No. 1 Pirates pummel Lady Vikings, 77-29


Top-ranked Marshfield raced to a 63-10 halftime lead Friday and coasted to a 77-29 victory over the Siuslaw Vikings in a Sky-Em League girls basketball game at the Pirate Palace in Coos Bay.

The Lady Pirates, 15-1 overall and 3-0 in league, sat their starters in the second half.

The Lady Vikings fell to 4-13 overall and 0-3 in league.

Siuslaw will be at Elmira on Tuesday, then complete the first half of league play by hosting Junction City this coming Friday.

Sophomore Gracie Freudenthal led the Lady Vikings with 10 points, 7 rebounds and 4 blocked shots Friday.

Sophomore Lindsey Long added 7 points, sophomore Brea Blankenship 4, senior Madison Reynolds 3, sophomore Lizbeth Garcia-Galvan 3 and junior Mia Collins 2.

Nonstarter Jazmin Chavez, a senior, led Marshfield with 19 points, all in the first half. Hailey Browning, a 6-foot senior, added 13 points.

In other games Friday, Marist won 48-45 at Junction City and Cottage Grove controlled visiting Elmira, 46-35.

LADY VIKINGS ROSTER (from OSAA website)
  0 Nina Aaron, junior, post, 5-8
  2 Savannah Morris, sophomore, wing, 5-5
  3 Lindsey Long, sophomore, wing, 5-5
  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
13 Lizbeth Garcia-Galvin, sophomore, wing, 5-3
14 Gracie Freudenthal, sophomore, wing, 5-9
21 Hailee Edgerly, senior, post, 5-8
23 Lillian Wenham, senior, post, 5-8
24 Madison Reynolds, senior, post, 5-8
Coach: Chad Smith, first season

LADY VIKINGS SCHEDULE
Record: 0-3 in Sky-Em League, 4-13 overall
Sky-Em League
Friday, Jan. 11 — Cottage Grove 39, at Siuslaw 34 (Collins 15)
Tuesday, Jan. 15 — at Marist 51, Siuslaw 45, OT (Long 17)
Friday, Jan. 18 — at Marshfield 77, Siuslaw 29 (Freudenthal 10)
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, 7:15 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 12 — Elmira, 5:45 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 14 — at Junction City, 5:45 p.m.
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 58, Siuslaw 40
Friday, Dec. 14 — Pleasant Hill 71, at Siuslaw 35
Tuesday, Dec. 18 — Stayton 43, at Siuslaw 22
Thursday, Dec. 20 — Douglas 33, Siuslaw 20, at Bandon Dunes Holiday Invitational
Friday, Dec. 21 — Siuslaw 30, Bandon 8, at Bandon Dunes Holiday Invitational (Richards 17)
Thursday, Dec. 27 — at Siuslaw 50, Reedsport 14
Friday, Jan. 4 — North Valley 50, Siuslaw 36, at Mazama (Klamath Falls), Sky-Em/Skyline Crossover (Richards 10)
Saturday, Jan. 5 — Phoenix 42, Siuslaw 25, at Mazama (Klamath Falls), Sky-Em/Skyline Crossover (Freudenthal 12, Richards 10)