between 600 and 900 feet deep. If you wanted to catch rockfish in Southern California south of Oxnard, you had to fish that deep because that’s where most of the rockfish lived. By the way, it is now illegal to fish in those depths in California for rockfish and lingcod.

The Brookings-Harbor High School varsity baseball team took the Arcata baseball tournament by storm until the storm took them and caused the championship game to be rained out after just three innings.

The Bruins won two games to get to the final game in the tournament. 

Sophomore Courtney Kay attempts to remove the cover from the ball during the Bruins’ doubleheader victories over the Warriors of Del Norte on Tuesday. Kay went 4-for-4 with two doubles in the second game to lead the Bruins. The Pilot/Jef Hatch

The first game of the doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon was a close battle with the Bruins scoring two runs early in the game while allowing the Warriors to score just one to claim the victory 2-1.

Third baseman Megan Strain tags out a runner during the Bruins’ extra innings loss to Ridgeview High. Photo courtesy of Deanna Marrington

While the Lady Bruins came home with just one win out of the four games, Head Coach Steve Bonde was pleased with the team building time the players had.

Nic Orozco (left), Guy Glossop and two other comrades from Grants Pass ventured uphill toward Twin Rock out of the Port of Brookings on Friday and limited out on lingcod as well as some large black rockfish. The Pilot/Larry Ellis

“For the next three days it’s supposed to be flatter than a pancake,” said Jim Carey from the Rogue Outdoor Store in Gold Beach on Thursday. “If the forecast is right, I expect phenomenal bottomfishing because I haven’t seen this strong of a year in a long time on lingcod. We’ve really had some consistently strong days, especially up here off the Rogue River Reef.”