NBA:
The Trail Blazers are now 23 – 22 on the season running the win streak to four after beating the Heat 127 – 110 last night. The balanced scoring effort was led by Shaedon Sharpe.
Toronto visits the Moda Center tonight. Tip-off at 7.
NFL:
The Seahawks host the Los Angeles Rams Sunday for the NFC Championship.
Head Coach Mike Macdonald says starting left tackle Charles Cross will be good to go but sat out practice yesterday with a foot injury. Both reserve tackles are also banged up.
Running back George Holani, the 3rd stringer was a full participant yesterday with Coach Macdonald saying he was doing a great job.
The ‘Hawks will be looking for him to return to back up Kenneth Walker III.
By the way, fans and media in Seattle seem to want Seahawks great Marshawn Lynch to go Beast Mode and raise the 12 Flag before Kickoff.
The Seahawks are favored by 2.5 over the Rams.
NFC Championship Game Kickoff is 3:30 this Sunday from Lumen Field.
CBB:
The Oregon State Women knocked off Gonzaga 92 - 87 in overtime last night move to 7– 1 in the West Coast Conference.
The Oregon Men are at Washington Sunday, KBND coverage starts at 11:30 am tip-off 12:00pm with Joey Mac and Luke Jackson on the call.
The Oregon Women have Penn State at Matthew Knight arena tomorrow at 2.
Hear more from coaches and players on the Ducks Insider daily Podcast at KBND.com
The Oregon State men have a long time to shake off that 30-point loss from Wednesday against St Mary, as they don’t play again until next Wednesday. The Beavers are 3 – 6 in the WCC.
LOCAL:
Pick the logo design for this year’s 50th Anniversary of the Selco Pole Peddle Paddle. Go to Selco.org/vote to pick your favorite before this Sunday the 25th. The winner will be announced on Tuesday.
In OSAA Coaches Polls: At the midseason check in Boys 5A wrestling has the Inter Mountain Conference well represented with Crook County 3rd, Redmond 5th, Mountain View 7th, and Bend 10th. Madras is just outside the top 10 in 4A, La Pine is just out of the 3A Top 10, while Culver is number 1 for Class 2A/1A.
Girls wrestling has Redmond ranked 3rd and Crook County 4th in Class 6A/5A.
