Oregon High School Sports News

Facing Knappa in the Northwest League district title contest last Saturday, the Greyhounds boys basketball team opted for a different approach than it has often employed this winter: playing from the front.

After having its five-game winning streak snapped by rival Perrydale in excruciating fashion Feb. 18 in the Casco League semifinals, St. Paul had to refocus quickly for its third-place game versus C.S. Lewis Academy two days later.

Four years is a lengthy period-too long if you ask Jesuit's Sean Calkins-to go without some sort of championship.

Players with ties to the Rogue Valley dominated season-ending all-conference voting in Cascade Collegiate Conference women's basketball.

It's possible that someday the question won't be where is Crosshill Christian High School, but about where the teams from the school have been.

The club also named its swimming senior athletes of the year, Perry Groves of McNary and Heather Williams of Sprague.

Portland-area high schools have begun announcing their 2014 Rose Festival princesses.

Crater senior Becca Heard is as optimistic as anyone, but even she couldn't help but admit to being taken aback by the start of Tuesday's Class 6A girls basketball state playoff opener against Forest Grove.

It wasn't that long ago that Jesuit was flying so far under the Oregon 6A girls basketball radar the Crusaders weren't any more visible than any other also-ran in the state.

The first round of Class 6A boys basketball state playoffs is interesting, in that in all but two of the 16 games, it's a first-time matchup for the 2013-14 season.

As one of the surprise teams in Class 5A girls basketball, Putnam has had to reassess its goals on the fly this season.

Powder Valley's Quin Stepens and Brock Jones fight for a rebound during a 84-43 win Saturday.

Passed off as a No. 8 seed at the Reser's Tournament of Champions, he was seen as a non-threat.

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Bonanza senior Phillip Morgan won a Class 4A wrestling championship his freshman year, and now he's got a pair at the 2A level.

When Tyler Berger made the decision to transfer from Hermiston to Crook County last September, he didn't even know if he'd be eligible to compete for the Cowboys this year.

'The boys' placing is the best ever at state in recent memory,' said Oregon City swim coach Bryan Watt.

Roseburg earned the team title in Class 6A, Hermiston won the 5A title and Crook County took home the 4A championship.

With so many underclassmen filling the 6A state girls' swimming championship meet program and tons of young studs coming back next year who competed this year in the 'A' finals, that sentiment can be taken to the bank when it comes to the Metro League.

When Taylor Coon combed through the wooing letters, listened to the good-sounding recruiting pitches and explored college campuses up and down the West Coast, Arizona State stood out from the start.