2B | SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 2021 | SIUSLAW NEWS
Vikings rally to keep alive against hard-hitting Pirates
By Zeahna Young
Siuslaw News
On Tuesday (April 20),
the Vikings hosted Marsh-
field’s baseball team and,
despite having a difficult
time getting started, Siu-
slaw fought until the end
of the seventh inning to
stay in the game and not
be shut out — or be sent
home early.
According to coach Tom
Shin, “We struggled at the
plate early.”
Starting on the mound
was Isaac Garza, who
threw to Jason Garcia.
The Viks were unable
to score in the first four
innings of the game, al-
lowing the Pirates multiple
runs in each. Clay Kramer
relieved Garza but, by the
end of the fourth inning,
Marshfield was up 12-0
and threatening to end
game early due to the 10-
run mercy rule.
At the bottom of the
fifth, the Pirates had
Little
from 1B
with “later,” it could mean
in fi ve minutes, fi ve hours
or fi ve days. Unless we add
a more specifi c time to our
“Later,” we leave them in
limbo.
As for my answer to
Miles, I went immediate-
ly outside though I could
have said “Aft er I fi nish this
SHS
from 1B
Loomis had a Personal
Record (PR) in the shot
put with a throw of 39-07,
as well as top throws in
both the discus and jave-
lin, with marks of 125-08
and 149-07, respectively.
Another standout per-
formance for the day was
had by junior Camp La-
couture, who won first
place in the pole vault
with a PR of 12-06.
“The pole vault is so
tough because there is so
much timing involved,
and it’s constantly chang-
ing because of wind con-
ditions, pole sizes, ability
and how you execute each
trial,” Johnson said. “So,
for Camp to come in and
PR in his first opportuni-
ty, he beat a pretty good
field and had good looks
at 13 feet — which would
make our top 10 list of
all time. I think you’re
going to see some good
things from Camp over
the course of the year, and
he had a great Long Jump,
too.”
Lacouture placed sec-
ond in the long jump with
another PR at 19-00.
In addition to Loomis
and Lacouture’s efforts on
the field, the boys team ex-
Sailors
from 1B
Mapleton senior JJ
Neece is one of the Sailors’
top all-around athletes,
with his training on the
football field last season
translating into his per-
formance on the track
and field Wednesday.
In Javelin, Neece came
in first, throwing 151-11.
Neece also placed first in
the triple jump (38-5.5)
as well as coming in sec-
ond in the 100-meter race
with a time of 11.8.
Junior Joe Shepard, the
only other member of
Mapleton’s boys team,
also had outstanding per-
formances, taking first
place in the 1500M with a
scored another run, put-
ting them up 13-0, which
meant the Viks needed 4
runs in their next at bat for
the game to continue.
Fortunately, Marshfield
had a pitching change
during Siuslaw’s turn at
the plate, which worked in
favor of the Vikings.
“In the fifth inning with
the pitching change by
Marshfield,” said Shinn,
“we started putting the
ball in play, and they made
a few misplays — of which
we took advantage.”
After this point, the Vi-
kings seemed to fight with
new vigor, scoring 4 runs
in the inning, and just
enough to keep the game
going.
In the sixth inning, each
time scored once but, in
the final inning of the
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game, despite bringing in
Elijah Blankenship as the Siuslaw senior Dalton Stinger attempts to stop a third-base steal by Marshfield
team’s final relief pitch- during last Tuesday’s game against the Pirates.
er, the Pirates came away
2-for-4 at the plate with Kramer, who pitched in-
with 6 runs to Siuslaw’s 2, 20-7.
Notably,
Ian
Sissel
went
2 RBIs and 1 run scored. nings three through six,
bringing the final score to
picked up 1 strikeout, hit
2-for-3 and had 2 runs.
“I was pleased with the
resiliency of the team. Be-
ing down big in the fifth
inning, it would have been
really easy to give in. But
the men worked them-
selves back into the game.”
The
Vikings
faced
Marist away for a double-
header last night (after
press deadlines).
Their next game is at
home on Tuesday (April
27) against Junction City,
beginning at 5 p.m.
Current guidelines state
that Siuslaw High School
may no longer accept vis-
iting fans for baseball. JV
baseball tickets will be
limited to two tickets per
player. Varsity tickets will
still be attained while sup-
plies last on Hometown
ticketing
(https://www.
siuslaw.k12.or.us/o/siu-
slaw-high-school/page/
siuslaw-on-line-ticket-
ing).
one chapter in my book.”
I recently took a fall on
my front lawn injuring my
right shoulder — so, I am
glad I threw passes to him
when I did because now it
may be some time before
I throw footballs, whiffl e
balls for batting practice, or
play basketball with any of
my grandchildren.
However, I do see — in
the near future — a back-
yard batting cage with a
protective screen to keep
me safe from line drives up
the middle.
For many of us, our ac-
tive athletic days become
fewer with age. As an aging
athlete, I will do the best I
can to help my grandchil-
dren learn sport skills. I
will be helped by advanced
technology and equipment
that will help me help them.
them tell you what they did
while playing.
