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Ionescu Sweeps Sabrina Ionescu made a clean sweep yesterday of the Player of the year awards making her the undisputed top college women’s basketball player in the nation. She was awarded the Wooden Award yesterday for the second straight year. Early yesterday Ionescu also was awarded her third straight Nancy […]
Sides Line Up On Coronavirus Reporting It began as a plea for Lane County to broaden the regulations for reporting COVID-19 cases in rural Lane County that sparked a debate between public health and personal privacy. Late Friday afternoon the Siuslaw news posted an article on social media about the […]
Ionescu Honors Abound Sabrina Ionescu says that it is the combination of her coaches and teammates that have made her successful during her career at UofO. Ionescu was honored again on Friday with the Naismith Award becoming the 5th National player of the year recipient from the different media and […]
Mayor Joe Henry and City Manager Erin Reynolds Ron Green, President and CEO with Oregon Pacific Bank: Cares Act Siuslaw School Superintendent Andy Grzeskowiak WLEOG Incident Commanders: WLFEA Chief Michael Schick, Florence Police Chief Tom Turner, City Manager Erin Reynolds Florence Area Chamber […]
Mayor Joe Henry and City Manager Erin Reynolds Ron Green, President and CEO with Oregon Pacific Bank: Cares Act Siuslaw School Superintendent Andy Grzeskowiak WLEOG Incident Commanders: WLFEA Chief Michael Schick, Florence Police Chief Tom Turner, City Manager Erin Reynolds Florence Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Bettina Hannigan: Rhododendron […]
New Cases of COVID-19 The Death toll in Oregon for COVID-19 has reached 21 which is part of a bigger picture as the nationwide death toll ramps up with a single day total of 1040 which more than doubles the previous worst day on record. Reported cases of the virus […]
Ionescu: Wade Trophy Recipient Yesterday Oregon Duck senior basketball star Sabrina Ionescu received the 2020 Wade Trophy for the second consecutive year. The award is given by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association to the top Division I national player of the year. Ionescu also earned her spot in the 10 […]
Central Lincoln PUD Offers Assistance As COVID-19 continues to shut down businesses and forces employees to the unemployment line, essential services continue to support residents that have found themselves without an income. The latest is Central Lincoln PUD. The power utility has implemented a Job Loss Assistance Program for residential […]
The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports congraulate Elijah LaCosse as this week’s Athlete of the Week. Elijah finished the State Wrestling Championship in third place. After losing in the first round he went on to score 5 consecutive pins including a rematch against his first round opponent. He was one of only two wrestlers in the tournament to do that and scored 23 points in the 138 pound weight bracket.
Honorable mention goes to another Viking Wrestler, Hayden Muller who placed 4th in the 135 pound girls division.
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Join us this Thursday as we catch up with Siuslaw Viking Wrestling Coach, Neil Wartnik.
