Central Oregon schools again have some of the top track and field performers in all of Oregon.
From Athletic.net:
• Central Oregon individual rankings.
• 5A individual rankings.
• Oregon individual rankings.
• IMC Championships.

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

BOYS
Friday, March 18
Madras (1-0) 6, Crook County (0-1) 2
1 Trevor Brown, CC, def. Ryan Hutchins, M, 6-0, 6-0.
2 Brady Slater, CC, def. Ryan Fine, M, 6-1, 6-1.
3 Carlos Garcia, M def. Jared Anderson, CC, 6-4, 6-3.
4 Jesus Vasquez, M won by forfeit.
1 A Penaloza-C.Freshour, M, def. G.Alvarez-J.Lopez, CC, 6-3, 6-0.
2 E.Garcia-J.Gemelas, M, def. L.Nore-D.Umbarger, CC, 6-4, 6-1.
3 J.Hernandez-K.VanPelt, M, def. O.Peterson-B.Woodward, CC, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5).
4 C.Jack-Parks/K.Turner, M, won by forfeit

Saturday, March 19
JESUIT (1-0) 5, SUMMIT (0-1) 3
@ Athletic Club of Bend
1 Paxton Deuel, S, def. Gram Leahy, J, 6-0, 6-1
2 Connor Leahy, J, def. Parker Nichols, S, 6-2, 6-2.
3 Sam Malech, J, def. Sterling Dillingham, S, 6-0, 6-1.
4 Eric Ho, J, def. Alec Virk, S, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3.
1 Sam Stephenson/Nick Mulflur, J, def. Dylan Lowes/Scott Parr, S, 6-1, 6-0.
2 Max Mooney/Terry Larson, J, def. Andrew Rowden/Ian Eland, S, 6-1, 6-0.
3 Bo Hall-Liam Hall, S def. Anoth Mohan/Riley Hazard, J, 6-3, 6-4.
4 Drew Peters-William Dalquist, S def. Mitchell Morse/Matt Shinseki, J, 6-3, 7-5.

Tuesday, March 29
MOUNTAIN VIEW (1-0) 7, MADRAS (1-1) 1
1 Matt Larraneta, MV, def. Ryan Hutchins, M, 6-0, 6-0.
2 Mat VanHemelryck, MV, def. Ryan Fine, M, 6-2, 4-6, 10-3.
3 Nolan King, MV def. Carlos Garcia, M, 6-3, 6-4.
4 Alek Mauldin, MV, def. Jesus Vasquez, M, 6-4, 6-2.
1 Penaloza/Freshour, M, def. Wells/Atkinson, MV, 6-2, 4-6, (10-6).
2 Zhang/Watson, MV, def. Gemelas/Garcia, M, 6-1, 6-2.
3 Chance/Nizinski, MV, def. Hernandez/Pelt, M, 6-1, 6-4.
Kihs/Harper, MV, def. Turner/Jack-Parks, M, 6-1, 6-3.

The Bend high boys and the Mountain View boys and girls all qualified for the Class 5A State basketball championships in Eugene at the University of Oregon’s Matt Court. The MV girls have never made it this far before.

BOYS SCORES FROM FRIDAY NIGHT
Marist 43 – 67 Bend
Pendleton 54 – 65 Benson
Sandy 51 – 68 Corvallis
North Eugene 48 – 54 Crescent Valley
Jefferson (PDX) 49 – 70 Milwaukie / Milwaukie Acad. of the Arts
Sherwood 52 – 58 Mountain View
West Albany 50 – 52 Wilsonville
Hermiston 38 – 55 Woodburn

State Championships:
Bend (21-2) vs Crescent Valley (17-8)
• Bend has won 14-straight games (most in the tournament).
• Bend is outscoring its opponents by over 16 ppg this season.
• Crescent Valley finished third in the Mid-Willamette, with all three of the top teams reaching the quarterfinals from the MWL.
Benson (21-3) vs Mountain View (16-7)
• Benson has won 8-straight games.
• Benson is the highest scoring team in Class 5A (70.8ppg).
• Mountain View is the highest returning team in the tournament, having taken second place last season.
Wilsonville (23-3) vs Milwaukie (21-3)
• Milwaukie and WIlsonville finished 1-2 in the NorthWest Oregon Conference.
• The two teams split their two-previous games this season.
• Milwaukie has won 9 games in a row.
Woodburn (18-7) vs Corvallis (24-1)
• Woodburn gave Corvallis its only loss of the season.
• The two teams split their two meetings this season.
• Corvallis has won 8 games in a row.

