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Siuslaw
from 1B
into the second half of
league play that starts on
Friday.”
Cate Waggoner pitched
the entire game to Adri
Edwards and picked up 4
strikeouts for the day.
The Viks took the lead
early in the game with 2
runs in the first inning to
Junction City’s 1. Siuslaw
picked up another run in
the second while holding
the Tigers scoreless at the
plate, bringing the score to
3-1 over Junction City.
However, in the third
inning the Vikings were
unable to score while the
Tigers managed to bring
three runners across the
plate for a 4-3 advantage
Mapleton
from 1B
in the 3000 meters with a
time of 11:45.61h.
Senior JJ Neece set a
season record (SR) in
the 100 meters, coming
in third with a time of
11.84a. Neece also placed
fifth in the shot put with
a PR throw of 36-00.5,
and in the triple jump
with a leap of 37-03.
On the girls’ team, the
by the bottom of the
inning.
The Vikings came back
with 2 more runs in the
fourth, with the Tigers
scoring once — tying the
game at 5-5 to end inning.
In the fifth, Junction
City sent Siuslaw back to
the field after a fruitless at
bat, then eked out 1 run
during their turn at the
plate, taking a 6-5 lead
heading into the sixth
inning. Though the Lady
Vikings were able to keep
the Tigers from scoring in
both the sixth and final
innings, Siuslaw went
scoreless as well — with
Junction City holding on
for a narrow 6-5 win.
Although they did not
come out on top, the Viks
had some strong individu-
al performances.
Bailey Overton scored 3
runs and had 1 RBI, hit-
ting 3-for-5 and coming
away with a single, a dou-
ble and a home run.
According to O’Mara,
“She is really starting to
see the ball well and con-
tinues to be a staple part
of the Viking offense.”
Hayden Muller had 2
put outs and hit 50 per-
cent, picking up 2 singles
and 1 run scored.
Lizbeth Garcia-Galvan
also went 2-for-4 on the
day, grabbing 2 RBIs off a
pair of singles. On defense,
Garcia-Galvan had 2
assists and 4 put outs.
Finally, on defense,
Meika Shappell nailed an
F5, 5-4 double play, catch-
ing a pop-fly foul at third
base, then relaying it to
second base for the double
play.
In all, the girls are
improving with every
game, said O’Mara, and
were looking forward to
last night’s (April 30) dou-
bleheader at home against
Cottage Grove (after press
deadlines).
Sailors had three athletes
who set PRs for shot put,
including Emily Neece,
who came in fifth with a
throw of 26-07; Heather
Wierichs, who finished
sixth at 23-11.00; and
Brier Shird, who placed
eighth with a mark of 21-
10.25.
Emily Neece and Wi-
erichs also competed in
the discus, throwing 61-
03 and 49-04, respective-
ly, for fifth and seventh
place.
Shird set an SR in
the 800 meters, coming
in third with a time of
2:59.45h.
Also competing in
the 800-meter race was
Opal Burruss, who fin-
ished fourth and set a
PR of 3:07.43h. Burruss
also placed fourth in the
1500M, setting an SR of
6:06.58h, and went on to
land second in the triple
jump with a mark of 24-
08.
The Sailors’ next meet
is scheduled for Wednes-
day (May 5) at home.
However, the number of
spectators allowed will be
determined in the com-
ing days by the OSAA,
based on Lane County’s
move back into the “Ex-
treme Risk” category yes-
terday (April 30).
Baseball:
On the baseball dia-
mond, Siuslaw gave up 5
runs to the Tigers in the
first inning. Though they
came back to score 2 runs
in the bottom of the
inning, the Viks had trou-
ble coming back after that
point.
“Avoiding the big [defi-
cit] inning early will be a
key come Friday [last
night], when we take on
Cottage Grove,” explained
coach Tom Shinn.
Both teams were score-
less in the second inning,
but the Tigers scored 5
more runs by the end of
the fourth. The Vikings,
meanwhile, were unable
to score any runs. After a
scoreless fifth inning,
Junction City brought 4
more runs across the plate
in the sixth inning for a
13-2 lead over Siuslaw.
The Viks picked up 1
more run in at the bottom
of the sixth but, unfortu-
nately, they needed 2 more
to allow the game to con-
tinue without ending due
to the 10-run Mercy Rule.
The Tigers took the win
in the sixth inning, 13-3.
Despite the loss, the
Viks did well at the plate,
but were unlucky with
where the ball landed
throughout the game.
“I thought we hit the
ball well tonight,” said
Shinn. “Eight hits is a sea-
son high for us. We had
some balls that were well-
hit that ended up right at
Junction City players.”
Like the softball team,
the baseball team took on
Cottage Grove in a dou-
bleheader last night (after
press deadlines).
