Bend High, Summit and Mountain View will represent the Intermountain Conference in the Class 5A volleyball postseason.

The Oregon School Activities Association 5A rankings froze at the conclusion of regular-season play Saturday night. As a result, the Lava Bears, No. 2 in 5A, earned the top seed from the IMC and receive an automatic bid to the state playoffs, which are slated to begin Saturday.

Bend High booked a 7-1 IMC record with only a loss to No. 4 Summit preventing the Bears from securing the outright league title.

The Storm, who split the IMC crown with Bend and aim to advance to the state tournament for the eighth time in nine years, went 7-1 in league play and will host a North play-in contest against Liberty of Hillsboro on Tuesday at 6 p.m. The Falcons compiled a 6-10 mark to finish sixth in the Northwest Oregon Conference.

The No. 14 Cougars, who went 4-1 in IMC action and have fallen in the first round of the state playoffs each of the past two years, hits the road for a North play-in matchup at Sandy. The Pioneers finished fourth in the NWOC and were No. 13 in the final regular-season rankings after going 11-5 in conference play. That contest is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

—Bulletin staff report