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 winter:

Winter points totals:
Total
Bend 13
Summit 9
Mountain View 8

Boys
Bend 9
Mountain View 5
Summit 4

Girls
Summit 5
Bend 4
Mountain View 3

Boys Basketball
1 Bend
2 Mountain View
3 Summit

Girls Basketball
1 Bend
1 Mountain View
1 Summit

Wrestling
1 Bend
2 Mountain View
3 Summit

Boys Swimming
1 Bend
2 Summit
3 Mountain View

Girls Swimming
1 Summit
2 Bend
3 Mountain View

Totals of Fall and Winter Combined:
Summit 24
Mountain View 22
Bend 20

Fall Totals HERE.

Feb. 28 – First high school tennis practice.
May 9-10 – Intermountain Conference District tennis tournament.
May 19-21 – Oregon State high school tennis tournament.
June 3-5 – Jr. Spring Tennis Classic.
June 10-12 – Adult Spring Tennis Classic.
June 13-16 – Park & Rec. Junior Tennis Camp.
July 15-17 – Jr. Collier Cup tennis tournament.
July 29-31 – NTRP Collier Cup tennis tournament.

The season series is tied 1-1, but Bend won the last game and the first one didn’t count towards Intermountain Conference standings. This next game is @ Bend High on Tuesday @ 7:15pm. Look for the great point guard matchup between Bend’s Hayden Crook and Mountain View’s James Reid. Here’s how the two teams matchup:

BEND
• 15-2 record.
• OSAA #2 ranking.
• 8-game win streak.
• Last loss: Mountain View @ Summit 87-73, 12/29/10.
• Losses: North Medford and Mountain View.

MOUNTAIN VIEW
• 11-5 record.
• OSAA #5 ranking.
• 3-game win streak.
• Last loss: Bend @ Mountain View 66-62, 1/14/11.
• Losses: Grants Pass, South Medford, North Medford, Crook County and Bend.

Bend plays @ Summit Friday night @ 7pm. Here’s how they matchup.
Record:
Bend 9-2
Summit 4-7

Streak:
Bend 4 wins
Summit 1 loss

Points per game:
Bend 71.3
Summit 41.9

Key wins:
Bend – Ashland, Sandy, South Medford, Eagle Point & Grants Pass.
Summit – Eagle Point, Marist & West Albany.

Last meeting:
Summit beat Bend 69-32 to close out the regular season in 2009-2010. It was part of a 4-game win streak for the Storm that included 2 playoff victories on the road.

Top player:
Bend – Hayden Crook
Summit – Mitch Wettig.

Crook County (5-3) @ Bend (8-2)
• Crook County has won 4 games in a row.
• Bend is averaging over 70 points per game.
• Crook County is averaging 54 points per game.
• Crook County already has a win over Mountain View this season.

Redmond (5-4) @ Mountain View (6-4)
• MV has one 3 games in a row.
• Redmond has lost two games in a row.
• Redmond lost to Bend in the first game of the season (66-49).
• Redmond beat Crook County 48-43 this season.
• Mountain View beat Bend and lost to Crook County.

BOYS
Bend 10-2
• The Lava Bears are averaging a 5A best 72.4 points per game.
• Winners of two straight.
• Bend plays host to Crook County on Tuesday.
• Bend’s only two losses are to Mountain View and Class 6A North Medford.
• Bend is led by point guard Hayden Crook.

Mountain View 6-4
• Winners of three-straight.
• Host Redmond on Tuesday.
• The Cougars are 4-0 vs 5A opponents.
• Mountain View is led by point guard James Reid.

Summit 4-7
• Won two games @ the C.O. Les Schwab by a combined four points.
• The Storm play host to Bend on Friday.
• Summit is 3-3 vs 5A opponents.
• Summit is led by Mitch Wettig.