“Bend Named One of ‘World’s 25 Best Ski Towns’
National Geographic Touts Bachelor’s Beauties, Bevy of Beers” – KTVZ

“The biggest town on this list, Bend is a fast-growing, adventure paradise of more than 76,000 people in central Oregon that happens to have the region’s premier ski area, Mount Bachelor, 22 miles west up the road,”

Former Bend resident Lars Flora was second.

Bend’s Sarah Max was 11th.

• Tournament – February 17th-19th
• Entry deadline – Feb. 13th
• Draws available – Feb. 15th
• USTA rules will govern play.
• 2 out of 3 sets, regular scoring, 12 point tiebreaker @ 6-6. Match tie breaker for 3rd set.

Ben Ferguson – Gold medal in the snowboard halfpipe of the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Austria.

Max King – 19th (2:14:36) @ US Olympic Marathon Trials in Houston, Texas.

Ryan Bak – 22nd (2:15:12) @ US Olympic Marathon Trials in Houston, Texas.

Kenyon Neuman – 72nd (2:22:33) @ US Olympic Marathon Trials in Houston, Texas.

Paxton Deuel – Semifinals of 18 boys doubles & Quarterfinals of 18 boys singles @ Tualatin Hills Dual Level 5 junior tennis tournament.

James Reid – Is averaging over 20 points per game for the Mountain View boys basketball team and is one of the top players in the state.

Who did I miss?

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

This is Part 2 of 2011 year in review… All the Central Oregon individual state champions and state players of the year.
• Part 1 “State Champion teams:
TENNIS
• Paxton Deuel, Summit – 5A singles champion.
• Lindsey Brodeck, Summit – 5A doubles champion.
• Haley Younger, Summit – 5A doubles champion.
• Catie Brown, Crook County – 4A doubles champion.
• Kayla Morgan, Crook County – 4A doubles champion.

FOOTBALL
• Jacob Hollister, Mountain View – 5A offensive player of the year.
• Joel Skotte, Mountain View – 5A defensive player of the year.

VOLLEYBALL
• Gabby Crowell, Summit – 5A player of the year.
• Makayla Lindburg, Crook County – 4A player of the year.

CROSS COUNTRY
• Travis Neuman, Summit – 5A individual champion.
• Megan Fristoe, Summit – 5A individual champion, 3rd in a row.

TRACK
• Erik Jorgensen, Summit – Pole Vault
• Tyler Funk, Culver – Pole Vault, 300 hurdles
• Taylor Steele, Sisters – 3,000
• Jordan Reeher, Crook County – 300 hurdles, long jump
• Needham, Sanderson, Thomas, Peay – 4×100 relay
• Sara Small, Sisters – Pole Vault
• Zoe Falk, Sisters – 800
• Ashley Maton, Summit – 1,500
• Megan Fristoe, Summit – 3,000
• B.Rosen, Kroeger, Wilson A.Rosen, Mountain View – 4×100 relay

SWIMMING
• Chris Nyaradi, Summit – 200 Free, 500 Free
• Brandon Deckard, Mountain View – 200 IM, 100 Back
• Doug Steinhauff, Bend – 100 Free
• Madi Brewer, Summit – 100 Back

WRESTLING
• Jared Kasch, Culver – 112
• Josue Gonzalex, Culver – 119