Vikings open season Saturday at Cascade


The Siuslaw wrestling team has 15 boys and 8 girls entered in the Perry Burlison Tournament as the Vikings prepare for their season opener Saturday at Cascade High School in Turner.

"The group is doing an outstanding job in practice," Siuslaw coach Neil Wartnik said Thursday. "We're having fun."

The Lady Vikings will be near full strength for their tournament, while the boys will be missing some contributors.

"We're taking a truncated group of boys," Wartnik said. "We have a couple of our football players resting this week.

"A few boys are sick, and a couple boys are not eligible yet."

The Vikings have three more matches before the end of the calendar year, Dec. 10-11 at North Bend, Dec. 17-18 at Grants Pass and Dec. 22 at Marshfield.

There are four events at Siuslaw in the new year, including the Sky-Em Dual Meet Championships Jan. 6, the Nick Lutz Memorial Tournament Jan. 15, a dual meet with Stayton Feb. 3 and the District 2 Regional Feb. 11-12.

SCHEDULE
Saturday, Dec. 4 — Cascade Tournament at Turner
Friday-Saturday, Dec. 10-11 — at North Bend Coast Classic
Friday-Saturday, Dec. 17-18 — at Grants Pass Winter Kickoff, 9 a.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 22 — at 4-Way Dual, Marshfield
Thursday, Jan. 6 — Sky-Em Dual Meet Championships at Siuslaw, 2 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 12 — Conference Duals at Philomath, 6 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 15 — Nick Lutz Memorial Tournament at Siuslaw, 9:30 a.m.
Thursday, Jan. 20 — at Junction City Three-Way Meet, 5 p.m.
Friday-Saturday, Jan. 21-22 — at Bay City Duals, Coos Bay
Wednesday, Jan. 26 — Conference Duals at Elmira
Thursday, Feb. 3 — vs. Stayton, Glenn Butler Court, 6 p.m.
Friday-Saturday, Feb. 11-12 — District 2 Regional at Siuslaw
Friday-Saturday, Feb. 25-26 — OSAA State Championships, Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Portland

ROSTER
Freshmen
Jordan Albin, 152
Aiden Armstrong, 285
Ty Bond, 138
Ryan Clark, 126
Ashlyn Hart, 130
Macali Lade, 120
Wesley Nicholls, 132
Leonardo Robertson, 145
Joel Sissel, 170
Austen Webb, 285
Sophomores
Makayla Freeman, 140
River Howell, 220
Dayne Muller, 135
Daniel Petrovic, 220
Rosa Velasco-Mendez, 130
Cort Waggoner, 220
Juniors
Mason Buss, 170
Ava Coggins, 115
Yoskar De la Mora, 120
Cayden Gray, 120
Julian Loftis, 220
Lucian Murphy, 160
Chance O'Brien, 220
Hunter Petterson, 138
Madison Petterson, 115
Jacob Welton, 138
Seniors
John Corser, 152
Dante Galli, 182
Jesus Garcia 182
JC Gentry, 285
Jessie Hoover, 100
Hayden Muller, 135
Brooke Olson, 135
Bailey Overton, 120
Coach: Neil Wartnik
Assistants: Chris Rupp, Chris LaCosse, Robert Forsythe, Stecher Buss