Siuslaw senior Beau Erickson's one shot as the Vikings' starting quarterback may be one for the ages, based just on one half of play.

Erickson, the understudy to all-star Elijah Blankenship for three seasons, passed for four touchdowns and ran for a fifth — all in the first half — to lead the 3A No. 9-ranked Vikings to a 48-14 victory Friday over the North Valley Knights at Hans Petersen Memorial Field.

Siuslaw (1-0) opens league play this coming Friday at Sisters. Kickoff is 7 p.m. North Valley (1-1) is at Cottage Grove.

Sisters (0-1) opened its season Friday with a 16-7 loss at Madras.

The Vikings wasted no time Friday getting on the scoreboard, going 60 yards on five plays, capped by a 10-yard Erickson to senior wide receiver Braydon Thornton TD pass at 10:28 of the first quarter.

It was the first of three touchdown connections between Erickson and Thornton in the game.

Erickson hit Isaac Garza for a 20-yard scoring play at 5:24 of the first quarter as the Vikings built a 14-0 lead.

Siuslaw put 21 points on the board in the second quarter on Erickson to Thornton touchdown plays of 91 and 19 yards and a 7-yard TD run by Erickson.

Thornton's 91-yard touchdown receptionas the third-longest in school history, surpassed only by Joe Hill (97 yards in 1978) and Jared Kreil (93 yards in 2004), according to Viking football historian Don Hunt. Josh Thomas-Dotson was bumped down to fourth place (90 yards in 2000).

With a 35-0 halftime lead, the second half was played with the clock on running time.

Siuslaw made it 42-0 after three quarters as senior Camp Lacouture scored on a 3-yard run following a blocked punt credited to Vikings defenders Victor Ayala, Kevin Holloway and Noah Dotson.

In the fourth quarter, North Valley scored on a pair of touchdown passes from senior quarterback Jaydon Twedell to junior tight end Brady Huff, sandwiched around a 27-yard TD run by Siuslaw junior Hunter Petterson.

Lacouture scored an additional six points on the game, making 4-of-5 extra-point kicks and running for a 2-point conversion.

Erickson finished the night connecting on 13 of 18 oasses for 330 yards, Thornton had 7 catches for 210 yards and Lacouture rushed 8 times for 95 yards, all team highs, according to the Vikings' Facebook page.

Siuslaw had 547 yards in total offense — 330 passing and 217 rushing — for an average of 15.6 yards per play.

Elsewhere:

Gladstone (1-1), which hosts Siuslaw Sept. 24, evened its record with a 21-20 victory over visiting Astoria.

Cascade Christian (0-0), which plays at Siuslaw Oct. 1, opens its season this coming Friday at Yreka, Calif. Cascade Christian is the defending 3A champion and ranked No. 1 this season.

La Pine (0-1), which plays at Siuslaw Oct. 8, opened its season Friday with a 20-14 loss at Vale.

Pleasant Hill (0-1), which plays at Siuslaw Thursday, Oct. 14, opened its season Friday with a 48-0 loss at South Umpqua.

Santiam Christian (1-1), which hosts Siuslaw Oct. 22, was shut out at Kennedy, 31-0.

Junction City (1-0), which hosts Siuslaw Oct. 29, saw its home game Friday with Douglas canceled. It was the third straight cancelation to start the season for Douglas, which has only 16 players on its roster.

FOOTNOTES

Marshfield (2-0), the top-ranked team in 4A, romped at Churchill, 57-6. Marshfield gave up its game with North Valley so that Siuslaw would have an opponent ... It was Siuslaw's first season-opening win since 2015 — Tim Dodson's final season ...

Scoring from Coast Radio broadcast feed (Bob Sneddon, Randy Paredes)

NORTH VALLEY   0   0   0  14 — 14
SIUSLAW            14  21  7    6 — 48
First quarter
Siuslaw — Braydon Thornton 10-yard pass from Beau Erickson (kick failed), 10:28
Siuslaw — Isaac Garza 20-yard pass from Beau Erickson (Camp Lacouture run), 5:24
Second quarter
Siuslaw — Braydon Thornton 91-yard pass from Beau Erickson (Camp Lacouture kick), 10:34
Siuslaw — Braydon Thornton 19-yard pass from Beau Erickson (Camp Lacouture kick), 6:44
Siuslaw — Beau Erickson 7-yard run (Camp Lacouture kick), 3:42
Third quarter
Siuslaw — Camp Lacouture 3-yard run (Camp Lacouture kick), 8:20
Fourth quarter
North Valley — Brady Huff 5-yard pass from Jaydon Twedell (Carson Smith kick), 9:20
Siuslaw — Hunter Petterson 27-yard run (kick failed), 5:04
North Valley — Brady Huff 43-yard pass from Jaydon Twedell (Carson Smith kick), :41

Vikings' official individual statistics
Passing
Beau Erickson 13-18-330, 4 TDs.
Receiving
Braydon Thornton 7-210, 3 TDs.
Isaac Garza 2-61, 1 TD.
Camp Lacouture 3-42.
Noah Dotson 1-17.
Rushing
Camp Lacouture 8-95, 1 TD.
Hunter Petterson 3-57, 1 TD.
Ian Sissel 2-35.
Beau Erickson 3-23, 1 TD.
Odin Smith 1-7.
Defensive
Braydon Thornton 1 interception

SIUSLAW SCHEDULE
Record: 1-0 overall, 0-0 3A District 2
Friday, Sept. 3 — South Umpqua, canceled
Friday, Sept 10 — at Siuslaw 48, North Valley (Grants Pass) 14
Friday, Sept. 17 — at Sisters, 7 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 24 — at Gladstone, 7 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 1 — Cascade Christian (Medford), 7 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 8 — La Pine, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 14 — Pleasant Hill, 7 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 22 — at Santiam Christian, 7 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 29 — at Junction City, 7 p.m.