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Pirates push back playoff start time
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Marshfield will have a later start time than usual for its playoff game Friday against Hermiston, while Gold Beach will return to Pete Susick Stadium for the sixth time in four seasons.
The state football playoffs begin this weekend with games around the state, though only three South Coast schools are involved.
Marshfield faces Hermiston in the first round of the Class 5A playoffs on Friday night at Pete Susick Stadium.
The game will kick off at 8 p.m., an hour later than normal.
Marshfield athletic director Bryan Trendell said the later start time was a concession to Hermiston, which wanted to play on Saturday.
“We wanted Friday night; they wanted Saturday,” he said. “So we made it later Friday night to give their parents an opportunity to get here for the game.”
Hermiston, located on the Interstate 84 corridor, is more than 400 miles from Coos Bay.
Marshfield will sell reserved seats for the game, in addition to general admission seating.
Season ticket holders get the first chance to reserve their seats for Friday night’s game, though plenty of additional seats also will be available, Trendell said.
Reserved seats will be sold at Pirate Hall on the Marshfield campus from 3:30 to 7 p.m. today.
People who can’t make it during the hours today can call Pirate Hall at 267-1440 to order reserved tickets, he said.
Reserved seats cost $10. General admission, which will go on sale at the gate Friday at 6:30 p.m., are $6 for adults and $4 for students. The general admission prices are set by the Oregon School Activities Association.
The winner of Friday’s game will travel to Crater for the second round next week.
Class 3A
Gold Beach will play Umatilla at Marshfield’s stadium on Saturday, in a game that will kick off at 1 p.m. Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for students.
This will mark the sixth time since the 2006 season that the Panthers have played a playoff game on the turf at Marshfield. The Panthers won two games at Marshfield in 2008 and 2006 and one game in 2007. They also won a playoff game in the stadium in 2004, making them 6-0 at the field.
Gold Beach coach Kevin Swift has preferred to play on the turf once the weather turns wet and the Panthers’ home field becomes muddy to give his team its best chance to advance in the playoffs.
Gold Beach traditionally has sent a large contingent of fans to Coos Bay.
The Panthers were ranked fifth and Willamina seventh in the latest Class 3A coaches poll.
The winner of Saturday’s game plays the winner of a contest between Jefferson and No. 3 Vale in the quarterfinals next week. In either instance, Gold Beach would be the road team.
Class 4A
Siuslaw opens the playoffs with a game at Scappoose Friday night after the Vikings finished third in the Far West League.
Siuslaw won its playoff opener each of the past six seasons, though those games all were played in Florence.
The winner of Friday’s game plays at Central in the second round.
The state football playoffs begin this weekend with games around the state, though only three South Coast schools are involved.
Marshfield faces Hermiston in the first round of the Class 5A playoffs on Friday night at Pete Susick Stadium.
The game will kick off at 8 p.m., an hour later than normal.
Marshfield athletic director Bryan Trendell said the later start time was a concession to Hermiston, which wanted to play on Saturday.
“We wanted Friday night; they wanted Saturday,” he said. “So we made it later Friday night to give their parents an opportunity to get here for the game.”
Hermiston, located on the Interstate 84 corridor, is more than 400 miles from Coos Bay.
Marshfield will sell reserved seats for the game, in addition to general admission seating.
Season ticket holders get the first chance to reserve their seats for Friday night’s game, though plenty of additional seats also will be available, Trendell said.
Reserved seats will be sold at Pirate Hall on the Marshfield campus from 3:30 to 7 p.m. today.
People who can’t make it during the hours today can call Pirate Hall at 267-1440 to order reserved tickets, he said.
Reserved seats cost $10. General admission, which will go on sale at the gate Friday at 6:30 p.m., are $6 for adults and $4 for students. The general admission prices are set by the Oregon School Activities Association.
The winner of Friday’s game will travel to Crater for the second round next week.
Class 3A
Gold Beach will play Umatilla at Marshfield’s stadium on Saturday, in a game that will kick off at 1 p.m. Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for students.
This will mark the sixth time since the 2006 season that the Panthers have played a playoff game on the turf at Marshfield. The Panthers won two games at Marshfield in 2008 and 2006 and one game in 2007. They also won a playoff game in the stadium in 2004, making them 6-0 at the field.
Gold Beach coach Kevin Swift has preferred to play on the turf once the weather turns wet and the Panthers’ home field becomes muddy to give his team its best chance to advance in the playoffs.
Gold Beach traditionally has sent a large contingent of fans to Coos Bay.
The Panthers were ranked fifth and Willamina seventh in the latest Class 3A coaches poll.
The winner of Saturday’s game plays the winner of a contest between Jefferson and No. 3 Vale in the quarterfinals next week. In either instance, Gold Beach would be the road team.
Class 4A
Siuslaw opens the playoffs with a game at Scappoose Friday night after the Vikings finished third in the Far West League.
Siuslaw won its playoff opener each of the past six seasons, though those games all were played in Florence.
The winner of Friday’s game plays at Central in the second round.
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