14 YEARS OLD!!! Are you kidding me!?

I just read “Canzano: Oregon Ducks need some help to make the Pac-12 nationally relevant” by the Oregonian’s John Canzano.

So how good do you think the Pac-12 will be? I believe that Oregon, Stanford, Utah and Arizona State will all be legit top tier college football teams… how about you?

UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS
• “23rd Annual Collier Cup NTRP” – Bend’s long running adult tournament has huge draws this year.
• “Kalamazoo Boys 19 National Championships” – Summit’s Paxton Deuel is the only Oregon player in the tournament.
• “USTA BG16 Zone Team Championships” – Summit’s Lindsey Brodeck is on the Pacific Northwest Zonal Team.

RECENT RESULTS
• “Eugene Swim & Tennis Club Junior Challenger & Champs Tournament”

All the state champions since Oregon moved to a 6 Classifications in 2006:
6A – Jesuit 2, Lincoln 2, Tualatin.
5A – Bend 3, Summit, Sherwood.
4A – Mazama (4A began playing by itself in 2010).
4A/3A/2A/1A – Hidden Valley 2, Catlin Gabel, Gladstone, Philomath

Also, since 2006:
• Jesuit is riding a two-year big school championship streak.
• Hidden Valley won the first two small school championships.
• In CLass 5A, Mountain View has been a two-time runner-up, first to Bend and then to Summit.
• In Class 6A, Westview is a two-time runner-up.
• In 2010, three Central Oregon schools reached the state championship games in their classification. Summit defeated Mountain View for the 5A title and Sisters fell to Mazama in the 4A championship.
• With Lincoln now a member of the Metro League, that league has 4 of 5 title winners for large schools.

I just read “John Canzano’s 25 most influential people in Oregon sports” and it got me thinking, who would be on that list for Central Oregon? Please post suggestions and I’ll start working on my list.

Some notables from Canzano’s list:
1 Phil Knight
2 Merritt Paulson
3 Paul Allen
6 Greg Oden
9 Mike Riley
10 Nate McMillan
25 LaMarcus Aldridge

Listed under “Also considered” by Canzano:
Ashton Eaton
Alberto Salazar

A few early front runners for the C.O. list:
Drew Bledsoe
Max King
Ashton Eaton
Chris Horner
Jacoby Ellsbury

“Girls basketball: Madras’ Abby Scott commits to New Mexico State; Team Concept sparks recruiting frenzy” – The Oregonian.

All the state champions since Oregon moved to a 6 Classifications in 2006:
6A – Central Catholic 2, Jesuit, West Linn, Gresham.
5A – Crook County (moved to 4A in 2010) 4, Sherwood.
4A – Sisters 2, Crook County, North Bend, Central.
3A – Santiam Christian 2, Burns 2, Sheridan.
2A – Blanchet Catholic 2, Portland Christian 2, Weston-McEwen,
1A – Imbler 2, Cove, Dufur, Jordan Valley.

Also, since 2006:
• Crook County has won 5-straight state titles. Four in 5A and one since moving down to 4A.
• Central Catholic has won the past two big-school state championships.
• The 2009 Central Catholic Rams were the last team to go undefeated with a 20-0 record.
• Only three teams have gone undefeated since 2006 – Central Catholic, Jesuit and Burns.
• Santiam Christian has won two-straight 3A state titles.
• Jesuit has lost to Central Catholic in the past two 6A title matches.
• Crook County’s four 5A state titles were all against Bend schools in the finals. Twice against Mountain View and twice against Summit.

All the state champions since Oregon moved to a 6 Classifications in 2006:
6A – Jesuit, South Salem, Grant, Central Catholic, McMinnville.
5A – Woodburn, Corvallis, Churchill, Glencoe, Hillsboro.
4A – McLoughlin 2, Stayton, La Salle Prep, Cottage Grove.
3A/2A/1A – Oregon Episcopal 3, Catlin Gabel, Portland Christian.

Also, since 2006:
• Only the 2006 McLoughlin team has gone undefeated with no ties.
• Four teams have not lost a game, but had at least one tie en route to winning state (Glencoe, Central Catholic, Cottage Grove and South Salem).
• No 5A or 6A team has won more than one state title since reclassification.
• Private schools have won all of the “small school” state titles.
• Only two championship games were settled in overtime (both in 2010).
• 2006 5A state title game was the only one to be settled by penalty kicks.

I run a tennis program on Wednesday night’s @ Summit high school during the summer and every Wednesday night is a criterium of local cyclists. I figured with the Cascade Cycling Classic going on and the Tour de France on TV (or at least evening replays) there might not be any racers last night… but there were plenty! Bend is such a cycling town.

Overall
PIL 16-8
SP1 (IMC) 15-11
Mid-Willamette 11-10
Midwestern 8-11
Northwest Oregon 4-14

Team, record, entrants
Summit 10-5 (4)
Wilson 9-5 (5)
Cleveland 7-2 (2)
Corvallis 6-2 (2)
Ashland 3-4 (3)
Bend 2-1 (1)
Dallas 2-1 (1)
Marshfield 2-2 (1)
Crescent Valley 2-4 (3)
Wilsonville 2-5 (3)
West Albany 1-1 (1)
The Dalles 1-1 (1)
Hermiston 1-2 (1)
Mountain View 1-2 (1)
St. Helens 1-2 (1)
Sandy 1-4 (2)
Springfield 0-1 (1)
Benson 0-1 (1)
Silverton 0-2 (1)
Sherwood 0-3 (2)
Churchill 0-3 (2)

Singles
IMC 9-3
Midwestern 5-5
PIL 5-5
Mid-Willamette 5-6
Northwest 3-8

Doubles
PIL 11-3
Mid-Willamette 6-4
IMC 6-8
Midwestern 3-6
Northwest 1-6