A four-person team scramble @ Aspen Lakes to benefit Bend youth ministry ONTRACK.

Raffle Prizes!
Prizes for Low Gross Foresome.
Prizes for Longest Drive, Longest putt and Closest to the Hole.

Cost:
$150 / player
$500 / foresome

Includes:
Round of Golf at the beautiful Aspen Lakes Golf Course!
Fantastic Lunch!
A Ticket for the Raffle!
A chance to win AMAZING PRIZES!
After play Snacks and Dessert!

Colt Lyerla of Hillsboro is a beast, but he may not be the beast that a magazine has him listed as being. I was recently looking at a national ranking of the top prep football players in a magazine and was a little shocked when I saw that they had Lyerla (the 2009 5A offensive player of the year) listed at over 500 pounds. Oh, he’s big… but not that big. He’s well over 200 pounds, but not quite 500 No doubt is was a typo, but it was one of those typos that makes you do a double take. Not like adding an extra digit (which is obviously wrong), but the kind where someone who was not familiar with the player might be like, “wow, who is this monster?”

Lyerla has to miss his team’s first game of the season, but look for him to have another monster year.

Oregonlive.com 5A top 10 preseason football poll:
1 Sherwood
2 West Albany
3 Marist
4 Jefferson
5 Crescent Valley
6 Mountain View
7 Bend
8 Churchill
9 Hermiston
10 Corvallis

Runners from Central Oregon have won more than their fair share of individual and team cross country state titles. With several runners in the mix, there is a great chance that more titles could be added this year. Here are a list of past state champions from the CO and also some who should be in contention for a title this year.

BOYS – The Summit duo of Sophomore Travis Neuman and senior Cameron Clark should be amongst the fastest boys in Class 5A. Neuman is the top returning 5A runner, but the addition of two fast runners from Franklin (6A last year) improves the field.

GIRLS – If the 5A champion on the girls side isn’t from Central Oregon it’ll be a shock. Megan Fristoe of Summit dominated the state meet last year and her biggest competition this year should be from the city of Bend. Kellie Foley moves from 5A to 4A after missing a year to due injury and should be the favorite to win another title for her family, which would be their 3rd state XC individual.

BOYS
2000 – Lane Neely, Bend (4A)
1997 – Jesse Thomas, Mountain View (4A)
1994 – Ryan Douglass, Bend (4A)
1985 – Matt Messner, Bend (AAA – largest of its time)
1984 – Mike Donaghu, Madras (AA)
1977 – Dave Johnson, Crook County (AA)
1971 – Dan Miller, Madras (AA)
1968 – Bill Kendall, Gilchrist (B)
1967 – Bill Kendall, Gilchrist (B)

GIRLS
2009 – Megan Fristoe, Summit (5A)
2008 – Kellie Foley, Crook County (5A)
2007 – Michelly Foley, Crook County (5A)
2004 – Kimber Mattox, Bend (4A – largest classification prior to 2006)
1997 – Abby McAllister, Bend (4A)
1996 – Abby McAllister, Bend (4A)
1985 – Lisa Karnopp (Nye), Mountain View (4A)

Central Catholic will be looking to become the first school to repeat as the big-school state volleyball champion in Oregon since Gresham did back in 2001-2002. Central Catholic won the 2009 Class 6A title, their first since they had won the then 4A title in 2000.

Since Oregon moved to six classifications in 2006, Crook County has won all four Class 5A state volleyball titles. The good news for the rest of 5A is that in 2010 Crook County is moving to Class 4A. This move means a lot for Central Oregon schools. Sisters is the reigning 4A champions and will have to now deal with the Cowgirls. The Crook County move is good news for the Bend schools. Crook County beat Summit in the state finals in 2009 and 2007. Crook County beat Mountain View in the finals in 2008 and 2006.

2009 State champions:
6A – Central Catholic
5A – Crook County
4A – Sisters
3A – Santiam Christian
2A – Blanchet Catholic
1A – Imbler

Changes in realignment, hybrid conferences and a new state tournament highlight the 2010 Oregon high school boys soccer season. Everything is going to be a little different as the OSAA made some major changes prior to the season. Here’s how things went last year and how they lineup this year.

The Salem-area schools (Central Valley Conference) were tough in Class 6A last year, with three of the eighth quarterfinal teams (West Salem, McNary and South Salem) with South Salem winning it all. Apart from losing Redmond not much changes in the CVC. South Medford beat Jesuit 1-0 in the semifinal before falling to South Salem 2-1.

In Class 5A, the Intermountain Conference is now just three teams (Bend, Mountain View and Summit). That’s a tough one considering that Summit was the IMC champion last year and Mountain View beat Bend in the state semifinals. 5A state-champion Corvallis is part of the eight-team Mid-Willamette Conference.

