2012-13 Boys Basketball All-Star Selections

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2013 4A Softball Polls

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2013 2A Baseball Polls

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Wilson-Dallas Baseball Rivalry Builds

Wilson and Dallas are building a baseball rivalry, and this may be Dallas’ turn on top. The Dragons beat Wilson 5-1 on the road April 6, boosting their record to 9-1 as the defending 5A champions fell to 4-5.

Dallas scored in each of the first four innings while the Trojans were stymied by big righthander Jaret Peterson. Peterson hit two batters in the first inning but was in control the rest of the way, allowing three singles in five innings. He surrendered an unearned run in the fifth.

Peterson’s bat was also a factor as he singled twice and drove in two runs.

Wilson opened the season with four straight losses in a Scottsdale, Ariz., tournament and now has a 4-5 record.

Of course, last year the Trojans also dropped the first four games of the season before going on a tear and finishing 23-8. One of the losses was in extra innings to Dallas.

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2013 6A Baseball Polls

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2013 3A Baseball Polls

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Seven Bridesmaids Left to Ponder What Could Have Been

West Linn clawed its way to the 6A boys basketball championship, leaving seven other teams with regrets and what-ifs.

The Grant Generals certainly fit that category, losing in the opening round to West Linn 51-50 when two puzzling calls went against them in the final eight seconds. The next morning, Southridge eliminated them 64-53 as two starting Generals, Theo Freidman and Deiondre Bird, sat out with injuries.

Had they held onto their lead against West Linn, might they have been the Cinderella team and gone all the way?

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2013 Oregon Prep Hoopers Playing Division I Basketball

LO's Hermanson and Jesuit's Rayner lead current crop of 

prep hoopers who have signed with Division I programs

(OREGON) - The cream of the crop of Oregon boys high school basketball players always seem to choose out of state schools to play college ball, as the in-state schools continue to drop the ball in recruiting the best that Oregon has to offer. This season is no different as the top two players in the state have both signed Letters of Intent with out of state programs; Lake Oswego’s Calvin Hermanson has signed  with St. Mary’s and Jesuit’s Khyan Rayner (left, in 2012 LSI versus Sheldon) inked with Princeton.

C’mon Dana Altman and Craig Robinson, it’s time to step up the in-state recruiting and keep a top Oregon prep player for once!  While Altman did get Sprague’s A.J. Lapray, he is not a program changing player.  Jesuit again leads the state with four former Crusaders playing Division I basketball, while Westview and Central Catholic both boast three former players on Division I rosters.  Oregon bred players are well represented all over the map of major college basketball and currently 35 players are playing Division I basketball. Also, seven Oregon seniors have signed Letters of Intent to play basketball next year at Division I colleges and a few more remain unsigned.

In addition to the many players that just finished successful college seasons, currently four former Oregon prep players are playing in the NBA; Lake Oswego’s Kevin Love, South Medford’s Kyle Singler, and Jefferson’s dynamic duo of Terrance Jones and Terrance Ross.  Jones has played most of the season in the NBADL for the Houston Rockets, while Love has been sitting out with a broken hand for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Singler has been a surprising starter in over 60 games for the lowly Detroit Pistons while Ross flew to the NBA Slam Dunk Championship at All-Star weekend earlier this season for the Toronto Raptors.

The following is a list of Oregon high school basketball players playing Division I basketball this season.

Stephen Holt, 6-4, 180, Jr., St. Mary’s (Jesuit HS) – Holt is a major reason the Gaels qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season.  Holt is a point guard in a two-guards body, Holt is an intelligent player that can score taking it to the hoop or pulling up from outside. Holt is super intelligent athlete that specializes in defending the top offensive guard on the opposing team. 2011-12: Holt averaged 10.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, 3.4 assists, and 1.9 steals this season while shooting 50% from the field, 38% on three-pointers and 77% from the line. 2011-12 Highlights: 1/9/12 – Holt recorded a near triple-double in 87-72 win over San Francisco with 11 points, 10 assists and 9 rebounds. 2/2/12 – Scored a then career-high 23 Points in 84-73 win over San Diego while garnering 6 rebounds and 4 assists. 2012-13: Holt averaged 12 points and 5.4 rebounds, playing a team second best 32 minutes per game for the 28-6 Gaels.  2012-13 Highlights: On Jan. 10 Holt tied his career high with 23 points in a close 83-78 loss at Gonzaga. On Jan. 16 Holt made 5 of 9 3-pointers to help Saint Mary’s to a 70-69 win over BYU. Holt grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds in a 67-63 Gaels win at San Francisco on Jan. 30. 3-21-13: Holt struggled in the Saints second NCAA tourney game, going 1 of 10 from the field for 2 points in a 54-52 loss to Memphis. Holt added 5 rebounds and 1 steal in 37 minutes

