THERE'S JUST ONE HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL OR SOFTBALL TEAM FROM THE HIGH DESERT LEFT STANDING IN THE OSAA PREP STATE CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFFS, AND THEY ARE THE 2ND-RANKED LADY LAVA BEARS OF BEND HIGH SOFTBALL TEAM.

TODAY AT 4, BEND, 29-AND-1, PLAYS HOST TO #3 OREGON CITY IN THE 'CLASS 6A' SOFTBALL SEMIFINALS, AND A WIN BY THE LAVA BEARS WILL PUT THEM IN SATURDAY'S TITLE GAME AT OREGON STATE AGAINST THE WINNER OF TOP-RANKED TIGARD, AND MCNARY.

BEND DEFEATED MCMINNVILLE FRIDAY IN THE QUARTERFINALS, 13-3, AND HAVE OUTSCORE THEIR PLAYOFF OPPONENTS, 33-TO-5 HEADING IN TO TODAY'S GAME.

THE LAVA BEARS HAVE NEVER PLAYED FOR A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. ONLY RIDGEVIEW AND CROOK COUNTY HAVE MADE IT TO THE TITLE GAME, AND THAT IN THE LAST 5-YEARS, AND THE RAVENS WON IT ALL IN 2019, BUT WERE BLANKED BY LEBANON, 10-ZIP FRIDAY IN THE '5A QUARTERFINALS.' 

ON THE COLLEGE SOFTBALL DIAMOND, 

A TEAM THAT IS RED-HOT AND ROLLING LIKE BEND, IS OREGON STATE, WHO SWEPT STANFORD 2-GAMES IN PALO ALTO OVER THE WEEKEND TO WIN THE NCAA STANFORD REGIONAL, AND ADVANCE TO THE WOMEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES FOR ONLY SECOND TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY.

OSU MEETS FLORIDA IN THE OPENING ROUND OF THE WORLD SERIES THURSDAY AT 4 IN OKLAHOMA CITY.

MEANTIME, OREGON TECH SAW THEIR SEASON COME TO AN END AS THE LADY OWLS WERE ELIMINATED IN TWO GAMES IN COLUMBUS, GEORGIA IN THE 'NAIA WORLD SERIES.'

IN BASEBALL...FIVE PAC-12 TEAMS WERE SELECTED YESTERDAY TO THE NCAA COLLEGE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS, AND UPCOMING 'REGIONALS' HOSTED ON CAMPUSES BY 16 UNIVERSITIES INCLUDING OREGON STATE, AND STANFORD.

LEAGUE CHAMPION STANFORD, OREGON STATE, UCLA, ARIZONA, AND OREGON, ALL ARE IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT.

OREGON STATE, 44-AND-15, LOST THE PAC-12 TOURNAMENT TITLE GAME SUNDAY NIGHT FALLING TO STANFORD, 9-5, BUT THE BEAVERS RECEIVED THE #3 NATIONAL SEED BEHIND TENNESSEE, AND STANFORD.

THE BEAVERS HOST A 4-TEAM, DOUBLE-ELIMINATION REGIONAL BEGINNING FRIDAY AT 1PM WHEN VANDERBILT PLAYS SAN DIEGO.

THAT'S FOLLOWED BY OREGON STATE FACING NEW MEXICO STATE AT 7PM TELEVISED ON ESPN-U.

MEANTIME, THE 35-AND-23 DUCKS ARE HEADED TO LOUISVILLE WHERE THEY MEET 32-AND-26 MICHIGAN FRIDAY WITH THE FIRST PITCH SET FOR 4PM TELEVISED ON ESPN-PLUS.

IN OTHER FIRST-ROUND GAMES, STANFORD PLAYS BINGHAMTON. UCLA IS IN THE AUBURN REGIONAL AND FACES FLORIDA STATE, AND ARIZONA HEADS TO MIAMI TO PLAY OLE MISS.

