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year’s kids, and I’ve got a
really big group of ninth
graders coming in. At least
nine, maybe more. I’m ex-
cited!”
After practices kicked
off in June, the Viks were
able to start playing some
friendly summer games.
“So far, we’ve had four
friendly games, two each
with Newport and Junc-
tion City,” said the coach.
“Newport was first, and
we lost both games to
Newport, which is not su-
per surprising as they’re a
good team.”
Next, the Siuslaw team
took on the Tigers.
“We played Junction
City on July 17 in Florence,
and then July 22 in Junc-
tion City,” Tomaro said.
“We split with Junction
City — first they beat us
5-2, and then we beat them
5-2, which is kind of what
happened in the regular
season last year, too; they
beat us one game and then
we beat them one game.”
According to Tomaro,
winning these summer
games is not the main rea-
son for playing them.
“For me, the point of the
summer games is not to
win,” Tomaro said. “The
point is to get the kids
playing together, because
every year we have a new
group. I have a lot of re-
turners, but I have a lot of
new kids, too, and you al-
ways graduate people.”
The summer is about
“figuring out where people
are going to play and how
they play together, and
what our team dynamic is
going to be and getting the
flow on the field,” Tomaro
said. “Those are all the re-
ally important things.”
The coach sees the sum-
mer games as invaluable
practice for her players old
and new, as it gives all of
them the opportunity to
have playing time on the
field in a game setting be-
fore actual league play.
“They’re coming out and
doing optional summer
practices, so every kid is
going to play every game,”
she said. “That’s the whole
point, especially with the
incoming ninth grade kids,
is to get them experience
at the high school level.
Then, when we win, that’s
like an extra bonus.”
For Tomaro, “It’s just
getting the kids on the
field, getting them used
to the flow of the game at
this level, and then seeing
how they come together as
a team.”
So far, she is very pleased
with her team’s efforts.
“I’ve been really happy
with it,” she said. “I think
it’s been really good. I’ve
seen some great play on
the field with my kids who
are returning and my new
kids, and they’re blending
together really well, so, to
me, the summer’s been a
big success.”
As far as summer goes,
the team is off this week,
but hoping to schedule
some more games in Au-
gust before the 2021-22
school year begins.
“We’re hoping to sched-
ule two more games after
moratorium week,” said
Tomaro. “The first couple
of weeks of August, before
our season officially starts,
we’re hoping to get a couple
of games in with Waldport
also. They’re a 3A school,
but they started their team
the same year we did. [Be-
fore] COVID, we played
their youth teams in the
club, U12 and U14-age,
because they’re part of the
Newport club. They come
down and we go up and
play games.”
Playing Waldport is a
chance to play against a
team in a similar level of
development on the Ore-
gon coast.
“It’s kind of fun for the
kids to be able to have that
little bit of friendly rival-
ry — they’re a really nice
team to play,” Tomaro said.
“That’s kind of a little tra-
dition for us.”
As summer winds down
and the Vikings prepare for
the fall season, the second
with a varsity team, Toma-
ro has the added benefit of
plenty of players to fill out
her teams this year.
“We’ll have two full
teams,” she said. “I’m really
excited about it! We’ll have
close to 30 kids, which is
definitely enough for two
teams. They might even
practice separately this
year.”
Last year, because num-
bers were low, the Viks
had to finish their already
strange pandemic season
with no JV team.
“In the past, even last
year, we tried to have the
JV team until we didn’t
have quite enough kids,
and they were practicing
all in one big group,” said
the coach. “But I think this
year, it’s enough that we
can have the teams prac-
tice separately.”
Tomaro thinks it will be
important for the athletes
to practice with the kids
they’re going to be playing
with on the field.
“They just build that
chemistry and those re-
lationships, learn where
their teammates are going
to be and what kind of
runs they make, what kind
of passes, how to talk to
each other,” Tomaro said.
“That’s just so important.
And that’s where you get it
— at practice.”
The team will still do
some things in a big group
— “because we are just one
team,” she added.
With plenty of players,
Tomaro will be able to ro-
tate kids and ensure that
both teams have sufficient
coverage.
“There will be probably
a few kids who will play on
both teams,” Tomaro said.
“They’ll swing back and
forth.”
These students are most-
ly underclassmen and will
move between varsity and
JV.
“At least one or two
ninth graders are probably
going to play full varsity
also, which is so exciting,”
Tomaro said.
This year, Tomaro will
again be welcoming all
students on her teams, as
there aren’t enough girls
playing for them to have
their own team. What is
promising is that there
are more girls coming out
to play this year than last
year. At least one girl from
every grade has been in
contact with Tomaro so far.
“We’re building a good
cohort of girls,” the coach
said.
Before the summer
ends, Tomaro is also run-
ning a fundraising youth
soccer camp from Aug. 2
PHOTOS BY
CAMERON JAGOE/
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Top Left:
Ethan
Jagoe.
Top Right:
Nicholas
May.
Left:
Incoming
freshman
Nickolas
May plays
forward for
the Viks.
through 6 in the mornings
for incoming grades two
through eight.
“It’s been very popular,”
said Tomaro, “and we have
a good response. Lots of
kids coming out! It’s our
first year doing this camp,
and we’re really busy get-
ting our plans together so
that we keep them busy
and keep them learning.”
Four coaches help with
the camp, along with a
handful of high school
helpers.
With as much work as
they’re putting in during
the offseason, this fall sea-
son will be one to watch for
Viking soccer.
“I just love what I’ve
been seeing in the sum-
mer,” Tomaro said.
Siuslaw’s first soccer
game of the school year
will be a non-league game
at
Newport/Eddyville
Charter on Thursday, Aug.
26, at 6 p.m.
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