Lady Vikings may have visions of victories


standings through Saturday, Dec. 8

The Siuslaw Vikings girls basketball team heads into this week's two games with visions of victories dancing in their heads.

Siuslaw has two sugar plums on deck, Tuesday at Sutherlin and home Friday against Pleasant Hill.

Both games expect to be tossups.

The Lady Vikings nearly had a win in hand against the Billies this past Thursday, but a shot at the buzzer gave Pleasant Hill a 50-48 victory in the opening of the Les Schwab Eagle Booster Club Classic in Harrisburg.

Siuslaw hasn't played Sutherlin (3-3), but the Bulldogs lost to the Billies, 40-37, in the tournament's third-place game.

The Lady Vikings will take a 2-4 record into Tuesday's game. Tipoff is 5:45 p.m., with Coast Radio on the air at 5:30.

Siuslaw plays Pleasant Hill (3-2) at 6 p.m. Friday at Glenn Butler Court. It will be just the second home game of the season for the Lady Vikings.

NOTES

Fellow Sky-Em League school Marshfield tops the weekly OSAAtoday coaches' poll released Monday. … Two other Sky-Em schools are in the Top 10, Marist at No. 3 and Cottage Grove at No. 8 …

Marshfield also is No. 1 in the Oregon School Activities Association 4A rankings, one of five Sky-Em schools in the Top 10. … Elmira is No. 7, Marist No. 8, Cottage Grove No. 9 and Junction City No. 10. …

Siuslaw is ranked No. 30 among the 34 schools in 4A. … Not helping the Lady Vikings is that neither of their two wins — over 1A Mapleton and Canada school Samuel Robertson — count for rankings purposes …

Pleasant Hill is ranked No. 8 in the OSAAtoday poll and is No. 10 in the OSAA rankings. ...

LADY VIKINGS ROSTER
  1 Lindsey Long, sophomore, wing, 5-5
  2 Savannah Morris, sophomore, wing, 5-5
  3 Nina Aaron, junior, post, 5-8
  4 Brea Blankenship, sophomore, wing, 5-3
  5 Mia Collins, junior, post, 6-0
11 Kelsey Larson, junior, wing, 5-4
12 Alyssa Richards, senior, post, 5-11
14 Gracie Freudenthal, sophomore, wing, 5-9
22 Madison Reynolds, senior, post, 5-8
23 Lizbeth Garcia-Galvin, sophomore, wing, 5-3
24 Lillian Wenham, senior, post, 5-8
25 Zoe Leech, senior, wing, 5-3
30 Hailie Edgerly, senior, post, 5-8
Coach: Chad Smith, first season

LADY VIKINGS SCHEDULE
Record: 0-0 in Sky-Em League, 2-4 overall
Nonleague
Wednesday, Nov. 28 — Siuslaw 75, at Mapleton 21 (Collins 20 points, Long 10, McClellan 10)
Friday, Nov. 30 — Tillamook 47, at Siuslaw 41 (Long 15 points, Freudenthal 12)
Tuesday Dec. 4 — at Newport 67, Siuslaw 27 (Blankenship 9, Richards 9)
Thursday, Dec. 6 — Pleasant Hill 50, Siuslaw 48, Les Schwab tournament at Harrisburg (Freudenthal 11, Blankenship 10, Collins 10)
Friday, Dec. 7 — Siuslaw 67, Samuel Robertson (B.C.) 53, Les Schwab tournament at Harrisburg (Richards 23, Long 13, Blankenship 10)
Saturday, Dec. 8 — at Harrisburg 52, Siuslaw 34, Les Schwab tournament (Long 10)
Tuesday, Dec. 11 — at Sutherlin, 5:45 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 14 — Pleasant Hill, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 18 — Stayton, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 20 — vs. Douglas, Bandon Dunes Holiday Invitational, 6 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 21 — Bandon Dunes Holiday Invitational, TBA
Thursday, Dec. 27 — Reedsport, 5:30 p.m.
Friday-Saturday, Jan. 4-5 — Sky-Em/Skyline Crossover, Cottage Grove, times and opponents to be announced
Sky-Em League
Friday, Jan. 11 — Cottage Grove, 7:15 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 15 — at Marist, 7:15 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 18 — at Marshfield, 7:15 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 22 — at Elmira, 7:15 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 25 — Junction City, 7:15 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 1 — at Cottage Grove, 5:45 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 5 — Marist, 5:45 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 8 — Marshfield, 5:45 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 12 — Elmira, 5:45 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 14 — at Junction City, 5:45 p.m.