Siuslaw splits with Walport; Siletz Valley sweeps the Sailors
Abby Watkins led scoring with 16 points and had seven steals and the Siuslaw Vikings downed the Waldport Lady Irish at home last night, 46-15 for a non-league basketball victory. Destinie Tatum scored 11 points and pulled down 11 rebounds for Siuslaw.
On the boys court, the Irish came out on top 52-43.
In Siletz last night, the Warriors swept the Mapleton Sailors in two Mountain West League games… the Lady Sailors falling 62-14 in the opener; It was Siletz over the Mapleton boys 66-28 in the nightcap.
Ducks hold off Cal; Cardinal beats the Beavers
Pac-12 Basketball last night… Chris Boucher (boo-SHAY) scored 18 points; Tyler Dorsey added 17, and Oregon held off California 68-65 at Matthew Knight Arena.
In Corvallis, Rosco Allen has 21 points and eight rebounds for Stanford as the Cardinal beat Oregon State 78-72. Gary Payton II led the Beavers with 22 points.
A new approach to prep wrestling debuts in Florence
On the mats tonight… Siuslaw Wrestling will host the other five Far West league teams in a new format meet. Viking coach Neil Wartnik says it’s not your typical “league” dual meet.
Neil Wartnik – “Because we’ve had a shortage of numbers in some schools, the dual meet has kind of lost its energy. And so, we’re going to a different format, we’re running it like a tournament.”
Wartnik says this will be a new way of doing things…
Neil Wartnik – “We’re the pilot ship in Florence. We’re bringing in all five other of the Far West schools. And we’re going to put all the varsity people from each team; we’re going to pit them against each other. Some of the boys may have five matches tonight.”
Wrestling gets under way at 4:30… Wartnik compared the competition style as being similar to the way Olympic wrestling is scored.
