Local News, Sports and Everything Florence
Solve Oregon Beach Cleanup This Saturday along the Oregon coast a large group of volunteers are expected to land on the beaches for a statewide cleanup effort. SOLVE volunteers will be locally positioned at the North and South Jetty, Heceta Beach, the Carl Washburn State Park and the Siltcoos Outlet. […]
Ducks in the Big Dance The Oregon Ducks have made it to the Big Dance. They will meet Wisconsin for the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Ducks went to overtime to defeat the Washington Huskies for the top spot in the PAC 12 giving them the automatic bid. […]
City Releases DUII Enforcement Results The Florence Police department released its numbers for its super Bowl DUII enforcement campaign. The department arrested one driver for driving while impaired and issued eight warnings for miscellaneous traffic offenses and two citations for driving while suspended. Throughout the month of February the Florence […]
Long Outing For Vikings Ends in Loss Last night the Siuslaw Vikings hosted the Sutherlin Bulldogs at Jiggs Dodson Field for a 3 hour game marred by errors from both teams a total of 9. Coach Tom Shinn, said it is difficult to win games when errors are abundant. Siuslaw […]
Library Windows Broken A disgruntled patron, who had been banned from the Siuslaw Public Library after causing a scene in the computer lab and was arrested, returned to the library and threw rocks, breaking several of the large windows along the front of the building. Library Director Meg Spencer said […]
Vikings Post First Win The Siuslaw Vikings hosted Harrisburg last night. The Vikings opened up the 2019 baseball season and after giving up one run in the top of the first inning, the Vikings peppered 4 runs in the bottom and took a lead that they would not relinquish. The […]
Noon Forum: Revision Update This Thursday the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce will host city staff for its monthly Lunch and learn. The city will be providing the business community with updates to the revision Florence project and discuss how the project will effect businesses in the area as well […]
Harrisburg Game Rescheduled for Florence Siuslaw Baseball and Softball scheduled today in Harrisburg has been moved to a home game here in Florence. A late change in the scheduling last night moved the games. Varsity softball will begin at 4pm and Varsity baseball will be at 4:30. Beavers Nip Ducks […]
The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News, and Coast Radio Sports congratulate freshman basketball standout Braydon Thornton as this week’s Athlete of the Week. Coach Dylan Perry says Thornton was the only freshman in the Sky-Em league to receive all league votes and was selected to the Sky-Em all defensive team. In the Viking’s last two games Thornton averaged 15 points per game with 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 7 steals.
Honorable mention goes to sophomore Lindsey Long who scored 15 points in last week’s 56-51 win over Elmira.
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Join us this Thursday as we catch up with Siuslaw Viking Wrestling Coach, Neil Wartnik.
