Sophomore Elijah LaCosse won the Les Doyle Most Outstanding Award and junior Matthew Horrillo the Nick Lutz Most Inspirational Award at Monday's Siuslaw Vikings awards banquet at the high school.

Freshman Hayden Muller was named Rookie of the Year, sophomore Hector Garcia the Most Improved, sophomore Ryan Jennings the Comeback Kid and senior Riley Jennings the Pin King.

All received plaques.

Freshman JC Gentry and junior Kinga Bugajska received medals, Gentry for Coach Burkett Distinguished Service and Bugajska, an exchange student from Poland, as Ambassador of Goodwill.

Vikings coach Neil Wartnik's final review:

• "We had a great year. The team members grew in character, skill, toughness,and spirit. While we had no hammer like Richard Huff was for last year's team, we had a solid group of quality wrestlers. We placed better in most tournaments than the year before because we had a more balanced team. If the team's growth continues on the pace we have been improving, next year's team could be very good, and we will have one or two hammers. This year's team was adversely impacted by injuries to Pedro (Luiz) Infante and Christian Newlan. They were leaders, and they strengthened our upper weights. Their absence hurt us significantly. Hopefully next year the team won't have injuries to key personnel, but we have limited control over that. Also, we are hoping to have our strongest eighth-grade class enter the high school since the class of 2004. Hopefully we can do a good job of bringing this group in."

Special awards (coach Wartnik notes)

• Plaque 1:  Rookie of the Year: Hayden Muller (Considering that she was moonlighting with club volleyball)
• Plaque 2:  Most Improved: Hector Garcia
• Plaque 3:  Comeback Kid: Ryan Jennings (Considering knee dislocation; he did well at regionals and state)
• Plaque 4:  Jose DeLaMora Pin King: Riley Jennings (27 vs. 22 for Elijah)
• Plaque 5:  Nick Lutz Most Inspirational: Matthew Horrillo (So many intense matches and overtime wins)
• Plaque 6:  Les Doyle Most Outstanding: Elijah LaCosse (Our most skilled, most dedicated wrestler)
• Medal:  Coach Burkett Distinguished Service: JC Gentry (Boy's bust)
• Medal:  Ambassador of Goodwill: Kinga Bugajska (Girl's bust)

Special Thanks! (from coach Wartnik):

• Sponsors:  Discount Card Business, Robert and Cindy Forsythe, Siuslaw Athletic Booster Club
• Our School District leadership:  Superintendent Andy Grzeskowiak, SHS principal Kerri Tatum, SHS athletic director Chris Johnson, SES principal Michael Harklerode, SMS athletic director Jeromy Graybill
• Our School District Service personnel:  Cris Holden, Tyra Forbes
• Volunteers:  Ken Hill, Mike/Timre Smith, Anne Stonelake, Barb Fiorito, et al.
• Parents: So many of you helped with the Nick Lutz!
• Special acknowledgments:  Michele and Kyle Wilson, Rene, Wendy and Rusty Libby, Chris Newlan
• Driver/Chaperone/Positive Presence: Chris LaCosse
• Statkeepers: Margot, Alison, Anne
• Coaching staff: Karl, Dusty, Cory, Scott, Rylan, Chris Rupp, Robert Forsythe, Stecher Buss

Review of the year (by coach Wartnik):

• 2018-2019 Team Accomplishments:
• Harrisburg: 4 out of 14 (122 points)
• Coast Classic: 29th out of 35 (23)
• Grants Pass: 20th out of 36 (35)
• Bend: 8th out of 13 (63)
• Nick Lutz: 4th out of 17 (107)
• Sutherlin: 8th out of 16 (79.5)
• Cottage Grove: 14th out of 27
• Regionals: 7th out of 8 (99.5)
• State: 28 out of 32 (6)

Participation awards:

• John Corser
• Antwan Ho
• Ricky Loza-Sanchez
• Michael Shick

Letter winners:

• Kinga Bugajska (1): 2nd NB, 5th GP, 3rd CGI (8-13)
• Adriana Edwards (1): 2nd CGI (4-8)
• Hayden Muller (1): 3rd NB, 3rd GP, 2nd Bend, 1st CGI (15-5)
• Bailey Overton (1): 1st NB, 5th GP, 1st CGI (15-9)
• Hector Garcia (1): 6th Bend, 3rd Siuslaw, 6th Regionals (26-22)
• JC Gentry (1): (6-20)
• Louis Gentry (2): (2-18)
• Zekiah Hunt (1):  10-17)
• Matthew Horrillo (3): 3rd DD, 4th GP, 3rd Bend, 3rd Suth, 1st Sius, 4th CGI, 3rd Regionals (35-14)
• Luiz Infante-Marquez (2): (2-9)
• Riley Jennings (4): 2nd DD, 5th GP, 5th Bend, 4th Suth, 2nd Sius, 5th CGI, 4th Regionals (39-16)
• Ryan Jennings (2): 6th Bend, 4th Bend, 5th Siuslaw; 4th CGI, 4th Regionals (21-18)
• Elijah LaCosse (2): 3rd DD, 4th Bend, 2nd Suth, 3rd Sius, 3rd Regionals (35-16)
• Brady Libby (2): 2nd DD, 4th Bend, 3rd Sius, 4th CGI 4th Regionals (23-17)
• Christian Newlan (2): 3rd DD; 6th Suth