Oregonlive.com 5A top 10 preseason football poll:
1 Sherwood
2 West Albany
3 Marist
4 Jefferson
5 Crescent Valley
6 Mountain View
7 Bend
8 Churchill
9 Hermiston
10 Corvallis

Crater moved up to Class 6A… that’s good news for the rest of 5A. Franklin moved down from 6A… that’s bad news for the rest of 5A.

Both Summit and Hermiston return a solid core of runners, while Franklin brings in two of the state’s fastest.

Franklin (6th in 6A)
Ian Burgess, 12, Franklin, 16:17
Jackson Baker, 11, Franklin, 16:33

Ashland (2nd in 5A)
Colin Haug, 12, Ashland, 17:03

Summit (3rd in 5A)
Travis Neuman, 10, Summit, 16:34
Cameron Clark, 12, Summit, 17:09

Hermiston (4th in 5A)
Javier Velasco, 11, Hermiston, 16:58
Andrew Valdez, 12, Hermiston, 17:06
Aduardo Juarez, 10, Hermiston, 17:06

Top Returners (based on time @ State)
1 Ian Burgess, 12, Franklin, 16:17
2 Jackson Baker, 11, Franklin, 16:33
3 Travis Neuman, 10, Summit, 16:34
4 Javier Velasco, 11, Hermiston, 16:58
5 Mark Sheridan, 12, Churchill, 17:01
6 Jordon Monroe, 12, West Albany, 17:02
7 Colin Haug, 12, Ashland, 17:03
8 Matt Auer, 12, Crescent Valley, 17:05
9 Andrew Valdez, 12, Hermiston, 17:06
11 Aduardo Juarez, 10, Hermiston, 17:06

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

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

SINGLES
1 Paxton Deuel, Summit
2 Jeff Windsor, Bend
3 Trevor Brown, Crook County
4 Joey Burns, Hermiston
5 Kyle Pickard, Bend
6 Carter, Pendleton
7 Bruttin, The Dalles-Wahtonka
8 Dain Lloyd, Hermiston

DOUBLES
1 Hegewald/Dillingham, Summit
2 Thompson/Slater, Crook County
3 Brown/Sterling, Bend
4 Smith/Millard, Hermiston
5 Franco/Wise, Summit
6 Clem/Simpson, Pendleton
7 Kyger/Larreneta, MV
8 Cuavarria/Bailey, TDW

Summit had its dual match win streak snapped @ 24 matches, when the Storm lost to Hermiston and Churchill this past weekend @ the Athletic Club of Bend.

1st – Hermiston 4-0
2nd – Churchill 2-2
2nd – Summit 2-2
2nd – Bend 2-2
5th – Mountain View 0-4

• Power hitting gives Dawgs Intermountain Conference opener
• Hermiston lets one slip away against Crook County
• Prep Scoreboard – The Bulletin

Bulldog tennis team crushes Bucks

Saturday’s tennis matches between Hermiston/Pendleton and Madras/Summit have been postponed due to the snow. Softball and baseball are likely going to be effected as well.

Bend is in its second elite-8 since the reclassification, all eight schools have qualified at least once. Willamette is the defending state champion and is going for their third state title in four years. The only other 5A champion is Jefferson, who won in 2008. Five of the eight teams are league champions. The Southern Sky and the Intermountain Conference are the only leagues with two representatives in the final eight. The only teams without at least 20 wins are West Albany (16), Bend (17) and Hermiston (17).
• Draw
• Polls

(teams appear in order of where they are in the draw)
No. 4 Willamette – Midwestern 1st
20-4
2009 – 1st
2008 – 5th
2007 – 1st

No. 3 Ashland – Southern Sky 1st
22-5
2009 – 5th
2008 – 6th
2007 – DNQ

No. 2 Wilsonville – NW Oregon 1st
21-4
2009 – DNQ
2008 – 3rd
2007 – 6th

No. 13 Hermiston – IMC 2nd
17-5
2009 – DNQ
2008 – 2nd
2007 – 4th

No. 10 Crater – Southern Sky 2nd
21-7
2009 – DNQ
2008 – Quarterfinals
2007 -DNQ

No. 11 Bend – IMC 1st
17-9
2009 – DNQ
2008 – Quarterfinals
2007 – DNQ

No. 5 West Albany – Mid-Willamette 2nd
16-8
2009 – DNQ
2008 – DNQ
2007 – Quarterfinals

No. 1 Jefferson – PIL 1st
20-3
2009 – 3rd
2008 – 1st
2007 – 3rd