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May 5
• MHS Track & Field
at Mapleton 4 pm
May 7
PHOTOS BY NED HICKSON/SIUSLAW NEWS
• SHS Baseball
at Marshfield 3/ 5 pm
• SHS Softball at
at Marshfield 3/5 pm
• SHS Track & Field
at C. Grove HS 4 pm
Vikings raise bar at Sky-Em Showcase
Siuslaw senior Gracie
Freudenthal clears the final
hurdle en route to second
place in the 100-meter
hurdles with a season-record
time of 17.67a.
By Zeahna Young
Siuslaw News
On Friday (April 30), the
Vikings hosted the Sky-Em
League Showcase at home, com-
peting against Marshfield,
Cottage Grove, Junction City
and Elmira. Adding several
more Personal Records (PRs)
and winning times to the sea-
son, the boys finished in first
place overall with 194.5 points,
and the girls finished fourth
with 94 points.
The boys’ team won several
events that afternoon. On the
track, James Smith won the 400
meters with a time of 55.70a,
May 11
• SHS Baseball
hosts Marist 5 pm
• SHS Softball at
hosts Marist 5 pm
Tide Tables
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Daniel Paasch (front) gets the hand-off from Camp Lacouture in the boys 4x100-meter relay last Friday during the Siuslaw Sky-
Em Showcase. Siuslaw finished second with a time of 46.31.
Low Tide
and Jaxson Jensen finished first
in the 800 meters with a time of
2:08.59a.
In the 3000-meter race, Chad
Hughes ran a PR time of 9:22.27a
for first place, and Camp
Lacouture won the 300-meter
hurdles with a PR of 45.49a.
Hughes’ score now has him
ranked No. 1 in the Sky-Em
See
Siuslaw falls in two narrow losses to Lions
May 5
7:58am / 5.8
9:27pm / 6.2
2:28am / 2.8
2:45pm / 0.5
By Zeahna Young
Siuslaw News
Siuslaw baseball swept by Lions
By Zeahna Young/The Siuslaw News
May 6
9:12am / 5.7
10:09pm / 6.5
On Friday (April 30), the Viks hosted
Cottage Grove for a doubleheader at home.
Siuslaw rallied hard in both games, but were
swept by the Lions, losing the first game 4-6
and the second 9-11.
3:35am / 2.2
3:39pm / 0.8
May 7
10:15am / 5.7
10:43pm / 6.8
4:28am / 1.5
4:25pm / 1.1
ZEAHNA YOUNG/SIUSLAW NEWS
May 8
11:09am / 5.8
11:14pm / 7.0
5:12am / 0.9
5:04pm / 1.3
In game one, the Vikings started strong,
with Elijah Blankenship pitching to Jason
Garcia behind the plate. Said coach Tom
Shinn, “We did a good job of getting out
front early.”
Although neither team scored in the first
Siuslaw's Beau Erickson takes a lead off of
first base during Friday's doubleheader.
See
BASEBALL 2B
Lady Vikings catch Lions, nab first win
May 9
11:56am / 5.9
11:43pm / 7.2
By Zeahna Young
Siuslaw News
5:51am / 0.3
5:41pm / 1.6
“The athletes were quite successful at let-
ting the first game of the night be history
and focusing on the game in front of them,”
said coach Sean O’Mara of Siuslaw’s softball
team and their performance on Friday night
(April 30).
“The Vikings secured their first win of the
season defeating the Cottage Grove Lions in
the nightcap of today’s doubleheader,” said
O’Mara. “I was quite pleased at the mental
May 10
12:38pm / 6.0
6:26am / -0.1
6:14pm / 2.0
May 11
12:11am 7.3
1:19pm / 6.0
6:59am / -0.4
6:47pm / 2.3
See
ZEAHNA YOUNG/SIUSLAW NEWS
SOFTBALL 2B
Lady Vikings pitcher Cate Waggoner goes
into her wind-up against Cottage Grove.
TRACK 2B
ODFW REGIONAL
FISHING REPORT
www.dfw.state.or.us/RR
MID-COAST LAKES:
Mid-coast lakes are full of
trout and the fishing has
been good. Many of the lakes
have been stocked twice now
and several others received
stockings in mid-March.
Here is a list of the lakes that
have been stocked so far this
year: Thissel Pond, Cleawox,
Munsel, Mercer, Alder, Dune,
Buck, Lost, Carter, Devils,
Woahink, Elbow, Siltcoos,
Eckman, and Big Creek
Reservoirs #1 and #2. All of
these lakes are scheduled to
receive more trout stockings
in April as well.
SIUSLAW RIVER: Winter
steelhead
Winter steelhead fishing
continues to be slow on the
Siuslaw and is slowing down
for the season which closed
March 31. Trout fishing in
streams opens on May 22.
Hatchery fish are also planted
in Lake Creek and are
released into Green Creek.
These returning hatchery fish
will start to show up in
December and peak in
January and February. Lake
Creek closed to all fishing on
March 31 and will open on
May 22 for trout fishing.
It looks like another busy week in Florence Real Estate.
In the last week there were 11 new listings although 4 are already pending. There are 19 sold properties of which 7 were lots.
Coldwell Banker is gearing up for the season with new listings coming up. One of those will be a newly built, under 1700 sq
ft in Shelter Cove with views of the river. It will be around $579,000 and should be ready in about 6 months.
Call me if you’re looking for a home to buy or sell, I’d be thrilled to help you.
Be safe and continue to wear a mask.
100 Hwy. 101, Florence, OR • 541.997.7777
Lynnette Wikstrom
Broker
“We’re next to the Bridge.”
lynnette@cbcoast.com · Cell: 541.999.0786
COAST REAL ESTATE