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Siuslaw says ‘sayonara’ to soccer season
Siuslaw News
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The Siuslaw soccer team honored its seniors (left, first seven players) Dante Galli, Jerrel Brumley, Maisie Jones, Kassandra
Dietrich, Kayden Lane, Imanol Pelayo and Jason Garcia. (Photo by Cameron Jagoe/Siuslaw Photos)
SPORTS
CALENDAR
Siuslaw and Mapleton
All events subject to change
October 28
• SHS Cross Country - Sky-Em
League Championship at LCC
in Eugene — 7 p.m.
Viking Senior
Night
concludes
year of
improvement
By Zac Burtt/Siuslaw News
October 29
• SHSFootball at Junction City
— 7 p.m.
Tide Tables
Entrance Siuslaw River
High Tide
Low Tide
October 23
2:36 a.m. / 6.2
8:05 a.m. / 2.7
1:54 p.m. / 7.4
8:50 p.m. / 0.0
October 24
3:19 a.m. / 6.0
8:37 a.m. / 3.2
2:22 p.m. / 7.2
9:28 p.m. / 0.2
The Siuslaw Vikings soccer
team finished its season last week.
It was a season filled with chal-
lenges for the young program,
as the varsity team only won
one game. However, the future
is bright for SHS as Coach Lon-
di Tomaro continues to build the
program from the ground up.
On Monday, Oct. 18, the Vi-
kings hosted the Elmira Falcons
for senior night. Seven players,
in their final year of high school,
were honored for their contribu-
tions to the Siuslaw soccer pro-
gram, not just this year but for
their entire high school careers.
The following seniors were
honored: defenders Jerrel Brum-
ley and Kassandra Dietrich, for-
ward Massie Jones, goalkeeper/
midfielder Kayden Lane, mid-
fielder/forward Imanol Pelayo,
midfielder Jason Garcia and for-
ward/goalkeeper Dante Galli.
Tomaro said a few words about
each seniors’ accomplishments
and their teammates presented
them with flowers. Siuslaw also
honored the five seniors on the
Elmira squad by giving them
flowers of their own.
On a perfect fall night for soc-
cer, the Vikings got on the board
first against the Falcons as sopho-
more Dylan Jensen scored in the
first half. Jensen also had two oth-
er shots on goal in the first half.
Freshman Chuck Nelson and
sophomore Brayden Linton also
got off shots before the halftime
break. It was 1-0 Siuslaw at the
half.
The second half was a different
story than the first. While Elmi-
ra only got three shots on goal,
regrettably for Siuslaw, all three
went in. Two of those goals were
during chaotic play in the goal
box and the other on a breakaway.
The Vikings got off a remark-
able seven shots on goal in the
second half. Freshmen Nelson
and Ray Brito Xilot had two each.
Sophomore Braxton Hulet, along
with Linton and Jensen, had the
others.
SHS did eventually score on
a beautiful outside shot by Brito
Xilot. Junior Noel Hernandez
assisted on that and the Vikings’
previous goal.
The game ended with a 3-2 El-
mira victory.
“The team maintained at-
tacking pressure throughout the
game,” said Tomaro “They con-
tinued to press until the very last
minute. It was a disappointing re-
sult, but overall, it was a fun and
competitive game.”
Siuslaw’s final game of the sea-
son was on Wednesday, Oct 20, at
Cottage Grove. The Lions are the
top team in the Sky-Em and #12
team in the 4A division.
In the first half, the Vikings
held the Lions to two goals.
Sophomore goalkeeper Derrick
Vanduch made 12 saves and mid-
fielder Garcia had one shot. In the
second half, Vanduch made nine
saves in goal and Cottage Grove
managed to score an additional
four goals. Garcia also had a shot
on goal in the second half.
The final score was Cottage
Grove 8, Siuslaw 0.
In only its second season of
varsity play, and third season of
existence, the Siuslaw soccer pro-
gram is on the rise. Many experi-
enced players return next year.
“Despite the loss, we have
definitely improved and grown
as a team throughout the sea-
son — both defensively and on
the attack,” said Tomaro. “We are
creating passing sequences and
being creative moving the ball up
the field. In the backfield, our de-
fenders are more effective in shut-
ting down our opponents’ attacks
See SENIOR page B3
October 25
4:05 a.m. / 5.8
9:12 a.m. / 3.6
2:55 p.m. / 6.9
10:11 p.m. / 0.5
October 26
4:59 a.m. / 5.6
9:54 a.m. / 3.9
3:33 p.m. / 6.5
11:01 p.m. / 0.8
Remembering one of Mapleton’s
best football seasons
October 27
6:03 a.m. / 5.4
10:50 a.m. / 4.1
4:24 p.m. / 6.2
11:59 p.m. / 1.0
October 28
7:11 a.m. / 5.4
12:10 p.m. / 4.2
5:33 p.m. / 6.0
October 29
8:12 a.m. / 5.7
1:04 a.m. / 1.1
6:55 p.m. / 5.8
1:37 p.m. / 3.9
October 30
9:00 a.m. / 6.0
2:06 a.m. / 1.1
8:12 p.m. / 5.9
2:47 p.m. / 3.4
1964 Sailors took down the Vikings twice in one year
October 31
9:39 a.m. / 6.4
3:01 a.m. / 1.0
9:20 p.m. / 6.1
3:43 p.m. / 2.6
November 1
10:14 a.m. / 7.0
3:48 a.m. / 0.9
10:20 p.m. / 6.4
4:31 p.m. / 1.6
Time
Out
By Coach Lloyd
Little
Retired teacher, coach
& game official
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.
