BHHS student Christian Rushton, left, delivers a knee to a practice dummy held by Alec McBride. The two were participating in the self-defense portion of their physical education class taught by guest lecturer A.J. Geldersma. The Pilot/Jef Hatch

For three days, students in BHHS educator Matt Simpson’s physical education class worked with dummies. They punched them, kicked them, pulled them, threw them and tried to destroy them.

The well-stocked plunking box always contains these six basic color Spin-N-Glos. From left to right: Flame Chartreuse; Sherbet; Rocket Red Tiger Stripe; Gray Ghost; Clown;: and Pearl Red. The Pilot/Larry Ellis

With all the rain that this section of the coast has been experiencing this season, it’s pretty much a no-brainer that the majority of anglers will be plunking Spin-N-Glos on the Rogue, Chetco and Smith Rivers.

The Brookings-Harbor High School wrestling team hosted Sutherlin High School and Del Norte High School in a double dual meet on Tuesday night and claimed two team victories.

The Bruins started the night facing off against their Far West League rival Bulldogs and claimed a narrow margin of win as a critical pin by Johnny Feuerborn in the final four seconds of his match provided the much-needed six team points to secure a 36-33 win over the Bulldogs.

Junior Justin Murray does his best Michael Jordan impression as he drives between two Warrior defenders on his way to the basket. The Pilot/Jef Hatch

There was a moment of silence Wednesday night as BHHS junior Justin Murray floated through the key with the ball in his hands – just enough silence to hear the swish as the basketball dropped cleanly through the net – before the Bruins’ bench erupted into cheers and the BHHS fans rushed the floor to celebrate the 51-49 victory over the Del Norte Warriors in Crescent City.

The Bruins began the game with an 11-4 run in the first quarter and looked to be in charge of the game before a 19-point effort by the Warriors got them right back in the game with a 23-23 knot at halftime.

The Bruins weren’t able to reclaim their first-quarter dominance in the third, allowing the Warriors to take their first lead with 2:30 remaining in the third quarter. The Bruins retook the lead with 19 seconds remaining and lead 33-32 going into the fourth.

 The Azalea Middle School Bruins hosted the first district tournament in middle school history and had four wrestlers place in the championship bracket.

Eighth grader Tyson Manion, wrestling at 90 pounds defeated Ben Walker of Myrtle Point with a pin to take first in his weight division.

“I feel pretty good,” Manion said following his match. “It was pretty easy.”

Neil Rodgers of Brookings was plunkng a Spin-N-Glo last Saturday when he landed this 18-pound steelhead. The Pilot/Larry Ellis

I’ve been thinking about writing this article for some months now, but now because I’ve heard far too many stories about people finding that their crab traps have been emptied when they had left them overnight in the ocean, I’ll address it.

Maybe the pots just didn’t catch crab - maybe they did. But be that as it may, as far as I know, it is still against the law for other people to tamper with another person’s crab trap in the ocean.

I didn’t make a big deal about this issue at first, but now I’ve heard more than 30 stories from folks who I consider to be reputable people claiming to have had their pots emptied by poachers.

76-year-old Larry Vincent holds two of the four trophies he brought home from the World Association of Benchers and Deadlifters world championships. Center is the plaque indicating Vincent’s induction into the WABDL Hall of Fame. The Pilot/Jef Hatch

“If I didn’t deadlift, I’d be a cripple,” Vincent explained. “I have had back problems most of my life and weightlifting keeps me healthy.”