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Viking Playoffs The Siuslaw Vikings will head to Grants Pass on Monday the 22nd for the 3a state baseball playoffs. The schedule was posted last night. They will be facing the North Valley Knights of the Far West League. The Knights are ranked 16th and have a 13-11 season record […]
Playoffs, Baseball OSAA is in process of posting the playoff schedule for post season baseball. 6A, 5A, and 4A were posted this morning on the OSAA website. 3A postings were not yet available. Siuslaw could potentially have a game on Monday, the first day of the playoffs. Track and Field […]
Rhododendron Festival Today is the start to the Rhododendron Festival in Florence. Davis Shows Northwest will be opening this afternoon and festivities will continue to open tomorrow. This evening the Pioneer Museum will hold its business afterhours with the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce and introduce the Queen Rhododendra Gillian […]
Siuslaw Golf Ryan Klampe finished the 2023 golf season with an 8th place finish in the state golf championships. Ryan shot an 81 yesterday after being in the lead on Monday. The Vikings finished in 7th place. Freshman Will Johnson shot an 83. Baseball Playoffs It will likely be late […]
Election Results Brian Lacouture and Diana Pimlott will retain their seats on the Siuslaw School Board and Tamara Cole and Josh Haberly will be the newcomers. Election results are calculated, and Cole will replace Bob Sneddon with 52.4% of the vote. Haberly will replace Frank Armendariz with 61% of the […]
Future First Citizen Announced The organizers of the Marteen Wick Future First Citizen scholarship have made the announcement on their decision for this year’s Future First Citizen. The recipient of the $2,500.00 scholarship will be Siuslaw Viking senior Ian Sissel. Sissel holds a 4.0 GPA at Siuslaw High School and […]
Burn Piles The U.S. Forest Service at the Siuslaw National Forest has announced that it will be starting 4 burn piles beginning today and lasting through Friday. The closest one to Florence is the Eel Creek area just south of the Lane County Line. There could be residual smoke coming […]
Athlete of the Week The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports congratulate sophomore golfer Ryan Klampe as this week’s Athlete of the Week. Ryan led the Vikings to the Special District Championship with a two-day score of 152. The Vikings took the tournament by 41 strokes. Klampe […]
