XC string broken; Viking FB to face Scappoose

The Siuslaw Viking girls had three runners in the top ten but, but were unable to hold off the Marist Spartans and settled for second place at the OSAA 4A State Cross Country Finals today at Lane Community College. The Spartans, with 58 points, also had three runners score in the top ten and placed all five in the top 20. Siuslaw scored four in the top 15 but had to go all the way to 43rd for their fifth scorer, ending up with 66 points. The loss ended a string of state titles for Coach Chris Johnson at five, but marks the seventh straight year that his Viking Girls have finished in the top two. Raelyn Robinson was the individual state champion with a time of 19:47, Samantha Pummer second, only three seconds behind her. Rounding out the Viking finish, Linda Paredes was ninth individually in 20:33; Clarita Twombley 16th with a time of 21:08 and Lillian Lea 63rd in 22:51.

Johnson is also bringing home a second place trophy for the Viking Boys finish at the finals. Joseph Campbell finished fourth overall in 16:40 pacing the Viks to the number two spot behind the Henley Hornets. Henley scored all five runners in the top 15, while three Vikings scored in the top ten, but had to go to 19th and 26th to round out the scoring. Right behind Campbell was fellow seniors Jacob Berkner in 16:42 and Brad Finnell with a time of 16:49. Brad Greenburg covered the course in 17:35 finishing 21st individually and Freshman Matthew Campbell was 31st and ended with a time of 17:47.

State playoff action continues for Siuslaw Viking athletics this evening in Newport at six PM when the Viking Volleyball team faces the Number 9 ranked Cubs in the second round of the OSAA 4A Volleyball finals.

In Football, Siuslaw’s 48-33 loss at home to Sutherlin last night left the Vikings in 3rd place in the Far West League. They’ll travel to Scappoose Friday night where they’ll face the Indians at seven PM. The Indians claimed 3rd place in the Cowapa League with a 63-15 win over Tillamook last night.