The Siuslaw Vikings baseball team played the Junction City Tigers toe-to-toe for the six innings before eventually dropping a Sky-Em League doubleheader at Jiggs Dodson Stadium, 5-1 and 11-2.

The Vikings (5-7 overall, 0-2 in league) next play a makeup game at Marist on Monday. The two wins lifted Junction City to 7-4 overall, 2-0 in league and No. 9 in the OSAA Class 4A rankings.

The Tigers plated four runs in the top of the seventh to clinch the opener, which was tied at 1-1 entering the final frame.

Ethan Halpin was the tough-luck loser, giving up two unearned runs, scattering four hits and striking out six.

Ian Sissel was 2-for-2 in the game with a double, a run scored and a stolen base.

"Ethan Halpin had another stellar day on the mound," Siuslaw coach Tom Shinn said. "He went deep into the game. Ian Sissel had a great offensive game."

Winning pitcher Chris Ohman went the distance on the mound, striking out six, and helped himself at the plate, driving in three runs.

In the second game, Junction City jumped on Vikings starter Isaac Garza for seven runs in the first two innings. Only two of the seven runs were earned, the Vikings committing four errors in the game.

The Tigers got four more runs off reliever Andrew Jensen-Norman, who went two innings before handing the ball off to freshman Joel Sissel.

"Joel Sissel had a great second game. He totally shut down Junction City," Shinn said. "At the plate, Joel reached base all three times, going 2-for-2 and garnering a walk."

Sissel fired three innings of hitless and scoreless relief to keep the Vikings in the game.

Halpin also was on base three times, hitting 1-for-2 with a double, two walks and an RBI, while Garza had a run, RBI and a double.

First game
JUNCTION CITY  100 000 4 — 5  6  1
SIUSLAW              000 001 0 — 1  7  3
Chris Ohman and Jaxson Kister; Ethan Halpin, Jason Garcia (7) and Henry Rankin. WP — Chris Ohman. LP — Ethan Halpin.

Second game
JUNCTION CITY  250 400 0 — 11  9  0
SIUSLAW              001 010 0 —  2  7  4
Micah Rogers, Evan Higson (5), Kaleb Burnett (7) and Jaxson Kister; Isaac Garza, Andrew Jensen-Norman (3), Joel Sissel (5) and Henry Rankin. WP — Rogers. LP — Isaac Garza.

SIUSLAW SCHEDULE
Record: 5-7 overall, 0-2 Sky-Em League
March 15 — Siuslaw 7, at Sutherlin 1, 1st game
March 15 — Siuslaw 7, at Sutherlin 5, 2nd game
March 18 — at Mazama 9, Siuslaw 2, at Klamath Falls
March 19 — Siuslaw 13, at Klamath Union 3, 5 innings, 1st game
March 19 — Siuslaw 22, at Klamath Union 0, 3 innings, 2nd game
March 25 — at Siuslaw 9, Coquille 2
April 1 — Pleasant Hill 12, at Siuslaw 9, 1st game
April 1 — Pleasant Hill 6, at Siuslaw 5, 2nd game, 5 innings, darkness
April 5 — Hidden Valley 8, at Siuslaw 2
April 7 — Creswell 5, at Siuslaw 2
April 12 — at Marist, postponed
April 15 — Junction City 5, at Siuslaw 1, 1st game
April 15 — Junction City 11, at Siuslaw 2, 2nd game
Monday, April 18 — at Marist, 5 p.m.
Tuesday, April 19 — Cottage Grove, 5 p.m.
Friday, April 22 — at Elmira (DH), 3 p.m.
Tuesday, April 26 — at Marshfield, 5 p.m.
Friday, April 29 — Marist (DH), 3 p.m.
Tuesday, May 3 — at Junction City, 5 p.m.
Friday, May 6 — at Cottage Grove (DH), 3 p.m.
Tuesday, May 10 — Elmira, 5 p.m.
Friday, May 13 — Marshfield (DH), 3 p.m.

VARSITY ROSTER
  2 Isaac Garza, senior, RHP/2B
  3 Noah Dotson, junior, OF/RHP
  4 Beau Erickson, senior, SS/RHP
  5 Victor Ayala, junior, U/OF
  8 Ethan Aaron, senior, OF/RHP
  9 Ethan Halpin, senior, RHP/1B
10 Henry Rankin, senior, C/1B
12 Ian Sissel, junior, OF/C
13 Jason Garcia, senior, RHP/U
14 Joel Sissel, freshman, OF/RHP
15 Jacob Welton, junior, RHP/OF
21 Andrew Jensen-Norman, sophomore, RHP, 1B
22 Max Reynolds, freshman, U
34 Armando Galvam-Mendez, sophomore, 3B
Coach: Tom Shinn
Assistant: Dan Rankin

JV ROSTER
Billy Massey, sophomore, RHP
Michael Felkins, freshman, RHP/OF
Eaden Mead, sophomore, RHP/2B
Dayne Muller, sophomore, RHP/C
Jacob Dunn, sophomore, 1B
Sylas Gorder, freshman, 1B
Max Reynolds, freshman, SS/RHP
Peyton Sandusky, sophomore, OF/RHP
Kai Diocson, sophomore, OF/RHP
Mathias Wilson, sophomore, LHP/OF
Tate Bottensek, sophomore, LHP/OF
Leonardo Robertson, freshman, OF
Damian Cano, sophomore, RHP/C
Coach: Jim Baxter