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Oregon's High School Sports Source4A Boys Basketball: One Month Until the Playoffs...
Boys Basketball - Boys Basketball News Written by Jake Shields Thursday, 26 January 2012 00:25 Hits: 3359 Where does 4A basketball stand now? It has been a little over three weeks since our last post and a lot of intriguing things have happened in the 4A landscape that has changed a couple of my thoughts and opinions about the impending play-ins around the state and playoffs at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis. I have had the opportunity of seeing some of the better games in the last three weeks and I have a little bit clearer picture of where teams are at in a bunch of different categories. Lets go through the OSAA top 5 as of January 23rd.
#1 Central Panthers (12-1) Central is still who we thought they were, an elite program with an elite player and not much else to show. If they can get a slim lead on a team they will milk it by going four corners and shortening the game. They play extremely intense in your face man to man. Against teams that can overmatch them on the boards and has someone to defend their only real deal player (Tanner Omlid), they are going to struggle (see Roosevelt). Teams that Central will have problems with later in the season are Newport, Seaside, Roosevelt and Newport again.
#2 Seaside Seagulls (16-1) Seaside is a HUGE surprise. Ranked #1 for a short stint the last couple of weeks, they have gone on a 15 game winning streak since losing its first game of the season. The only game Seaside lost was to #3 Newport. In a recent article by The Oregonian Seaside coach Bill Westerholm said of Newport, “They’re a team with good athletes and they’re physical. They kind of opened our eyes that we can’t go through the motions. They were so physical, getting into our offense was almost impossible.” The question that one can ask is who has Seaside played outside of Newport? They have beaten #6 Roosevelt, #7 Sisters, and #13 Philomath. They have moved into one of my Elite 8/Possible Final 4 Teams. Can they win the Cowapa? Can they beat Tillamook? Can they beat Scappoose who is starting to look better and better each week? Turner Returns To Cascade
Football - Football News Written by Andy Wooldridge (CCCougarfan) Wednesday, 18 January 2012 20:24 Hits: 2678 5A Coach Of The Year's Career Comes Full Circle
If you haven't been around Oregon high school football for 35 or more years, "Cougar who was a Cougar becomes a Cougar again as Turner returns to Turner" might sound like some sort of riddle. But while possibly surprised, those of us with more Friday nights under the lights than we can count can understand the rhyme immediately.
Steve Turner, the 5A Coach of the Year, who led Mt. View past Marist and Sherwood to the 2011 OSAA 5A State Championship, is returning to where his career started, assuming the head coaching job at 4A Cascade, located in Turner.
The opportunity developed when Karl Elliott, who hired Turner for his first coaching job as an assistant at Cascade, re-retired. Elliott, who had originally retired from Cascade, only to come out of retirement 4 differnet times, including 3 years ago back with the Cougars, will leave a program in the hands of a former player or assistant for the third time.
Tuesday Tipoffs In The High Desert
Boys Basketball - Boys Basketball Recaps Written by Jay Reese Wednesday, 11 January 2012 11:52 Hits: 659
Tuesday night Hoops in the High Desert…the Cougar was a hit with kids at Mt. View on this night!
Sr. James Reid of Mt. View scored well below his season average with just 15 points, and the #2 Cougars roll on to thrash Summit, 63-36.
Mt. View rebounded strongly after suffering a loss to 4A #5 Sisters Saturday night on the Cougs home hardwood.
Mitch Modin pumped in 13 and the Cougars improve to 10-4, and visit crosstown rival Bend (8-5) Friday night.
Mt. View converted for 24 points off Storm turnovers. LSI Foretells State Tournament Prospects
Boys Basketball - Boys Basketball News Written by Allan Classen Wednesday, 04 January 2012 12:41 Hits: 3054 The Les Schwab tournament is a good vantage point from which to foresee the state 5A and 6A state tournaments.
With most of the best teams battling each other and three national powerhouse teams at Liberty High School during the holidays, the mid-December coach’s polls now look seriously out of date.
But as much as things looks new, much is the same.
