• Summit Boys Swim team – State champs, 3rd in a row and 6 out of 9.
• Summit Girls Swim team – 2nd @ State.
• Culver Wrestling team – wins Special District 3 team title.
• Mountain View boys nordic team – State champions.
• Mountain View girls nordic team – State champions.
• Nic Morrell, Summit – individual swimming state championship.
• Mason Allen, Summit – individual swimming state championship.
• Paul Hartmeier, Summit – individual swimming state championship.
• Max King – Doing what he does, winning races.
• J.T. Taylor – Putting on the 38th Desert Brawl, a huge success.
• Travis Yamada – Putting on the Push Art Show Auction for the Division Street Skate Park.
• Jordan Schiemer, Summit – Winning up @ Mt. Bachelor this weekend’s CO Ski League.
• Ciara Timm, Bend – Winning up @ Mt. Bachelor this weekend’s CO Ski League.
• Kelly Hanson, Mountain View – Girls nordic state champion.
• Chase Nachtmann, Mountain View – Boys nordic state champion.
• Bend boys swimming – Fourth @ State.
• Torin Koos – Representing C.O. @ the Olympics.
• Chris Klug – Representing C.O. @ the Olympics.
• Tommy Ford – Representing C.O. @ the Olympics.

Who did we miss from this past week?

It may be cold out, but this is Bend Oregon so the cold weather doesn’t mean you don’t have sports options. Check the events page for upcoming sports options in Central Oregon.

In sports there are three relationships that are vital to your growth as an athlete and as a person. They can be broken down in the following directions. I’ll use tennis as my example sport.

UP – This is your mentor/coach relationship. As a tennis player this relationship may be your parent (if they are a knowledgeable tennis player), your private coach or an adult who has taken an interest in your growth. This is a vital relationship. It is the person who teaches you how to play the game, pushes you to work hard and makes sure that you are getting the opportunities you need to get better. A good “Up” is not only working on your game, but your attitude and watching out for your best interests.
• Makes sure that you are getting match play.
• Makes sure that you have the proper equipment you need to succeed.
• Helps facilitate your tennis relationships; setting you up with people to play, coordinating your tennis schedule, clinics, lessons, hitting sessions, matches tournaments.
• Holds you accountable for your attitude and work ethic.

OVER – This is your peer/teammate/competition relationship. If you are a 16 year-old boy for example, this is another tennis player who is in the 14 to 18 year-old range ideally, who is close to you in skill. He is someone who you play against competitively. As the old proverb goes, “Iron sharpens iron.” Having someone close to your age that you can battle against helps you to grow and gives you a competitive outlet. A great fictional example of this is Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow from the “G.I. Joe” comic series, they pushed each other as young ninjas (I’m a nerd, I’ll admit it). A real life example of this is would be Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish.
• Your over can be a teammate, a sibling or a competitor from another team.
• This is the person you hit with regularly.
• This is often your doubles partner.
• You can have more than one “Over” but it is vital that you have at least one.
• Having “Overs” is what makes sports fun and the more “Overs” you have, the more likely you are to stick with a sport.

DOWN – This is your relationship to a mentee and this is the most overlooked relationship of them all. Many young tennis players only have “Up” relationships. Some have “Up and Over” but very few have added the “Down” relationship to the list. The Down accomplishes many things for a young tennis player:
• It teaches them to give rather than take.
• Adds some accountably to a young athlete. A young person may not care about disappointing their “Over” but perhaps having a “Down” will help them to stay on the straight and narrow.
• It helps you understand how your “Up” views you.
• Teaching/mentoring someone often teaches you just as much as it does them.
• The opportunity to be a hero can be very rewarding
• “Circle of life,” “Balance to the force,” “Centergy” … however you want to put it, this relationship makes it all work. If there were no “Downs” there could be no “Ups” and then where would we be?

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Jesuit’s Annamarie Maag selected Gatorade girls runner of the year

Terrence Jones’ mind on Jefferson’s season, not college choice – By Nick Daschel, special to The Oregonian

Boys basketball notes from across Oregon – By Nick Daschel, special to The Oregonian

Central Oregon hasn’t produced an abundance of Division I college or NFL football players. So you’d think that Oregon kicker Morgan Flint, who had an outstanding year as the kicker for the Pac-10 champions would have to be the most famous kicker from Bend High, right? Well lets not forget about Ryan Longwell of the Minnesota Vikings, who are in the Division championships this Sunday. Here’s a quick look at some of what the the two Bend grad’s have done thus far:

RYAN LONGWELL
• 6-0, 200
• Bend Senior High
• California
• 16th all-time leading scorer in NFL history.
• 158.3 career passer rating (he’s 1 for 1 passing for 16 yards and a touchdown – it doesn’t get any better than that!)
• Division championship vs Dallas (Sunday)
2009 stats
• 26 of 28 FG
• 54 of 55 XP
• Long of 52
• High game 4/4 FG, 3/3 XP vs Baltimore (33-31 win)

MORGAN FLINT
• 5-9, 163
• Bend Senior High
• Oregon
• 2009 Pac-10 champions
2009 Stats
• 54 of 54 XP
• 16 of 19 FG
• long of 43
• High game 4/4 FG, 5/5 XP vs USC (47-20 win)

Between Flint and Longwell, that’s two amazing kickers from Bend! And that’s a big “shoe” to fill @ Bend High

• Chris Johnson of Tennessee sets NFL-record for yards from scrimmage with 2,509 yards and became just the sixth player ever to rush for over 2,000 yards, with 2,006.
• Matt Schaub of Houston led the NFL in passing yards with 4,770. Finishing ahead of 2 Peyton Manning, 3 Tony Romo, 4 Aaron Rodgers and 5 Tom Brady.
• Andre Johnson of Houston led the league in receiving yards with 1,569.
• Adrian Peterson led the NFL with 18 Touchdowns
• The Indianapolis Colts finished with the best record, 14-2, despite losing their last two games.
• The San Diego Chargers finished with a 13-3 record, winning their final 11 games.

Pac-10 basketball: Oregon’s sweep could kick-start a rebirth; USC bars itself from postseason (notes, links)