Local Sports – Prep Athlete of the Week

Athlete of the Week

Siuslaw football standout Jake Thompson is Coast Radio Sports’ Athlete of the Week.  The Viking signal caller started his senior season by completing 13-of-15 passes for 131 yards and carried the ball 14 times for 85 yards and three touchdowns; one of them a 51 yard scamper midway through the 2nd quarter; in Siuslaw’s season opening victory over the Marshfield Pirates.

Honorable mention goes to wide receiver and defensive back Samuel L. Johnson who had several key defensive plays and garnered 71 all-purpose yards in the same game.  Johnson carried the ball twice for 15 yards and had three catches for 56 yards.