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Bulletin, Progressive, Record, Reporter Wednesday, April 27, 2011 lC
SPORTS AND RECREA 00ION
Baumgartner earns 500 wins
The Feather River College
baseball team swept a dou-
bleheader against Shasta
College last Friday by scores
of 13-3 and 5-4 to improve the
Golden Eagles to 28-5 overall
and 21-2 in the Golden Valley
Conference.
The victories also turned
over another impressive
number. Head coach Terry
Baumgartner gathered his
500th career win at the colle-
giate level, having coached
four seasons at Feather Riv-
er and 11 years at Western
Oregon University. His mark
in 15 years as a head coach is
now 501-255.
The Golden Eagle leader is
now 131-35 at Feather River,
adding up to a sizzling win-
ning percentage of .789.
Baumgartner's team is cur-
rently ranked No. 1 in the
RPI, and No. 2 in the coaches
poll in Northern California,
and is listed fourth national-
ly by Perfect Game. Baum-
gartner is just 41 years old.
"I feel blessed to get to 500
victories and I hope that
there are 500 more out
there," the Salem, Ore. na-
tive said. "I am fortunate to
have always had great assis-
tant coaches along side of me
and hard working players. I
obviously wouldn't have one
career victory without those
two things."
Feather River has won five
consecutive GVC titles, and
the Golden Eagles currently sit
on top of the conference stand-
ings in 2011. Baumgartner has
been named the GVC Coach
of the Year in each of his pre-
vious three seasons as the
squad's head coach.
Prior to arriving in Quincy,
Baumgartner led Western
Oregon to a 370-220 mark, nev-
er suffering a losing season in
11 years at the helm. He be-
came the youngest head coach
in school history in 1.995 at the
age of 24, and promptly led the
Wolves to the Cascade Confer-
ence title. WOU later placed
third at the 2001 NAIA World
Series before the school tran-
sitioned to the NCAA Divi-
sion II level.
Baumgartner then directed
the Wolves to their first
NCAA post-season tourna-
ment in school history in
2003, and they went on to
claim a second place finish at
the west region champi-
onship in 2005.
Baumgartner also played
collegiate ball at Western
Oregon as a pitcher. He
prepped at Sprague High
School in Salem, where he
played for his father, Bill
Baumgartner.
Prior to FRC's sweep of
Shasta College last Friday,
the Golden Eagles defeated
Lassen College April 17 and
split withButte April 15-16.
The Golden Eagles lost the
first game of their series
with Butte by a score of 16-0,
but came back the next day
to defeat Butte 10-1, FRC then
beat Lassen 15-5 the follow-
ing day.
Against Butte, the Golden
INSIDE SECTION C: FEATURING THE ACTION AROUND PLUMAS COUNTY l
Eagles bounced back from an
embarrassing home loss on
Friday by defeating the
Roadrunners on Saturday at
Butte behind the p!tching of
sophomore Jerad Harvey.
The sophomore right han-
der was nearly unhittable, as
he tossed nine innings of
one-hit ball, with 11 strike-
outs to go with one walk. The
lone hit was a two-out single
in the seventh inning off the
end of the bat that dropped in
front of the left fielder.
From the second inning
until the seventh inning,
Harvey retired 18 batters in a
row, and the lone run was
scored in the first inning on
a throwing error.
Offensively, the Golden Ea-
gles pounded out 11 hits, led
by sophomore Patrick Ran-
dolph and his two hits and
three RBIs. Randolph got the
Golden Eagles on the board
first with his second home
run of the season, a three-
run shot to left that sparked
the offense.
Sophomore Casey Yocom
also had two hits on the day
with an RBI, and fellow
sophomore Jaret Bogue
added two RBIs.
This Thursday, April 28,
Feather River will host Col-
lege of the Redwoods in a
noon doubleheader.
To get updated stats and
information on the Golden
Eagles, go to spincostats.com
or gvcstats.com. You can also
go to the Feather River Col-
lege baseball Facebook site.
Terry Baumgartner, in his fourth season with FRC, reached his 500th career win as a head coach
at the collegiate level. Photo by Shannon Morrow
Fishing season opens this weekend dest,ite high fiows
Michael Condon
Staff Writer
Internet@plumasnews.com
Trout stream season opens
April 30
The official opening of the
trout stream fishing season
has always been one of my fa-
vorite spring rituals. That
may have more to do with
the promise of things to come
in the coming weeks than it
has to do with the actual fish-
ing that weekend.
Let's face it, the season
opener usually means high
flows and off-color water.
With so much rain and snow
this year, it is likely to be
worse than normal.
But that is not going to
stop me from trying. It is fun
just to get out and be on the
stream. And besides, I have
lots of experience at not
catching fish. That has never
kept me from enjoying my
fishing nor stopped me from
trying.
The question then is where
to go. The answer is tailwa-
ter. "Tailwater" is the term
used to describe water imme-
diately below a dam.
Dams are a mixed blessing
for fisheries. They can and
have ruined fish runs. On the
positive side, by regulating
stream flows, excellent fish-
eries can be established be-
low dams. The warm and low
flow periods of late summer
can be moderated in tailwa-
ters. And the high muddy
flows of spring can he tamed.
This opening weekend,
clear and moderately flowing
water will offer the best
chance for successful fishing.
