Madras girls top ranked basketball team in C.O.
Top 10 ranked teams in Central Oregon
1, Madras Girls, 4A
2, Mountain View Boys, 5A
5, Bend Girls, 5A
8, Sisters Boys, 4A
9, Bend Boys, 5A
10, Madras Boys, 4A
Central Oregon prep boys basketball rankings
BOYS BASKETBALL
OSAA Ranking – Team – Record – Streak:
6A
17, Redmond, 8-8, L1
5A
1, Mountain View, 13-4, W4
11, Bend, 9-6, W1
16, Summit, 7-9, 1L
4A
8, Sisters, 13-3, W7
12, Madras, 11-4, W3
27, Crook County, 3-13, L5
33, La Pine, 5-11, L3
Abe Lodwick “unsung hero” for Washington State basketball
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”
3 New football coaches @ the 3 Bend high schools
State champion Steve Turner of Mountain View is the latest coach to step down. The three Bend high schools all lost longtime, successful football coaches after this past season. Turner says he plans on return to Cascade High School.
First Bend’s Craig Walker, then Summit’s Jerry Hackenbruck and now MV’s Turner. The jobs have been filled by very capable coaches at Bend and Summit already.
Boys basketball has balance in Central Oregon
It’s a balanced year in Central Oregon for boys basketball. The only teams to go undefeated in games against local teams are Sisters (4-0) and La Pine (1-0). When Ridgeview joins the picture for the 2012-13 school year, a CO boys basketball league could be very interesting! Here’s how it’s gone locally so far this season:
Classification, Team, Overall Record:
6A Redmond 7-5
• Beat Bend 76-54
• Beat Summit 59-54
• Beat Crook County 65-38
• Lost to Mountain View 72-59
5A Mountain View 9-4
• Beat Madras 71-55
• Beat Crook County 92-36
• Beat Redmond 72-59
• Lost to Sisters 60-49
5A Bend 7-5
• Lost to Redmond 76-54
• Lost to Madras 64-61
• Beat Crook County 69-48
• Beat Summit 71-60 OT
5A Summit 6-7
• Lost to Sisters 57-52
• Lost to Redmond 59-54
• Lost to Madras 69-68
• Lost to Bend 71-60 OT
4A Sisters 10-3
• Beat Summit 57-52
• Beat Madras 50-43
• Beat Crook County 65-37
• Beat Mountain View 60-49
4A Madras 8-4
• Lost to Mountain View 71-55
• Lost to Sisters 50-43
• Beat Bend 64-61
• Beat Summit 69-68
• Lost to Crook County 70-62
4A Crook County 3-9
• Lost to Sisters 65-25
• Lost to Redmond 65-38
• Lost to Mountain View 92-36
• Lost to Sisters 65-37
• Lost to Bend 69-48
• Beat Madras 70-62
• Lost to La Pine 63-51
4A La Pine 5-8
• Beat Crook County 63-51
Central Oregon boys basketball team off to winning start
As of 12-18-2011
Boys Basketball Team Records
Classification, Team, Record, Streak, score avg.
6A Redmond 5-1 4W 64.8-58.2
5A Mountain View 5-2 2W 68.7-60.0
4A Sisters 5-2 2L 54.4-49.1
5A Bend 4-3 2W 62.6-61.6
5A Summit 4-3 1L 57.7-54.6
4A Madras 3-3 1L 56.5-50.2
2A Culver 2-3 2L 61.2-69.2
4A La Pine 3-5 1L 47.2-48.9
1A Gilchrist 2-4 4L 42.3-51.7
4A Crook County 1-4 2L 44.0-58.0
Bend football players to watch in 2012
Bend
Jonah Koski 6-3, 180, Jr. QB, DB
• 138 of 262 (52.7%) for 1,955 yards, 25 TDs, 11 Int
Duke DeGaetano 5-10, 175, Jr. RB, DB
• 138 carries, 686 yards, 9 TDs
Mountain View
John Carroll
• 35 catches for 599 yards, 11 TDs. (3 Int on Def).
Toby Webb
• 10 of 15 passing (66.7%) for 124 yards, 0 TDs, 0 Int
Summit
J.T. Evans 5-11, 185, So. RB, DB
• 125 carries 1,188 yards 16 TDs (98 yard kickoff TD return)
Central Oregon prep league would cut down on travel
With the addition of Redmond’s new Ridgeview high school and Redmond high moving from 6A to 5A, a Central Oregon league in 2011-2012 will mean less travel. But it won’t fix the “special district” problem for “individual sports.”
2011-2012 Central Oregon Teams
5A
Bend
Mountain View
Redmond
Summit
4A
Crook County
La Pine
Madras
Ridgeview (new Redmond school)
Sisters
This is ideal for basketball, where a nine-team league gives each school a 16-game regular season. In football you could have a 5A and a 4A division. Baseball, softball and soccer could play one or two games against each opponent and have a nice schedule.
Sports that rely on a district meet to qualify for state like tennis, golf, wrestling, cross country and track will be affected in different ways by the new league. A sport like cross county doesn’t have to change anything, as it’s not important that teams meet before districts. Tennis is a different scenario where teams do need to face each other in “dual matches” before a district competition (at least that’s what most teams believe). This means that either CO would have a 4-team tennis district tournament or more likely play a district tourney with teams on the Columbia, therefore having to schedule matches with them as well.
No matter how it all shakes out, a Central Oregon league would be great for players, coaches, fans and Central Oregon in general! Less travel and less money spent on athletics.
Bend-MV-Summit boys basketball off to undefeated start
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.
