Spring sports are underway. It’s amazing how many Intermountain Conference teams placed in the top 10 of Class 5A State competitions last spring.

CHAMPIONS
Summit Girls Track
Summit Girls Golf
Summit Boys Tennis
Hermiston Girls Tennis

2ND PLACE
Hermiston Girls Track

3RD PLACE
Bend Girls Tennis
Summit Boys Golf
Pendleton Girls Track

4TH PLACE
Crook County Girls Golf
Summit Boys Track

6TH PLACE
The Dalles-Wahtonka Boys Golf

7TH PLACE
Summit Girls Tennis
Crook County Girls Track
Mountain View Boys Tennis

9TH PLACE
Mountain View Boys Track
Hermiston Boys Tennis
The Dalles-Wahtonka Boys Tennis

SEMIFINALS
The Dalles-Wahtonka Baseball
The Dalles-Wahtonka Softball
Pendleton Softball

QUARTERFINALS
Bend Baseball

Cowboys second as final day looms
Hermiston leads Crook County after the first day of IMC districts

Pendleton beat Hermiston last night, which helps the causes of Summit, Madras and Bend. The Intermountain Conference boys basketball race is coming down to the wire.

Madras (5-7) @ THE DALLES-WAHTONKA (8-4) 7:00pm – A must win for the White Buffaloes, especially with the likely win by Summit tonight. A loss could knock them out of the playoff hunt.
Mountain View (11-1) @ BEND (5-7) 7:30pm – MV has clinched the IMC titles. A win by Bend would be one of the biggest in Civil War history. The Cougars have a 7-game win streak going.
Crook County (0-12) @ SUMMIT (6-6) 7:30pm – A Storm win gives them

Eye of the Storm
Swimmer Nic Morrell looks to close out a great prep career – By Beau Eastes / The Bulletin

The Intermountain Conference district wrestling championships is in Madras this next weekend. Here’s a look at some of the the weight classes to watchl All rankings can be found on The Oregon Wrestling Forum.

One of the weight classes to watch is 215, where numerous IMC grapplers are ranked among the state’s best:
3 Cody Roan Sr Crook County
4 Travis Williams So Madras
5 David Liebe Sr Hermiston
12 Liam Brown Sr Bend
14 Kameron Garver Jr The Dalles-Wahtonka

At 189, the IMC has the top-three ranked individuals:
1 Curtis Berger Jr Hermiston
2 Jacob Abrams Sr The Dalles-Wahtonka
3 Trevor Barrett Sr Madras
10 Colton RedCloud Sr The Dalles-Wahtonka
13 Rhett Smith So Crook County
15 Kenny Dailey Sr Bend

5A TEAM RANKINGS
1 Hermiston 260
6 Crook County 88
9 Pendleton 75
11 The Dalles-Wahtonka 65
13 Madras 62

Here’s how the playoff race looks going into the final week of Intermountain Conference girls basketball.
Bend 8-3 – Crook County, Mountain View and Summit games are all that stand between the Lava Bears and an IMC championship.
Hermiston 7-4 – Finishes with two of three games @ home.
Mountain View 7-4 – The Cougars didn’t make the playoffs last year. Finish with two out of three on the road. Need to notch a road win for sure!
Madras 6-5 – Sitting in fourth after finishing with a 5-9 record last year. Finish with two of their three games against Hermiston.
Summit 5-6 – The reigning IMC champions are sitting @ fifth, but they can help their cause by winning out. A game @ MV is followed by home games against Crook County and Bend.
The Dalles-Wahtonka 4-7 – Two of three vs. Pendleton. That’s good for TDW seeing as Pendleton is in last place… but just a game behind TDW.
Crook County 4-7 – A down year after finishing 10-4 for second in the IMC last year.
Pendleton 3-8 – Not looking good for Pendleton’s playoff hopes.
Full IMC standings – Oregonprepsports.net

This is the final week of the Intermountain Conference regular season for boys basketball. Playoffs are still wide open. A few teams play each other twice this week, should be very exciting.

