Vikings boys, girls qualify for state tourney


Patrick Hill and Abby Coday. Holiday Bowl photo on Facebook

The Siuslaw Vikings' boys and girls bowling teams have punched their tickets to the state championships Feb. 24-26 at KingPins Bowling Center in Portland.

Both the boys and girls finished second place Sunday at the District 4 Qualifying Tournament at North Bend Lanes.

North Bend beat Siuslaw 406-362 in the boys final and Willamette beat Siuslaw 290-286 in the girls final.

The Vikings boys defeated Thurston in the semifinals. Thurston defeated Marshfield by 11 pins for the third seed.

The Vikings girls earned the top seed and Willamette had to beat Cottage Grove in the semifinals for a shot at the district title.

Teams from five other districts also will be sending teams to state.

KingPins Bowling Center is at 3550 SE 92nd Avenue in Portland.

Last season, the Siuslaw boys finished 15th in state and the girls finished 14th.

NOTES

Siuslaw's Patrick Hill, Logan Lindner, Neil DeVera and Abby Coday were named District 4 League first-team all-stars. Vikings on the second team were Elissa Hurley, Taryn Larson and Maxine Jones. ...

Hill and Coday were named District 4 League most valuable players. Coday, Jones and Larson were district tournament all-stars, with Coday earning district tournament MVP. ...

DISTRICT 4 QUALIFYING
At North Bend Lanes, Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 28 and 29
Results courtesy of meet director Bryan Roberts

BOYS
Qualifying
(20 games, top 6 to semifinals)

  1. North Bend 3677
  2. Marshfield 3666
  3. Siuslaw 3526
  4. Thurston 3523
  5. Cottage Grove 3459
  6. Willamette No. 1 3398
  7. Sheldon 3205
  8. Willamette No. 2 3193
  9. Springfield No. 1 3107
  10. Springfield No. 2 2173
  11. Creswell 1989

Semifinals
(10 games, top 3 to stair-step finals)

  1. North Bend 1994
  2. Siuslaw 1987
  3. Thursday 1817
  4. Marshfield 1806
  5. Willamette 1790
  6. Cottage Grove 1728

Finals
(all 3 schools advance to state)

  • Siuslaw def. Thurston 414-332, Thurston finished third
  • North Bend def. Siuslaw 406-362, North Bend finished first, Siuslaw second


GIRLS
Qualifying
(20 games, top 4 to semifinals)

  1. Siuslaw 3180
  2. Willamette No. 1 2879
  3. North Bend 2757
  4. Cottage Grove 2255
  5. Willamette No. 2 1758

Semifinals
(10 games, top 3 to stair-step finals)

  1. Siuslaw 1550
  2. Willamette 1442
  3. Cottage Grove 1314
  4. North Bend 1252

Finals
(all 3 schools advance to state)

  • Willamette def. Cottage Grove 328-236, Cottage Grove finished third
  • Willamette def. Siuslaw 290-284, Willamette finished first, Siuslaw second