Despite graduating its big stars and four starters, Jesuit is again the team to beat. They fended off two of their top rivals—Lake Oswego and Central Catholic—by the same 52-50 score and then stretched Oak Hill Academy to the limit in the championship game. Three other Oregon teams fell to the Oak Hill juggernaut by 40, 37 and 28 margins, including previously No. 1 ranked Westvew by a 80-43 score. Ehrhardt Signs with Corban
Girls Basketball - Girls Basketball News Written by OregonPrepSports.net Wednesday, 04 January 2012 12:28 Hits: 878
A 5-foot-9 guard, Ehrhardt is her school's all-time leading scorer and has been a four-year starter for Rogue River, which is part of the 3A Southern Cascade League. She has been named all-conference in each of her first three seasons, third team all state as a sophomore and honorable mention all state as a junior. SAC Championship Produces Double OT Thriller
Boys Basketball - Boys Basketball News Written by Bruce McCain Saturday, 31 December 2011 16:02 Hits: 5158
Defending 3A champ Horizon Christian defeated host Salem Academy, 60-39, in the boys 3rd place game. In the afternoon Consolation final, 3A Valley Catholic had little difficulty putting away 2A Portland Christian, 64-41. Once again, SAC athletic director and boys head coach Pete Potloff treated small school fans to a terrific opportunity to watch some of the best boys (and girls) teams from competing conferences get one final workout before league play begins in earnest next week. Valiants Roll to 1st SAC Tournament Title
Girls Basketball - Girls Basketball News Written by Bruce McCain Saturday, 31 December 2011 13:12 Hits: 2568
Host Salem Academy easily handled Horizon Christian, 61-23, in the 3rd place game. The Crusaders placed four players in double figures in the rout of the Hawks, making their first appearance in the premier small school holiday tournament. Cascade Christian thumped Western Mennonite, 49-28, to take home the Consolation title for the third time in four years. In the early morning game, Sheridan defeated Taft for 7th place. LSI FINALS: Oak Hill Holds off Jesuit for 5th Title
Boys Basketball - Boys Basketball News Written by Andrew Millbrooke Saturday, 31 December 2011 12:19 Hits: 1115 Crusader Rally Falls Short, 57-50
Interstate "Showcases" South Medford's Mothers of Mayhem
Girls Basketball - Girls Basketball News Written by Don Francis Saturday, 31 December 2011 11:40 Hits: 4781 Nike Interstate Shootout Notes as Ritter leads Panthers Past Oregon City in Title Game Andee Ritter and Ashley Bolston. Remember those names. With point guard Yaremi Mejia benched with a bad wheel, South Medford's Tom Cole was concerned his team might struggle against the suffocating full court pressure of Oregon City. The freshmen and sophomore, respectively, made mincemeat of the Pio Press and the 5'10 Ritter made quite an impression with a 25 point performance as South Medford (10-0) validated themselves as the state's top ranked team with a 69-50 win in the title game on Friday night.
4A Boys Basketball: Holiday Reviews and More
Boys Basketball - Boys Basketball News Written by Jake Shields Saturday, 31 December 2011 02:25 Hits: 3239 Cascade Holiday Classic Tournament Projected Winner: Elmira Actual Winner: Gladstone over Elmira 66-64 What we learned: Gladstone may be better than we thought. They beat Cascade by 12 and then narrowly escaped a fairly good Elmira team for the Championship. They may get through league play with a #2 seed but I do not see them beating LaSalle. Sisters Holiday Tournament Projected Winner: Sisters Actual Winner: Seaside over Philomath 55-53 What we learned: Sisters could not recover from their holiday hangover down in Phoenix. They did beat a horrible Burns team by 35. Yet against a strong 4A team they again faltered. Seaside went into Sisters and beat them on their own floor by 12. Seaside then went on to beat a strong Oregon West team by 2. This tells us three things. First, Seaside now ranked in the top 5 is a legitimate contender. They haven’t lost since they went into Newport and narrowly lost to the #2 team in all of 4A. Second, Sisters isn’t that tough. They have played a tough schedule and beat the weak teams but when it comes to a good 4A or 3A (Cascade Christian) team they can not do what it takes to win. Sisters has drastically fallen in my power rankings. Lastly, the Oregon West is tough again this year. More on this later MWL Hoops, Plus a Look Back at some Fall Sports
Blogs - MWL/SWC Blog Written by DRH Friday, 30 December 2011 14:34 Hits: 240 It’s been a busy December, so let’s play some catch up… LSI Semifinals: Jesuit to Battle Oak Hill Academy for Title
Boys Basketball - Boys Basketball News Written by Andrew Millbrooke Thursday, 29 December 2011 23:06 Hits: 2032
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Rogue River senior Alli Ehrhardt has signed a National Letter of Intent to play basketball at Corban University.
