Highlanders' undefeated journey tops list of the season's best.Byline: Steve Mims The Register-Guard Thirty years after Danny Ainge Daniel Ray Ainge (born March 17, 1959 in Eugene, Oregon, USA) is a former professional basketball and baseball player who played in the NBA for the Boston Celtics, Sacramento Kings, Portland Trail Blazers, and Phoenix Suns, and also in Major League Baseball for the Toronto Blue led North Eugene to back-to-back state basketball titles, the Highlanders were champions again. North Eugene's undefeated championship season tops the list of The Register-Guard's top 10 prep sports stories for the 2006-07 school year. North completed its perfect season with a 38-28 win over Roosevelt to win the OSAA OSAA Oregon School Activities Association OSAA Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (United Nations body) OSAA Ocean State Aquaculture Association OSAA Office of the Sergeant-At-Arms (Philippines) Class 5A boys basketball title in front of a sold-out crowd at McArthur Court McArthur Court is a basketball arena located on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene. Also known as "The Pit," it is known as one of the toughest arenas in the country for opposing players to play in. The arena is named for Clifton N. in March. Six-foot-eight junior post Brian Conklin led the Highlanders all season and earned state player of the year honors after averaging 19.6 points, 11.3 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game. Bill Wagner was named state coach of the year. The Highlanders went 28-0 on the season, including a 15-0 mark in the Midwestern League. North Eugene, ranked No. 1 all season, opened the tournament with a 79-41 win over Ashland and then beat second-ranked Corvallis 41-38 in the semifinals. In the state final, Markus Baker made a 70-foot buzzer-beater at the end of the third quarter to put the Highlanders ahead 26-21. Roosevelt closed within 30-28 midway through the fourth quarter before North Eugene scored the final eight points to set off a wild celebration. "These kids built their own piece of history tonight," Wagner said after the victory. Here's a look at the rest of the top 10 stories: 2, Willamette wins all-MWL girls final Willamette won its first state basketball title by defeating Churchill 45-29 in the 5A girls championship game at the Chiles Center The Earl A. Chiles Center is a 4,852-seat multi-purpose arena in Portland, Oregon, USA. The arena opened in 1984. It is home to the University of Portland Pilots basketball team. It hosted the West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament in 1992 and 2007. . The Wolverines won two out of three games from the Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. during the regular season to win the league title at 13-2 and then beat Churchill for a third time to earn the state title. Sophomore Ashley Smith For the Welsh rugby player see Ashley Smith (rugby player) Ashley Smith was a hostage held by Brian Nichols in her apartment complex located in Duluth, Georgia, over the night of March 11-12, 2005. made two three-pointers in the third quarter en route to a game-high 12 points for the Wolverines, who outscored Churchill 25-17 in the second half. Willamette senior post Danielle Bellando was named state player of the year after averaging 14.8 points per game. Paul Brothers, Terry Harrison For other persons named Terry Harrison, see Terry Harrison (disambiguation). Terry Harrison was a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Prisoner. Brian Hannan played the corrupt Wentworth Detention Centre prison officer Harrison during 1981 from episode 199. and Lance Haas shared state coach of the year honors for Willamette. The Wolverines, making their first trip to state since 2004, were ranked fifth entering the tournament and opened with a 40-31 win over West Albany. Willamette stunned top-ranked Jefferson, 64-45, in the semifinals as Bellando scored 25 points and the Wolverines slowed down the Democrats, who averaged 87 points per game in the regular season. 3, Siuslaw football dominates Siuslaw capped off an unbeaten season and brought the school its first outright football championship with a dramatic 21-14 overtime win over Sisters in the 4A final at Autzen Stadium The stadium is tucked between the Willamette River and Coburg Hills. The uniquely shaped bowl blends in with the wooded Eugene landscape. The shape also allows for unique acoustics, making it one of the loudest stadiums in NCAA Football for its capacity. . The second-ranked Vikings took the lead in overtime when Kody Thrall scored on a one-yard touchdown run. Sisters faced a fourth-and-one at the 16-yard line on its possession, but record-setting running back Cory McCaffrey was stuffed for a four-yard loss as the Vikings celebrated their first title since sharing the championship with South Umpqua in 1981. The title game was the only close call for the Vikings, who finished the season 13-0, including a 5-0 record to win the Far West League title. Siuslaw won each of its first 12 games by at least three touchdowns and did not allow more than 14 points in any game. Siuslaw defeated Cottage Grove Cottage Grove, village (1990 pop. 22,935), Washington co., SE Minn., near the St. Croix River; inc. 1965. There is farming (cattle, sheep, corn, and soybeans) and manufacturing (chemicals and machinery). 