Continue reading for full list of 35 Division I players and 7 Oregon seniors that have already signed LOI’s, plus other unsigned prospects from the H.S. and J.C. ranks.

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"We've Lost A Friend"

By that headline, I don't just mean "we" at OregonPrepSports. Last week, we lost Don Francis, better known to most simply as "Cipole", and high school and college sports in this state lost a friend.

Apparently, they need someone to teach them about "hustle points" up in heaven.

For as long as there has been such a thing as "E-Journalism", Don was in both the forefront and the background of covering football and basketball, and both boys and girls variety. And he did it in a way no one else could. From EDuck to OLive to OPS, and a few other spots along the way, his unique delivery brought a perspective to sports coverage found no where else.

Newcomers can scan the archives; those who have been around for a while don't have to. Anyone who ever engaged in a forum exchange, or shared a pair of bar stools and a good beverage, with "Cipole" will never forget it. (Though a few doubtless have tried!)

Don had the rare ability to transition seamlessly from a class 1A, 8-man game to a 6A Metro League showdown, or from covering a girls' basketball preseason tournament one day to a Pac-10 (later -12) game the next.

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Lions' Laurels Hard to Parse Out

West Linn not only confounded their opponents on the way to three nail-biting upsets in the 6A tournament, they created dilemmas for those picking all-star teams.

The general opinion was that junior center Ryan Shearmire was their MVP. He was one of two first-team all-tournament players on the team, and he was the one picked by The Oregonian as the 6A boys player of the week.

That comes from being the leading scorer on the championship team, but I think a case could be made for any of the West Linn starters as their tournament MVP.

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North Valley Overpowers Cascade

Knights Complete Perfect Season

North Valley won their only basketball State Championship in 1985 (it was called “3A” then), and Cascade won their only one even further back, in 1974 (when is was called “AA”). Long enough ago that those teams are now just legends to the current Knights and Cougars. But legends they have both wanted to join since they were 7^th graders.

That goal was a lofty one for Cascade, who hadn’t won a game at the tournament site since 1998, and was 5-18 just 2 years ago, after going 2 and out at Gill the year before.

It might have been an even loftier accomplishment for North Valley, though. The once feared Knights program had collapsed to 4-22 in the 2007-08 year, and when current coach Jeff Nelson took over the next year, North Valley went winless.

4 years later, North Valley entered the tournament undefeated and ranked #1. And unlike last year, when the Knights also entered the tournament ranked #1, but lost 2 of 3 games at Gill by 3 points, and wound up 6^th, this time they took no prisoners, completing a perfect 27-0 season.

Second ranked Cascade, having equaled the program record for wins of 26 set by the ’74 title team, and only 1 loss, didn’t go down without a fight, coming back from down by as many as 17 points to get within 7.

“After we had made I think it was a 17-6 run, I told our guys Cascade wouldn’t give up. They are a great team, and would make a run, and sure enough, here they came,” Nelson said. “But these guys really wanted it. They’ve come to far, and have gone through too much to let it get away. I couldn’t be prouder of them.”

“We tried, but we were a little too late,” Cascade coach Steve Ball added. “We made a good run, and should have got within 2 possessions there. But those guys are just too long, and too good, though.”

Ultimately, Cascade was undone by poor outside shooting, largely a by product of North Valley’s defense, which had a hand in the Cougars taking 32 3 pointers, only 6 of which they made (19%).

The Knights meanwhile continued to shoot well, hitting 53% of their shots in the game. It translated to a 64-50 win, and the state title.

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