SALEM - Undefeated and defending 2A champion Western Mennonite pulled out a thrilling, 71-63, double overtime victory over 3A Cascade Christian, to win the 8th Annual Salem Academy Crusader Christmas Invitational for the second straight year. The Pioneers and Challengers have met in the tournament finale’ three straight years and Friday’s game was as close as possible, before Western Mennonite used a 7-0 run to open the second overtime that sealed the victory.
SALEM – Valley Catholic broke open a 26-26 halftime score to pull away from Portland Christian, 55-41 in the championship game of the 8th Annual Crusader Christmas Invitational Tournament hosted by Salem Academy Christian. After falling to host SAC, 91-63, in the championship game last year, the Valiants finally broke through to the title behind a relentless defense that forced more Royal turnovers than points in the third period.
HILLSBORO – It was almost the biggest upset in the 16-year history of the Les Schwab Invitational as Jesuit (8-1) fell behind Oak Hill Academy (25-0) by as many as 13-points early in the second quarter before fighting back multiple times – pulling within four points in the fourth quarter – but it wasn't meant to be as Oak Hill sank 11 of 13 free throws down the stretch to hold off the Crusaders rally with a 57-50 win for a record 5th LSI Championship in six tries. Georgetown-bound 6'3 D'Vantes Smith-Rivera led the Warriors – from Mouth of Wilson, Virginia – with 14 second-half points on his way to game-high 23 points. Smith-Rivera sank 6 of 6 foul shots and Tournament MVP 5'11 Tyler Lewis was a perfect 4 of 4 in the final quarter as Oak Hill finally was able to shake the steady play of Jesuit's 5'10 junior guards, Khyan Rayner and Xavier Coleman, who finished with 11 points apiece. 6'1 senior Rick Maddock came off the bench to lead the Crusaders with 15 points.
HILLSBORO – In the most exciting game of the night at the 16th-annual Les Schwab Invitational at Liberty High School, #1 Jesuit (8-0) held off #3 Central Catholic (6-2), 52-50, to earn a finals matchup against Oak Hill Academy (24-0), which coasted to an 80-43 win over #2 Westview (6-2) in the last game of the evening. Oak Hill Academy - from Mouth of Wilson, Virginia – is seeking its fifth title in its sixth ever visit while improving to 22-1 overall in the LSI. Jesuit, three-time defending state 6A champion, is seeking a second LSI title after winning in 2003. The final is set to air on ESPNU at 8:30 p.m. Friday. Central Catholic will play Westview at 1:30 p.m. in the 3rd-place game, also airing on ESPNU.
HILLSBORO – Local high school fans had plenty to cheer about Wednesday and that enthusiasm should carry into Thursday’s semifinals as three Oregon schools reached the final four in the 2011 Les Schwab Invitational. 6A Central Catholic kicked off the late session with an impressive 82-65 victory over Louisiana powerhouse Riverside Academy. The Ram’s victory guaranteed at least one Oregon school in the final because the 5:30 quarterfinal pitted the last two remaining undefeated 6A teams in Jesuit and Lake Oswego. The Crusaders’ Khyan Rayner hit two FT’s in the final moments and watched a potential game-winning 3-point rattle off the rim as time expired in Jesuit’s 52-50 thriller over the Lakers.
HILLSBORO – Day two of the first round of the 2011 Les Schwab Invitational continued with mostly blowout victories as the right and left side of the 32-game bracket separated the contenders from the sparring opponents. Following entertaining 3-point and slam dunk contests the afternoon and evening session got underway at 4:00 pm with 6A Lincoln holding defending 5A champion Corvallis, to just 13 first half points in a 53-39 win. 6A defending champ Jesuit completely dismantled a short-handed 6A North Salem squad, 81-46. The 7:00 pm game saw the return to Oregon of former 3A start Jordan Tebbut, who started for Oak Hill Academy, which laid a 93-53 beatdown on 6A David Douglas. The most entertaining game of the evening was the finale, which saw Yates of Houston TX trail 5A Willsonville after three periods before using a 22-5 final quarter to put away the Wildcats, 71-57, in a game that was much closer than the final score indicated.
