Simington: Athlete of the Week; On the Schedule; 2 Beavers Get PAC 12 Honors

Simington Chosen as Athlete of the Week

Coast Radio Sports congratulates Gabe Simington as this week’s athlete of the week.  In Saturday’s win over Marshfield Gabe pitched 6 and 2/3’s innings facing 26 batters and striking out 16 and allowing just 3 hits.

Freshman Hurdler Gets Honorable Mention

Honorable mention goes to Mapleton freshman Phillip Burnett who took first place in the 110 meter hurdles with a personal record time of 22:00. And third place in the 300 meter hurdles with another personal best time of 1:00.84. in Thursday’s Cinder Classic.

On the Schedule:

Prep track and field this afternoon has Mapleton hosting in a Mountain West League Meet at 4:15.

Prep Baseball and Softball pits Siuslaw against Brookings Harbor.  The Viking boys are in Brookings for Far West League play at 5 o’clock. This afternoon’s pregame over Coast Radio Sports is at 4:45 on KCST.

The Lady Viks host Brookings Bruins in softball at 5 o’clock.

2 Beavers Receive PAC 12 Honors

Beaver standouts Luke Heimlich and Trevor Larnach both received honors this week as PAC 12 Pitcher and Pac 12 Player’s of the week respectively.  Heimlich won his eighth game of the season on Saturday striking out 10 in 6 innings of play and Larnach drove a couple of long balls over the fence and had 4 hits and 5 RBI’s.  this is the second honors of the season for both players.