WE BEGIN ON THE DIAMOND WITH PREP BASEBALL WHERE THE TUG OF WAR CONTINUES BETWEEN BEND AND SUMMIT OWNING FIRST-PLACE IN THE 'MOUNTAIN VALLEY CONFERENCE' WITH JUST A HANDFUL OF GAMES TO PLAY IN THE REGULAR SEASON.

AS OF TODAY....SUMMIT LEADS THE LEAGUE BY ONE-HALF GAME OVER BEND.

ON SATURDAY, BEND WAS IDLE WHILE SUMMIT SWEPT WEST SALEM, 3-1 AND 13-TO-1.  MT. VIEW SPLIT A TWINBILL AT MCNARY, FALLING 11-10 AND WINNING 7-5.

TOMORROW, BEND PLAYS A NON-LEAGUE GAME AT WILSONVILLE, THEN WEDNESDAY PLAYS A LEAGUE GAME AT SOUTH SALEM.

SUMMIT MEETS MT. VIEW IN A KEY LEAGUE CLASH TOMORROW THEN CLOSES OUT LEAGUE PLAY AT SPRAGUE FRIDAY.

IN THE 5A 'IMC'...BOTH RIDGEVIEW AND REDMOND CONTINUE TO BE IN THE HUNT AIMING TO CAPTURE THE LEAGUE TITLE, OR BETTER THEIR PLAYOFF SEEDING, AS BOTH THE RAVENS AND PANTHERS ARE JUST 3-GAMES OUT OF FIRST-PLACE WITH 5-GAMES TO GO.

TOMORROW, REDMOND TRAVELS TO HOOD RIVER LOOKING TO WIN THE SEASON SERIES AFTER SPLITTING A DOUBLEHEADER FRIDAY WITH THE LEAGUE LEADERS.

MEANTIME, RIDGEVIEW PLAYS AT 2ND-PLACE PENDLETON TOMORROW WHERE A WIN MOVES THE RAVENS INTO A TIE WITH THE BUCKS FOR 2ND-PLACE.

ELSEWHERE, IN 4A BALL TODAY, MADRAS PLAYS AT GLADSTONE. THE BUFFS HAVE 3-GAMES TO PLAY, ALL THIS WEEK, AND TRAIL GLADSTONE FOR 2ND-PLACE IN THE 'TRI-VALLEY CONFERENCE' BY JUST 2-GAMES.

IN THE 3A DIVISION, LAPINE HOSTS CRESWELL TOMORROW. THE 3RD-PLACE HAWKS HAVE 4-GAMES REMAINING UNTIL THE PLAYOFFS.

AND, IN 2A/1A BALL, CULVER BEGINS A CRITICAL 3-GAMES SERIES WITH LEAGUE-LEADING AND TOP-RANKED KENNEDY AT MT. ANGEL TODAY, THEN HOSTS GAME-2 TOMORROW. CULVER TRAILS KENNEDY BY ONLY 2-GAMES AND NEEDS 2-WINS TO WIN THE TIEBREAKER FOR THE CONFERENCE CROWN.