TUESDAY
Crook County (0-11) @ BEND (4-7) 7:00pm – Bend should win this game.
Madras (5-6) @ HERMISTON (4-7) 7:00pm – Madras and Hermiston play each other twice in the final week. Both teams still have a shot at the playoffs.
Pendleton (7-4) @ THE DALLES-WAHTONKA (8-3) 7:00pm – Playing each other twice in the last week. Second place will be decided by these two games.
Summit (6-5) @ MOUNTAIN VIEW (10-1) 7:15pm – The Cougars have won six games in a row. Would be the biggest basketball win in Summit history.

THURSDAY
Hermiston @ PENDLETON 7:00pm - One of Oregon’s truest rivalries. Pendleton is the heavy favorite in this one, but you know Hermiston is going to fight for this win.

FRIDAY
Madras @ THE DALLES-WAHTONKA 7:00pm – TDW won the first meeting 74-73 @ Madras. Should be a great game.
Mountain View @ BEND 7:30pm – The “Civil War” is a great event no matter the standings. Expect some creative cheers from the Lava Bear faithful.
Crook County @ SUMMIT 7:30pm – A needed Summit win in the playoff hunt.

SATURDAY
Bend @ SUMMIT 7:00pm - The last time these two met was the best high school basketball game I’ve ever seen, with the Storm winning on a buzzer-beater in overtime. This game could possibly be a win and your in, lose and your out for Summit. Put this one on the calendar!
Crook County @ MOUNTAIN VIEW 7:00pm – Cougars should cruise into the playoffs with a win at home against the Cowboys.
Hermiston @ MADRAS 7:00pm – Likely a playoff decider. It could come down to the wire for playoffs with this game along with the Bend-Summit game.
The Dalles-Wahtonka @ PENDLETON 7:00pm – There’s a big difference between 2nd and 3rd as far as playoffs go, this game could decide that.

FULL IMC BOYS STANDINGS – Oregonprepsports.net
PROJECTED 5A STATE TOURNAMENT – Oregonprepsports.net

Summit takes IMC titles again
Boys, girls are victorious; Storm’s Nic Morrell, Christy Rogers, Crook County’s Leslie Foley all win pair of individual titles at district meet – The Bulletin

BOYS
Summit 529
Bend 345
Pendleton 274
The Dalles-Wahtonka 199
Madras 196
Hermiston 183
Mountain View 73

GIRLS
Summit 485
Bend 381
Pendleton 257
Mountain View 252
The Dalles-Wahtonka 209
Hermiston 105
Crook County 88
Madras 80

Mountain View 10-1 – 30 points by Seth Brent in big win over Madras moved the Cougars to a 6-game win streak. They are 20-1 overall.
The Dalles-Wahtonka 8-3 – Has lost a game to MV, Summit and Hermiston. But also gave MV it’s only loss of the year.
Pendleton 6-4 – Impressive 15-5 overall record.
Summit 6-4 – Last two games have gone into overtime, 3 of last 5 have gone to overtime.
Madras 5-6 - Despite losing to MV by 11, the White Buffaloes are playing well.
Bend 4-7 – Has lost 3 games in a row. Needs to win out to finish league at 7-7.
Hermiston 3-7 – Tied for the second leading scoring team in the IMC.
Crook County 0-10 – Next year’s move to 4A could be a big boost for the Cowboys.

Today’s games:
Crook County @ HERMISTON 12:45pm – Hermiston needs to bounce back to keep their playoff hopes alive.
Summit @ PENDLETON 12:45pm – The winner takes sole possession of third place.

Bend (4-6) @ THE DALLES-WAHTONKA (7-3) 7:00pm – Bend is fighting for it’s playoff life, TDW wants to bounce back from a loss to MV
Crook County (0-9) @ PENDLETON (5-4) 7:00pm – Pendleton should improve to 6-4.
Summit (5-4) @ HERMISTON (3-6) 7:00pm – Every game is big from here on out… and this one is huge! Summit needs a sweep of Hermiston, but that’s easier said than done. Always a hard place to play.
Mountain View (9-1) @ MADRAS (5-5) 7:00pm – The two hottest teams in the IMC square off. The Cougars have won 5 games in a row, while the White Buffaloes have won 4 games in a row. A Madras win could put them in a tie for third. A Madras loss three-way tie for fifth.