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)

Take a look at Summit senior Megan Frisoe’s cross country accomplishments… wow! And she still has all the postseason national competition ahead of her.

State individual placing
2011 – 1st (18:07)
2010 – 1st (18:37)
2009 – 1st (18:52)
2008 – 4th (19:04)
State team placing
2011 – 1st (16)
2010 – 1st (35)
2009 – 1st (21)
2008 – 1st (25)
District individual placing
2011 – 1st (17:40)
2010 – 1st (18:43)
2009 – 1st (18:59)
2008 – 2nd (19:12)
District team placing
2011 – 1st (16)
2010 – 1st (24)
2009 – 1st (25)
2008 – 1st (27)

I grew up in Bend and have watched, coached, played and covered for the media lots of Central Oregon high school sports. Here are the best I’ve ever seen.
Football Offense – Cory McCaffery, Sisters (I saw McCaffery play several times and I’ve never seen anyone who busts more long touchdowns.)
Football Defense – Joel Skotte, Mountain View (So big, strong, fast and hard hitting!)
Boys Soccer – Matt Tompkins, Redmond
Girls Soccer – Katie Emerson, Bend
Boys Basketball – Maarty Leunen, Redmond (6-foot-9 point-forward… dominant!)
Wrestling – Austin Northup, Mountain View (I haven’t watched a ton of wrestling and the “Austinator” was one of my best friends in high school, so I watched him wrestle several times)
Boys Cross County – Travis Neuman, Summit (I’ve never seen anyone in CO run the times that he has this season)
Girls Cross County – Abby McAllister, Bend
Boys Tennis – Paxton Deuel, Summit (singles state champion)
Girls Tennis – Laura Krull, Summit (singles state champion)
Boys Track – Jesse Thomas, Mountain View (I never watched Ashton Eaton in high school.)
Girls Track – Kellie Schueler, Summit (the best Oregon track runner ever?)
Baseball – Joe Dusan, Bend (I never saw Jacoby Ellsbury play in high school)

TEAMS
Football – Mountain View 2011
Volleyball – Crook County… I forget which year. Wow! They’ve really got something going there.
Boys Soccer- Mountain View 1999 (state champs)
Girls Soccer – Bend 2008 (18-0 and state champs)
Boys Basketball – Redmond 2003 (state champs)
Boys Cross County – Mountain View 1995 (I was on this team but didn’t run at state… I wasn’t fast enough Led by Jesse Thomas, Jake Ortman and Scott Miller, this was a fast crew. They won state by 36 points.)
Girls Cross County – Summit 2011 (I’ve never seen a team this dominant in XC… and I’ve seen some good ones!)
Boys Tennis – Summit 2009 (OK, so I coached this team… but I really think this was the best CO boys tennis team I’ve seen. Freshmen Paxton Deuel and Adam Krull, state dubs champs Josh Guyer-Tyler Walsh, plus Conor Hegewald, Nate Haldeman, Sterling Dillingham… they were good!)
Girls Tennis – Bend 1994
Boys Track – Summit 2011
Girls Track – Summit 2011 (112.5 points!)
Girls Golf – Sisters 2008 (I covered them at state and they were dominant! State champs)

I’d love to hear your thoughts! I didn’t put up a selection for every sport, because I didn’t have one that came to mind. So please share your picks.

Travis Neuman was second in the Class 5A state meet as a sophomore in 2010. Not only is Neuman the fastest 5A runner in Oregon this season, he’s the fastest runner in Oregon high school cross country period.

Anthony Armstrong of Kamiakin, Washington is the only runner to beat Neuman in a race this season. He ran a 15:00 flat at the New Balance (where Neuman fan a 15:30). Armstrong is one of the top runners in the Nation with a time of 14:55 in a meet.

Neuman has clocked several of the best times in Oregon and is the heavy favorite to win the first individual state title in Summit boys history.

