When you need some motivation to go do something with your life… watch this!

Wild One – a story of Philippe Ribiere /Teaser from Film IT on Vimeo.

The four Class 5A state football semifinalists go into Friday with a combined 42-game winning streak. None of the four teams have lost since Crescent Valley’s 14-13 setback against Corvallis on September 10th and three of the four teams haven’t lost a game all season. All four teams are league champions.

MOUNTAIN VIEW COUGARS
• 11-0
• 445-161
• Beat Corvallis 25-22 in the closest of all four quarterfinal games
• The Cougars have only trailed against two teams this season, including a 7-0 deficit vs Corvallis in the quarterfinals
• Highlight video from MV vs Franklin
• Key players: Austin Sears, Jacob Hollister, Joel Skotte, John Carroll and Cody Hollister.
• 2009 – Quarterfinals
• 2008 – Quarterfinals
• 2007 – Semifinals
• 2006 – Quarterfinals

SHERWOOD BOWMAN
• 11-0
• 609-145
• Defeated Jefferson 39-13 in the quarterfinals to give the Democrats their only loss of the season and avenged their 2009 semifinal loss to Jefferson
• 2009 – Semifinals
• 2008 – Quarterfinals
• 2007 – Round of 16 (lost to Mountain View)
• 2006 – Quarterfinals

MARIST SPARTANS
• 11-0
• 524-59
• Routed Lebanon 41-6 in the quarterfinals
• 2009 – State champion (4A)
• 2008 – Quarterfinals (4A)
• 2007 – State champion (4A)
• 2006 – Round of 16 (4A)

CRESCENT VALLEY RAIDERS
• 9-2 (9-game win streak)
• 364-202
• Scored an amazing 64 points en route to a 64-33 quarterfinal-win over Churchill
• 2009 – Round of 16
• 2008 – DNQ
• 2007 – DNQ
• 2006 – DNQ

Game is @ Mountain View’s Jack Harris Stadium on Friday night @ 7pm.

MOUNTAIN VIEW
• 10-0 record.
• Intermountain Conference Champion.
• Outscored opponents 420-139 this year.
• Common opponent Bend (MV won 45-14, Corvallis won 27-10)
• Key players: Austin Sears, Jacob Hollister, Joel Skotte, John Carroll and Cody Hollister.
• 2009 Record: 9-2
• 2008 Record: 8-3
• 2007 Record: 11-1
• 2006 Record: 8-3
• Highlight Video from last week’s MV game.

CORVALLIS
• 8-2 record.
• 2-game win streak.
• Mid-Willamette Conference Champion.
• Outscored opponents 300-161 this year.
• Two losses: Marist 42-14 and West Albany 24-14.
• 2009 Record: 4-7
• 2008 Record: 6-5
• 2007 Record: 6-5
• 2006 Record: 12-1 (state champion)

Will, it’s not really the Intermountain Conference anymore, but that’s what I’m calling it. The teams have already run the course, HERE are the result of that race, just removed North Medford (6A team).

TEAMS:
Ashland
Bend
Eagle Point
Mountain View
Summit

Here are some of the athletes to watch:
GIRLS
• Megan Fristoe, Summit
• Mikhaila Thornton
• Jenna Mattox, Bend
• Brit Oliphant, Summit
• Hayati Wolfenden, Mountain View
• Jessica Wolfe, Mountain View

BOYS
• Travis Neuman, Summit
• Sam Naffziger, Summit
• Cameron Clark, Summit

Central Oregon Athlete is going to be doing some big things with Oregon high school cross country running this year! I can’t give all the details just yet, but let’s just say it’s going to be amazing! Here are some of the little things I’ve written so far:

• Jessica Wolfe profile
• Travis Neuman profile
• Can C.O. add another individual state XC title to its streak?
• State preview
• 5A Girls Preview
• 5A Boys Preview
• Jesuit Girls Story

Also, be looking for lots more XC athlete profiles to come!

Several Interesting story lines for the 2010 Oregon prep XC season:

Jesuit girls are the overwhelming favorites to win the 6A state title, which would be their 9th in a row.

The Summit girls should be favored to win another state title in 5A.

Crater joins Jesuit and Central Catholic a top the 6A boys competition. Private schools Jesuit and CC have dominated the 6A boys ranks for years but 5A state champion Crater should be right in the mix after moving up a classification.

Franklin moves from 6A to 5A and should join the Summit boys atop the 5A ranks.

Reigning/returning State Champions
Girls
6A Jesuit
5A Summit
4A Marist (moved to 5A)
3A-2A-1A St. Mary’s

Annamarie Maag 12 Jesuit (2-time 6A champion)
Megan Fristoe 11 Summit (5A champion)
Kellie Foley 12 Crook County (2008 5A champion, now running in 4A)

Boys
6A Central Catholic
5A Crater (moved to 6A)
4A Henley
3A-2A-1A Nyssa

One thing is for sure, there will be four new individual state champions in Oregon high school boys cross country in 2010. All four champions were seniors last year.

