Here are some helpful links for basketball in Bend, Oregon:
• High Mountain Hoops
• All Stars Basketball Academy Bend
• Summit High School Boys Basketball Team
• Central Oregon Hot Shots
• Mountain View Boys Basketball Team
• Mountain View Girls Basketball Team
Changes in realignment, hybrid conferences and a new state tournament highlight the 2010 Oregon high school boys soccer season. Everything is going to be a little different as the OSAA made some major changes prior to the season. Here’s how things went last year and how they lineup this year.
The Salem-area schools (Central Valley Conference) were tough in Class 6A last year, with three of the eighth quarterfinal teams (West Salem, McNary and South Salem) with South Salem winning it all. Apart from losing Redmond not much changes in the CVC. South Medford beat Jesuit 1-0 in the semifinal before falling to South Salem 2-1.
In Class 5A, the Intermountain Conference is now just three teams (Bend, Mountain View and Summit). That’s a tough one considering that Summit was the IMC champion last year and Mountain View beat Bend in the state semifinals. 5A state-champion Corvallis is part of the eight-team Mid-Willamette Conference.
2009 State Champions
6A – South Salem
5A – Corvallis
4A – La Salle Prep
3A/2A/1A – Oregon Episcopal
I wrote earlier about flipping sports seasons and I know it is a pretty radical idea. So here is a more realistic and practical idea… move boys tennis from the spring to the fall. This would mean keeping girls tennis in the spring.
Why boys and not girls:
• High percentage of girls’ tennis players who also play a fall sport (volleyball, soccer or cross country).
• Not rotating seasons (boys spring one year and fall the next) so that kids can know for sure what sports they can play every year in high school.
Why it would make things better:
• Tennis courts – Not enough courts to go around and this in essence doubles the amounts of courts available for high school tennis around the state.
• Coaches – Some schools have a really high turnover in tennis coaches. Many coaches would love to coach the boys and girls teams but that’s nearly impossible when they are in the same season. Some schools are lucky to have two great committed coaches, but that’s not the case everywhere.
• Weather – Sorry girls (you have to stay in the spring) but the fall is just so much drier in Oregon.
• Facilities – Same argument as the tennis courts.
What do you think? Let’s talk about it!
SINGLES
Zhenya Pereverzin, Clackamas – 4-time state singles champion.
Jackson Martin, Sprague – One-time singles finalist and the only player to take a set of Pereverzin in the state tournament in four years.
Spencer Moore, Jesuit
Chad Chaiyabutr, Southridge
DOUBLES
Tanner Borg/David Longmire, North Medford – Two dominating doubles titles.
Tanner Borg/Austin Shoenlein, North Medford – One dominating doubles title.
Brendan Gibbons/Gram Leahy, Jesuit
Christopher Erbin/Miles Rifkin, West Linn
40 – points Clackamas’ Zhenya Pereverzin scored in his career… a record!
33 – points scored by the Jesuit boys to win the Class 6A tournament.
22 – teams who scored at least one point in the Class 6A girls tournament.
21 – teams who scored at least one point in the Class 6A boys tournament.
14.5 – points scored by the Cleveland boys, a Class 5A record.
14 – points scored by Class 5A runner-up Churchill, who did so with just three players. Cleveland qualified 10 players.
9 – years between Wilsonville girls team titles.
8 – number of entries from the Metro league in the quarterfinals of the 6A tournament.
7 – number of years in a row the IMC has won girls state doubles title.
4 – number of state singles titles won by both Zhenya Pereverzin (6A) and Alex Rovello (5A)
3 – number of freshman girls who reached the Class 6A singles quarterfinals for Lincoln.
3 – straight boys team titles by Jesuit
2 – years in a row that a freshman has won the Class 4A/3A/2A/1A boys singles title.
1 – state team title won by the Cleveland boys
What numbers did we miss?
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 GOLF – Summit
BOYS GOLF – Summit
GIRLS TENNIS – Crook County
BOYS TENNIS – Hermiston
Singles:
Paxton Deuel, Summit
Joey Burns, Hermiston
Trevor Brown, Crook County
Jeff Windsor, Bend
Doubles:
Hegewald/Dillingham, Summit
Millard/Smith, Hermiston
McMichael/Parson, Hermiston
Kyger/Larrenetta, Mountain View
