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

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

Really interesting article on what the realignment means for Southern Oregon high schools.
Leftovers: Ashland, Eagle Point try to swallow raw deal
Being only 5A teams in Southern Oregon makes for winner-take-all ‘league’ – Medford Mailtribune

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

SINGLES
Alex Rovello, Cleveland – 4-time state singles title. The face and name of Oregon state tennis for the past four years.
Chris Wiechert, Churchill – Two-time singles runner-up, two-time 3rd place finisher, led his team to two team titles.
Stuart Tierney, Glencoe – In three years, two runner-ups and a 3rd.
Paxton Deuel, Summit – In one year of playing singles finished fourth, losing to Wiechert and Tierney in the most loaded singles draw in years.

ALSO: Michael Baumgartner, West Albany; Matt Baumgartner, West Albany; Chase Thomet, Churchill.

DOUBLES
Alex Walentin/Cody Kohlmoos, Summit – The original 5A doubles champions. Didn’t lose their serve in the entire state tournament.
Adam Krull/Paxton Deuel, Summit – The only known all-freshman team to win a state doubles championship in Oregon history. Beat their teammates Guyer/Walsh in the state finals.
Josh Guyer/Tyler Walsh, Summit – 2008 state champions and 2009 state runner-ups. The only 5A team to reach two state finals.
Connor Horne/Matt Walker, Summit – Dominated the 2010 state tournament.

ALSO: Robbie Edwards/Dexter Hoang, Century; Carl Brehm/Chase Thomet, Churchill; Riley Tronson/Ryan Coe, Mountain View; Dustin Borst/Alex Ordeman, West Albany;

The Summit girls have a two-stroke lead over Crescent Valley after the first day of the Class 5A state golf tournament. The Storm leads Crescent Valley 335-337. The Summit boys sit in second place after the first day of their tournament.

The Mountain View girls are in 6th. Pendleton boys are also in 6th.

• GIRLS SCORES
• BOYS SCORES

Class 5A baseball coaches poll

High school track season is underway, you can follow of the best by checking out Athletic.net 5A leaders.

It’s almost game time for the Class 5A boys basketball state championship. Mountain View of the IMC versus Jefferson of the PIL. Should be an exciting game. I’ll be live-blogging in on facebook @ The COA fan page.

This may be the biggest sporting event in Mountain View high school history.

The Jefferson girls just beat Wilsonville 50-40 in the girls final, so Jeff is going for a basketball double.