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Bend baseball reaches semifinals

Josh Cordell — Sun, 27 May 2018 01:01:11 +0000

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• Bend Bulletin Article
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Wrapping up the IMC football season – here’s what you need to know

Josh Cordell — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 19:16:59 +0000

Just one week remains in the Intermountain Conference football season, then four of the eight teams move on to the Class 5A Oregon playoffs, which this year begin in the round of 16. Four 5A leagues will each send four teams to the playoffs, so who is going from the IMC?

Playoff scenarios going into final week:
Summit (6-0) – Secured their second-straight league title.
Bend (4-2) – Win and they are in with a 5-3 record. Lose and they are tied with Mountain View with a 4-3 record. Mountain View would win the tiebreaker based on head to head. If they lose and Redmond loses they are in as they hold the tiebreaker over the Panthers but don’t over the Hermiston Bulldogs.
Redmond (4-2) – Win and they are in with a 5-3 record. Lose and it could get complicated, see below..
Hermiston (4-2) – Clinched playoff spot with wins over Bend and Mountain View.
Mountain View (3-3) – Can still make the playoffs with a win over Bend high. Lose and they are out.
Pendleton (2-4) – Eliminated. Beating Hermiston would clearly mean a lot, but won’t get them into the playoffs.
Ridgeview (1-5) – Eliminated. A chance to end the season on a high if they can upset crosstown rival Redmond.
Hood River Valley (0-6) – Eliminated. Would have to upset No. 1 Summit to avoid going winless on the season.

What happens with a 4-way tie for 2nd?
It’s possible that Bend, Redmond, Hermiston and Mountain View could all go 4-3. This is unlikely, as Redmond should beat Ridgeview and Hermiston should beat Pendleton. Bend is favored over Mountain View, but that game could go either way. If they all end up 4-3. Hermiston would have the edge over Bend and Mountain View, but not Redmond. Redmond would have the edge over Hermiston and Mountain View but not Bend. Bend would have the edge over Redmond but not Hermiston and Mountain View. So, yeah, I don’t know actually. But I think that Mountain View would be the odd team out? But don’t quote me on that.

Top 16 OSAA Power Rankings.

Mountain View @ Bend 7pm – Rivalry game.

Redmond @ Ridgeview 7pm – Rivalry game.

Summit @ Hood River Valley 7pm – Top team in IMC versus bottom team in IMC.

Hermiston @ Pendleton 7pm – Rivalry game.

Past State Champions in the IMC
Summit – 2015 (5A)
Hermiston – 2014 (5A)
Ridgeview – 2013 (4A)
Mountain View – 2011 (5A)
Hood River – 1989 (AA)
Bend – 1940

Some playoff football notes, links, video

Josh Cordell — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 22:09:46 +0000

Summit @ Redmond is the only Central Oregon high school football playoff game… and it should be a packed house. I’ve heard many of the “older” crowd say they aren’t going and they’ll just watch the game on COTV. But I expect the student sections to be maxed out for the quarterfinal rematch of IMC teams.

I’ll have to track down all of his numbers, but I’d assume that senior Derek Brown is not only Redmond’s all-time leading rusher now, but perhaps second all time in Central Oregon? Only behind Corey McCaffrey of Sisters would be my guess.

• Bend Bulletin article on Redmond.
• Oregonian article on Summit.
• Likely no John Bledsoe tonight for Summit.

Some serious travel for a 2A state playoff games.

2015 IMC state playoff schedule

Josh Cordell — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 17:58:29 +0000

FOOTBALL
12 Bend @ 5 Ashland, Friday
14 Lebanon @ 3 Redmond, Friday
11 South Albany @ 6 Summit, Friday, 7pm

BOYS SOCCER
11 Summit @ 6 Ashland, Tuesday
10 Putnam @ 7 Bend, Tuesday, 2pm

GIRLS SOCCER
16 Putnam @ 1 Summit, Wednesday, 3:30pm
14 North Eugene @ 3 Bend, Wednesday, 2pm

VOLLEYBALL
9 Bend vs 1 Marist, Friday, 1:15pm
11 Silverton vs 3 Summit, Friday, 3:15pm

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
1st – Summit
7th – Bend

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
1st – Summit
2nd – Mountain View

Updated playoff schedule for fall IMC teams

Josh Cordell — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 05:33:37 +0000

This is what you need to know for all fall sports playoff teams in Central Oregon.

FOOTBALL
5A round of 16
• 16 Corvallis @ Mountain View (11/7)
• 9 Summit @ 8 Marist (11/7)
4A Round of 16
• 16 Sisters @ 1 Gladstone (11/7)
• 9 Crook County @ 8 Junction City (11/7)

VOLLEYBALL
5A Quarterfinals (Liberty High School)
• Summit vs St. Helens 8am (11/7)
• Bend vs Marist 10am (11/7)
4A Quarterfinals (Lane Community College)
• Crook County vs Hidden Valley 3:15pm (11/7)
2A Quarterginals (Ridgeview High School)
• Faith Bible vs Culver 3:15pm (11/7)
1A Quarterfinals (Ridgeview High School)
• Trinity Lutheran vs Dufur 10am (11/7)

BOYS SOCCER
5A round of 16
• 16 Lebanon @ 1 Summit (11/5)
• 10 Mountain View @ 7 Putnam (11/5)
4A round of 16
• 14 Madras @ 3 Sisters (11/5)
GIRLS SOCCER
5A round of 16
• 13 Liberty @ 4 Summit (11/4)
• 15 Springfield @ 2 Bend (11/4)
4A round of 16
• 16 North Valley @ 1 Sisters (11/4)

CROSS COUNTRY
State Results
BOYS
5A
1 Summit
5 Mountain View
4A
8 Sisters
12 Crook County
GIRLS
5A
1 Summit
2 Mountain View
4A
6 Sisters

Who are the top 4 (playoff) college football teams?

Josh Cordell — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 04:46:18 +0000

Here’s the top of the Polls/rankings and then my picks below.
Week 6 Rankings:
AP
1 Florida State
2 Oregon
3 Alabama
4 Oklahoma
5 Auburn
USA
1 Alabama
2 Florida State
3 Oklahoma
4 Oregon
5 Auburn
ESPN Power
1 Oklahoma
2 Alabama
3 Oregon
4 Florida State
5 Texas A&M

My Current Top 4
1 Oregon
2 Alabama
3 Florida State
4 Texas A&M

My Top 4 if they can win out
1 Alabama
2 Oregon
3 Notre Dame
4 Oklahoma