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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 […]
Prep baseball and softball After several starts and stops yesterday, the Viking baseball makeup against South Umpqua was postponed yesterday yet again… it’ll be made up in Florence at 5 pm. Today the two teams will meet in Riddle for a double header… game one is at noon… the pregame […]
Mapleton will host a Mountain West League track and field meet today. Field events are set to begin at 4:30… running events at five. Siuslaw baseball is scheduled for a makeup game this afternoon at five against the South Umpqua Lancers. That game had been originally set for Tuesday but […]
The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports congratulate Elijah Blankenship as this week’s Athlete of the Week. In last week’s outing against Sutherlin, Elijah was 3 for 3 at the plate with 1 RBI and a base on balls. Blankenship reached base each of his four appearances at the plate.
Honorable mention goes to Mapleton Runner Brier Shird who set personal records in the 200 and 800 meter runs taking second place in the 800.
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Join us this Thursday as we catch up with Siuslaw Viking Wrestling Coach, Neil Wartnik.
