2B | WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2020 | SIUSLAW NEWS
Track
from 1B
right now.”
Both
Lacouture
and
Hughes hit personal records
(PRs) with their jumps at
Friday’s meet, and they are at
number 10 and 15 respective-
ly on Siuslaw’s all-time list for
the pole vault.
Also notable on the field
was Skyler Loomis’ throw in
the javelin, for which he
earned first place with a 154-
01, as well as his throw in the
discus, which landed second
at 124-02.
The Vikings also had sever-
al athletes place in the discus
this week.
“Liam McClellan (124-00,
PR) and Christian Newlan
(121-09, PR) both had a pret-
ty good toss in the discus,”
said Johnson. “Again, they're
seniors, and it takes some
years to sort of figure this
event out, but they're all kind
of hitting their stride at the
right time. And we're blessed
to have Max Perry, he's one of
the best throwing coaches I
think anywhere.”
On the track, the boys also
made great marks.
“[It was a] really great day
for Chad Hughes,” said
Johnson, “he just continues to
get better and better. He had a
great race in the 1500.”
Hughes placed fifth and hit
a PR of 4:16.42a in the race.
“Probably one of the real
Baseball
from 1B
with a double and a single.
Clay Kramer caught the
next batter’s pop fly in cen-
ter field, but the Pirates still
picked up a run after their
player tagged up and headed
home.
After walking a batter,
Marshfield hit a double for
2 RBIs before Siuslaw shut
them down on a put-out
throw from Victor Rey-
na-Ayala to Henry Rankin
at first base —ending the
inning with Marshfield on
top, 3-1.
In the second inning,
Kramer hit a single, and
was followed by Chayton
James, who bunted to first
base. Blankenship then hit a
double for an RBI, sending
Softball
from 1B
They answered in kind on
defense in the bottom of the
second inning, with anoth-
er fast play out at first from
Overton to Blake.
The Lady Viks caught two
more pop flies in succession
after that to end the second
inning, thanks to Hayden
Muller in the outfield.
Siuslaw returned to bat
in the top of the third, but
again only had three batters
up that inning, one strik-
ing out and two sending
pop flies straight into Pirate
gloves.
Fishing
from 1B
Fishing on the Yaquina/Big
Elk will re-open on May 22
for trout fishing.
highlights to me was Sam
Ulrich,” noted Johnson. “He’s
a sophomore and didn’t have
a freshman track season
because of COVID, and he
was able to get a 4:13.55a for
the 1500. And some really
quality senior boys — some of
the best boys in the state —
were in that race with him, so
he ran great.”
Ulrich placed third in the
1500M and set a PR, but then
went on to race in the 800M
and finished second, setting
another PR with his time of
2:00.02a.
The time outs Ulrich at
number 10 all-time; he is also
number 19 all-time for the
1500M.
The Lady Viks also had a
great deal of success in the
meet. On the field, Andrea
Osbon placed second for all
three throwing events, setting
PRs in the discus (126-02)
and the javelin (102-11).
“Andrea had the best throw
of her life in the discus, which
puts her at number six on our
top 10 list,” said Johnson.
“She's got the second furthest
throw in the state, so Andrea
has been great.”
On the track, Brea
Blankenship and Rylee Colton
dominated in the 800 meters,
finishing first and second
respectively, and Colton set-
ting a PR of 2:27.16a. Gracie
Freudenthal finished third in
the
100-meter
hurdles
(17.65a), and second in the
300-meter hurdles (51.55a),
setting season records (SRs)
for both.
This weekend, Siuslaw
hosts the 4A district meet at
home on Friday and Saturday
(May 14-15). For the district
meet, every team can enter
three athletes per event, and
one relay team.
Johnson and his colleagues
went through special efforts
to ensure that spectators
would be able to attend as
many events as possible this
year.
“With COVID spectator
limitations,” said Johnson, “I
wanted to figure out a way to
try to get as many parents in
to see their kids compete as
possible, so we're doing some-
thing a little different. We’re
selling tickets a la carte by the
event.”
If spectators want to watch
the 800M and the 3000M, for
example, they would go to
Hometown Ticketing (bit.ly/
siuslawtickets) and they can
chose either day.
“We’re hoping that people
are going to come in five min-
utes before the scheduled start
of the event, and then watch
their kid, and then vacate so
the next group of people can
come in,” Johnson said. “We
just want it to be this big
revolving door of humanity
and love. I think people
understand we’re trying to get
people in, and we can only
have about 280 total people in
the facility in any given time
because of the restrictions.”
