Local News, Sports and Everything Florence
Exploding Whale Sports Hints at Shutdown Stan Pusieski, the creator of Exploding Whale Sports has announced on Facebook that his sports page will be maintained through July 6, the fifth anniversary of its creation. The heading merely says Thank You Florence. It’s been a blast. Coast Radio has reached out […]
Postponed Not Cancelled The Eugene Emeralds are currently listing their missed games on the 2020 short season schedule as postponed and have not yet made the decision to consider the season cancelled. There is no news on when or how the season will begin as major league teams are still […]
City Opens Most Park Facilities It was a happy day for parents and little athletes yesterday as the Florence Littlefoots youth baseball team met at Miller Park. It was their first time to practice since the coronavirus pandemic shut down all sporting activities. Yesterday the city of Florence opened playground […]
NCAA To Officially Recognize Sport The sport of Tumbling and Acrobatics will finally get its due. The Oregon Ducks have been a vanguard of promoting the sport. The Ducks won their first national title in 2011, but up until recently the sport was not recognized by the NCAA. This week […]
Beavers Selected to College Hall of Fame Ballot Two Oregon State Beavers were added to the College Football Hall of Fame Ballot this week. Ken Simonton and Mike Hass have been added to the 2021 ballot which will be distributed to more than 12,000 members of the National Football Foundation. […]
Virtual Track Meet Track athletes from the Oregon Track Club will compete this Saturday in a virtual competition with athletes from the Atlanta Track club. Athletes will compete in Lane County at an undisclosed location and will feature the men’s and women’s 600 meters, 1200 meters and a mixed relay. […]
Workouts Return to Campus Small groups of students will be able to return to workouts on the campus of the University of Oregon according to university officials. the same goes for Oregon State University. The Oregon Health Authority says both schools can return to limited workouts. The U of O […]
Siuslaw Athletic Director Chris Johnson says that while no confirmations have been made as to the start of training for fall sports, the coaching staffs are planning with the hopes that they will be able to begin in person workouts sometime in the month of July. “As things stand now […]
The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports congraulate Elijah LaCosse as this week’s Athlete of the Week. Elijah finished the State Wrestling Championship in third place. After losing in the first round he went on to score 5 consecutive pins including a rematch against his first round opponent. He was one of only two wrestlers in the tournament to do that and scored 23 points in the 138 pound weight bracket.
Honorable mention goes to another Viking Wrestler, Hayden Muller who placed 4th in the 135 pound girls division.
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Join us this Thursday as we catch up with Siuslaw Viking Wrestling Coach, Neil Wartnik.