Pac-10 football: Conference preview and team capsules

Tennis: State tournament preview – Scott Sepich

6A
SINGLES
1 Zhenya Pereverzin, 12, Clackamas – 3-time 6A state singles champion, going for a record 4th.
2 Brent Wheeler, 11, Sprague – Took a set off of Pereverzin this year in a high school match.
3 Brent Chin, 10, Grant – 2009 state consolation champion as a freshman.
4 Chad Chaiyabutr, 11, Sounthridge – One of the more fun players to watch in the state.
5 Nick Biggi, 10, Jesuit – A great striker of the ball!
6 Matt Pronesti, 10, South Medford – Won the North Medford Tournament.
others:
Peder Gram, 11, Jesuit – Should reach at least the quarters.
Omeed Balou, 11, South Eugene – Playing in his first state tourney, he could make a nice run.
Alen Suklje, 12, Beaverton – Has some nice wins in his high school career. Just qualifying from the Metro should tell you he’s good.
Matt Casey, 11, Wilson – Big match up with Goldner in the first round.
Scott Goldner, 10, Lake Oswego

DOUBLES
1 Brendan Gibbons, 12/Gram Leahy, 11, Jesuit – Last year’s 2nd place team @ state.
2 Ryan Kingzett, 12/Eli Zauner, 12, South Eugene
3 Preston Mann, 12/Dillon Triance, 11, Sprague
4 Sam Stephenson, 11/Nic Mulflur, 10, Jesuit
5 John Stevens, 12/Christian Purnell, 9, Lincoln
6 Arthur To, 11/Ken Tsuruta, 11, West Linn
others:
Ian Strgar, 12/Alex Motsch, 12, South Eugene
Thomas Dols, 12/Connor Leahy, 9, Jesuit

5A
SINGLES
1 Alex Rovello, 12, Cleveland – Going for his 4th state title and an undefeated high school career.
2 Chris Wiechert, 12, Churchill – Has finished no worse than 3rd all three years in state singles.
3 Stuart Tierney, 11, Glencoe – One of the best players in the Pacific Northwest.
4 Paxton Deuel, 10, Summit – Won the Jesuit Tournament with wins over two 6A singles seeds.

DOUBLES
1 Connor Horne, 10/Matt Walker, 12, Churchill
2 Jason Berney, 11/Surresh Kunar, 12, Cleveland
3 David Scheafer, 12/Anthony VanEaton, 11, West Albany
4 Kevin Kyger, 12/Matt Larraneta, 10, Mountain View – The IMC has won every 5A boys state doubles title so far, the Cougar team is the IMC champs.
others:
Conor Hegewald, 12/Sterling Dillingham, 11, Summit

4A/3A/2A/1A
SINGLES
1 Andrew Salvador, 10, Gatlin Gabel – Won state as a freshman.
2 Al Fehr, 12, Henley
3 Peter Beatty, 9, Catlin Gabel
4 Varun Iyengar, 12, Oregon Episcopal – Was the third-seed as a junior.

DOUBLES
1 Reid Goodman, 11/Will Caplan, 11, Catlin Gabel – Another highly seeded CG team.
2 Kirby Nelson, 12/Bryce Marvin, 11, Vale
3 Adam Kubricht, 12/Chace Stalcup, 11, Estacada
4 Jerrad Lincoln, 12/Zach Reichenberger, 12, North Medford

A year after not having any teams in the quarterfinals, the Intermountain Conference has three teams. All of the teams in the final eight finished first or second in their league, except for Summit, which finished fourth in the IMC. Four of the eight teams have never reached the Class 5A tournament before (Pendleton, Silverton, Glencoe and Summit). Two-time defending state champion Jefferson has a 17-game winning streak.
• BRACKET

(teams are in order based upon where they are in the bracket, from top to bottom)
No. 12 (t) Pendleton – IMC #2
20-5
2009 – DNQ
2008 – DNQ
2007 – DNQ

No. 4 Silverton – Mid-Willamette#1
23-2
2009 – DNQ
2008 – DNQ
2007 – DNQ

No. 1 Jefferson – PIL #1
23-3
2009 – 1st
2008 – 1st
2007 – 6th

No. 2 Wilsonville – NW Oregon#1
24-2
2009 – 3rd
2008 – DNQ
2007 – DNQ

No. 5 Glencoe – NW Oregon #2
16-9
2009 – DNQ
2008 – DNQ
2007 – DNQ

No. 3 Mountain View – IMC #1
24-1
2009 – DNQ
2008 – Quarterfinals
2007 – 3rd

Summit – IMC #1
14-13
2009 – DNQ
2008 – DNQ
2007 – DNQ

No. 12 (t) Crescent Valley – Mid-Willamette #2
17-9
2009 – Quarterfinals
2008 – DNQ
2007 – DNQ