(Above) The 1964 Mapleton Sailors had a record of 7-2.
(Right) Lynn Hood, guard on the 1964 MHS football
team, stops by the Siuslaw News to reminisce.
By Zac Burtt/Siuslaw News
Coming into the 1964 season,
most high school football prog-
nosticators in Oregon expected
reigning co-champions Siuslaw
and Newport to again battle for
the top spot in the eight-team
Enough is
enough
It is 1975 and I am sitting
in the stands watching as
powerhouse Crane, of 8-man
football lore, is leading Ar-
lington 76-6 late in the third
quarter when he mercifully
substitutes his second string
players. They go on to score
three more times. After the
last score shows 98-6, before
the extra point try, the Crane
coach runs in his first team
to ensure they score the two
Coast League. Newport was a pe-
rennially strong team and Siuslaw
returned maybe the best running
back in the state, Tooey Emery.
In fact, no one can remember if
or when Mapleton had ever won
the Coast League and its automat-
ic berth in the A-2 state playoffs.
point conversion for 100
points.
Later that same year, my
Spray Eagle football team is
playing at Heppner. Before
the game, I talked with their
head coach. He told me he
had 14 freshmen, 3 sopho-
mores and a junior on his
team of 18 players. On my
team were 2 seniors, 7 ju-
niors, 2 sophomores and 2
freshmen. The first quarter
ended with my team ahead
27-0. The final score was 27-
0. After the first quarter I put
my two youngest players in
the backfield and only called
running plays.
That spot typically would go to
Siuslaw, Newport or Reedsport
and a win against the Vikings was
usually enough to call the Sailor
season successful.
I did this because I still
remember being on the los-
ing end of several lopsided
scores while playing at War-
renton High School. Not just
football, but basketball as
well.
When it has been estab-
lished who is the better team,
it is time to rotate younger
players for experience and
avoid those so called rebuild-
ing years.
When I coached the Siu-
slaw JV Girls Basketball team
my first year, I inherited a
team of inexperienced play-
ers. I heard that the JV team
of a year earlier only lost
Viking
volleyball
look towards
post season
SHS finishes near
top of Marshfield
Tournament, drops
close one to JC
By Zac Burtt/Siuslaw News
The Siuslaw Viking vol-
leyball team wrapped up
the Sky-Em League sea-
son this week. On Oct. 16,
SHS took second place in
a tournament in Coos Bay
then lost a close league
match at Junction City on
Tuesday, Oct. 19.
Siuslaw traveled to Coos
Bay for a tournament host-
ed by the Marshfield Tigers
last Saturday.
The tournament start-
ed with pool play. Siuslaw
swept all three opponents
in their pool, beating Myr-
tle Point, Cottage Grove
and Brookings, all 2-0.
Next, all the teams that
advanced, including Siu-
slaw, were seeded into a
bracket. Siuslaw received a
first round bye then faced
Sky-Em League foe Junc-
tion City. The Viks beat the
Tigers 2-1.
In the semifinals, the
Vikings faced another fa-
miliar team in tournament
host Marshfield. They took
care of the Pirates in two
straight sets.
Marshfield Tournament
— Championship Game
North Bend d Siuslaw
25-21, 32-30, 15-11
For the final, Siuslaw’s
opponent was the #3
ranked team in the 5A
division, North Bend.
The Vikings fought hard
against the Bulldogs but
had to settle for second
place as they went down,
in three sets. North Bend
has but one loss this year,
to Churchill.
“I don’t think they were
expecting us to be able to
run with them like we did,”
said Viking Coach Kari
Blake. “Our girls certain-
ly made North Bend earn
their win. The girls played
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See VIKING page B3
one game. I had nine soph-
omores on my first team.
Eight played as freshmen.
That is to say, they were on
the team. They told me the
coach of the past season only
played six players and they
were all sophomores. My
team had zero court time.
We won but one game, but I
rotated all players the entire
year.
Experience counts only
if you give your players a
chance to play.
When the Siuslaw JV foot-
ball team, coached by me,
went 35-1 in the late 1980s,
I formed three distinct teams
to play. My starters were
the best 11 players. I used a
combination of the best fro-
sh and sophomore players. I
also had a team of only soph-
omores and a team of only
freshmen.
In games, I would use
several combinations de-
pending on the strength of
the opponent. When Brook-
ings showed up to play, they
brought with them several
juniors to augment their
team. This put me in a di-
lemma. Even though we led
at halftime, the juniors of
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