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INSIDE: CLASSIFIEDS, MARKET RECAP & WEATHER S PORTS B Stay connected with local sports! Get text alerts with up-to-date scores and schedules from Central Oregon high school sports events. Sign up at bendbulletin.com/text or scan the QR code. THE BULLETIN • SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2022 bendbulletin.com/sports PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL BOYS PREP BASKETBALL | 5A STATE TOURNAMENT Redmond loses to Churchill, takes fifth Ridgeview takes third place in 5A CORVALLIS — No. 4 Ridgeview defeated No. 11 Putnam 58-43 in the third- place game at the Class 5A girls basketball state tour- nament at Gill Coliseum on Saturday night. Kyrah Daniels led the Ravens with 31 points, six rebounds and four assists. Jenna Albrecht added 10 points and three assists. Putnam held a slim 27- 25 lead at halftime, but Ridgeview surged ahead in the third quarter and never looked back. The Ravens shot a blistering 52% from the field. “We played the best we’ve played all week tonight,” said Ridgeview coach Alicia Love. “Shot were falling, we played together as a team. Our defense was crazy. We did all the little things we’ve been focusing on all year, and we made it happen tonight.” Rylee Lemen led Put- nam with 13 points. Ridgeview fell to No. 9 Crescent Valley Friday night in the semifinals. — Bulletin staff report In Class 4A, Madras takes third place COOS BAY — No. 7 Madras defeated No. 13 Hidden Valley 48-41 on Saturday to take third place in the Class 4A girls basketball state tourna- ment at Marshfield High School. Kalise Holliday led Ma- dras with 12 points, three assists and three steals, and Sasha Esquiro and Lily Libokmeto added 10 points each. Madras (17-9) trailed 26-25 at halftime, but outscored Hidden Valley 13-8 in the third quar- ter to take control of the game. Teryn Powers led Hid- den Valley (15-12) with 10 points, and Sana Noga added nine points. The White Buffaloes lost to Corbett 60-36 in the semifinals on Friday. ‘Poetic’ ending for former longtime Panthers coach Kelly Bokn BY MARK MORICAL The Bulletin Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin Redmond’s Garrett Osborne (10) shoots over a Churchill defender during the third quarter at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis on Saturday. It was a third-place game that had the feel of a state championship finale. No. 1 Redmond and No. 2 Churchill battled to the bitter end to finish their fantastic sea- sons with a victory Saturday at Gill Coliseum in the Class 5A boys basketball state tourna- ment. In the end, the Lancers withstood a furious Panthers’ comeback to send retiring coach Kelly Bokn — a former longtime Redmond coach — into the sunset on a winning note with a 67-66 win. While Churchill took third place, Redmond settled for fifth A 3-pointer by Samaje Mor- place. gan gave Churchill a 65-61 “Unforgettable season with the guys,” said Redmond coach lead with 55 seconds left, but Redmond kept it close, and Reagan Gilbertson. “It’s not about the wins and losses. This a Tanner Jones’ 3-pointer cut the lead to 67-66 with 8 sec- is a special group of young onds left. But the Lanc- men. Our goal was to ers were able to run win a state cham- out the clock with pionship, but we Inside smart passing on played our hearts High school the ensuing pos- out, we just abso- schedule and results session. lutely battled. It in Scoreboard, B2 Garrett Os- just shows what borne led Red- kind of people mond with 28 they are and what points. Evan Otten grit they have.” added 14 points and 18 The game was tied rebounds, and Nathan Wachs 34-34 at halftime, but the finished with 10 points and Lancers went on a run in the five assists. third quarter to take a 46-39 “It was a special season for lead by the end of the period. sure,” Osborne said. “We were a lot better than I thought we ever would have been. It’s something special that I will remember for a long time.” Otten said he will remember this season as “playing basket- ball with my best friends.” “You’re making deeper friendships,” Otten said. “The season was awesome. Coming into this No. 1 and going 10-0 in league, that was awesome. I will never forget this season.” Morgan led Churchill with 28 points, seven assists and three steals. “He’s a special player, on