Baseball Comeback
The Siuslaw Vikings are situating themselves as the comeback team as they faced Taft yesterday in Lincoln City. Taft scored a run in the first and 2 in the second to take a 3-0 lead while the Vikings remained silent through 5 innings. Coach Tom Shinn said it was difficult to keep stats due to the position of the field and the scoring system they use to compile stats. But Shinn said Andrew Jensen Norman threw a good game for the Vikings and Max Reynolds extended his hitting streak to 11 games. The Vikings broke out in the top of the 6th with 6 runs and Micah Blankenship drove in 3 runs on 1 hit and drew three walks on the night. Final score 10-4.
Siuslaw Softball had the day off yesterday, but the Mapleton/Elmira team traveled to Harrisburg. Where they battled the Eagles in a high scoring game. The Eagles came out on top with a 17-16 victory.
Track
Mapleton Track and Field travel to McKenzie tomorrow. The Vikings JV track and field team competed yesterday in Marshfield. Freshman Camden Linton took the first place spot in the 3000m with a personal record time of 10:15.95. Senior Noel Hernandez set a PR in the 300 m hurdles 42.49. taking the top spot. Freshman Kale Jensen took first in the High Jump at 5’6” and Freshman Will Johnson won the Triple-Jump with 37’8.25”
Freshmen Adylin Holbrook and Abigail Jones both set PR’s in the 1500 meters with a 2nd and 3rd place finish respectively. Sophomore Macy McNeill took first in the 3000 meters with a PR time of 11:39.03. Sophomore Jaamise Huff had the long toss in the shot put for a first place throw of 26’6” and Freshman Keira Johnson was the only qualifier in the Pole Vault at 7’6”.