Top 10 Individual times by Oregon runners:
1, 15:06 – Travis Neuman, Summit
2, 15:16 – Travis Neuman, Summit
3, 15:20 – Travis Neuman, Summit
4, 15:24 – Jackson Baker, Franklin
5, 15:30 – Travis Neuman, Summit
6, 15:35 – Paul Adams, Mazama
7, 15:37 – Eric Alldritt, Summit
8, 15:38 – Eric Alldritt, Summit
8, 15:38 – Jackson Baker, Franklin
8, 15:38 – Mitchell Butler, Siuslaw
8, 15:38 – Ryan Byrd, St. Helens

Lately, Neuman has been winning by a LOT!
Place, time, seconds ahead of next fastest Oregon runner.
New Balance
2, 15:30, 8 seconds (Eric Alldritt, Summit)

Harrier Classic
1, 15:06, 18 seconds (Jackson Baker, Franklin)

Oxford Classic
1, 15:20, 38 seconds (Eric Alldritt, Summit)

Concordia
1, 15:16, 20 seconds (Zorg Loustalet, Henley)

One-hand catch ESPN:

Not a lot of surefire, can’t miss, number one draft picks come along… Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck sure seems to be one of them. He’s legit! Watch the videos below.

We all know he can pass, but watch what else he can do!

Andrew Luck can run!

Andrew Luck can tackle!

One-hand catch field angle:

Lake Oswego 56, Skyline (Wash.) 46

Steven Long ran for 424 yards and seven touchdowns.
• “2011 Football Preview: Steven Long, Lake Oswego Lakers” – Oregonlive.com
• “Prep football: Lake Oswego looks to get Steven Long more involved”

WEEK 1 2011
Passing yards (4 400+)
1. Tom Brady NE 517
2. Cam Newton CAR 422
3. Drew Brees NO 419
4. Chad Henne MIA 416
Rushing yards (7 100+)
1. Darren McFadden OAK 150
2. LeSean McCoy PHI 122
3. Cedric Benson CIN 121
4. Ben Tate HOU 116
5. Fred Jackson BUF 112
6. Ray Rice BAL 107
7. Michael Turner ATL 100

WEEK 1 2010
Passing (1 400+)
1. Peyton Manning IND 433
Rushing (4 100+)
1. Arian Foster HOU 231
2. Chris Johnson TEN 142
3. Rashard Mendenhall PIT 120
4. Michael VIck PHI 103

WEEK 1 2009
Passing (0 400+)
Rushing(5 100+)
1. Adrian Peterson MIN 180
2. Mike Bell NO 143
3. Julius Jones SEA 117
4. Ray Rice BAL 108
5. Thomas Jones NYJ 107

WEEK 1 2008
Passing (0 400+)
Rushing (7 100+)
1. Michael Turner ATL 220
2. Willie Parker PIT 138
3. Matt Forte CHI 123
4. Brandon Jacobs NYG 116
5. Adrian Peterson MIN 103
6. Thomas Jones NYJ 101
7. Edgerrin James ARI 100

WEEK 1 2007
Passing (0 400+)
Rushing (6 100+)
1. Chris Brown TEN 175
2. Travis Henry DEN 139
3. Joseph Addai IND 118
4. Willie Parker PIT 109
5. Shaun Alexander SEA 105
6. Adrian Peterson MIN 103

WEEK 1 2006
Passing (0 400+)
Rushing (7 100+)

WEEK 1 2005
Passing (0 400+)
Rushing (7 100+)

WEEK 1 2004
Passing (0 400+)
Rushing (7 100+)

Sports Illustrated Top 10 College Football Games of the Year:
1 Oregon @ Stanford Nov. 12th
2 LSU @ Alabama
3 LSU vs Oregon Sept. 3rd in Dallas
4 Oklahoma @ Florida State
5 Nebraska @ Wisconsin
6 Oklahoma @ Oklahoma State
7 TCU @ Boise State
8 Wisconsin @ Ohio State
9 Alabama @ Auburn
10 Texas A&M @ Oklahoma

Another couple of great Duck games are:
USC @ Oregon Nov. 19th
Oregon State @ Oregon Nov. 26th

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