You will know when
you have said “Later” too
oft en. It will be when they
stop asking for you to join
them. I am delaying my
use of “Later” for as long as
possible.
I hope to have many
more years of them asking
for me to throw some pass-
es.
celled on the track. Soph-
omore Sam Ulrich, who
ran his first high school
race this week, took first
place in the 1500 meters
with a time of 4:29.75a.
Also running in the
first meet of his high
school career was soph-
omore Hunter Pettersen,
who placed first in the
100 meters.
“Hunter is just a tough
guy,” said Johnson. “We
threw him on two relays,
and he was on the win-
ning team in the four-by-
four [relay], and he also
ran a great leg in the four-
by-one [relay], so he’s ex-
citing. It’s kind of refresh-
ing; he’s someone who we
saw last year as having
potential, but then to see
him grow a year and come
back is pretty exciting.”
For not having run their
first year of high school
due to last school year’s
season being canceled as
a result of the pandem-
ic, Ulrich and Pettersen
are already proving to
be strong competitors to
watch for on the Vikings’
team in the future.
On the girls’ side, An-
drea Osbon matched
Loomis’s throws win-for-
win, also placing first in
all three throwing events
for the Lady Viks.
Bandon and Elmira with a
time of 4:30.00a.
“Gracie and Brea were
on a team that ran 4:07
last year,” explained John-
son, “which was one of
our fastest times in school
history. So, they bring
back some experience, but
then Rylee and Corduroy
Holbrook had never run
in a high school four-by-
four.”
Freudenthal also placed
first in the 100-meter
dash and 300-meter hur-
dles, coming in with times
of 18.30a and 55.07a, re-
spectively.
In all, it was a success-
ful first event coming off
of a record-winning cross
country season for John-
son’s Vikings.
Yesterday (April 23),
ZEAHNA YOUNG/SIUSLAW NEWS
Siuslaw hosted the Cen-
Siuslaw’s Camp Lacouture warms up on the javelin runway. Lacouture threw 137- tral Coast Invitational
(after press deadlines).
08 for third place. He also won the pole vault with a PR of 12-6.
The Vikings’ next meet is
“Andrea Osbon also had “but Rylee had a big PR won the 4x400 relay, with this Tuesday (April 27) at
a great day,” said Johnson. with a 5:13.42a, her fastest Blankenship, Colton, Cor- Cottage Grove. Events be-
So far, Osbon holds sea- time ever. She just contin- duroy Holbrook and Gra- gin at 4 p.m.
son records for all three ues to ride the momen- cie Freudenthal defeating
events, with a 37-06 in the tum that she created for
shot put, a mark of 99-11 herself during the cross
in the discus and a 100-00 country season.”
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On the track, Rylee ship came in second and
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PR of 5:02.9h. Shepard
also placed second in the
800M with another PR of
2:29.8h.
On the field, Shepard
took second in the triple
jump behind Neece with
a PR leap of 38-3 and was
third in the long jump
with a PR of 18-1.
The girls team also per-
formed well on both track
and field, coming in third
overall with 67 points in
team scoring. Triangle
Lake scored 127 point for
first place overall, fol-
lowed by Yoncalla in sec-
ond with 74 points.
On the field, senior
Heather Wierichs set two
PRs in the meet, placing
third in the shot put at
23-6, and landing a sixth-
In 2004, I put my coach-
ing clipboard away. My
children were all in the
capable hands of Siuslaw
High School coaches.
When I took a chair to my
SMS basketball practice, I
knew the MS fatigue was
preventing me from coach-
ing in the manner I was
accustomed to coaching.
So, I retired from coaching
everywhere except at my
house with my grandchil-
dren.
Fift een years later, I try
to engage in activities with
my grandchildren. On a
good day for me, it is out-
side. Or it will be inside
playing board games, read-
ing stories, doing puzzles
or just watch them play in
the backyard.
It is more fun to watch
them play than to have
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place throw in the discus
at 54-7.
Sophomore
Emily
Neece also had two PRs,
finishing second in shot
put (26-6) and third in
discus with a 61-3.)
Also on the field was
junior Opal Burruss, who
set a PR in the triple jump
after a leap of 24-10.5.
Burruss also had a stand-
out performance in the
1500 meters with in first-
place time of 6:14.0h. She
also set a PR in the 800
meters to place second in
3:13.0h.
Junior Brier Shird took
first in the 800-meter race
for the Sailors, finishing
in 3:09.0h. Shird also took
second in the long jump
at 12-9.75.
In this first meet, coach
Burruss said he was
pleased with his athletes’
performances, specifical-
ly with Shepard and
Opal’s performances in
the 1500M.
“Joe and Opal both did
a great job in the 1500.
They both ran pace for
the majority of the race,
then took control on the
last lap.”
Mapleton’s next meet is
this Wednesday (April
28) at Pleasant Hill.
Events begin at 3 p.m.
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