2B | WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 2020 | SIUSLAW NEWS
Track
from 1B
League for the 3000 meters.
On the field, Avery Hart
threw the winning mark in
shot put after landing a PR
at 40-08.25. Teammate
Skyler Loomis placed first
in both the discus and jav-
elin, with a PR of 130-01 in
the discus, and a throw of
152-05 in javelin.
Hart is now ranked first
Baseball
from 1B
inning, Siuslaw scored a
run in the second, as well
as 2 more runs in the third
for a 3-0 lead.
Again, neither team
scored in the fourth in-
ning, but in the fifth inning
the Lions began to turn the
tables.
According to Shinn,
“The fifth inning was a
problem for us. A couple
of errors led to some un-
earned runs that helped
their momentum.”
The Lions picked up 3
runs that inning, tying the
game, while the Viks were
unable to score during
their turn at the plate in the
bottom of the inning.
Siuslaw brought in Beau
Erickson for relief on the
mound in the sixth inning,
with Blankenship having
picked up 7 strikeouts in
five innings. But the Lions
continued their momen-
tum into inning six, scor-
ing 2 more runs and taking
the lead.
Siuslaw picked up anoth-
er run in the sixthe, going
into the final inning be-
hind by just 1 run, 4-5. In
the final inning, the Viks
brought in Andrew Nor-
man-Jensen, who struck
out 2 Lions batter, but
Softball
from 1B
toughness shown through-
out the team.”
With Cate Waggoner
pitching to Adri Edwards
at the start of the game, the
girls gave up 3 runs to the
Lions in the first inning be-
fore tagging out two differ-
ent players at first base —
where Kya Blake had 2 put
outs with one assist from
short stop Bailey Overton,
and one from second base-
man Lizbeth Garcia-Gal-
van.
In the bottom of the first,
Garcia-Galvan had a dou-
ble for 2 RBIs, bringing the
score to 2-3 by the end of
the inning.
In the next inning, the
Viks gave up 6 runs to the
Lions, providing Cottage
Grove with a comfortable
lead before 3 more put outs
at first base from Blake. In
the bottom of the second
inning, Hayden Muller hit
a single for an RBI, giving
Siuslaw 1 run for the in-
ning — with the score 9-3
in favor of the Lions head-
ing into the third.
“The Vikings had too
many errors to overcome
in order to earn a win in
in the league overall for
shot put following Friday’s
performance.
Although the girls’ team
did not finish first, they
had outstanding perfor-
mances and new records at
the meet.
On the track, for the
1500
meters,
Brea
Blankenship and Rylee
Colton placed second
(5:05.57a) and third
(5:05.69a), respectively,
both finishing with PR
times. In the 3000-meter
race, Viking freshmen
dominated, with Jane
Lacouture taking first with
a PR time of 12:35.58a and
Corduroy Holbrook com-
ing in second with a PR of
12:36.44a.
Gracie Freudenthal took
second place in the 100-
meter hurdles (17.67a) and
third in the 300H (52.18a).
The senior ran season-re-
cord time in both races.
The girls also took first
place in the 4x400 relay,
with
Blankenship,
Arrianna Brown, Colton
and Freudenthal finishing
with a time of 4:33.53a.
On the field, Andrea
Osbon continues to domi-
nate, smashing the 40-foot
milestone mark in the shot
put with a PR at 41-02.00.
Osbon also dominated the
discus with a PR of 116-02
Cottage Grove managed 1
more run while holding the
Viks away from home plate
to secure the win, 6-4 over
Siuslaw.
Although, they did not
come out with the win, Siu-
slaw did well at the plate,
with Isaac Garza hitting
3-for-4 and picking up an
RBI. Ian Sissel went 2-for-4
and had 2 RBIs.
“We did a good job of
limiting the number of
errors in the game,” said
Shinn.
The Viks started game
two with Garza pitching
to Garcia. They gave up
2 runs in the first inning,
but then quickly silenced
the Lions with three quick
outs: Ian Sissel caught a
pop fly in the outfield then,
on an attempted stolen
base, Garcia threw to Vic-
tor Reyna-Ayala at second
base for a tagout. Garza
struck out the last batter.
In the bottom of the first,
the Vikings answered the
Lions with 2 runs of their
own. Erickson and Garcia
each singled and stole 2
bases, with Garcia picking
up 2 RBIs. Siuslaw was able
to get the bases loaded but
then had a strikeout and 2
pop flies on its next three
at-bats to end the inning.
In the second inning,
the Lions picked up 3 runs
to the Vikings’ 1, bring-
ing the score to 3-5. In the
third, Garza picked up 3
more strikeouts but the Li-
ons were still able to score
twice — bringing the score
to 7-4 by the end of the in-
ning.
In the fourth, the Viks
brought Erickson to the
mound after 2 more Lions
runs. Meanwhile, Siuslaw
went scoreless in the bot-
tom of the inning.
