Vikings club Newport 42-20, improve to 2-1
Sophomore wide receiver Braydon Thornton caught three TD passes Friday against Newport. Siuslaw junior quarterback Elijah Blankenship passed for two touchdowns and ran for three short scores Friday to lead the Vikings to a 42-20 nonleague football victory over the Newport Cubs at Hans Petersen Memorial Field.
The Vikings, 2-1 in their turnaround season, travel to Madras next Saturday, Sept. 28, to play the independent 4A McLoughlin Pioneers (1-2).
Newport, a 4A state playoff team last season, fell to 0-3. The Cubs host Philomath this coming Friday in an Oregon West Conference opener.
Siuslaw scored in every quarter as the Vikings' offense purred along, despite four lost fumbles. Siuslaw also gifted the Cubs by failing to cover an onside kick.
The Vikings burst out of the gate with Blankenship-to-Braydon Thornton TD passes of 32 and 34 yards. The first score came on a five-play drive to open the game and the second two plays after Camp Lacouture returned an interception 29 yards to the Newport 41.
Less than four minutes into the game, Siuslaw led 12-0.
Newport struck back with a vengeance to take a 14-12 lead after the first quarter on two touchdown passes from freshman Marcus Everitt to senior Austin Perry.
Perry got behind the Vikings' defense for a 61-yard scoring play with 6:51 to go in the first quarter. Newport recovered the onside kick and Everitt connected with Perry for a 34-yard TD at 3:57 of the quarter.
Sophomore kicker Kaden Bruns squeezed a pair of extra-point kicks just over the cross bar and the Cubs took a 14-12 lead into the second quarter.
Blankenship and Lacouture each scored on short runs in the second quarter as the Vikings took a 24-14 lead into halftime despite fumbling the ball away three times, including two in a bizarre sequence in which possession changed hands three times in three plays.
Siuslaw expanded its lead to 36-14 as Blankenship scored on two short runs, from the 3 with 7:07 to play in the third quarter and from the 2 with 11:24 left in the fourth.
Everitt tossed his third TD of the game with 2:46 left in the game, hitting senior tight end Luke Losier from the 8 for the score.
Siuslaw tacked on its final score with 34 seconds to play, Lacouture connecting with Thornton from 41 yards out.
The win avenged a 60-16 defeat to the Cubs last season in Newport.
NEWPORT 14 0 0 6 — 20
SIUSLAW 12 12 6 12 — 42
First quarter
Siuslaw — Braydon Thornton 32-yard pass from Elijah Blankenship (run failed), 10:13
Siuslaw — Braydon Thornton 34-yard pass from Elijah Blankenship (run failed), 8:10
Newport — Austin Perry 61-yard pass from Marcus Everitt (Kaden Bruns kick), 6:51
Newport — Austin Perry 34-yard pass from Marcus Everitt (Kaden Bruns kick), 3:57
Second quarter
Siuslaw — Elijah Blankenship 2-yard run (run failed), 9:49
Siuslaw — Camp Lacouture 5-yard run (run failed), 5:53
Third quarter
Siuslaw — Elijah Blankenship 3-yard run (run failed), 7:07
Fourth quarter
Siuslaw — Elijah Blankenship 2-yard run (pass failed), 11:24
Newport — Luke Losier 8-yard pass from Marcus Everitt (kick blocked), 2:46
Siuslaw — Braydon Thornton 41-yard pass from Camp Lacouture (pass failed), :34
2019 SIUSLAW VIKINGS ROSTER
Information from school's OSAA web page
1 TE/LB Rhys Fleming, sophomore, 6-3, 170
3 QB/S Elijah Blankenship, junior, 5-8, 170
5 RB/LB Camp Lacouture, sophomore, 6-0, 170
7 RB/LB Ian Sissel, freshman, 5-10, 160
8 WR/CB Braydon Thornton, sophomore, 6-2, 170
9 TE/DE Avery Hart, sophomore, 6-3, 220
10 QB/S Beau Erickson, sophomore, 5-8, 140
11 WR/S Brady Libby, junior, 5-8, 170
12 RB/LB Hector Garcia, junior, 5-10, 175
13 RB/CB Hunter Petterson, freshman, 5-6, 140
14 RB/LB Mason Buss, freshman, 5-6, 130
15 WR/CB Jake Roberts, freshman, 5-8, 140
15 TE/DE Noah Dotson, freshman, 5-10, 160
23 WR/CB James Smith, sophomore, 5-11, 160
26 WR/LB Tyrone Krohn, junior, 5-10, 150
33 RB/LB Skyler Loomis, junior, 5-10, 170
41 WR/CB Jason Garcia, sophomore, 5-8, 150
50 OL/LB Victor Ayala, freshman, 5-8, 200
51 OL/DL Henry Rankin, sophomore, 6-0, 220
53 OL/LB Ethan Aaron, sophomore, 5-9, 170
53 OL/DL Ricky Loza, senior, 5-8, 170
56 OL/DL John Corser, sophomore, 5-9, 180
62 OL/DL Joe Slaughter, sophomore, 5-9, 170
64 OL/LB Christian Newlan, junior, 5-11, 200
65 OL/DL Matthew Horillo, senior, 5-10, 240
67 OL/DE Dayson Foglio, senior, 6-5, 240
68 OL/DL David Spencer, senior, 6-2, 330
70 OL/DL Isaiah Jones, senior, 6-0, 180
76 OL/DL Zach Stinger, senior, 5-10, 220
84 WR/CB Isaac Garza, sophomore, 6-0, 160
88 WR/CB Colin Leland, junior, 6-0, 160
88 TE/DE John Rose, freshman, 6-3, 200
Head coach: Sam Johnson (first year)
Assistant coaches: Andy Johnson, Billy Jones, Bob Teter, Dennis Davidson, Gerald Fleming, Jeff Gray, Nick Johnson, Tom Shinn.
OSAA Class 3A Special District 2 North Schedule
Nonleague
Friday, Sept. 20
at Siuslaw 42, Newport 20
Cascade Christian 49, at Harrisburg 0
at Burns 20, La Pine 0
at Pleasant Hill 48, Dayton 14
Sutherlin 50, at Douglas 0
at Santiam Christian 39, Scio 0
Friday, Sept. 27
Douglas at Harrisburg, 7 p.m.
La Pine at Rogue River, 7 p.m.
Pleasant Hill at Cascade Christian, 7 p.m.
South Umpqua at Sutherlin, 7 p.m.
Santiam Christian at Blanchet Catholic, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 28
Siuslaw vs. McLoughlin at Madras, 4 p.m.
League
Friday, Oct. 4
Harrisburg at Siuslaw, 7 p.m.
Sutherlin at La Pine, 7 p.m.
Pleasant Hill at Santiam Christian, 7 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 11
Siuslaw at Santiam Christian (Adair Village), 7 p.m.
Sutherlin at Harrisburg, 7:30 p.m.
La Pine at Pleasant Hill, 7 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 18
Pleasant Hill at Siuslaw, 7 p.m.
Harrisburg at La Pine, 7 p.m.
Santiam Christian at Sutherlin, 7 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 25
La Pine at Siuslaw, 7 p.m.
Harrisburg at Santiam Christian, 7 p.m.
Sutherlin at Pleasant Hill, 7 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 1
Siuslaw at Sutherlin, 7 p.m.
Pleasant Hill at Harrisburg, 7 p.m.
Santiam Christian at La Pine, 7 p.m.
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