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”
The three teams are a combined 6-0 to start the 2011-2012 boys basketball season.
The Bend Lava Bears are 2-0 and outscoring opponents by an average of 76-58.
• Haden Crook is averaging 26.5 points per game. The Mountain View Cougars are 2-0 and outscoring opponents by an average of 77-66.5.
• James Reid is averaging 29 points per game. The Summit Storm are 2-0 and outscoring opponents by an average of 59.5-52.5.
• Bradley Laubacher is averaging 14.5, while Dylan Cramer is averaging 14 points per game.
Just two teams remain and they’ll be meeting for the third time in two years, this time for the Class 5A Oregon State football championship. Played in Hillsboro Stadium. Sherwood
• 13-0 record.
• Outscored opponents 632-205 this season.
• NW Oregon League Champions.
• 2010 5A State Champions.
• 26-game win streak.
• Sherwood beat Mountain View 42-22 in last year’s semifinal.
• Sherwood ran for 407 yards and had 506 yards of total offense in their semifinal win over West Albany.
• Closest game of the season was a 14-3 win over Ashland in quarterfinals.
• Beat West Albany 61-28 in state semifinal.
Mountain View
• 11-1 record.
• 9-game win streak.
• Intermountain Conference Champion.
• Only loss all season was to Sherwood 9/16 41-18.
• Three shutout wins this season.
• Outscored opponents 529-167 this season.
• Mountain View had 530 yards of total offense in their 31-14 semifinal win over Marist.
PAST 5A STATE CHAMPIONS/RUNNER UP 2010 Sherwood 13-0 Marist 12-1 2009 Hillsboro 13-1 Jefferson 9-5 2008 West Albany 14-0 Thurston 12-1 2007 West Albnay 14-0 Glencoe 11-3 2006 Corvallis 11-1 West Albany 12-1
Is there a flaw in the system when Summit and Mountain View meet up in what is essentially the first round of the state tournament? It’s called the quarterfinals, but volleyball like basketball is truly an 8-team state tournament. When you reach the quarterfinals you got to the “state tournament” held in one location over a three-day span complete with consolation and playing out for 3rd-4th.
So why isn’t the round of 8 reseeded to put league opponents on opposite sides of the draw? I do like the power ranking system. It’s not perfect, but no system is. I think however in addition to using the power rankings, league teams should be separated.
Playoff info of Note:
• Bend and Mountain View are the only Central Oregon schools
• Bend and MV are on opposite sides of the of the 5A bracket
• Bend is set for a semifinal matchup with Sherwood
• MV is set for a semifinal matchup with Marist
• 5A bracket – OSAA 6A Playoff games Nov. 11
REYNOLDS (3-7) @ #1 LAKEOSWEGO (9-0)
WEST SALEM (6-3) @ BARLOW (6-3)
LAKERIDGE (6-4) @ #9 ROSEBURG(7-2)
CENTENNIAL (5-5) @ #8 SOUTH MEDFORD (8-1)
SPRAGUE (5-4) @ #5 TIGARD (9-0)
CENTURY (5-5) @ SOUTHRIDGE (5-4)
SUNSET (6-3) @ TUALATIN (7-2)
MCMINNVILLE (5-4) @ #4 JESUIT (6-3)
DAVID DOUGLAS (3-7) @ #3 WEST LINN (7-2)
CRATER (6-4) @ OREGONCITY(6-4)
ALOHA (5-5) @ THURSTON (6-3)
SOUTH SALEM(3-6) @ #6 CENRAL CATHOLIC (7-2)
GRANTS PASS(4-6) @ #7 GRANT (7-2)
WESTVIEW (3-7) @ #10 CANBY (5-4)
GRESHAM (7-2) @ LINCON (6-4)
CLACKAMAS (2-8) @ #2 SHELDON (9-0)
Mountain View (2-0) @ Sherwood (2-0)
When the Cougars and Bowmen square off on Friday, Sept. 16th in Sherwood it will be the premier Class 5A matchup of the regular season. Mountain View and Sherwood have been two of the best programs in 5A since reclassification in 2006.
Mountain View Cougars
• OSAA #3(t) Power Ranking.
• #3 State ranking – orgonlive.com
• 2-0 record.
• Outscored opponents 96-6 this season.
• 1-0 on the road.
• Key players: Joel Skotte, Cody Hollister, Jacob Hollister, Tobias Webb, Dimitri Dillard, Trevor Roberts and John Carroll. 2010 – 11-1 lost to Sherwood in state semifinals 2009 – 9-2 lost to West Albany in state quarterfinals 2008 – 8-3 lost to Jefferson in state quarterfinals 2007 – 11-1 lost to West Albany in state semifinals 2006 – 8-3 lost to Lebanon in state quarterfinals
Sherwood Bowmen
• OSAA #13(t) Power Ranking.
• #1 State ranking – orgonlive.com
• 2-0 record.
• Outscored opponents 86-44.
• 1-0 @ home.
2010 – 13-0 state champions 2009 – 11-2 lost to Jefferson in state semifinalists 2008 – 10-2 lost to Thurston in state quarterfinals 2007 – 8-3 lost to Mountain View in 2nd round 2006 – 10-2 lost to Corvallis in state quarterfinals
Friday night @ 7pm, Bend plays an Intermountain Conference boys basketball game @ Mountain View. Here’s how they matchup.
Last meeting: Mountain View 87, Bend 73. Mountain View leads the season series 1-0. BEND
• 11-2 record.
• Two losses: North Medford & Mountain View
• Winners of 4-straight games
• Last game: beat Redmond 62-50.
• Averaging 68.8 points per game (2nd best in 5A)
• Led by Hayden Crook.
MOUNTAIN VIEW
• 8-4 record.
• Winners of 5-straight games.
• Last game: beat Summit 63-59.
• Averaging 63 points per game.
• Led by James Reid.
The Intermountain Conference just isn’t the good old IMC of years past. With the changes to Hybrid and “special” districts, the only sure thing for Bend schools is that they play each other. While some district meets now include teams like Ashland and Eagle Point, it’s hard to say who the best of the “IMC” is… because there really isn’t an IMC anymore. But what we can see is how the three Bend schools stack up against each other. Simply by taking each teams’ league finish and giving 3 points for first, 2 points for second and 1 point for third. So here’s how they finished this fall:
Fall points total:
Summit 15
Mountain View 14
Bend 7
Football
1 Mountain View
2 Bend
3 Summit
Volleyball
1 Summit
2 Mountain View
3 Bend
Boys Cross County
1 Summit
2 Mountain View
3 Bend
Girls Cross County
1 Summit
2 Mountain View
3 Bend
