Area 5A teams set for postseason
Published 10:36 am Friday, November 15, 2013
With the Class 5A girls and boys soccer postseason set to begin, six Central Oregon teams are gearing up for runs at the state championships.
Summit’s girls and boys teams earned automatic bids into the state playoffs, and both teams will host first-round games on Tuesday. The Storm girls nearly ran the table during the regular season, finishing with a 14-0-2 record to earn the No. 1 ranking in Class 5A as determined by the Oregon School Activities Association. Summit’s boys, meanwhile, went 12-1-2 and have won their past 11 in a row to land the No. 2 spot in the final 5A rankings.
The top eight teams in the final OSAA 5A rankings are awarded first-round state playoff home matches. Teams ranked nine through 16 host play-in contests against teams ranked 17 through 24.
With a 9-2-2 record, Bend High’s girls earned a No. 4 ranking to give the Lava Bears a first-round home contest on Tuesday. The Bend boys (4-5-5), 12th in 5A, host Hillsboro’s Liberty (7-7) in a play-in contest today at 3 p.m.
The Mountain View girls (4-9-1), 21st in 5A, will travel to 13th-ranked Pendleton (8-5-1) for a play-in game today at 3 p.m. The Cougar boys (4-5-6), ranked No. 17, visit Corvallis on Saturday to take on 16th-ranked Crescent Valley (6-6-2) in a play-in matchup slated for 2 p.m.
—Bulletin staff report