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SN THESIUSLAWNEWS.COM | WEDNESDAY EDITION | OCTOBER 13, 2021 | $1.00 Siuslaw News By Coach Lloyd Little Sailors get on the gridiron Retired teacher, coach & game official Sports & Lifestyle With more than 55 years as an athlete, coach, parent and spectator, Lloyd Little shares what he’s learned about sports from his multiple points of view Monday Morning Quarterback Mapleton put together a combined middle/high school team to play flag football on Friday against McKenzie. SPORTS CALENDAR Siuslaw and Mapleton All events subject to change October 13 • SHS Soccer vs Junction City – 6:30 p.m. October 14 • MHS Volleyball vs Triangle Lake (Senior Night) – 6 p.m. • SHS Volleyball vs Elmira – 6:45 p.m. • SHS Football vs Pleasant Hill – 7 p.m. October 15 • SHS XC West Coast Classic at Tillamook – 4:15 p.m • MHS Flag Football at McKenzie – 7 p.m. October 16 Time Out By Zac Burtt/Siuslaw News It’s been an uphill climb to get on the football field for the students and coaches at Mapleton middle and high schools. MHS was forced to cancel its tackle football sea- son due to COVID, injuries and low student turnout. McKenzie High faced the same hurdles. A way for both schools to get their kids on the field was found when the teams agreed to play two flag football games, one at each’s home field. The first game between the two teams was played on Oct. 8. Though it was a rainy evening in Mapleton, both teams were excited to get the chance to play football, in any form. Kids from Mapleton’s middle and high schools formed the team that was coached by Tyler Krueger and Tucker Ford. The MHS squad included: Devon Wilkinson (grade 6), Ayden Jenkins (7), Roenin Webb- Barrows (7), Asher Geil (8), Alex Burnett (9), Keevyn Walker (10), Mason Flansberg (11), Emily Neece (11) and Jeff Bernhardt (11). The game was forced to be called at halftime when McKenzie coach Jack Devereaux collapsed on the field and was taken away by ambulance. Devereaux was released from the hospital Saturday morning and is on the mend. “They’re running more test today and tomorrow,” said Devereaux. “I feel way bet- ter. I was truly scared. I’m glad I was around friends and family. Thank you to every- one who was concerned. … I wish we could have finished the game.” The Sailors and Eagles will meet again on Friday, Oct. 15, this time at McKenzie High in Vida. Viks ground Hawks, continue to win in dramatic fashion In the mid 1990s, I joined Mike Hill on the KCST Radio broadcast of the Siuslaw Viking Football Games. Commentators on the radio have two voices for their listeners. Mike had the play-by-play responsibility and I provided the color commentary. Mike provided the down and distance, field position, offense formations and a description of the play as it occurs. My contribution was giving additional information on the decisions made by the offenses and defenses through my knowledge and experience. I was allowed to be a “Monday Morning Quarterback” immediately after a play. If I had been on the radio for the Oregon/Stanford game on Oct. 2, I would have definitely called the Ducks coaches on calling a pass play late in the fourth quarter. I would have called the Ducks defense on giving up a first down on a 2nd and 22. The former allowed Stanford to save a time out. The latter gave Stanford an opportunity to stop the clock with the first down. It should never have gotten to an overtime decision. The best location to broadcast a Siuslaw moves to top of OSAA rankings with tight win over La Pine See FOOTBLL page B2 Viks faster than field in Philomath • SHS Volleyball at Marshfield Tournament – 9 a.m. October 18 • SHS Soccer vs Elmira – 6:30 p.m. Siuslaw continues stellar XC season; boys first, girls second October 19 • SHS Volleyball at Junction City – 6:45 p.m. By Zac Burtt/Siuslaw News Tide Tables Entrance Siuslaw River High Tide Low Tide October 13 7:25 a.m. / 5.8 12:27 a.m. / -0.1 6:19 p.m. / 3.7 12:32 p.m. / 3.7 October 14 8:38 a.m. / 6.0 1:40 a.m. / 0.1 7:42 p.m. / 6.5 2:03 p.m. / 3.5 October 15 9:37 a.m. / 6.3 2:49 a.m. / 0.2 8:59 p.m. / 6.5 3:20 p.m. / 2.9 October 16 10:23 a.m. / 6.6 3:48 a.m. / 0.3 10:04 p.m. / 6.6 4:20 p.m. / 2.2 October 17 11:01 a.m. / 7.0 4:37 a.m. / 0.4 11:00 p.m. / 6.7 5:09 p.m. / 1.5 October 18 11:34 a.m. / 7.3 5:18 a.m. / 0.7 11:49 p.m. / 6.7 5:51 p.m. / 0.9 lost and the Hawks were on their way to scores. Smith was also a little astounded by his own perfor- mance. “I’ll be honest, I was a little surprised myself,” he said. “It was sort of an instinct thing where I was like, ‘I’ve got to go get this guy.’ I know I’m quick. I run track with some amount of success. That guy definitely gave me a literal run for my money.” Erickson snuck into the endzone less than two min- utes into the fourth to tie the score 26-26. La Pine attempted a fake punt at about the 7:05 mark and failed, turning the ball over to the Vikings on downs. The Vikings then drove the remaining 41 yards and Lacouture ran in from the 1 yard line for the deciding touchdown. He also ran in the 2-point conversion to make the score 34-26. The Viking defense stopped Each week of this fall sports sea- son, the debate over who the best cross country team in the 4A divi- sion is gets a little quieter. The an- swer becomes more and more obvi- ous as the Siuslaw Vikings continue to excel at each race. That excellence continued Oct. 9 in Philomath at the Paul Mariman Cross Country Invi- tational. The Viking boys finished first, by a large margin, over the team host- ing the meet, Philomath. Though Marist squeaked by Siuslaw in the girls team standings, breakout per- formances by some of the younger Viking runners made for an exciting weekend for both teams. The boys race was all Siuslaw. Senior Chad Hughes ran away from the rest of the field to win his second straight race with a time of 16:32.50. Teammate Sam Ulrich, ju- nior, who skipped last week’s race at Woahink Lake because of a minor injury, was less than four seconds behind Hughes and finished second at 16:36.40. Junior Kyle Hughes ran a great race and finished seventh with 17:04.20. Sophomores Dylan Jensen (12th, 17:32.80) and Talan Ross (13th, 17:34.50) were next followed by sophomore Braydon Linton (26th, 18:08.50) and junior See FOOTBALL page B2 See COUNTRY page B2 PHOTO BY MIKE SMITH The Vikings celebrate another dramatic victory at home. The Vikings are 6-0 and sit in first place in their division. By Zac Burtt/Siuslaw News Viking fans are growing used to the Siuslaw football team keeping them on the edge of their seats and Oct. 8 was more of the same. The Vikings overcame a barrage of third quarter scores from the Hawks and beat La Pine (2-3, 1-1 SD2N) 34-26. For the third straight game, Siuslaw’s (5-0, 3-0 SD2N) margin of victory was eight points or less. With the win, the Vikings remain undefeated and in first place in the North Division of Special District 2, a half-game ahead of Junction City (4-0, 2-0 SD2N). The Vikings got the ball first and methodically drove the field, chewing up almost half of the first quarter with a 5:16 drive to score the first touchdown of the game, a rush by senior Camp Lacouture to make the score 6-0. Three minutes later, Lacouture scored again with a 2-yard run to make it 12-0 Siuslaw. La Pine answered with a 13-yard touchdown pass from Colton Campbell to Haakon Hanson to cut the Viking lead in half, 12-6. Siuslaw went up 20-6 when senior Beau Erickson hit classmate Isaac Garza with an 8-yard touchdown pass fol- lowed by a successful 2-point conversion. La Pine mounted a furious rally in the third quarter, scor- ing three touchdowns, high- lighted by a long 45-yard touchdown pass, again from Campbell to Hanson. This meant La Pine had the lead going into the fourth quarter, 26-20. The Vikings’ deficit could have been worse if not for two touchdown-saving tackles by senior James Smith. This shocked the home crowd, because on both occa- sions it appeared all hope was Happy Fall!! We just received the 3rd quarter residential market review of the greater Florence area from appraiser Tawfi k Ahdab. In the 3rd quarter with all offi ces, there were 162 sold residences. Th e mean sales price was a whopping $418,894 and the median sales price was $385,500. Th ose fi gures are the highest in the last ten years. Volumes of sales are record breaking. We still have listings coming in and hope to continue a brisk market through the end of the year. If you have any real estate needs, give me a call. 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