Junior Kainan Lane was named Coast Radio's Athlete of the Week Tuesday following his first-place finish at the Far West League Crab Pool wrestling meet Thursday (Feb. 4) at South Umpqua High School in Tri City.

Lane, wrestling at 285 pounds, was one of four Siuslaw Vikings to take first place in the six-school event.

Junior Scott Simmons (132), senior Talamoa Tupua (152) and senior Dylan Jennings (220) also won their weight classes for the Vikings.

Siuslaw has canceled its dual meet Thursday at Philomath.

"We have opted out of Philomath," coach Neil Wartnik said. "We would have had to take an activity bus, not one of the longer busses.

"Since we are sick and weary, I opted out of this competition."

The regional tournament is Feb. 19-20 at Henley High School in Klamath Falls.

The state championships are Feb. 26-27 at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland.

NOTES

Neither of the Vikings two female wrestlers — junior Eyza Abbas Carrasco and senior Getzemani Jaimes — qualified for the girls state championships at last weekend's qualifier at Cottage Grove.

"Eyza was close to qualifying," Wartnik said. "She won two matches and lost two matches (at Cottage Grove)."

A dozen teams are entered in the 4A Special District 3 regional tournament at Henley High School, including all six Far West League schools — Siuslaw, Brookings-Harbor, Douglas/Camas Valley, Marshfield, North Bend and South Umpqua. Others include Henley, Hidden Valley, Klamath Union, Mazama, North Valley and Phoenix.

FAR WEST LEAGUE CRAB POOL
Thursday, Feb. 4, at South Umpqua High School, Tri City

Siuslaw results

106 - Matthew Morales placed second
    Cole Smith (Marshfield) won by fall over Morales, 1:59
    Morales won by fall over Colton West (North Bend), 5:56
    Morales won by fall over Bryce Darrett (Brookings-Harbor), 4:25

113 - Richard Huff placed second
    Huff won by fall over Devyn Lincecum (South Umpqua), 1:00
    Huff won by fall over Elexis Walker (Douglas), 3:33
    Huff won by fall over De`moria Beasley (Brookings-Harbor), 2:52
    Joseph Paramo (Marshfield) won by decision over Huff, 2-0
    Huff won by tech fall over Coltyn Ringen (North Bend, 15-0

120 - Matthew English placed third
    Cole Waldron (Douglas) won by fall over English, 1:11
    English won by fall over Brandon Darrett (Brookings-Harbor), 3:26
    Ryder McKee (Marshfield) won by fall over English, 3:00

126 - Murray Bingham placed third
    Bingham won by fall over Nakai Sinohu (South Umpqua), 2:45
    Kane Smith (Douglas) won by decision over Bingham, 13-7
    AJ Lira (Marshfield) won by tech fall over Bingham, 23-7

132 - Scott Simmons placed first
    Simmons won by tech fall over Tyler Dedmon (Douglas), 19-4
    Simmons won by fall over Tyson Manion (Brookings-Harbor),  2:36
    Simmons won by fall over Colton Tavernier (Marshfield), 3:13
    Simmons won by fall over Mark Deane (North Bend), :51

145 - Wyatt Burns placed fifth
    Ashton Blondell (North Bend/Oregon Coast Tech) won by fall over Burns, 2:32
    Kamari Blacksmith (South Umpqua) won by fall over Burns, :43
    Landon Garrard (Douglas) won by fall over Burns, :48
    Jess Fitzhugh (Brookings-Harbor) won by fall over Burns,  2:39

145 - Jesus Sierra placed sixth
    Kamari Blacksmith (South Umpqua) won by fall over Sierra, 2:40

152 - Talamoa Tupua placed first
    Tupua won by decision over Justin Gerhardt (Marshfield), 6-4
    Tupua won by fall over Jon Zebadua (Brookings-Harbor), 2:23
    Tupua won by fall over Ciarin Murphy (North Bend), 1:04

160 - Nick Steinman placed third
    Steinman won by fall over Carter Dahl (Douglas), 2:54
    Steinman won by fall over Shane Keeling (North Bend), 3:40
    Alonzo Nalls (Brookings-Harbor) won by fall over Steinman, :33
    Travis Wittlake (Marshfield) 44-1 won by tech fall over Steinman, 17-2

220 - Dylan Jennings placed first
    Jennings won by decision over Tyler Palmer (Douglas), 4-0
    Jennings won by fall over Josh Ford (North Bend), :54

285 - Kainan Lane placed first
    Lane won by fall over Rylynn Palmer (Douglas), 1:48
    Lane won by fall over Chase Summers (North Bend), :59