Senior quarterback Elijah Blankenship threw five touchdown passes in the first half as the Siuslaw Vikings rolled to a 58-12 victory over the host Harrisburg Eagles in 3A football Friday.

Junior Beau Erickson played the second half at quarterback for the Vikings, engineering touchdown drives of 64 and 65 yards.

Siuslaw, 1-2, plays its final two regular-season games at home, Friday against Sisters and the following Friday against Junction City.

A Culminating Week game has yet to be announced.

Harrisburg, which suited 17 players for the game, fell to 0-3. The Eagles have been outscored 135-18 this season.

Junior Camp Lacouture scored 24 points for the Vikings, 12 on a pair of TD receptions, 6 on a return of a Harrisburg fumble and 6 on point-after kicks.

Junior Braydon Thornton had 20 points on three TD receptions and a 2-point conversion run.

Blankenship had three TD passes in the first quarter, 40 yards to Thornton, 20 to Lacouture and 1 to Thornton.

Blankenship added two more TD passes in the second quarter, 30 yards to Lacouture and 27 to Thornton.

Junior running back Hunter Petterson scored both of Siuslaw's second-half touchdowns on runs of 1 yard in the third quarter and 18 in the fourth.

Senior quarterback Chase Gallegos scored all 12 Eagles points on a pair of 5-yard TD runs, the first in the second quarter and the last as running time elapsed in the fourth quarter.

In other 3A Special District 2 North games, Santiam Christian lashed visiting La Pine, 50-22, and Junction City visited Pleasant Hill. Sisters lost a nonleague game at Sweet Home, 36-6.

NOTES

Senior quarterbacks Elijah Blankenship and Chase Gallegos met at midfield as the only players participating in the pregame coin flip. ...

Harrisburg lists three seniors on a 19-player roster that includes six freshmen, six sophomores and four juniors ...

In two games against Sam Johnson-coached teams, the Vikings have outscored the Eagles 122-20 ...

Siuslaw and its next two opponents, Sisters and Junction City, are 4A programs currently playing at 3A level ... The OSAA will redistrict next school year, and Siuslaw likely will return to the 4A Sky-Em League ...

The win put Sam Johnson at 7-6 in his coaching career at his alma mater ... Johnson was 6-4 in 2019 following a season when the Vikings were 0-8 ...

The current Vikings football roster lists only three seniors — Elijah Blankenship, Skyler Loomis and Christian Newlan ... it also lists freshman Cort Waggoner twice (he must be good!). ...

SCORING
SIUSLAW           23   21   7    7 —  58
HARRISBURG     0    6    0    6 —  12
First quarter
Siuslaw — Braydon Thornton 40-yard pass from Elijah Blankenship (Skyler Loomis run), 9:19
Siuslaw — Camp Lacouture 20-yard pass from Elijah Blankenship (Braydon Thornton run),  6:30
Siuslaw — Braydon Thornton 1-yard pass from Elijah Blankenship (Camp Lacouture kick), 3:02
Second quarter
Siuslaw — Camp Lacouture 30-yard pass from Elijah Blankenship (Camp Lacouture kick), 11:48
Siuslaw — Camp Lacouture 20-yard fumble return (Camp Lacouture kick), 10:42
Harrisburg — Chase Gallegos 5-yard run (run failed), 5:09
Siuslaw — Braydon Thornton 27-yard pass from Elijah Blankenship (Camp Lacouture kick), 4:06
Third quarter
Siuslaw — Hunter Petterson 1-yard run (Camp Lacouture kick), 5:58
Fourth quarter
Siuslaw — Hunter Petterson 18-yard run (Camp Lacouture kick), 5:59
Harrisburg — Chase Gallegos 5-yard run (run failed), :20
(Note: Scoring from online monitoring of Coast Radio and NFHS Network)

VIKINGS SCHEDULE
Record: 1-2 league, 1-2 overall
March 5 — at La Pine 26, Siuslaw 24
March 12 — Santiam Christian 47, at Siuslaw 21
March 19 — Siuslaw 58, at Harrisburg 12
March 26 — Sisters, 7 p.m., Coast Radio
April 2 — Junction City, 7 p.m., Coast Radio
April 9 — Culminating Week game, to be announced

VIKINGS ROSTER
Seniors (3)
  4 Elijah Blankenship, QB/DB
23 Skyler Loomis, RB/LB
68 Christian Newlan, OL/LB
Juniors (11)
  1 Rhys Fleming, TE/LB
  2 Isaac Garza, WR/DB
  5 Camp Lacouture, RB/LB
  8 Braydon Thornton, WR/DB
10 Beau Erickson, QB/DB
17 James Smith, WR/DB
50 Joe Slaughter, OL/DL
51 Henry Rankin, OL/DL
52 John Corser, OL/DL
62 Avery Hart, TE/DL
69 Ethan Aaron, OL/DL
Sophomores (6)
  7 Ian Sissel, RB/LB
11 Hunter Petterson, RB/DB
22 Odin Smith, RB/LB
54 Victor Ayala, OL/LB
56 Julian Loftis, OL/DL
75 John Rose, OL/LB
Freshmen (9)
  3 Noah Dotson, WR/DB
12 Talin Loomis, WR/DB
14 Dayne Muller, QB/LB
15 Tate Bottensek, WR/DB
21 Owen Garneau, RB/LB
53 Daniel Schick, OL/DL
57 Billie Massey, OL/DL
58 Cort Waggnoner, OL/DL
71 Landon Severy, OL/DL

Coach: Sam Johnson
Assistants: Andy Johnson, Billy Jones, Bob Teter, Dennis Davidson, Gerald Fleming, Jeff Gray, Lane Johnson, Nick Johnson, Tom Shinn