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Siuslaw boys track team takes Sky-Em crown
Lady Viks place third, with multiple spots claimed for 4A state meet
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May 20
• MHS boys BB
at Eddyvile 5:30 pm
• MHS girls BB
at Eddyville 7 pm
May 21
• SHS track & field
4A state meet
11 a.m.
• SHS wrestling
at Sutherlin 7 pm
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The Viking boys track and field team takes a traditional victory lap after winning last weekend’s Sky-Em League district meet
at Siuslaw High School.
By Zeahna Young
Siuslaw News
T
his past weekend (May 14-15),
Siuslaw hosted and competed in the
Sky-Em League district meet for
track and field. The boys’ team won the
title for the league with 194.5 points, and
the girls’ team came in third place with 105
points. As a result, the Vikings have ath-
letes compet-ing in multiple events this
weekend at the 4A state championships —
also at Siuslaw.
According to Athletic Director and
coach Chris Johnson, going into the meet
they knew the boys were in a position to
do well based on their analysis of competi-
tor stats leading up to the district finals.
“The boys won handily. With track and
field,” he explained, “you can put together a
form chart and you can predict — based
on people’s best marks — a pretty accurate
picture of what the team looks like. We had
a pretty substantial lead on the form chart,
and it’s tough to make up a lot of points on
those. So, we were fairly confident we were
poised to get the job done, and they did
great.”
In the field events, Avery Hart took first
in shot put with a personal record (PR) of
42-03.75, and will throw at the state meet
this weekend.
Skyler Loomis took first in javelin with a
155-06, second in discus with a 127-11,
and seventh in shot put with a 36-08.50.
His performance in the throws earned him
honors as Outstanding Male Thrower of
the district meet. He will compete in both
the javelin and discus at state.
May 22
• SHS track & field
4A state meet
11 a.m.
• SHS wrestling
at Marshfield 2 pm
May 24
• MHS boys BB
at T. Lake 5:30 pm
• MHS girls BB
at T. Lake 7 pm
May 25
• SHS boys BB
at Marist 5:45 pm
• MHS girls BB
at Marist 7:15 pm
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Entrance Siuslaw River
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Siuslaw’s Skyler Loomis (left) returns
with his javelin after his final throw,
unaware that his last throw secured
him the league title; Gracie Freudenthal
(below left) clears a hurdle in the
300IH. Freudenthal placed second in
the event after winning the 100HH ear-
lier. She will compete in both events
during this weekend’s 4A state meet.
Christian Newlan also performed well in
the discus, coming in third with a PR of
125-01, which earned him a wild card
placement in the state meet this coming
weekend.
In addition to Newlan, both Camp
Lacouture and Kyle Hughes won wildcard
placements with their performances in the
pole vault. The two placed fourth and fifth,
respectively, each clearing 12-06.00, which
were the next best marks in the state —
allowing them to qualify. Lacou-ture also
placed second in the 300m hurdles with a
PR of 44.49a and will compete this week-
end in the event at the state meet.
On the track, the boys had some amaz-
ing performances as well. Chad and Kyle
Hughes took first and second place, respec-
tively, in the 3000 meters, earning both
athletes a spot at state. Chad finished with
a 9:30.24a, lapping several of the other run-
ners in the race, and Kyle fin-ished with a
PR of 9:35.21a.
According to Johnson, “We weren’t really
concerned that Chad was not going to win
that race, but Kyle had his work cut out for
him with Jaden Owens from Cottage
See
DISTRICT 2B
May 19
5:22am / 5.8
7:38pm / 5.7
12:00am / 3.6
12:38pm / 0.3
Viks play final doubleheaders of season
May 20
6:41am / 5.5
8:25pm / 6.0
1:20am / 3.2
1:36pm / 0.5
By Zeahna Young
Siuslaw News
2:31am / 2.4
2:32pm / 0.7
Bailey Overton set a
season homerun
record in her final
game of the season
May 21
8:03am / 5.5
9:08pm / 6.6
May 22
9:18pm / 5.6
9:48pm / 7.2
3:32am / 1.4
3:25pm / 0.9
May 23
10:25am 5.9
10:29pm / 7.8
4:26am / 0.4
4:15pm / 1.2
May 24
11:27am / 6.1
11:09pm / 8.3
5:16am / -0.7
5:04pm / 1.4
May 25
12:25am / 6.3
11:51pm / 8.5
6:04am / -1.5
5:52pm / 1.7
Mapleton teams
ready to sail into
basketball season
By Zeahna Young
Siuslaw News
“Bailey
Overton
per-
formed an athletic feat un-
heard of on Friday. I have
never seen anything even
close to this and have not
talked to anyone over the
entire weekend that has seen
or heard of anything close to
ZEAHNA YOUNG/SIUSLAW NEWS
this in 4A high school soft-
ball — or at any level for
Siuslaw junior shortstop Bailey Overton had 4 home runs
that matter,” Siuslaw softball
and 8 RBIs in game two against Junction City.
coach Sean O’Mara said of
8-18, in game two, Overton
his junior short stop’s perfor- (May 15).
mance at the Junction City
Although the girls were
doubleheader on Saturday swept by the Tigers 2-12 and
See VIKS 3B
As we approach the end of
the 2020-21 school year, Ma-
pleton’s boys and girls basket-
ball teams are gearing up to
begin their final sports season.
Coach Eric Wolgamott, a
Mapleton alum and former
Sailor himself, is starting his
fourth year as the boys team
basketball coach, and Melissa
Duffy is entering her third year
as coach of the girls program.
Wolgamott, who has also
been the assistant coach for the
football team for eight years,
took on the role of basketball
See
MHS 3B
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