Local News, Sports and Everything Florence
Construction Set to Begin March will be the beginning of several construction projects around the city. Public Works Director Mike Miller says that March 4th will be the start of the Revision Florence Project along highway 101 as well as the water and sewer project along the north end of […]
Collegiate Baseball Collegiate Baseball action for the Oregon State Beavers are in Surprise Arizona for a four game series against the Nebraska Corn Huskers in non-conference baseball. The series plays out through Sunday. Collegiate Basketball Pac Twelve Men’s Basketball this evening pits Oregon against the Trojans of USC. Pregame on […]
Reynolds Honored Last night at the official opening of the Florence City Hall the Lane Council of Governments representative Brenda Wilson, announced the LCOG award for outstanding performance. “Every year for over 50 years the Lane Council of Governments has been celebrating outstanding work in our region, there’s a lot […]
Marshfield over Marist Last night in Florence the Vikings were on the sidelines as Siuslaw High School hosted a Sky-Em league playoff. Marist and Marshfield hit the courts last night at 6 pm. Marshfield won the contest 50-31 extending their record to 20 and 5 for the season. Weekend Schedule […]
City Hall Open House The City of Florence is opening its doors to the public this evening for a look at the new city hall remodel. After months of the city staff being split up in several different locations the new facility is now occupied and according to City Manager […]
Athlete of the Week 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 […]
Cold Weather, Icy Roads Storms over the weekend dropped rain, hail and snow across the coastal area. Saturday afternoon pea sized hail came down across the northern part of Florence leaving streets, driveways and decks covered with about an inch of ice. This made for dangerous conditions. Small patches of […]
Civil War: On Friday the Oregon Lady Ducks hosted the OSU Beavers for civil war action on the courts. The lady Ducks handed the Beavers a 77-68 defeat on their home court. Sabrina Ionescu put up 29 points and Ruthy Hebard added 21. Destiny Slocum, for the Beavers put up […]
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.
