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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
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