Vikings fall to Junction City in season finale


The Junction City Tigers may have clinched a trip to the Class 4A boys basketball playoffs following Thursday's 69-35 victory over the visiting Siuslaw Vikings.

The Vikings finished 5-19 overall and 0-10 in the Sky-Em League. Senior Dylan Wynn had a team-high 14 points for Siuslaw.

Junction City finished the regular season 12-12 overall and third place in league at 6-4.

The Tigers are on the cusp of qualifying as a play-in team, but need to await the final 4A rankings.

Rankings freeze at 10 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19

Elsewhere, Marshfield and Marist both won to finish as Sky-Em League co-champions.

The two teams play at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Siuslaw's Glenn Butler Court to determine seeding for state.

Marshfield won at Elmira, 75-52, and Marist at Cottage Grove, 38-37.

NOTES

The state quarterfinals, semifinals and finals are March 7-9 in Forest Grove. …

Siuslaw finished without a win against a Class 4A team, losing its final 12 games of the season …

Vikings wins were over 1A Mapleton, 2A Bandon and Reedsport, 3A Douglas and Samuel Robertson of British Columbia. …

VIKINGS BOYS ROSTER (from OSAA website)
  1 Liam McClellan, 6-2, sophomore
  2 Caleb Hennessee, 6-0, junior
  3 Brody Terry, 5-8, freshman
  4 Elijah Blankenship, 5-7, sophomore
10 Jordan Taniguchi, 5-8, senior
11 Camp Lacouture, 5-9, freshman
12 Braydon Thornton, 5-9, freshman
13 Dylan Wynn, 6-2, senior
14 Nick Swift, 6-3, senior
22 Skyler Loomis, 5-9, sophomore
35 Jacob Foskett, 6-3, sophomore

VIKINGS BOYS SCHEDULE
Record: 0-10 in Sky-Em League, 5-19 overall
Sky-Em League
Friday, Jan. 11 — Cottage Grove 59, at Siuslaw 42 (Wynn 15, McClellan 11)
Tuesday, Jan. 15 — at Marist 69, Siuslaw 40 (Thornton 9, Swift 9)
Friday, Jan. 18 — at Marshfield 68, Siuslaw 31 (Foskett 9)
Tuesday, Jan. 22 — at Elmira 70, Siuslaw 44 (Foskett 10)
Friday, Jan. 25 — Junction City 54, at Siuslaw 39 (Thornton 13)
Friday, Feb. 1 — at Cottage Grove 58, Siuslaw 50
Tuesday, Feb. 5 — Marist 84, at Siuslaw 57 (Foskett 16, Wynn 14, McClellan 10)
Friday, Feb. 8 — Marshfield 56, at Siuslaw 43 (Wynn 13, Thornton 11)
Tuesday, Feb. 12 — Elmira 71, at Siuslaw 48 (Thornton 21, Wynn 10)
Thursday, Feb. 14 — Junction City 69, at Siuslaw 35 (Wynn 14)
Nonleague
Wednesday, Nov. 28 — Siuslaw 67, at Mapleton 33 (Thornton 17, Foskett 14, Wynn 10)
Friday, Nov. 30 — Tillamook 48, at Siuslaw 44 (Foskett 14, McClellan 11, Wynn 11)
Tuesday Dec. 4 — at Newport 65, Siuslaw 36 (Foskett 9, McClellan 8, Thornton 7)
Thursday, Dec. 6 — Pleasant Hill 77, Siuslaw 39, Les Schwab tournament at Junction City
Friday, Dec 7 — Siuslaw 55, Samuel Robertson (B.C.) 37, Les Schwab tournament at Junction City (Wynn 13, Thornton 12, Foskett 10)
Saturday, Dec. 8 — Sutherlin 44, Siuslaw 33, Les Schwab tournament at Junction City (Hennessee 15, Wynn 12)
Tuesday, Dec. 11 — at Sutherlin 64, Siuslaw 23 (Hennessee 9)
Friday, Dec. 14 — Pleasant Hill 74, at Siuslaw 53 (Thornton 16)
Tuesday, Dec. 18 — Stayton 83, at Siuslaw 32 (Hennessee 11)
Thursday, Dec. 20 — Siuslaw 62, Douglas 43, at Bandon Dunes Holiday Invitational (Thornton 19, Wynn 13, Foskett 10)
Friday, Dec. 21 — Siuslaw 54, Bandon 33, at Bandon Dunes Holiday Invitational (Foskett 14)
Thursday, Dec. 27 — at Siuslaw 58, Reedsport 45 (Wynn 24)
Friday, Jan. 4 — Hidden Valley 70, Siuslaw 56, at Cottage Grove, Sky-Em/Skyline Crossover
Saturday, Jan. 5 — North Valley 48, Siuslaw 32, at Cottage Grove, Sky-Em/Skyline Crossover