Local News, Sports and Everything Florence
Athlete of the Week The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports Congratulate Jaxson Jensen as this week’s Athlete of the Week. Jensen scored both goals in the season opener soccer game against Waldport in the 2-1 victory on Friday and then on Saturday posted the second best […]
New Permits Needed For Cannery Station Grading of the new Cannery station property across from Fred Meyer continues as crews clear vegetation and trees from the property and level much of the sand. According to one equipment operator at the site no sand is being removed, but rather redistributed on […]
Siuslaw Soccer Gets First Win Siuslaw soccer scored their first victory on Friday against Waldport. 2-1. Junior Jaxson Jensen scored both goals in the win. Coach Londi Tomaro said their opponents were fast and their goalie had several defenses on goal that kept the score low. Siuslaw scored first in […]
Shooting Suspect Arrested The Lane County Sheriff’s Office is reporting that Gene Joseph, the 35 year old suspect in a shooting that occurred in the Florence area on 7/29/2019, was located and arrested last night with the assistance of the Florence Police Department, the Oregon State Police, and the Tribal […]
City Council Meeting The Florence City Council will hold an executive session on Monday evening beginning at 4:30 pm. The council will meet to discuss the possibility of a Real Property Transaction as allowed in Oregon Statute 192.660 Concerning the Spruce Street Local Improvement District. The property is along a […]
Lady Vikings Sweep Pleasant Hill The Lady Vikings visited Pleasant Hill last night and it was anything but pleasant for the Billies. The Vikings took the match in three straight sets, but coach Jonathan Hornung said is was tenuous at the start. “It started out kind of shaky. It was […]
Body of Missing Man Found The Body of missing 38 year old Jeremy Golden has been found according to a release from the Lane County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson Sgt. Carrie Carver. Golden had been missing since Saturday near Woahink Lake, south of Florence and an extensive search of the area […]
Quarterback Club Returns The Viking Quarterback Club is back in action every Friday morning in assembly room A at Siuslaw high school. It’s a chance for passionate football fans to get a look at game footage and get a preview of the upcoming game. The event lasts from 11:24 to […]
The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports congratulate junior Viking quarterback Elijah Blankenship. Elijah led the Vikings to a comeback win on Friday night against Philomath with 318 yards passing and 129 yards rushing while connecting on two touchdown passes in the second half.
Honorable mention goes to freshman Viking Cross Country runner Samuel Ulrich whose personal record time of 17:17.1 in the 5000 meters at Saturday's Northwest Classic helped Siuslaw move into first place.
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Join us this Thursday as we catch up with Siuslaw Viking Wrestling Coach, Neil Wartnik.
