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May 11
• SHS Baseball
hosts Marist 5 pm
• SHS Softball at
hosts Marist 5 pm
PHOTOS BY ZEAHNA YOUNG/SIUSLAW NEWS
Heather Wierichs releases a discus throw of 41-11 for the Lady Sailors during last Wednesday's multi-team home meet at
Mapleton. It was the final meet of the season for the Sailors.
May 14
• SHS track & field
hosts Sky-Em League
Championships
11 am
May 15
• SHS track & field
hosts Sky-Em League
Championships
11 am
• SHS Baseball
at J. City noon/2 pm
• SHS Softball
Mapleton track posts PRs in runaway season
Mapleton's JJ Neece prepares
to launch the winning javelin
throw during last Wednesday's
final home meet.
By Zeahna Young
Siuslaw News
On Wednesday (May 5),
Mapleton hosted its final track
meet of the season at home.
Seven other schools from the 1A
District 2 League were in atten-
dance, and in addition to finish-
ing first with Personal Records
(PRs) in several events, both
Sailors teams took fourth place
overall in the meet.
Mapleton’s boys team fared
quite well in all participated
events. On the field, JJ Neece
took first place in shot put, jave-
lin and the triple jump, setting
PRs in the shot put (38-5.5) and
the javelin (158-3). Neece is cur-
rently ranked first in Mapleton’s
league for the javelin, second for
the 100 meters, fourth in triple
jump and fifth in shot put.
On the track, Joe Shepard also
had a standout day, finishing
first in the 1500 meters with a
time of 4:55.00a. Shepard, who
is currently first in the league for
the 1500M, explained, “Initially,
for the 1500, I didn't think I was
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TRACK 2B
at J. City noon/2pm
Lady Vikings leave Falcons' nest with loss
Tide Tables
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
May 8
11:09am / 5.8
11:14pm / 7.0
5:12am / 0.9
5:04pm / 1.3
May 9
11:56am / 5.9
11:43pm / 7.2
5:51am / 0.3
5:41pm / 1.6
May 10
12:38pm / 6.0
6:26am / -0.1
6:14pm / 2.0
By Zeahna Young
Siuslaw News
On Tuesday (May 4), Siuslaw’s softball team
traveled to Elmira for their final game against
the Falcons for the season. The Lady Viks
started off the game strong but struggled to
score after the start of the game, losing to El-
mira after 5 innings 2-12.
Siuslaw was first at-bat in Tuesday’s game,
and catcher Adri Edwards was able to get on
base straightaway. After stealing second, and
advancing to third after a single from Bailey
Overton, Edwards stole home for the Vikings’
first run. Overton stole second and third base,
coming home for a run after a single hit by
Meika Shappell for an RBI; however, three
consecutive strikeouts ended the first half of
the inning for Siuslaw.
The Falcons’ first at-bat cycled through
their entire lineup, and Elmira was able to
pull in 6 runs in the bottom of the first before
ending their turn at the plate. Although the
Falcons scored several runs to start the game,
the Vikings’ Kya Blake had three killer put
outs at first base with 2 assists coming from
Overton and 1 from Shappell.
The second inning was quick for both
ZEAHNA YOUNG/SIUSLAW NEWS
Kya Blake (front) and Lizbeth Garcia-Galvan
ready themselves at first and second base
against Elmira last Tuesday.
teams, with neither the Vikings nor the Fal-
cons scoring runs — and each only having
three batters at the plate. Strikeouts ended the
Viks’ at-bat, while Elmira was stopped by
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Rhody Run to
continue both
in-person, virtually
The annual Rhododendron
Festival has been canceled
in order to comply with state
COVID-19 guidelines, the an-
nual Rhody Run 5K/10K Run-
Walk will continue.
This year’s event will be
held Saturday, May 15, at the
Florence Events Center, 715
Quince Street.
Registration begins at 7:30
a.m. with a start time of 9 a.m.
For those who would like
to participate but aren’t ready
for public events, like last year
there will also be a virtual op-
tion. It doesn’t matter if you’ve
been actively training or you
need to shake the dust off your
shoes, come out and enjoy the
beautiful, paved course with
gently rolling hills.
All ages are welcome to
SOFTBALL 2B
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RUN 2B
May 11
12:11am 7.3
1:19pm / 6.0
6:59am / -0.4
6:47pm / 2.3
Falcons fly away with wins over Vikings in two-game re-match
By Zeahna Young
Siuslaw News
May 12
12:38am / 7.3
1:58pm / 6.0
7:33am / -0.6
7:20pm / 2.6
May 13
1:06am / 7.2
2:38pm / 5.9
8:07am / -0.7
7:52pm / 3.0
May 14
1:36am / 7.1
3:20pm / 5.8
8:42am / -0.6
8:27pm / 3.2
ZEAHNA YOUNG/SIUSLAW NEWS
Siuslaw's Noah Dotson beats the tag at home during Tuesday's
doubleheader at Elmira High School.
“I am really proud of the ef-
fort given by the team today.
It was a weird circumstance
to have to finish up this
game,” said Coach Tom Shinn
of the Vikings’ baseball team’s
execution in Tuesday’s (May
4) first game at Elmira.
It was indeed a strange sit-
uation, as Siuslaw’s first game
against Elmira on Tuesday
was actually the second half
of a game which started the
first week of the season on
April 16, as game two of a
home doubleheader.
That first doubleheader
went late, so the umpires had
to call the game after only
three innings, leading to Siu-
slaw and Elmira rescheduling
the second half of game two
for the schools’ next meeting
— which ended up being this
past week.
Although the Vikings were
playing on the road, they
were technically “at home”
for the first game on Tuesday,
starting on defense at the top
of the fourth inning, behind
8-13.
With Elijah Blankenship
pitching to Jason Garcia, and
half a season more of expe-
rience behind the team, they
picked up where they left off
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BASEBALL 3B