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It’s all about the schedule today… Siuslaw is tied at the top of the Far West League Baseball standings with North Bend. The Vikings will be in Winston today for two games against the Douglas Trojans. Both games will air on Coast Radio Sports with the pregame show beginning at […]
Churchill dominated the boys’ end of things and Marshfield claimed the win for the girls at a four way track and field meet in Coos Bay. Ashlee Cole was a double-winner for Siuslaw, taking the discus with a throw of 106-07; the javelin with a toss of 123-04. Hayden Schaffner […]
Far West Baseball… The Siuslaw Vikings scored six runs on six hits… and that was only the top of the first inning… then they cruised to an 8-nothing shutout win over the South Umpqua Lancers in Myrtle Creek. Jake Thompson picked up the win on the mound, striking out 13 […]
Viking baseball standout Ryan Smith is Coast Radio Sports’ Athlete of the week… He was six-for-ten at the plate in three games last week with four extra base hits, two stolen bases and five runs scored. Smith was also the winning pitcher in a ten-run shutout win over Sutherlin, scattering […]
Five Siuslaw athletes saw action at the 49th annual Centennial Invitational track and field meet in Portland over the weekend… two of those set new school records in their events, erasing previous marks that they had set themselves. Katy Potter finished third in the elite 3,000 meters with a time […]
The Miami Dolphins traded up to the number 3 overall pick in the NFL draft to select outside linebacker Dion Jordan of Oregon. One of Jordan’s teammates was also taken in the first round… guard Kyle Long went with the 20th overall pick to the Chicago Bears. Rounds two and […]
Oregon’s Dion Jordan has found himself in the NFL draft ranking at fifth and the only Duck expected to go in tonight’s opening round. Jordan is one of 13 eligible Oregon players as well as the highest ranked from the state. Other notable Ducks: Kiko Alonso, Kenjon Barner, John Boyett, […]
Prep Baseball Siuslaw held off a seventh inning North Bend Rally and held on for a 7-4 Far West League baseball victory on the road last night. Jake Thompson scattered five hits and 13 strikeouts over the complete game for the win. The Vikings put up nine hits in all, […]