2009 State Champions
6A – South Salem
5A – Corvallis
4A – La Salle Prep
3A/2A/1A – Oregon Episcopal

Central Oregon Athlete is going to be doing some big things with Oregon high school cross country running this year! I can’t give all the details just yet, but let’s just say it’s going to be amazing! Here are some of the little things I’ve written so far:

• Jessica Wolfe profile
• Travis Neuman profile
• Can C.O. add another individual state XC title to its streak?
• State preview
• 5A Girls Preview
• 5A Boys Preview
• Jesuit Girls Story

Also, be looking for lots more XC athlete profiles to come!

Bend’s Summit high school is the heavy favorite to repeat as the Class 5A girls state champions in Oregon prep cross country in 2010. While the Storm should lead the team race and have the returning individual state champion (junior Megan Fristoe), they won’t be the only fast group in Bend! Mountain View has several of the fastest girls in the state and sophomore Jenna Mattox of Bend is one of the state’s elite. Mountain View’s Jessica Wolfe was beaten only by Fristoe at the state meet, so look for lots of fast times in the newly formed 5A Special District 1 with Ashland, Bend, Eagle Point, Mountain View and Summit.

SUMMIT (1st)
Megan Fristoe, 11, Summit, 18:52
Brit Oliphant, 10, Summit, 19:46
Kira Kelly, Summit, 19:53
Sara Fristoe, 11, Summit, 20:03

Crescent Valley (2nd)
Charlotte Fisher, 12, Crescent Valley, 19:47
Meredith Wells, 11, Crescent Valley, 20:04

Ashland (4th)

Bend (5th)
Jenna Mattox, 10, Bend, 19:33

Marist (1st 4A)

Top 10 Individuals (last year’s time @ state)
1 Megan Fristoe, 11, Summit, 18:52
2 Jessica Wolfe, 11, Mountain View, 19:19
3 Jenna Mattox, 10, Bend, 19:33
4 Brit Oliphant, 10, Summit, 19:46
5 Charlotte Fisher, 12, Crescent Valley, 19:47
6 Kira Kelly, Summit, 19:53
7 Sara Fristoe, 11, Summit, 20:03
8 Meredith Wells, 11, Crescent Valley, 20:04
9 Nicole Dillavou, 12, Pendleton, 20:11
10 Mikhaila Thornton, 12, Mountain View, 20:19

Crater moved up to Class 6A… that’s good news for the rest of 5A. Franklin moved down from 6A… that’s bad news for the rest of 5A.

Both Summit and Hermiston return a solid core of runners, while Franklin brings in two of the state’s fastest.

Franklin (6th in 6A)
Ian Burgess, 12, Franklin, 16:17
Jackson Baker, 11, Franklin, 16:33

Ashland (2nd in 5A)
Colin Haug, 12, Ashland, 17:03

Summit (3rd in 5A)
Travis Neuman, 10, Summit, 16:34
Cameron Clark, 12, Summit, 17:09

Hermiston (4th in 5A)
Javier Velasco, 11, Hermiston, 16:58
Andrew Valdez, 12, Hermiston, 17:06
Aduardo Juarez, 10, Hermiston, 17:06

Top Returners (based on time @ State)
1 Ian Burgess, 12, Franklin, 16:17
2 Jackson Baker, 11, Franklin, 16:33
3 Travis Neuman, 10, Summit, 16:34
4 Javier Velasco, 11, Hermiston, 16:58
5 Mark Sheridan, 12, Churchill, 17:01
6 Jordon Monroe, 12, West Albany, 17:02
7 Colin Haug, 12, Ashland, 17:03
8 Matt Auer, 12, Crescent Valley, 17:05
9 Andrew Valdez, 12, Hermiston, 17:06
11 Aduardo Juarez, 10, Hermiston, 17:06

Several Interesting story lines for the 2010 Oregon prep XC season:

Jesuit girls are the overwhelming favorites to win the 6A state title, which would be their 9th in a row.

The Summit girls should be favored to win another state title in 5A.

Crater joins Jesuit and Central Catholic a top the 6A boys competition. Private schools Jesuit and CC have dominated the 6A boys ranks for years but 5A state champion Crater should be right in the mix after moving up a classification.

Franklin moves from 6A to 5A and should join the Summit boys atop the 5A ranks.

Reigning/returning State Champions
Girls
6A Jesuit
5A Summit
4A Marist (moved to 5A)
3A-2A-1A St. Mary’s

Annamarie Maag 12 Jesuit (2-time 6A champion)
Megan Fristoe 11 Summit (5A champion)
Kellie Foley 12 Crook County (2008 5A champion, now running in 4A)

Boys
6A Central Catholic
5A Crater (moved to 6A)
4A Henley
3A-2A-1A Nyssa

One thing is for sure, there will be four new individual state champions in Oregon high school boys cross country in 2010. All four champions were seniors last year.