55-7 in the first round of the playoffs and then had its fourth shutout of the season in a 27-0 win over Central with the state quarterfinals. The Vikings beat Ontario 34-7 in the semis. Tim Dodson was named state coach of the year while David Mesa, Luke Sims, Jordan Rainwater and Max Perry each earned all-state honors on both offense and defense. 4, Mohawk's dramatic title run Mohawk survived a couple of close calls to win its third 1A boys basketball title in the past six years. In the championship game against Damascus Christian, junior forward Danny Reiter made a half-court shot at the end of regulation to tie the game 50-50. Nick Johnston Nick Johnston (born 1948, Filey) is a Scottish politician. He was a Conservative & Unionist Member of the Scottish Parliament for Mid Scotland and Fife from 1999 until his ill-health induced resignation in August 2001. made a three-pointer late in overtime to send the game into double overtime tied 58-58. Damascus Christian took a 64-63 lead with 1:04 left to play before freshman Cord Wilkins made a pair of free throws with 33 seconds left for the victory. Mohawk defeated Columbia Christian 59-58 in the semifinals when Brody Wilkins made the winning basket with 18 seconds remaining. Reiter and Wilkins earned all-state honors while Bart Rothenberger was named state coach of the year. Mohawk finished the season 27-2, including a 19-1 mark to win the Mountain West League title. 5, McKenna caps perfect career North Bend North Bend is the name of several places in the United States of America:
6, Pac-10 looks at locals At least a dozen local preps elected to continue their athletic career in the Pac-10. Sheldon wide receiver Aaron Pflugrad and defensive lineman Bo Moos were among the top football recruits in the state. Pflugrad signed with Oregon and Moos signed with Arizona State. Thurston's Erica Omlid and Sheldon's Kendra Little both signed to play women's golf at Oregon while Sheldon's Jack Dukeminier signed with the Oregon men's golf team. Sheldon's Chris Vitus, Alex Besaw and Brandon Hayes all signed to play baseball at Oregon State along with Marist's Nick Stiltner. Sheldon's Casey Masterson will compete in track for the Beavers. North Bend's Kelcy McKenna signed to play tennis at Arizona State. Drew Wiley of McKenzie got the recruiting process out of the way early when the junior committed to play basketball at Oregon. 7, Marist tracks down boys title Marist entered the final event of the Class 4A boys track and field championships trailing North Bend by seven points, but that was prime position for the Spartans, who had the state's best time in the 4x400 relay. Marist went on to win the long relay in 3 minutes, 25.99 seconds to help the Spartans finish first with 62 points. David Dillow, Michael Bellamy, Matt Hollander and Nate Dillow ran the final event to earn the title for the Spartans. Nate Dillow also won the 110 hurdles and placed second in the 300 hurdles while Hollander was second in the 800 and 1,500. 8, North Bend's best year North Bend High School celebrated its 100th year and put together its greatest athletic season in school history with three team titles. In the previous 99 years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time school had won only two championships - in wrestling in 1979 and in girls basketball in 2005. North Bend's boys cross country team won the 4A championship with 76 points. Spenser Lynass led the Bulldogs by finishing in second place. North Bend's volleyball team avenged last year's title-game loss to Estacada by beating the Rangers 28-26, 22-25, 25-21, 25-21 in the 4A final. Kellie Holmstedt, the Far West League player of the year, had 42 kills in the championship match. The Bulldogs added the 4A/3A/2A/1A girls swimming title in the winter with 64 points. Denise Green, who signed to compete at Boise State next year, won the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke and also helped the Bulldogs win the 200 medley relay and 400 freestyle relay along with freshman Rachel Heaney, who added titles in the 100 butterfly and 500 freestyle. 9, Singler and Love, Part IV South Medford's Kyle Singler Kyle Singler (b. May 4, 1988 in Medford, Oregon,[1] United States), is a college basketball player for the Duke Blue Devils. High school career Singler attended South Medford High School and was ranked as one of the top 5 college recruits in the nation from the and Lake Oswego's Kevin Love Kevin Love may refer to:
Singler, who signed with Duke, scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half as South Medford won its first boys basketball title in school history by beating Lake Oswego Lake Os·we·go A city of northwest Oregon, a residential suburb of Portland. Population: 35,800. 58-54 in the 6A final. Love, who signed with UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX , had 37 points and 15 rebounds in the title game. Singler and Love will go down as two of the best players in state history, and their paths crossed during all four years of high school in Eugene. South Medford beat Lake Oswego in a consolation game Con`so`la´tion game 1. A game, match, etc., open only to losers in early stages of contests. in 2004, and Lake Oswego beat the Panthers in the first round in 2005. The Lakers beat South Medford in the 2006 state final before the Panthers won the rematch this year. Love set the state's all-time scoring record during the state tournament and closed his carer carer Noun a person who looks after someone who is ill or old, often a relative: the group offers support for the carers of those with dementia carer n → with 2,628 points. 10, Onward with reclassification Reclassification The process of changing the class of mutual funds once certain requirements have been met. These requirements are generally placed on load mutual funds. Reclassification is not considered to be a taxable event. Despite a fight from the Eugene School District Eugene School District (4J) is a public school district in the U.S. state of Oregon. It serves the city of Eugene Elementary schools
