CROSS-COUNTRY

Summit girls advance to nationals — The Class 6A state champion Summit girls team won the Nike Cross Northwest Regional Championships on Saturday in Eagle, Idaho, earning a spot in the Nike Cross Nationals on Dec. 1 at Glendoveer Golf Course in Portland. Going by the name STORM OVER BEND, Summit placed four runners in the top 25 to win the meet with 54 points. Crusader Harriers (Portland’s Jesuit High) placed second with 106 points, and Run Brave of Boise, Idaho, finished third with 118 points. Fiona Max, the Class 6A individual champion, led the way for Summit, placing sixth in 17 minutes, 44 seconds. The Storm’s Teaghan Knox finished 15th in 18:15, Azza Borovicka Swanson was 17th in 18:19, and Kelsey Gripekoven placed 21st in 18:27. Wyoming’s Sydney Thorvaldson, running unattached, won the meet in 17:24. On Nov. 3 in Eugene, the Summit girls won their 11th consecutive OSAA state championship.

SWIMMING

Local standout commits to Boise State — Emma Brady, a senior at Mountain View High School and standout with Bend Swim Club, has verbally committed to swim at Boise State. According to a Bend Swim Club release, Brady will sign a letter of intent Wednesday. A freestyle specialist, Brady was the Class 5A champion in the girls 200-yard freestyle as a junior at the 2018 OSAA state championships. As a sophomore, she was the 5A champ in the 100-yard butterfly. Boise State won the Mountain West Conference women’s swimming and diving championship in both 2017 and 2018.

SOCCER

Summit’s Gorman chosen for All-American game — Michaela Gorman, recently named Mountain Valley Conference girls soccer player of the year, has been selected to play in the 2018 High School All-American Game. Gorman is one of 20 players named to the West team, which will face the 20-player East squad in the sixth annual showcase game Dec. 1 in Orlando, Florida. The rosters consist of seniors from fall-playing states (fall soccer season) who have finished their high school careers. Gorman, a midfielder who also plays for FC Portland Academy, is expected to commit to play at Baylor University in Texas. She is one of two Oregon players selected for the All-American game, joining Jesuit’s Katelyn Duong.

WATER POLO

Area players receive conference honors — Maddie Coleman and Wyatt Eckholt, both of Summit High School, were named most valuable players among Southern Conference honors announced last week. Coleman, a senior, was named girls co-MVP along with South Eugene junior Emma Molaski. Coleman and fellow first-team selections Gillian Fritz, a senior goalie, and Anna Carillo, a junior, helped Summit to first place in the Southern Conference. The Storm advanced to the 6A state championships, where they lost 8-6 to David Douglas in a fifth-place semifinal match Friday at Tualatin Hills Aquatic Center in Beaverton. Phaedra Marks, a Bend High junior, was also named to the all-conference first team. Eckholt, a junior, was named boys MVP after helping the Storm to second place in the conference. He was the lone Central Oregon player named to the all-conference first team. The complete all-Southern Conference teams are listed in Prep Scoreboard.

FOOTBALL

Bend to host 2A, 1A semifinal games — Two OSAA football semifinal games will take place Saturday at Bend’s Summit High School. At noon, Kennedy of Mount Angel takes on Lost River of Merrill in a Class 2A contest. That game will be followed at 4 p.m. by the 1A semifinal pairing Hosanna Christian of Klamath Falls and Dufur. Admission to semifinal games is $10 for adults, $5 for students.

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