Siuslaw Defeats Cottage Grove in Season Finale; Vikings Claim Sky-EM Championships; Crow Defeats Mapleton; Beavers Over Utes; Ducks Blank New Mexico State

Siuslaw Defeats Cottage Grove in Season Finale

It was senior night for Siuslaw Volleyball last night and the lone senior Kya Blake stepped up for the match against Cottage Grove.  It was a tight first game with Cottage Grove taking it 23-25, but the next 3 sets the Vikings pressed forward and fought tough to take the next 3 sets 25-22, 25-21, 27-25.  Coach Ashlee Cole said that Kya Blake had the final kill on the final point of the match which she said was fitting for the senior to go out like that.  Desiree Tupua had 24 kills in the match.  The Vikings end the season with a winning record at 6-4.

Vikings Claim Sky-EM Championships

Viking Cross Country was a big winner yesterday at the Sky-EM Championships with 6 of the top 9 runners all wearing Viking Blue.  Junior Chad Hughes led the attack finishing first with a time of 17:10.60 followed by Sam Ulrich, Kyle Hughes, and Jaxon Jensen in the top 4 slots leading the boys to a League Championship.  The girls also won their place in the Sky-EM League with 5 top 10 runners.  Junior Rylee Colton finished second behind Junction City’s Anika Thompson with a time of 20;06.40.  Brea Blankenship finished 5^th, Gracie Freudenthal finished 7^th and Jane Lacouture and Corduroy Holbrook finished out the top 10.

Crow Defeats Mapleton

Mapleton volleyball lost to Crow in three sets.  10-25, 16-25, 5-25.  Some standout players were freshmen Kylee Carson with 2 aces and junior Jahala Blake with 2 kills.  Senior Emily Stevens also contributed a block.

Beavers Over Utes

The Oregon State Beavers led the Utah Utes 4-2 after 5 innings and that would be all the scoring they needed to defeat the Utes.  There was an offensive spark in the top of the 9^th as the Utes attempted a comeback, but the Beavers held them to 1 run and took the opening game 4-3.  The Beavers are back on the field this evening at 5 pm on KCFM.

Ducks Blank New Mexico State

The Oregon Ducks defeated New Mexico State in their series opener5-0 with three pitchers contributing to the shutout.  Game two from PK Park will be this evening at 4 pm.