Oregon schools Superintendent Susan Castillo Susan Castillo (born August 14 1951) heads the Oregon Department of Education as the Superintendent of Public Instruction.[1] Although she currently holds an elective statewide non-partisan office, she is a Democrat, and served from 1997 to 2003 in the Oregon State issued a final order to uphold the OSAA plan last June, but the Eugene, Medford and Salem-Keizer school districts continued their fight to oppose reclassification throughout the school year. Last month, the Oregon Court of Appeals The Oregon Court of Appeals is the state intermediate appellate court in the U.S. state of Oregon. Except for death penalty cases, which are reserved to the Oregon Supreme Court, and tax court cases, it has jurisdiction to hear all civil and criminal appeals from circuit courts, rejected arguments from the three school districts that the OSAA followed a flawed plan when it approved the new system. The Eugene and Medford districts announced that they would to appeal the case to the Oregon Supreme Court The Oregon Supreme Court (OSC) is the highest state court in the U.S. state of Oregon. The only court that may reverse or modify a decision of the Oregon Supreme Court is the Supreme Court of the United States. while Salem-Keizer has bowed out of the fight, citing monetary reasons. Best of the rest South Eugene lost three successful coaches as Jim Denker, Chris Miller Chris Miller is the name of:
Sherman was born in Niles, Ohio. fell near the finish line but got up to win the 3A/2A/1A boys race in 16:26. Siuslaw won its third straight girls title by winning the 4A team title. ... Zachary Taylor won the 50 freestyle and Cottage Grove won all three relays as the Lions won the boys title at the 4A/3A/2A/1A state meet. Michael Woodward of Thurston won the 5A title in the 100 freestyle and helped Thurston win the 200 medley relay. ... Churchill's Chris Wiechert placed third at state, and the doubles team of Carl Brehm and Chase Thomet placed second as the Lancers won the team title at the 5A boys tennis tournament. ... Churchill's baseball team became the first Midwestern League team to reach the state final in 16 years before the Lancers lost to Crater in the championship game. ... Sheldon's football team went undefeated in the Southwest Conference
streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" to 51 games. ... Sheldon's Philip Bagdade won medalist honors at the 6A boys golf tournament while Robbie Pitts of Marist finished first at the 4A tournament. Erica Omlid of Thurston won the 5A girls title and Kylie Ray of Sutherlin won the 4A/3A/2A/1A title. ... Sheldon's Casey Masterson won the 1,500 and 3,000 at the 6A girls track and field meet while Lindsay Beard of South Eugene won the pole vault pole vault Track-and-field event consisting of a vault for height over a crossbar with the aid of a long pole. It became a competitive sport in the mid-19th century and was included in the first modern Olympic Games. title. Ashley Potter of Thurston won the 100 hurdles, long jump and triple jump at the 5A meet while teammate Tauni Powell won the javelin. Alison Worthen of Marshfield won the 300 hurdles and high jump and teammate Amber Wiley won the pole vault. Junction City's Jessica Rodolf won the 100 and 200 and helped the Tigers win the 4x100 relay in the 4A meet and teammate Katie Rear won the high jump. Jordan Brunetti of Cottage Grove won the javelin and Kate Wilkins of Marist won the 100 hurdles. At the 2A meet, Orie Gamez of Oakridge won the 100. Linsey Kau of Crow won the javelin and Sarah Hanchett of McKenzie won the 800 at the 1A meet. ... Shane O'Connell of Churchill won the 400 at the 5A boys meet and Marshfield's Andrew Simpson won the pole vault. South Umpqua's Gabe Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the won the 100 and 200 and helped the Lancers win the 4x100 relay at the 4A meet. Bryan Harper of Junction City won the 400 and Lane Seals of North Bend won the long jump. At the 3A meet, Josh Frasier of Coquille co·quille n. A scallop-shaped dish or a scallop shell in which various seafood dishes are browned and served. [French, from Latin conch won the 800 and 1,500 while Darren Hiatt of Bandon won the long jump and high jump and Robby Fegels of Reedsport won the pole vault. Max Long of Oakridge won the 1,500 and 3,000 at the 2A meet. Mohawk's Nick Johnston became the third boy in state history to win three straight high jump titles when he captured the 1A title in that event and David Sherman of McKenzie won the 1,500. ... Justin Tracy of Thurston won the 125-pound title at the 5A wrestling meet while Jacob Stanley of Cottage Grove and Shaun Fletcher of North Bend won the 140 and 135 titles, respectively, in 4A. Deven Dawson of Harrisburg won the 125 title at 3A. Caleb Cardwell and Mac Green of Lowell won the 160 and 171 titles, respectively, while Jake Boyd captured the 140 championship at the 2A/1A meet. |
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