Hannah Baron shoots and scores in the Lady Bruins’ 4-0 victory over North Bend. The Pilot/Jef Hatch

The game was marked by an unusually high number of yellow cards awarded by the head referee, in a very physical contest.

Whitney Floyd watches the ball as it goes over the outstretched hands of two Bulldog defenders for one of three kills in the game. The Pilot/Jef Hatch

The Lady Bruins hosted the North Bend Lady Bulldogs who are tied for first in the Far West League and were outmatched at every turn.

The Brookings-Harbor High School boys soccer team took a commanding lead in the Far West League standings with a 5-0 victory over the South Umpqua Lancers on Tuesday.

Senior Thomas Spratt put the first three goals in the net for the Bruins, the first with 27 minutes remaining in the first half. The second and third goals came with 28:45 and 23:33 minutes remaining in the second half. 

Bruins’ forward Thomas Spratt controls the ball after getting past two Sutherlin defenders on his way to scoring the Bruins’ lone goal of the game. The Bruins tied the game 1-1 on the goal. The Pilot/ Jef Hatch

The Brookings-Harbor High School Bruins boys soccer team took what could have been a demoralizing first goal by the Sutherlin Bulldogs 15 minutes into the second half of Thursday’s game and turned it into an energizing force for change, scoring the tying goal in the waning moments of the second half.

Senior Thomas Spratt took the ball and after juking three Bulldog defenders was able to put it in the goal just past the goalie’s outstretched arms.

“I was thinking about the next one,” Spratt said of his thoughts after scoring. “I wanted Chandler to get the ball going and the defense to hammer down.”

Darren Beadle of Henderson, Nev., holds a 52.4-pound fall Hawg caught on the Rogue River last Friday on a spinnerbait/anchovy rig, in a battle that lasted over 30 minutes. Darren was fishing with Brookings fishing enthusiast Paul LeFebvre. The Pilot/Larry Ellis

Fishing report for 

Sept. 16-22

Is it that time already? It’s time to start counting backward. Exactly one week from today, the 2011 Chetco River Fall Chinook State Waters Ocean Terminal Area Recreational Fishery will begin. Whew! That’s 12 words by my count. That’s the official name of the fishery. Here, we simply call it the Chetco Hawg season, or just the bubble fishery.

If you’ve never caught a Chinook over 40 pounds, this is probably your best bet at doing so. These fish will be milling outside the jaws of the Chetco River waiting for the first freshet to usher them upriver. Already I’ve got reports from several different reliable sources that folks have been marking some very large fish on their fish finders, fish that are hanging out in an area very close to Brookings simply known as salmon alley.

 The Brookings-Harbor High School Lady Bruin soccer team began their 2011 Far West League season with a 7-0 drubbing of the Douglas Lady Trojans on Thursday. 

Freshman Addi Fitzgerald scored three for the hat trick, while Louie Deraita just missed the hat honors, scoring two. 

Brianna Juarez added a goal on a 40-yard shot that caught the upper right corner of the net for a score.

The Brookings-Harbor High School girls cross country team won the first place trophy at the Bandon Invitational on Tuesday.

Junior Shaylin Curtis was the top placer for the Bruins, coming in at fifth place with a time of 22:33. Senior Jessica Fernandez and junior Brandi Rodgers followed shortly behind her in 10th and 11th place with times of 25:00 and 25:02, respectively. Mikaela Lea finished in 19th with a time of 27:25 while Mikaela George rounded out the team in 24th with a time of 28:19.

The Brookings-Harbor High School boys soccer team was able to put another notch in the win column Tuesday after defeating the Douglas Trojans 4-1. 

The Bruins started the game quickly on offense with Thomas Spratt dribbling the tip off downfield and centering a pass for a goal by Alan Anaya at the 15 second mark. 

Christy Reynolds focuses on the ball after a hit.

The Brookings-Harbor High School volleyball team lost in three straight games, 19-25, 15-25, 17-25, to an older, more experienced McKinleyville team.

“We have moments when we look really good, and then we have times when we look young,” Head Coach Lori Cooper said after the game. “We have to rise above it.”