Johnson’s hope is that spec-
tators being able to plan
around attending specific
events will allow as many peo-
ple as possible to rotate
throughout the two-day
event.
“If they needed to buy tick-
ets for more than one event,
they’re more than welcome to
do that,” explained Johnson.
“They can hang out in the
field somewhere outside of
the fence with a lawn chair,
and they can watch the results
live on their phone as they
come up on the way to get
into their next event, but I’m
hoping that works out well.”
Assuming all goes well at
district, the plan will be
repeated for the state meet,
also being held at the Hans
Petersen Memorial Field on
May 21-22.
As far as competing in the
state meet, “The top two peo-
ple in each event and the top
two relay teams in each event
qualify for state,” explained
Johnson. “There are automat-
ic qualifying standards posted
on the state meet page, they’re
pretty hard to hit, but they can
qualify that way.”
Tickets for both events can
be purchased at bit.ly/siuslaw-
tickets, with district events
beginning on Friday, May 14
and Saturday, May 15, at 11
a.m. each day.
Kramer home. Garcia’s pop
fly found a Pirate’s glove, but
Beau Erickson’s single also
earned him an RBI for send-
ing Blankenship home.
When the Vikings’ time at
bat ended, they had tied the
game 3-3.
At the bottom of the sec-
ond, Reyna-Ayala immedi-
ately fielded an assist from
third base to Rankin at first
for a put out. Garza struck
the next batter out, but
walked the following batter,
who was able to steal second
and third base. The Pirates
then hit a single for an RBI
but were promptly quelled
by Kramer catching another
pop fly in the outfield to end
the inning 3-4.
The next two innings went
quickly on both sides, with
the Vikings hitting well, but
being tagged out or caught as
pop flies — and neither team
scored in the third or fourth.
In the top of the fifth in-
ning, the Vikings were again
tagged out at first, and struck
out twice, but when the Pi-
rates were up, they took back
some momentum. The Viks
only allowed them a double
and two singles, but it was
enough to pick up 2 more
runs and bring the score to
3-6.
In the sixth, Rankin hit a
double, but Marshfield dealt
two strikeouts just after, and
a pop fly caught ended their
at-bat.
After being struck out
once, the Pirates were able to
score 1 run following a sin-
gle and a triple, prompting a
pitch change from Garza to
Blankenship.
Rankin and Reyna-Ayala
each caught a pop fly to end
the inning 3-7 with the Pi-
rates in the lead.
At the top of the seventh
inning, the Viks would need
to score 4 runs to tie or 5 to
win.
Garcia picked up a dou-
ble, and following a single
from Erickson, stole home.
The Pirates walked Ian Sissel
who, along with Erickson,
stole second and third base,
with Erickson eventually
stealing home.
Unfortunately, the Vikings
were unable to score after
that point, ended the game
5-7 after a hard fight.
The Viks will finish the
season on the road this Sat-
urday (May 15) at Junction
City for a doubleheader be-
ginning at 2 p.m.
On defense, the Vikings
gave up 2 runs early in the
bottom of the third inning
after a triple and a double,
before two more pop flies
made their way to Muller’s
mitt. Blake had their final
put out for the inning at first
base, assisted by Shappell, as
the Pirates added more to
an already comfortable 8-1
lead.
In the top of the fourth
inning, Garcia-Galvan start-
ed the Vikings off with a
double, followed by a sin-
gle from Manues. Shappell
then hit another single for
an RBI, sending Garcia-Gal-
van home. Unfortunately,
the Viks sacrificed Manues
at the same time. Two more
pop flies caught by the Pi-
rates ended the inning,
bringing the score to 8-2.
Despite the disparity in
score, the Lady Viks were
not giving up. Kristin Wall
started off the inning hitting
a single, although she was
tagged out at second base
following another single
from Adri Edwards. After
Edwards stole second base,
she was then sent home by a
double for an RBI by Muller.
Then, in the highlight mo-
ment of the game, Overton
hit a home run with Muller
on base, bringing Siuslaw 2
more runs.
On defense, the Vikings
struggled in the bottom of
the fifth inning. They picked
up their first out straight-
away, tagging out a batter
who attempted to steal sec-
ond, but allowed several
more Pirate batters up before
getting the final two outs of
the inning, which ended the
inning in favor of Marsh-
field, who went on to win it,
14-5. Siuslaw lost the second
game in five innings, 12-2.
Their final games for the
season are this Saturday at
Junction City in a double-
header beginning at noon.
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