Those stream conditions will
be in short supply. The best
place to find those conditions
will be immediately below a
dam. Not every dam in the
area will provide these condi-
tions but many will. The far-
ther away you get from the
dam, the more the river will
be influenced by tributaries
that add flow and reduce
clarity of the water flowing
from the dam.
There are some exceptions.
There is no dam on the North
Fork of the Feather River
above Chester (unless you
consider the diversion struc-
ture a few miles above town
to be a dam). The flows might
be a bit high, but the water
tends to stay clear. Snow will
limit access in the upper
reaches. Still, it is a very nice
place to spend opening day.
Deer Creek is another ex-
ception. Deer Creek Mead-
ows in the vicinity of the
junction of highways 32 and
36 tends to moderate the
flows. The creek flows clear
as it leaves the meadow. Far-
ther downstream tributaries
will increase flows and water
clarity will decline but not
severely. Just a few miles
away, Mill Creek is a differ-
ent story. Flows will be high
and it will carry lots of sedi-
ment as it leaves Lassen
Park.
I tend to find my way into
the Feather River Canyon on
opening weekend. The series
of dams there can provide
some productive tailwater
fishing opportunities. The
high runoff this year might
limit the amount of fishable
water. The one big exception
is the North Fork of the
Feather River above Cari-
bou. Even when the flows are
high, this stretch of river
flows very clear. It should
provide some excellent fish.
ing this weekend.
The Middle Fork of the
Feather River is flowing
high and looks excellent for
kayaking right now. Unfortu-
nately, good kayaking means
lousy fishing.
Caribou Crossroads
special event
Caribou Crossroads, locat-
ed where the North Fork of
the Feather crosses Highway
70, is once again sponsoring
their Trout Season Opener
Big Fish Contest on opening
day, April 30.
This is a terrific family
event. Along with the fishing
there is a barbecue lunch and
dinner. Kids compete for big
fish prizes in a special Kids
Division.
The entry fee is only $5 and
100 percent of the fees are re-
turned as prize money. Entry
fees must be paid prior to the
beginning of the contest at 7
a.m. Saturday, April 30.
If you can't make the Big
Fish Contest, stop in next
time you are in the canyon
and try their famous milk-
shakes. They are the best!
New fly tying material
I recently attendedthe
North State Sportsman Expo,
in Chico. The highlight of the
show for me was spending
some time with Jay and
Glenn Fair.
Jay and Glenn are a father
and son team famous for
their still water fishing ex-
pertise. They have been fish-
ing and guiding local lakes
for decades have over 100
years of fishing experience
between them. They are
widely known as the fore-
most experts on Davis and
Eagle lakes.
In addition to their vast
knowledge, they have devel-
oped some extremely effec-
tive fly patterns (the Jay Fair
Wiggle Tail Nymph is my go-
to fly pattern for lakes). They
have also developed and mar-
keted some great fly tying
materials. They have been
dying their materials for
decades and their knowledge
and attention to detail has
led to some truly excellent fly
tying materials.
What caught my eye this
time was a new material they
call Jay Fair Swimming
Hackle. Glenn saw me check-
ing it out so he tied a couple
flies for me: a damsel fly
(think Lake Davis) and a hex
nymph (think Lake A1-
manor). He used a very basic
pattern and when completed
the flies looked pretty much
like any of a number of good
nymph fly patterns.
Then Glenn stuck a tooth-
pick through the eye of the
fly and swam the fly around
in a bowl of water with a
slight pulsating motion. The
fly really came to life. The in-
dividual hackle fibers had a
very impressive swimming
motion.
The fly also had just
enough sparkle to it to mimic
the sparkle caused by the
tiny gas bubbles usually
trapped by the bodies of these
sub-surface nymphs. The gas
bubbles help provide buoyan-
cy as the nymphs travel to
the surface of the water.
If you want some easy-to-tie
and very realistic flies, give
Jay Fair Swimming Hackle a
try. Jay Fair fly tying materi-
als are available at most local
fishing tackle shops.
I don't want to sound like a
pitch man. I am not selling
anything. This is just good
stuff that any fly tier will ap-
preciate.
FRC rodeo team
continues to excel
A huge crowd of over 2,500
spectators were in atten-
dance at Cal Poly San Luis
Obispo for the 71st annual
Cal Poly Rodeo, and the FRC
rodeo team made their pres:
ence known. The men's team
continued their domination
of the West Coast Region, ex-
tending their lead in the re-
gional standings, while the
women's team ended up sec-
ond for the weekend behind
Cal Poly but putting some
distance between itself and
rival UNLV.
The awards at the Cal Poly
annual rodeo are some of the
most coveted in the nation.
Sophomore Dustin Moody,
from Visalia, won the all-
around champions saddle
along with the bareback rid-
ing. Saddle bronc rider Jere-
my Pinehiero won the saddle
bronc riding buckle. Bliss
Bidwell won the goat-tying
buckle. The FRC men's team
is currently ranked seventh
in the nation and the
women's team is ranked
15th. The FRC rodeo team
travels to UNLV to hopefully
capture their fourth straight
regional team title and in-
crease their national rank-
ings.
Dustin Moody, a
sophomore on the
Feather River College
rodeo team, won the
all-around championship :::3 !
at the prestigious Cal Poly
rodeo in San Luis Obispo.
Photo submitted