Oregon High School Sports News

Recent playoff history: The Westview boys team finished in the middle of the road in the loaded Metro League but rallied to earn eighth place at the 6A state meet in Gresham.

The Central Catholic boys cross country team has stayed busy since winning the Class 6A state championship on Nov. 2. The Rams traveled to participate in a Nike Cross Nationals regional meet in Boise on Nov. 16, where they qualified for the national meet held at Portland Meadows on Dec. 7. The Nike Cross Nationals brought 22 of the top boys cross ... (more)

Nolan Bertain, Lincoln, boys basketball : The freshman wasn't in the starting lineup nor did he score after halftime, but he still ended up as the game's leading scorer in his high school debut.

The Olympians' outside hitter had 13 kills and four blocks in a 25-22, 25-13, 25-18 second-round playoff win over Lake Oswego, as Sprague earned a berth in the eight-team Class 6A state tournament.

The OSAA Executive Board approved moving the Class 4A/3A/2A/1A state tennis tournament to Oregon State University from its home of the past few years of University of Oregon.

David Leonardo paced Blanchet with nine points. BLAN-- David Leonardo 9, Counts 7, Beskow 5, Ruiz 4, Scanlan 3, Gianella 3, Bartholomew 2, Handran 2, Howard 1. Totals 9 17-25 36. MCK-- Dillon James 14, Lao 9, Garibay 8, Sanders 7, Brustad 6, Williams 4, Roberts 4, Sterling 2, Smith 1, Bailey, Garcia, Harris.

Not long ago, a sixth-place finish at the state tournament would have been a tremendous result for the Banks volleyball program.

Oregon's governing body for high school athletics came down hard on Glencoe High School after 11 wrestlers admitted they tampered with their urine samples.

Those three words all played a role in the Valley Catholic volleyball team's 3A state quarterfinal 25-22, 25-22, 16-25, 25-18 win over Nyssa at Lane Community College on Thursday.

Baker opened its high school wrestling season Friday at the Woodfin Robinson Tournament, a 5-way dual event at Burns High School.

Metro League swimming is a pool-bound version of a minefield. There's danger everywhere and Jesuit's boys swim team can prove that as well as anyone.

The playoffs are a whole new season, which is a good thing for Newberg boys soccer team, because the Tigers look like a whole new team since ending the regular season with three consecutive losses.

The Oregonian's high school sports reporters and producers will be here from noon to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday to discuss the fall sports season -- which ended with Central Catholic winning the 6A football title Saturday -- and the winter sports season.

The Central Catholic boys cross country team finished the season under frigid conditions Saturday with a top-20 finish at the Nike XC Nationals at Portland Meadows.

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Regarding the weather, the temperature is unlikely to break 30 degrees tomorrow, but despite that, the Jesuit and Central Catholic football teams will square off for the biggest prize in Oregon football.

Clark, the school's new boys basketball coach, enjoyed a 79-59 victory over De La Salle in the season opener Thursday night.

Thirty years from now, people not just in Imbler but in the entire Grande Ronde Valley and all of Oregon will be talking about "The Game."

However, while the Sunset and Jesuit girls' soccer teams couldn't quite take the 6A state championship trophy home, the individual postseason accolades for each respective squad have been abundant.

After winning the Metro League, and their second straight 6A state championship against Central Catholic, the Jesuit boys' soccer team put five players on the all-Metro League squad, including player of the year Christo Michaelson.