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Athlete of the Week The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports congratulate Viking Wrestler Matthew Horillo as this week’s athlete of the week. Horillo went undefeated this past weekend in a dual meet matchup, which included defeating the #2 ranked Christopher Woods from Hidden Valley in the […]
Siuslaw High School Athletic Director has announced that local former Viking, Ashlee Cole has been named as the Girls Basketball Head Coach. Cole is a 2014 graduate of Siuslaw High School and was a 4 sport athlete during her Viking tenure.
Viking Sports Talk 3 Siuslaw Vikings head to Portland for a Friday Morning meet that will determine who will be State Champion. The Veterans Memorial Coliseum will host the meet. Grappling gets underway at 8:30 a.m. Coach Neil Wartnik spoke on Viking Sports Talk:
College Basketball Action In Starksville Mississippi last night the #5 Mississippi State Bulldogs defeated the #9 ranked Lady Ducks 90 – The OSU women defeated Savannah State 84-36 The Ducks move to 8-3 on the season as they defeated Portland State last night at home 95-84. Red shirt Senior Elijah […]
Vikings Home Opener Dampened Visiting Cottage Grove dampened the season opener for the Vikings. The Viks opened a 5 game home stand but had trouble finding their feet without senior starter Trent Reavis who will miss the entire season due to an injury sustained in competition last week. The final […]
Viking Sports: The Siuslaw Viking boy’s basketball team improved to 4-2 over the weekend in the Les Schwab Eagle Booster Classic by defeating Colton in the finale 55-45. The Vikings will play their next 5 games at home beginning tomorrow evening at 5:45 on KCST. The Vking Girl’s Basketball team […]
Viking results The Lady Vikings battled hard with the Bruins last night in Brookings Harbor but in the end fell 7-6. At home the Viking boys went down to the Bruins 14-8 Beavers and Ducks Results Oregon State pitchers held the Ducks at bay last night in Corvalis. Beaver […]
Thompson is Stellar Oregon State punctuated their series with the USC Trojans on Sunday with a 10 -1 win. Former Siuslaw Viking Jake Thompson went 8 innings and had a career high 11 K’s. It’s his 5th consecutive outing with at least 7 innings allowing just one run, one walk […]
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.
