Harry Glickman Professional Athlete of the Year – Male
• Ashton Eaton – Track & Field (Mountain View)
• Jacoby Ellsbury – Baseball (Madras)
• Kevin Love – Basketball
• Galen Rupp – Track
• Ndamukong Suh – Football
Nike – Steve Prefontaine Prep Distance Runner of the Year
• Jackson Baker, Franklin
• Alex Dillard, The Dalles-Wahtonka
• Brian Eimstad, South Eugene
• Megan Fristoe, Summit
• Ashley Maton, Summit
Summit senior Paxton Deuel is headed to the University of Portland next year.
Deuel is the top player in the state of Oregon and the reigning Class 5A state singles champion.
Adam Krull who played for Summit as a freshman, and won a state doubles title with Deuel, is going to be playing for Xavier next year.
LaMarcus Aldridge’s ranking among NBA forwards:
Scoring – 6th
Rebounding – 7th
Assists – 26th
Pts/Rebs/Asts – 7th
Blocks – 9th
Steals – 19th
FG% – 45th
FT% - 47th
Minutes – 3rd
Efficiency – 6th
Fantasy Rating – 8th
Double-Doubles – 7th
Team record (entire NBA) – 11th
Western Conference All-Star Forwards (Plus LaMarcus Aldridge)
Name – Pts/Reb/Asts (all NBA forwards) – team ranking in the West:
Kevin Love, 1st – 15th (out of 15)
Kevin Durant, 3rd – 4th
Blake Griffin, 4th – 13th
LaMarcus Aldridge, 6th – 6th (tie)
Dirk Nowitzki, 7th – 2nd
Carmelo Anthony, 9th – 8th
Tim Duncan, 20th 1st
1 – New York Knicks – $655 – Biggest market… biggest worth.
2 – Los Angeles Lakers – $643 – Second largest market… you get the idea.
3 – Chicago Bulls – $511 – Big market. Sports town. And they are winning again!
4 – Boston Celtics – $452 – Celtics are right up there with the Lakers, Cowboys and Yankees when it comes to franchises.
5 – Houston Rockets – $443 – You can thank Yao Ming for this. The Rockets are huge in China.
6 – Dallas Mavericks – $438
7 – Miami Heat – $425 – The big 3. LeBron James joining the Heat upped their worth by 17%. The most in NBA history.
8 – Phoenix Suns – $411
9 – San Antonio Spurs – $404 – They just win and with pretty much the same guys doing the winning every year.
10 – Toronto Raptors – $399
11 – Orlando Magic – $385
12 – Golden State Warriors – $363
13 – Detroit Pistons – $360
14 – Portland Trail Blazers – $356 – They aren’t the largest market, but they are the only NBA team in the entire Pacific Northwest and the only pro team in all of Oregon (soon to change with the Portland Timbers of MLS).
15 – Cleveland Cavaliers – $355
16 – Utah Jazz – $343
17 – Philadelphis 76ers – $330
18 – Oklahoma City Thunder – $329 – With two of the best young players in the NBA, it’s a shame they aren’t in Seattle anymore.
19 – Washington Wizards – $322
20 – Denver Nuggets – $316
21 – New Jersey Nets – $312
22 – Los Angeles Clippers – $305 – Don’t be surprised to see this go up. The Clippers have the market to work with and now they have a team that can sell tickets and a player (Blake Griffin) that can sell jerseys.
23 – Atlanta Hawks – $295
24 – Sacramento Kings – $293
25 – Charlotte Bobcats – $281
26 – New Orleans Hornets – $280
27 – Indiana Pacers – $269
28 – Memphis Grizzles – $266
29 – Minnesota Timberwolves – $264
30 – Milwaukee Bucks – $258
When Wesley Matthews scored 36 points, including 7-threes, in a win over Minnesota, I said, “He was a great sign!” But this was by no means a one-game show for Matthews. He’s been getting it done all year for the Portland Trailblazers.
With a list of injuries that would make a playoff caliber-team including Brandon Roy, Greg Oden, Marcus Camby and Joel Przybilla… the Blazers have needed some help. Matthews has provided that help and kept Portland in the playoff hunt.
At 16 points per game, Matthews is the second-leading scorer among Blazers still playing this season, behind LaMarcus Aldridge, who is having having an All-Star caliber season with over 21 ppg and over 8 rebounds per.