Their next games are at
Elmira this Tuesday (May
4), with softball beginning
at 5 p.m., and baseball
playing a make-up dou-
bleheader with the start-
ing time TBD.
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from 1B
shot put. She's knocking at
the door for sure.”
Osbon also placed first
in the javelin after clearing
95-07.
“She got some good at-
tempts and had a good se-
ries,” said Johnson.
This week, members
of the boys’ team pushed
themselves to try out new
events, which proved to
work in their favor overall.
“We have a lot of kids on
the boys’ team,” said John-
son. “We have some depth
and we had a few events
we didn't have a lot of kids
participating in. The way
track and field works, the
events that are sometimes
more difficult to pull off
athletically are the ones
people don't gravitate to-
ward.”
As an example, Johnson
said every track coach has
a hard time getting kids to
do the high hurdles and
the 300-meter hurdles.
“The high hurdles for the
boys are 39 inches; that's
tough to navigate, espe-
cially if you’re not tall. And
then the 300 hurdles — it’s
just really grueling. So, it’s
hard to get kids to do those
things.”
In addition to the in-
creased difficulty of cer-
tain events such as hur-
dles, some of the events
stand out for the reason
that they require spe-
cialized techniques that
would otherwise not be
learned naturally by an
athlete in any other sport.
“The triple jump is not
anything you do on the
playground when you’re
a little kid,” noted John-
son. “Everybody runs and
jumps — like the long
jump — and everybody
throws things. But the
triple jump is something
that you don’t really do
athletically.”
On Monday, Johnson
spoke with the boys team
about how it has a chance
to be competitive enough
to win the district cham-
pionship. But to do that
requires an all-hands-on-
deck type of approach,
with athletes doing events
that wouldn’t normally
do.
“Coach Ulrich, Coach
Perry and I just said,
‘We’ve won league cham-
pionships before, and
we’ll win again. But this
is your guys’ only chance
and, if we’re going to win,
it’s going to take people to
volunteer to do things that
are outside their comfort
zone.’”
Triple jump was one
such event that the Vikings
had nobody compete in
prior to Tuesday; however,
the league currently has no
standout athletes in this
competition.
“So, we challenged the
boys [and said], ‘You need
to learn how to triple jump
today, let’s go!’” explained
Johnson. “Six boys did
it, and Camp Lacouture
jumped first place with a
37-11, and James Smith
got third jumping 35-01.
That’s from never doing it
before, trying it one day
and the next day coming
into the meet and attempt-
ing it.
“Little things like that
make us way more com-
petitive as a team, so hats
off to the guys that tried.”
Rhys Fleming, Liam Mc-
Clellan, Owen Garneau
and Talin Loomis were
among the other athletes
who competed in the triple
jump to help their team set
new records, each coming
away with a PR. Mean-
while, Lucian Murphy
competed in the 110HH
and the 300-meter hurdles,
setting a PR for the 110HH
at 21.79a.
“Coaches have a vi-
sion,” said Johnson, “and
sometimes it’s hard to get
15-year-old kids to under-
stand what that vision is.
But on Tuesday, we defi-
nitely felt like the boys
were dialed into the pro-
cess and were willing to
do what they could do to
make us more competitive.
It was a great day.”
Also setting PRs and
placing first for the boys
were Jaxson Jensen in the
400 meters (54.86a) and
Samuel Ulrich in the 1500
meters (4:20.16a)
On the track, the girls
had some very notable
performances as well.
Brea Blankenship won the
1500 Meters with a time of
5:07.73.
“Brea had a great meet,”
said Johnson. “It’s such
a short season and with
COVID restrictions. We’re
used to going to these
meets with 25 teams, but
now we’re going to meets
with three teams. And for
distance runners, there’s
a short window of time
when they’re fit enough to
run fast.”
But as Johnson pointed
out, many are coming off
of a state championship
cross country season rath-
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they're in great shape. Still,
to transition from a 5K to
an 800-meter run is not
easy.
“We haven’t done a ton
of 800-meters specific
work yet, which it’s Brea’s
specialty. So, she jumped
into the 1500 with really
nobody else to run with —
and she just ran lights out.”
In addition to Blanken-
ship, Gracie Freudenthal
took first in the 400-meter
race with a PR of 1:04.54a,
and Rylee Colton took sec-
ond in the 800 meters.
The girls also took first
place in the 4x400 relay,
with Blankenship, Colton,
Jane Lacouture and Freu-
denthal finishing with a
time of 4:35.66a.
The Vikings held the
Sky-Em League Showcase
meet at home on yesterday
(After press deadlines).
Their next meet is Tuesday
(May 4) at Newport High
School, where they will
compete against Newport
and Philomath starting at
3:30 p.m.
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