Erickson had a strikeout
in the top of the fifth, and
was then switched out for
Clay Kramer, who finished
the game. The Viks gave up
2 more runs before their
next at-bat and, going into
the bottom of the fifth, Siu-
slaw trailed 11-4.
The Vikings sparked a
rally in the bottom of the
inning, with singles for
Blankenship, Garcia and
Henry Rankin. Blanken-
ship stole his way home,
with Garcia and Rankin
both picking up RBIs. In
all, they scored 5 runs in
the inning, closing the gap
to within two runs, 11-9.
Unfortunately, darkness
heading into the 6th inning
and, in the bottom of the
inning after holding the Li-
ons scoreless during their
at bat, the game was called
— leaving the tying runs
from Kramer and Blanken-
ship on base.
The final score was 11-9
in favor of the Lions.
“I have to give their
pitcher some credit for
being able to keep us off
balance. We put the ball
in play well in this game,”
said Shinn. “However,
there were several instanc-
es where kids hit the ball
right on the screw and it
went right to the Cottage
Grove players.”
The Viks hit stronger
in game two than in the
opener, with Erickson and
Rankin both hitting .500,
Sissel hitting 2-for-3 and
Garcia hitting .1000. Gar-
cia also had a total of 3 RBIs
and 1 run for the game.
“Real proud of Jason
Garcia behind the plate,”
said Shinn. “He had to
catch both games of the
doubleheader and [was]
still working to block
pitches and throw out run-
ners stealing second.”
Siuslaw went on to play
Elmira away for a double-
header last night (May 4)
in a make-up game from
April 16 at home. Both
games were played after
print deadlines.
Siuslaw plays again this
Friday (May 7), away at
Marshfield for a double-
header starting at 3 p.m.
game one of the double-
header,” explained O’Mara.
In the third inning, Cot-
tage Grove only picked up
1 run, but the Viks were
unable to score despite
singles by Meika Shappell,
Brooke Olson and Blake.
During inning fourth,
Siuslaw seemed to break
Cottage Grove’s momen-
tum, holding the Lions
to just 1 run while having
their best inning of the
game. After Edwards and
Muller were both walked
— with each picking up
a stolen base — Overton
knocked a home run, nab-
bing 3 RBIs and bringing
the score to 6-11 by the end
of the inning.
Unfortunately, the Vi-
kings were not able to
score for the remainder of
the game, while the Lions
picked up 6 more runs for a
final score of 17-6 in favor
of Cottage Grove.
According to O’Mara,
“The offense and defense
was going to have to make
some adjustments if they
were to have an opportuni-
ty to score their first league
win in the second game of
the night.”
In the nightcap, Siuslaw
did just that, fighting un-
til the very end to take the
win.
Cottage Grove scored 1
run in the first inning, but
Siuslaw answered in the
second with 3 trips across
the plate and taking a 3-1
lead.
The Lions roared back,
picking up 5 more runs
by the end of the fourth to
take a 6-3 lead. However,
the Viks picked up 1 run in
the fifth and held the Lions
scoreless until the sixth in-
ning, when they brought 1
more run home.
But this time it was
the Vikings who roared,
knocking in 4 runs to take
a narrow 8-7 lead.
Siuslaw kept the Lions
away from home plate in
the seventh as the Vikings
picked up their first win.
On offense, Overton
had another monumental
game, picking up another
homerun as well as a dou-
ble, 2 RBIs, 2 runs and 2
stolen bases.
Muller went hit .500 at
the plate and picked up
4 RBIs along with 1 run.
Kristin Wall went-2-for3,
with 1 RBI and 1 run
scored.
Waggoner pitched the
entire second game, com-
pleting her first game as
a winning pitcher with 3
strikeouts and limiting the
Lions to only 8 hits in game
two.
On defense, Overton had
a total of 8 assists and 7 put
outs for the evening, in-
cluding 3 tag outs on stolen
base attempts.
Muller had 2 put outs
and 1 assist.
“The athletes have been
facing challenges and ad-
versity all season long
and, up to this point, we
had not been able to over-
come these issues with
a complete game effort,”
explained O’Mara. “Now
that the athletes have that
first win, we have set our
sights on not back-sliding
with our approach to prac-
tice and games. There was
a great deal of discussion
after the game amongst the
coaching staff and athletes
about building on this win
through a sustained effort
to improve in practice and
be prepared for the games
ahead.”
The Viks play a mnake-
up game at Elmira last
night (after press dead-
lines.) Siuslaw plays again
Friday at Marshfield.
First game is at 3 p.m.
— seciring wins in both
events. Osbon went on to
place second in the javelin
at 99-01. She is currently
ranked first in the Sky-Em
for both the shot put and
discus after Friday’s meet.
Following last Friday’s
move to the “Extreme
Risk” category for Lane
County, Siuslaw canceled
its meet at Newport sched-
uled for yesterday (May 4),
opting to host a home
inter-squad meet instead.
Siuslaw’s next meet will
be the Wally Ciochetti
Invitational at Cottage
Grove this Friday (May 7),
beginning at 2 p.m.
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