29 September 2015
Thrall takes prep honors
Siuslaw Football standout Kenneth Thrall is Coast Radio Sports’ Athlete of the Week. The senior running back carried the ball 19 times for 101 yards and two touchdowns; kicked four point-afters; and intercepted a pass in the Vikings’ Far West opening win over South Umpqua.
Honorable mention goes to Mapleton’s A.J. Foster who had eight carries for 81 yards and two touchdowns; plus returned a kickoff 70 yards for another score in the Sailors’ win over McKenzie.
On the volleyball court tonight:
The Siuslaw Vikings will host the North Bend Bulldogs for Far West play; The Sailors will take on Triangle Lake in Mapleton.
Viking basketball gets new coach
Will Biggs retired two years ago from a lengthy career coaching college and high school basketball in the San Francisco Bay area. His intention was to move to Oregon and do plenty of fishing.
He may still wet a line or two, but he’ll also be on the bench coaching the Siuslaw boys. He has five high school conference championships and two state championship game appearances to his credit. In 1997 he took over the Cal State University East Bay program where he accumulated 223 wins in 16 seasons. Biggs holds school records for the most coaching wins and the highest winning percentage… .514.
He’ll make his Siuslaw debut December 4th against Coquille.
