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Regular Season for Vikings Wraps Up The Siuslaw Vikings wrap up the regular season this evening against the 6 and 2 Sutherlin Bulldogs. Pregame on KCST is at 6:45 kick off at Sutherlin High School is at 7 o’clock over Coast Radio Sports. Sailors Vs. Amity The 6 and 2 […]
5 of the top 10 finishers in the Sky-Em District Championship women’s 5000 meter race were Siuslaw Vikings. In the Sky-Em District championships senior Hannah Rannow finished 2nd overall with a time of 18:41.9, followed in 5th place by sophomore Rylee Colton with a personal record time of 19:32.8. 7th […]
Community Input Sought The Lane County Board of Health is considering a county-wide indoor clean-air policy to address some current concerns with smoking and vaping in public indoor spaces. The State of Oregon is looking at the potential of allowing cannabis smoking lounges and Lane County is looking at ways […]
Viking Cross Country Team The Siuslaw Vikings are on the course at Lane Community College in Eugene this afternoon for the Sky-Em League Cross Country Championships. The women’s 5000 race is at noon, while the men’s race begins at 12:45. Winners advance into the November 9th State Championships. Lady Ducks […]
Non-Emergency at Water Station A computer glitch is responsible for a brief failure of systems that monitor the chlorine levels in drinking water at the water treatment plant in Florence. Overnight on September 12th an error occurred in the computer software that caused a brief shutdown of the plant. The […]
Play-In Results The Siuslaw Vikings travelled to Astoria last night for a one match Play-in against the Astoria Fishermen. Astoria beat the Vikings in straight sets 25-21, 25-16, and 25-19 to end the Vikings season. The Vikings finish 10-12 overall. Sky-Em Championships Tomorrow the Sky-Em league 4a Cross Country Championships […]
Flu Clinic Weekly flu reports from Oregon Health Authority show little activity in flu like symptoms across Oregon. In the region that includes Lane County there were 157 tests t his past week for Influenza with 4 positives for Flu Type B. none of these were in the Florence area […]
Athlete of the Week The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports congratulate Rhys Fleming as this week’s Athlete of the Week. Rhys had a great defensive effort against La Pine on Friday compiling 2 interceptions and 8 tackles. Rhys also had a reception for a touchdown on […]
The Sports Club, The Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports congratulate Hector Garcia as this week's Athlete of the Week. Against a tough Hidden Valley defense on Friday night Hector racked up 176 yards and a touchdown in Siuslaw High School's first playoff in 5 years. Garcia averaged 5.3 yards per carry against the Mustangs defense.
Honorable Mention goes to senior cross country runner Hannah Rannow whose third place finish in the State Championships’ on Saturday cemented the Vikings second place finish at state.
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Join us this Thursday as we catch up with Siuslaw Viking Wrestling Coach, Neil Wartnik.