both ends of the floor,” Gilbert- son said of Morgan. See Redmond / B3 PREP BOYS BASKETBALL | 6A STATE TOURNAMENT Storm toppled in state final Summit’s dream season, long winning streak come to a close in 67-49 loss to Tualatin — Bulletin staff report Crook County finishes sixth in 5A CORVALLIS — No. 3 Crook County lost to No. 1 Willamette 61-54 Saturday in the fourth-place game at the Class 5A girls bas- ketball state tournament at Gill Coliseum. The Cowgirls (22-5) finished in sixth place, and the team accepted the state trophy after the game. Emma Bales led Crook County with 19 points and 14 rebounds in the loss. Josie Kasberger added 13 points and 10 rebounds. “They gave everything they can give,” Crook County coach Bob Boback said. “They got down and they didn’t lose any confi- dence, they kept playing hard. That’s what these girls have done all year. They work till the very end.” The Cowgirls trailed 20-7 at the end of the first quarter but came back to make it close toward the end. A layup by Kasberger cut the lead to 56-52 with 1:57 left in the game, but that’s as close as they would come. “We came out and won the second half,” Boback said. Brynn Smith led Wil- lamette with 19 points. Victoria Nguyen added 14 points, six assists and five steals. “We won more games this year than (Crook County) won the last five years combined,” Boback said. “These girls put in the work and stayed together. It’s just a great bunch.” — Mark Morical, The Bulletin Rockne Andrew Roll/Photos for The Bulletin Summit’s Caden Harris, center, evades a block from Tualatin’s Jaden Steppe in the Class 6A state championship game Saturday at the Chiles Center in Portland. Harris scored a team-high 15 points. BY BRIAN RATHBONE The Bulletin PORTLAND — The scoring runs that Summit often went on throughout the course of a winning streak that started last season just never came Saturday. And each time the Storm looked as though they had Summit head coach Jon Frazier helps Julian Mora to his feet after the Storm’s loss to Tualatin in the 6A state championship game Saturday in Portland. a scoring outburst brewing, Tualatin would respond with a bigger run of its own. When the seconds ticked down and the final horn sounded, the scoreboard read 67-49 in favor of Tualatin. The Timberwolves went home with a first-place blue 6A trophy, while the Storm will re- turn to Bend with a silver one. “We had no regrets,” said Summit coach Jon Fra- zier. “To win that type of game you have you have to have a few things go your way. I felt like every time we had a chance to answer and close the gap, Tualatin answered.” Tualatin led 8-7 with a couple minutes left in the first quarter and never looked back, often playing with a double-digit edge. Noah Ogoli had 24 points and nine rebounds while Josiah Lake had 12 points and 15 rebounds for the Timberwolves in the win. See Summit / B3 MOTOR SPORTS | NASCAR CUP SERIES Uncomfortably numb: Reddick deals with leg issues at Phoenix BY DAVID BRANDT Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz. — Tyler Reddick is enjoying his status among NASCAR’s fastest driv- ers through the season’s first three races, adapting quickly to the sport’s Next Gen car that has provided solid racing and a new degree of difficulty for many drivers. The only issue is Reddick can’t seem to get comfortable in his Chevrolet’s seat, leading to numbness in his legs. That, of course, is a pretty big problem for a driver in a 3,200-pound hunk of steel that can move over 150 mph. “You know, I just think I was in a really good place in that old car for such a long time and didn’t realize how easy or how bad you could end up missing it, the comfort side of things,” Reddick said. If Reddick can find a way to fix his leg issues, he might just find a spot in victory lane for the first time in his NASCAR career. The 26-year-old, who is in his third season with Richard Childress Racing, has led the most laps (90) of any driver so far this season. So far, those laps up front haven’t led to great finishes in 2022. He was 35th at Daytona and 24th at Fontana after he was doomed by a flat tire before a seventh-place showing at Las Vegas last week. See NASCAR / B3 John Raoux/AP Tyler Reddick stands in the garage after NASCAR Cup Series practice at Daytona International Speedway Feb. 15 in Daytona Beach, Florida.
