6A
Championship – Jesuit vs Central Catholic

5A
Championship – Liberty vs Sherwood
3rd place – Summit vs West Albany
Consolation semis – Mountain View vs Marist

4A
Championship – Crook County vs Banks
Consolation semis – Sisters vs Baker

Crook County plays Sisters in the first round of the Class 4A state volleyball playoffs. The problem with that is that power rankings were supposed to separate the best teams. That didn’t happen this time. Let’s take a look at the two teams:

Sisters
• 2009 4A State Champions
• 22-9 overall record in 2010

Crook County
• 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 5A State Champions
• 15-9 overall record in 2010
• Crook County’s losses are to: Sunset, Redmond, Clackamas, Jesuit, Central Catholic, Summit, Mountain View, Central Catholic and Jesuit again. Can you say an insane schedule!
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Mountain View and Crook County were the lone Central Oregon winners on the opening night of Oregon high school football.

• Mountain View 30, Eagle Point 28
• Century 32, Redmond 30
• Lebanon 35, Bend 27
• Woodburn 28, Summit 0
• Crook County 20, Henley 7
• Central 56, Sisters 14
• Burns 46, La Pine 6
• Lost River 24, Culver 2

Central Catholic will be looking to become the first school to repeat as the big-school state volleyball champion in Oregon since Gresham did back in 2001-2002. Central Catholic won the 2009 Class 6A title, their first since they had won the then 4A title in 2000.

Since Oregon moved to six classifications in 2006, Crook County has won all four Class 5A state volleyball titles. The good news for the rest of 5A is that in 2010 Crook County is moving to Class 4A. This move means a lot for Central Oregon schools. Sisters is the reigning 4A champions and will have to now deal with the Cowgirls. The Crook County move is good news for the Bend schools. Crook County beat Summit in the state finals in 2009 and 2007. Crook County beat Mountain View in the finals in 2008 and 2006.

2009 State champions:
6A – Central Catholic
5A – Crook County
4A – Sisters
3A – Santiam Christian
2A – Blanchet Catholic
1A – Imbler

The Intermountain Conference has been destroying Class 5A sports all year and track was no exception.
Team Placing: 1 Summit, 2 Hermiston, 4 Pendleton, 9 Bend, 10 Crook County. (34 teams)
100 – 1 Kellie Schueler, Summit; 6 Angelica Rodriguez, Hermiston
200 – 1 Kellie Schueler, Summit; 3 Cory O’Neill, Pendleton; 4 Angelica Rodriguez, Hermiston.
400 – 1 Kellie Schueler, Summit; 2 Angelica Rodriguez, Hermiston
800 – 1 Catherine Theobald, Bend; 7 Emma Anderton, Pendleton.
1,500 – 3 Kellie Foley, Crook County; 5 Megan Fristoe, Summit
3,000 – 1 Megan Fristoe, Summit; 4 Kellie Foley, Crook County

This is a list that’ll be updated every time a league champion is crown in the Intermountain Conference or if a non-IMC Central Oregon team wins a league title:

IMC BOYS SOCCER
Summit – 1st ever

IMC GIRLS SOCCER
Bend – 7th straight

IMC BOYS CROSS COUNTY
Summit – 2nd straight

IMC GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Summit – 4th straight

IMC VOLLEYBALL
Co-champions
Crook County – (IMC titles? State titles – 3 straight)
Summit – 1st ever

IMC FOOTBALL
Co-champions
Bend
Mountain View – 4th straight

IMC BOYS SWIMMING
Summit

IMC GIRLS SWIMMING
Summit

IMC BOYS BASKETBALL
Mountain View

IMC GIRLS BASKETBALL
Bend

IMC WRESTLING
Hermiston

IMC GIRLS TENNIS
Crook County – 1st ever

IMC GIRLS GOLF
Summit

IMC BOYS GOLF
Summit

GIRLS GOLF – Summit
BOYS GOLF – Summit
GIRLS TENNIS – Crook County
BOYS TENNIS – Hermiston

It’s all bunched up in fifth… and boy would those three teams like to finish in fourth!
Mountain View beats Summit
Pendleton beats The Dalles-Wahtonka
Hermiston beats Madras
Bend beats Crook County

MV 11-1
Pendleton 8-4
TDW 8-4
Summit 6-6
Bend 5-7
Madras 5-7
Hermiston 5-7
Crook County 0-12

Pendleton (5-2) @ BEND (3-4) 7:00pm – Should be a dogfight. Expect a big (organized) crowd @ Bend. Both teams are coming off of losses. Pendleton sits in 3rd in the IMC, while Bend is 5th. A huge game for both teams.
The Dalles-Wahtonka (6-2) @ CROOK COUNTY (0-8) 7:00pm – TDW should improve to 7-2, a record that would seemingly put them in great playoff position.
Hermiston (2-5) @ MOUNTAIN VIEW (6-1) 7:00pm – Always a physical intense matchup. Both teams have won two-IMC games in a row. A loss would put the Bulldogs playoff hopes in serious jeopardy.
Madras (3-5) @ SUMMIT (5-3) 7:00pm – Madras has won two in a row and is coming off a 91-point outburst against Crook County. Summit has already notched a win @ Madras. Both teams still have the playoffs in their sites.

Mountain View (6-1) – A home loss to TDW is the only blemish on a 16-1 record for the Cougars. Don’t be shocked if that’s their only loss going into the state tournament.
Pendleton (5-2) - Losses @ home against MV and @ Madras serve as bookends on a 5-game winning IMC streak.
Summit (5-2) - Riding a three-game winning streak, which includes the buzzer-beating overtime win against Bend.
The Dalles-Wahtonka (5-2) – Losses @ Summit and @ Hermiston. TDW does have the big win over MV, which could be a tie-breaking factor.
Bend (3-4) – 2 overtime losses to Pendleton and Summit and a 1 point loss to TDW. The Lava Bears could be 6-1 right now. Look for Bend to win some of those close ones in the second half of the season.
Madras (2-5) – The White Buffaloes are dangerous, their win @ Pendleton makes that clear. In their two wins they’ve held their opponents to 55 and 50. In their five losses they’ve given up: 61, 72, 78, 67 and 74.
Hermiston (2-5) – The streaky Bulldogs have won 4 in a row early in the year and followed that with a 5-game losing skid. If Friday’s win over TDW is going to start another win streak, the next one has to come @ MV!
Crook County (0-7) – The bad news for the winless Cowboys is that 6 of their final 7 games are on the road.