Can you think of a better Blazers move in the past few years?
It’s been a rough go for the oft-injured Portland Trailblazers. Here is the Trail Blazers midseason report: A team waiting for surgery- By Joe Freeman, The Oregonian.
Here are the biggest things happening in sports in the Pacific Northwest right now:
Oregon goes for its first college football National Title on Monday.
Seattle Seahawks beat New Orleans Saints in NFL playoffs on Saturday.
Blazers look for 3 wins a row as they host the Miami Heat.
Anything else?
The NBA is loaded at the top this season:
1 Dallas
2 Boston
3 Miami
4 San Antonio
5 LA Lakers
6 Utah
7 Orlando
8 Oklahoma City
9 Chicago
10 New York Knicks
15 Portland
Full Rankings.
Jordan Wolfe was a standout runner at Mountain View high school. Recently he took 10th overall and first for his age group at the Portland Marathon. His time of 2:42 was the second fastest in his age group of all time @ the Portland Marathon. Wolfe was kind enough to answer a few questions for Central Oregon Athlete:
Central Oregon Athlete – What are you doing these days as far as racing?
Jordan Wolfe – My racing is informally just training with Detachment 910 through Air Force ROTC. We have physical fitness testing and there is a 1.5 mile run that has inspired some friendly competitiveness. It was actually after training with more of a military focus that I got back into racing after taking my senior high school track season off, and deciding not to run for my college team. In high school I was always injured or sick and during that year off I built some new strength. With that new strength I ended up surprised myself while doing some spur-of-the-moment repeats. After those, I decided to start building a base again and see what I could do in a marathon.
COA – Where are you located these days?
JW – Seattle, WA in the ever eventful U-district
COA – Tell me about running the Portland Marathon, were you surprised by your time?
JW – Portland was a wonderful no pressure experience. I didn’t know what to expect and neither did anyone else which allowed me to go out and play. I went out with a goal of breaking 2:40 but telling myself that I would be happy to just qualify for Boston with a 3:10. I ended up settling into a pack with some great guys running about my goal pace and got into a sub-six rhythm. It felt great, the atmosphere was awesome, and the other racers were very encouraging. I was just so stoked to be racing again. I was also terrified of hitting the infamous “wall” the whole time, but my fitness carried me well, and when I did tighten up at mile 21 I was still riding on high spirits. I can’t wait to get some more miles on my legs and give it another go! The marathon is such a great distance!
COA – What is next on your racing schedule?
JW – I didn’t get my Boston registration in on time so I am thinking that Eugene will end up as my spring marathon. This winter I will be hopping into the “Winter Grand Prix” put on by Club Northwest which is a local six race series. I realize that I am just a baby in this sport so I am hoping to use each race experience to learn while keeping my speed up, my mind sharp, and my heart hungry.
COA – What was the highlight of your XC/track days back @ Mountain View?
JW – My senior season my wonderful sister Jessica joined me on the team. It was so much fun to share the connection that comes from working out together. We hurt together, won and lost together, and ultimately, though disappointed with my racing, I won a season of memories with her and she ended up taking 6th in state that year (which I reveled in greatly.)
COA – Any goals you can share with us when it comes to competing?
JW – I want to learn what it means to live the lifestyle of competitive running. If I can get a good balance down between training physically, spiritually, and mentally, I think I have the ability to run for the Air Force Marathon Team. If I was to make that team upon graduation in June 2013 I would be ecstatic. It will be a three year process of patience and faithfulness as I finish this season of schooling but if I make that team… I feel like I could do anything.
COA – What other sports do you enjoy?
JW – I love soccer, cycling, ultimate frisbee, and endurance sports in general.
COA – What do you like to do when you aren’t training/racing?
JW – I love music! singing it, writing it, playing it, listening to it, performing… I love it all. I love adventuring, whether it be around the neighborhood, on a mountain, in a book, or with food–new experiences are thrilling!
COA – What is your favorite workout in Central Oregon?
JW – Butte repeats. There is just something about the grind of busting out a workout in the center of central Oregon that gets me pumped. I can look down and see my high school track, I look out and see the mountains that stare back as if challenging me to climb harder… and a bunch of central Oregonians cheer you on. The atmosphere is powerful.
COA – Anything else to add?
JW – Growth is worth the growing pains.