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7’5″ high school basketball player video

Josh Cordell — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:02:45 +0000

Mamadou Dniaye

Mamadou Dniaye is a native of Senegal and a 7-foot-5 junior at Brethren Christian high school in Huntington Beach, California. You’ll be hearing a lot about him!

Madras girls top ranked basketball team in C.O.

Josh Cordell — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:35:54 +0000

Top 10 ranked teams in Central Oregon
1, Madras Girls, 4A
2, Mountain View Boys, 5A
5, Bend Girls, 5A
8, Sisters Boys, 4A
9, Bend Boys, 5A
10, Madras Boys, 4A

Amazing blocked shot by Blake Griffin

Josh Cordell — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:20:40 +0000

Central Oregon prep boys basketball rankings

Josh Cordell — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:30:44 +0000

BOYS BASKETBALL
OSAA Ranking – Team – Record – Streak:
6A
17, Redmond, 8-8, L1
5A
1, Mountain View, 13-4, W4
11, Bend, 9-6, W1
16, Summit, 7-9, 1L
4A
8, Sisters, 13-3, W7
12, Madras, 11-4, W3
27, Crook County, 3-13, L5
33, La Pine, 5-11, L3

Abe Lodwick “unsung hero” for Washington State basketball

Josh Cordell — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:52:58 +0000

The first time I saw Abe Lodwick play basketball I was refereeing his game and he was in about fourth or fifth grade. He was good! He went on to be the best high school basketball player to play at any of the Bend high schools (he was a star at Mountain View) and now is a big part of the Washington State’s 11-8 basketball team. Here’s a story about their sweep of Stanford and Cal this past weekend.
“WSU Basketball: Abe Lodwick, The Other Star Of The Weekend”

Boys basketball has balance in Central Oregon

Josh Cordell — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 07:25:17 +0000

It’s a balanced year in Central Oregon for boys basketball. The only teams to go undefeated in games against local teams are Sisters (4-0) and La Pine (1-0). When Ridgeview joins the picture for the 2012-13 school year, a CO boys basketball league could be very interesting! Here’s how it’s gone locally so far this season:

Classification, Team, Overall Record:
6A Redmond 7-5
• Beat Bend 76-54
• Beat Summit 59-54
• Beat Crook County 65-38
• Lost to Mountain View 72-59

5A Mountain View 9-4
• Beat Madras 71-55
• Beat Crook County 92-36
• Beat Redmond 72-59
• Lost to Sisters 60-49

5A Bend 7-5
• Lost to Redmond 76-54
• Lost to Madras 64-61
• Beat Crook County 69-48
• Beat Summit 71-60 OT

5A Summit 6-7
• Lost to Sisters 57-52
• Lost to Redmond 59-54
• Lost to Madras 69-68
• Lost to Bend 71-60 OT

4A Sisters 10-3
• Beat Summit 57-52
• Beat Madras 50-43
• Beat Crook County 65-37
• Beat Mountain View 60-49

4A Madras 8-4
• Lost to Mountain View 71-55
• Lost to Sisters 50-43
• Beat Bend 64-61
• Beat Summit 69-68
• Lost to Crook County 70-62

4A Crook County 3-9
• Lost to Sisters 65-25
• Lost to Redmond 65-38
• Lost to Mountain View 92-36
• Lost to Sisters 65-37
• Lost to Bend 69-48
• Beat Madras 70-62
• Lost to La Pine 63-51

4A La Pine 5-8
• Beat Crook County 63-51

NBA bests for 2011-2012 season

Josh Cordell — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:39:19 +0000

Player – LeBron James, Miami
Defender – Dwight Howard, Orlando
Scorer – Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City
Passer – Steve Nash, Phoenix
Rebounder – Kevin Love, Minnesota
Dunker – Blake Griffin, LA Clippers
Pick & Roll - Chris Paul & Blake Griffin, LA Clippers
Alley Oops - Chris Paul to Blake Griffin & DeAndre Jordan, LA Clippers
Team – Oklahoma City
Duo – Russell Westbrook & Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City
Threesome - LeBron James, Dwayne Wade & Chris Bosh, Miami
Frontcourt – Carmello Anthony, Amare Stoudemire & Tyson Chandler, New York
Backcourt – Dwayne Wade & LeBron James, Cleveland (when they are played in the backcourt together)

Central Oregon boys basketball team off to winning start

Josh Cordell — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:26:05 +0000

As of 12-18-2011
Boys Basketball Team Records
Classification, Team, Record, Streak, score avg.
6A Redmond 5-1 4W 64.8-58.2
5A Mountain View 5-2 2W 68.7-60.0
4A Sisters 5-2 2L 54.4-49.1
5A Bend 4-3 2W 62.6-61.6
5A Summit 4-3 1L 57.7-54.6
4A Madras 3-3 1L 56.5-50.2
2A Culver 2-3 2L 61.2-69.2
4A La Pine 3-5 1L 47.2-48.9
1A Gilchrist 2-4 4L 42.3-51.7
4A Crook County 1-4 2L 44.0-58.0

CO boys basketball records

Josh Cordell — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:44:48 +0000

BOYS BASKETBALL
Classification – Team – Record – Streak – Points per game
4A Sisters 4-0 4W 57.0
6A Redmond 4-1 3W 64.8
5A Mountain View 3-2 2L 69.4
5A Summit 3-2 1L 57.4
2A Culver 2-2 1L 63.2
1A Gilchrist 2-2 2L 46.8
5A Bend 2-3 3L 60.4
4A La Pine 2-3 2W 47.6
4A Madras 1-2 1L 57.3

Jefferson’s Terrences both projected as top 8 NBA draft picks

Josh Cordell — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:58:12 +0000

Terrence Jones and Terrence Ross both attended Portland’s Jefferson high school. Jones is a star at kentucky and Ross is a star at Washington. Both Oregon boys are projected to be drafted in the top 8 of the of the 2012 NBA draft by NBAdraft.net.

I watched Terrence Jones play a few times in high school but never got to see Ross play as he transferred from Jefferson. Jones’ Jefferson Democrats beat Mountain View in a very close Class 5A state championship game game in 2009.

UConn is projected to have the top two picks in the draft with Andre Drummond and Jeremy Lamb.