The Intermountain Conference AKA 5A Special District 1 has dominated doubles since the reclassification five years ago… well on the girls side they were dominating well before the reclassification. The IMC has several current players who have won state doubles titles and should compete for state titles again this year.

On the boys side, doubles teams from Hermiston, Summit, Mountain View, Bend, The Dalles and Hood River Valley all should contend for state berths, with multiple teams from Hermiston and Summit among the top.

Champions:
2010 Hannah Shepard, Summit – The reigning Class 5A doubles champion.
2009 Paxton Deuel, Summit – A doubles champion as a freshman, Deuel made it to the semifinals in singles as a sophomore. Deuel will play singles again this year.
2009 Bryn Oliviera, Bend – After winning the doubles title as a sophomore Oliviera played singles her junior year.

Semifinals:
2010 Mary Hawman, Hermiston

Boys Champions:
2009 Summit
2008 Summit
2007 Summit

Girls Champions:
2010 Summit
2009 Bend
2008 Hermiston
2007 Hermiston
2006 Hermiston
2005 Hermiston
2004 Hermiston

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

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