(Undated) -- ESPN is adding a current NBA player to its pool of on-air talent. The network announced Monday that former Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum has been signed to a multiplatform deal. McCollum will make his ESPN analyst debut during Thursday's coverage of Game One of the NBA Finals. The 30-year-old will be part of "NBA Finals: Celebrating 75" which will air on ESPN2. McCollum graduated from Lehigh University with a journalism degree and is also the acting president of the NBA Players Association.

(Baltimore, MD) -- The Mariners are hoping to find some more success as they hit the road. Seattle takes on the Orioles this afternoon in Baltimore. The Mariners come off a series win over the Astros and have split their last six games. The club sends right-hander George Kirby to the mound for the series opener. Baltimore has yet to announce who will start opposite him. The M's sit fourth in the AL West at 20-and-28, while the Orioles enter at 21-and-29.

WE'LL START THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND FRIDAY REPORT OFF WITH HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL, AND THE OSAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND 'THE ELITE-8' IN BOTH THE 6A AND 5A DIVISIONS WHERE HIGH DESERT FANS ARE HOPING BOTH BEND, AND RIDGEVIEW GIRLS CAN PUNCH THEIR TICKETS TO NEXT TUESDAY'S 'FINAL-4.'

TODAY, IN TOWN AT 430P, THE 2ND-RANKED LADY LAVA BEARS, 28-AND-1 ON THE YEAR, HOST MCMINNVILLE IN THE 6A QUARTERFINALS.

LET'S PACK THE PARK AT BEND HIGH SCHOOL THIS AFTERNOON AND RALLY BEHIND ONE OF THE BEST TEAMS IN SCHOOL HISTORY LOOKING TO REACH THE SEMIFINALS NEXT TUESDAY.

MEANTIME, IN THE 5A-QUARTERFINALS TODAY, THE 6TH RANKED RIDGEVIEW LADY RAVENS ARE ON THE ROAD AT #3 LEBANON WITH FIRST PITCH SET FOR 5PM.

IN PAC-12 BASEBALL, TWO TEAMS HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FOR THE INAUGURAL LEAGUE TOURNAMENT IN SCOTTSDALE.

YESTERDAY MORNING, BOTH OREGON AND WASHINGTON WERE SENT PACKING AS THE DUCKS WERE DOUBLED-UP BY ARIZONA STATE, 4-2.

THE HUSKIES WERE OUTSCORED BY UCLA, 14-TO-8

IN CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY, STANFORD HANDED ARIZONA ITS FIRST LOSS OF THE TOURNEY BEATING THE WILDCATS, 15-TO-8.

AND, THE NIGHTCAP GAME WHICH STARTED AT 1015PM SAW OREGON STATE DOWN CAL, 3-1.

WITH THE WIN, THE BEAVERS GET TODAY OFF, AND WILL PLAY IN THE SEMIFINALS SATURDAY AT 1245 PLAYING THE WINNER OF CAL AND UCLA.

TODAY, THERE ARE JUST TWO GAMES, AND BOTH ARE 'MUST-WIN' GAMES FOR THE 4-TEAMS WHO ALL HAVE 1 TOURNAMENT LOSS.

AT 3PM, ARIZONA MEETS RIVAL ARIZONA STATE, FOLLOWED BY UCLA FACING CAL.

AGAIN TOMORROW IN THE SEMIS, STANFORD PLAYS THE WINNER OF ASU-ARIZONA, AND THE BEAVERS GET THE SURVIVOR OF UCLA-CAL.

THE TOURNEY TITLE GAME IS SUNDAY NIGHT AT 7.

IN NAIA COLLEGE SOFTBALL, THE OPENING GAME OF THE WORLD SERIES IN COLUMBUS, GEORGIA FOR THE OREGON TECH OWLS WAS POSTPONED BECAUSE OF RAIN.

