Siuslaw Gold takes second in 40-team event


Siuslaw's Ashley Hennessee, Ava Center, Cate Waggoner, Meika Shappell, Olivia Baber, Rhianna Lane, Brynlee Manues, Kristina Wall

The Siuslaw 14-1 Gold finished second in a field of 40 teams in the 2020 CEVA Presidents Day Tournament at the Bob Keefer Center In Springfield.

Siuslaw was 8-1 in the three-day event, winning a tournament-high-matching 16 sets.

Siuslaw lost to tournament champion Spiketown VBC 14-1, 25-17, 25-20. Spiketown also finished 8-1.

Players on the Gold team included seventh-graders Rhianna Lane and Olivia Baber and eighth-graders Ashley Hennessee, Ava Center, Cate Waggoner, Meika Shappell, Brynlee Manues and Kristin Wall.

The Siuslaw Volleyball Club 14-2 team placed 34th.

The Siuslaw Volleyball Club team is coached by Lona Dengler and Jon Hornung.