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Mapleton Mountain West Champs The Mapleton Sailors wrapped up the Mountain West League championship on Saturday defeating Triangle Lake 62-34. Senior Keevyn Walker led the team with 17 followed by freshman Roenin Barrows with 14. Keevyn Walker was named league MVP while junior Dom Stewart was awarded defensive player of […]
Charter School Organizers Frustrated The already two year process in establishing a Charter School in Florence can be summed up by board members of the Siuslaw Valley Charter School. Frustration. Kay King says time after time they feel as if they have met the requirements set forth by the 97J […]
School Board Readies for Contract Negotiations Wednesday night’s school board meeting once again involved a lengthy discourse about the continuing discussions with the Siuslaw Valley Charter School’s intention to open a classical academy charter school in Florence. Two of the school board members openly opposed moving forward with a contract […]
Viking Game 5 points separated the Siuslaw Vikings and the Sisters Outlaws in their last meeting with the Outlaws getting the win. The teams are split on the season with the Vikings taking their first meeting 62-50. Tomorrow night’s playoff game will be in hostile territory for the Vikings, who […]
PeaceHealth Promotes Network CMO PeaceHealth awarded its top spot in the Oregon Network to its interim director. It was announced yesterday that Dr. Jim McGovern, who has been interim Chief Executive director for the last eight months will take over as the PeaceHealth Oregon network Chief Medical Officer. The responsibilities […]
Vikings Still Have Playoff Hopes The Siuslaw Vikings and the La Pine Hawks both lost to their opponents last night to end the regular season. The Vikings were at Creswell last night and the Bulldogs outdid the Vikings 61-36. But because of the La Pine loss the Vikings are still […]
Divers Body Discovered It has been two weeks since a Eugene man went missing after he went scuba diving near the mouth of the Umpqua River. Yesterday deputies from Douglas County and Oregon State Troopers responded to a deceased body in the water near the site. The body was that […]
Athlete of the Week The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports congratulate freshman Mapleton Basketball player Roenin Barrows as this week’s Athlete of the Week. Barrows has had a phenomenal year on the court and led the team in scoring on Saturday against the Crow Cougars scoring […]
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