Newport tops Siuslaw for tournament title


Friday's third meeting of the season was a charm for the Newport Cubs against the Siuslaw Vikings boys basketball team.

The Cubs (5-5) captured their own holiday tournament with a 56-41 victory over the Vikings (5-4).

Siuslaw won the two earlier meetings this season 60-43 (at Newport) and 62-60 (in Florence).

South Umpqua (5-2) beat Taft (3-8) in the consolation final, 72-56.

The Vikings play Sutherlin (1-7) Tuesday at Sutherlin. Tipoff is 7 p.m.

Siuslaw will play Sky-Em/Skyline Crossover games this coming Friday and Saturday in Grants Pass to complete its preleague schedule.

SIUSLAW (41) — Brody Terry 4 2-2 10, Avery Hart 4 1-4 10, Braydon Thornton 3 1-2 7, Izaac Mattson 2 0-2 4, Chad Hughes 1 0-0 2, Beau Erickson 1 0-0 2, Camp Lacouture 1 0-0 2, Andrew Jensen Norman 1 0-0 2, Aiden Jefferis 1 0-0 2. Totals 18 4-10 41.
3-point goal (1) — Avery Hart 1.

SCHEDULE
Record: 5-4 overall, 0-0 Sky-Em, 2-1 home, 3-3 away
Dec. 1 — at Siuslaw 55, Bandon 47
Dec. 3 — Siuslaw 60, at Newport 43
Dec. 6 — at North Bend 47, Siuslaw 35
Dec. 14 — at Siuslaw 63, Newport 61
Dec. 17 — Siuslaw 61, Sutherlin 27, at Bulldog Invitational, Creswell
Dec. 18 — Creswell 64, Siuslaw 58, at Bulldog Invitational, Creswell
Dec. 21 — Pleasant Hill 64, at Siuslaw 62
Dec. 30 — Siuslaw 58, South Umpqua 47, at Newport Tournament
Dec. 31 — Newport 56, Siuslaw 41, at Newport Tournament
Tuesday, Jan. 4 — at Sutherlin, 7 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 7 — Sky-Em/Skyline Crossover, at Grants Pass
Saturday, Jan. 8 — Sky-Em/Skyline Crossover, at Grants Pass
Friday, Jan. 14 — at Marist, 5:45 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 18 — at Marshfield, 5:45 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 21 — Elmira, 5:45 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 25 — at Junction City, 5:45 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 28 — Cottage Grove, 5:45 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 4 — Marist, 7:15 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 8 — Marshfield, 7:15 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 11 — at Elmira, 7:15 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 15 — Junction City, 7:15 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 18 — at Cottage Grove, 7:15 p.m.

ROSTER
  0 Kyle Hughes, junior, forward, 6-5
  1 Chad Hughes, senior, forward, 6-6
  2 Braydon Thornton, senior, guard, 6-2
  3 Izaac Mattson, senior, guard, 6-2
  4 Sam Ulrich, junior, guard, 5-10
  5 Beau Erickson, senior, guard, 5-11
10 Jimmy Allen, junior, guard, 6-2
11 Camp Lacouture, senior, guard, 6-0
12 Harrison Hubner, senior, guard, 6-0
13 Brody Terry, senior, guard, 5-11
14 Andrew Jensen-Norman, sophomore, forward, 6-3
21 Aiden Jefferis, senior, forward, 6-1
23 Joe Slaughter, senior, guard 6-0
34 Avery Hart, senior, forward, 6-5
Coach: Dylan Perry
Assistants: Brian Carmer, Nick Johnson, Skyler Mattson