I love tennis and I love numbers… so of course I love this article. “The nine most important numbers in tennis history” – By Douglas Perry, The Oregonian.

Team, Defensive Rank (points allowed per game), Points allowed vs Oregon:
• New Mexico, 120 (52.6), 72.
• Tennessee, 76th (24.8), 48.
• Portland State, NR (39.75) , 69.
• Arizona State, 68th (24.4), 42.
• Stanford, 45th (21.4), 52.
• Washington State, 116th, (42.8), ?Score by quarters for Ducks:
• New Mexico -28-31-6-7
• Tennessee -3-10-14-21
• Portland State -21-24-24-0
• Arizona State -14-14-14-0
• Stanford -3-21-14-14
• Washington State -15-14-7-7
TOTALS -84-114-79-49

Score by quarters for Ducks opponents:
• New Mexico -0-0-0-0
• Tennessee -6-7-0-0
• Portland State -0-0-0-0
• Arizona State -7-17-7-0
• Stanford -21-10-0-0
• Washington State -14-3-6-0
TOTALS -48-37-13-0
Season totals by quarter
Ducks 84-114-79-49=326
Opponents 48-37-13-0=98

DUCKS AVERAGE POINTS BY QUARTER
Ducks 14-19-13.2-8.2=54.3
Opponents 8-6.2-2.2-0=16.3

40 – points Clackamas’ Zhenya Pereverzin scored in his career… a record!
33 – points scored by the Jesuit boys to win the Class 6A tournament.
22 – teams who scored at least one point in the Class 6A girls tournament.
21 – teams who scored at least one point in the Class 6A boys tournament.
14.5 – points scored by the Cleveland boys, a Class 5A record.
14 – points scored by Class 5A runner-up Churchill, who did so with just three players. Cleveland qualified 10 players.
9 – years between Wilsonville girls team titles.
8 – number of entries from the Metro league in the quarterfinals of the 6A tournament.
7 – number of years in a row the IMC has won girls state doubles title.
4 – number of state singles titles won by both Zhenya Pereverzin (6A) and Alex Rovello (5A)
3 – number of freshman girls who reached the Class 6A singles quarterfinals for Lincoln.
3 – straight boys team titles by Jesuit
2 – years in a row that a freshman has won the Class 4A/3A/2A/1A boys singles title.
1 – state team title won by the Cleveland boys

What numbers did we miss?

The Summit Storm track dynasty looks like it’ll have plenty of athletes to work with once again this year. At last count Summit had 186 athletes out for track. Coach Dave Turnbull expects to have over 200 athletes when all is said and done.

“It’s going to be another fantastic year. So far, the energy is higher than it’s ever been and the kids are really improving quickly,” said Clark.