Tickets for the Siuslaw Vikings boys and girls season openers Wednesday are available online at bit.ly/siuslawtickets.

Siuslaw hosts Bandon at Glenn Butler Court, with the tipoff 5:45 p.m. for the girls game.

Masks will be required. The games will be available on the NFHS Network, but not on Coast Radio.

Bandon promises to be a challenge for both the boys and girls. The Bandon girls were 16-1 last season, 12-0 in league. The Bandon boys were 10-3 and 9-2.

Veteran coach Aaron McNeill has returned to the sidelines to lead the Lady Vikings, who were 2-9 last spring.

Boys coach Dylan Perry is confident the Vikings will compete for a title in the Sky-Em League, which features three top-six teams, including top-ranked Marshfield.

AIR BALLS

Most Vikings games will be available on Coast Radio and the NFHS Network.

All Vikings home games will be carried on the NFHS Network, a subscription service.

Coast Radio announced its broadcast plans Monday, and immediately amended it. Friday's game at Newport was to be the first of the season, but the game is being preempted by Oregon's advance to the Pacific-12 football championship.

Max Perry and Ryan Stahel return as the primary broadcast team.

The broadcast schedule (pregame/scheduled tipoff):

Monday, Dec. 6 — at North Bend, boys only, 7 p.m./7:15 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 8 — at Pleasant Hill, 5:45 p.m./6 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 14 — Newport, 5:30 p.m./5:45 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 4 — at Sutherlin, boys only, 6:45 p.m./7 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 14 — at Marist, 5:30 p.m./5:45 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 18 — at Marshfield, 5:30 p.m./5:45 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 21 — Elmira, 5:30 p.m./5:45 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 25 — at Junction City, 5:30 p.m./5:45 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 28 — Cottage Grove, 5:30 p.m./5:45 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 4 — Marist, 5:30 p.m./5:45 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 8 — Marshfield, 5:30 p.m./5:45 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 11 — at Elmira, 5:30 p.m./5:45 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 15 — Junction City, 5:30 p.m./5:45 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 18 — at Cottage Grove, 5:30 p.m./5:45 p.m.

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Four all-state pole vaulters will be in the lineup Wednesday for the Bandon-Siuslaw boys game.

The Vikings' Kyle Hughes and Camp Lacouture placed in the top six at last spring's 4A state championship at Hans Petersen Memorial Field.

Hughes went a personal-record 13 feet for fifth place, while Lacouture shared sixth at 12-6.

Bandon's Hunter Angove and Owen Brown were 1-2 in the 2A state championship at Union High School, Angove with a PR 13-7 and Brown with a PR 13-0.

Brown is the son of Siuslaw Elementary School principal Amy Flora and the step-son of Siuslaw athletic director Chris Johnson.