THE LADY OWLS WILL FACE 'SCIENCES & ARTS UNIVERSITY' OF OKLAHOMA AT 9AM IN THE 10-TEAM, DOUBLE-ELIMINATION NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT.

OREGON TECH FINISHED NATIONAL RUNNERUP A YEAR AGO TO SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY WHO WAS OUSTED IN THE REGIONAL PLAYOFFS TWO WEEKS AGO.

ELSEWHERE, THE NCAA DIVISION-1 SOFTBALL SUPER-REGIONALS KICK OFF TODAY WITH OREGON STATE PLAYING AT STANFORD IN A BEST-OF-3 SERIES, AND THE WINNER ADVANCING TO THE COLLEGE SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES IN OKLAHOMA CITY JUNE 2ND.

THE PORTLAND TIMBERS ARE IN SOUTH BEACH, FLORIDA WHERE THEY CHALLENGE MIAMI TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5PM.

THE OSAA HIGH SCHOOL STATE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS HAVE NARROWED THE FIELD AS THE TITLE GAMES IN ALL CLASSIFICATIONS IS NOW JUST 8-DAYS AWAY, AND SADLY THERE ARE NO CENTRAL OREGON TEAMS LEFT STANDING.

YESTERDAY, SUMMIT, REDMOND, MADRAS, AND LAPINE ALL SAW THEIR SEASON COME TO AN END WITH LOSSES.

THE STORM FELL 6-2 TO MOUNTAINSIDE IN THE 6A SECOND ROUND, WHILE THURSTON OUSTED REDMOND, 14-4 IN THE OPENING ROUND OF THE CLASS 5A PLAYOFFS.

IN THE 4A, AT HOME, TOP RANKED BANKS BLANKED MADRAS, 5-ZIP, AND LAPINE WAS SHUTOUT AT BROOKINGS, 2-TO-NOTHING IN THE 3A PLAYOFFS.

THE 1A/2A AND 3A TITLE GAMES ARE ONE WEEK FROM TOMORROW IN KEIZER AT VOLCANOES STADIUM, AND THE 4A, 5A AND 6A CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES WILL BE DECIDED ON SATURDAY, JUNE 4TH.

FOR A RECAP OF SCORES FROM YESTERDAY, AND TO UPDATE YOUR BRACKET HOP ON OVER TO 'OSAA dot ORG.'

ON THE PAC-12 DIAMOND, THE LEAGUE TOURNAMENT KICKED OFF YESTERDAY IN SCOTTSDALE, AND OREGON OPENED THE TOURNAMENT BUT LOST TO ARIZONA, 8-6. 

THAT GAME WAS FOLLOWED BY STANFORD COMING FROM BEHIND TO DEFEAT ARIZONA STATE, 6-3.

OREGON STATE AND WASHINGTON MAY HAVE PLAYED THE LONGEST GAME IN CONFERENCE HISTORY, BUT THE BEAVERS PREVAILED BEATING THE HUSKIES, 13-TO-8. THE GAME LASTED 4-1/2 HOURS.

AND, IN THE NIGHTCAP WHICH STARTED JUST AFTER 10PM SAW CAL UPSET UCLA, 4-1.

THIS MORNING IN LOSER OUT GAMES, OREGON FACES ASU, FOLLOWED BY WASHINGTON MEETING UCLA.

THIS AFTERNOON IN CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY AT 4:45PM, STANFORD TANGLES WITH ARIZONA, AND THE NIGHTCAP IS OREGON STATE BATTLING CAL SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AT 830'.

YOU CAN FOLLOW THE INAUGURAL PAC-12 TOURNAMENT ONLINE AT 'PAC 12 dot ORG.' 

THE NAIA SOFTBALL NATIONAL TOURNAMENT BEGINS TODAY IN GEORGIA, AND OREGON TECH OF KLAMATH FALLS MEETS 'SCIENCES AND ARTS UNIVERSITY' IN THE THIRD GAME OF THE DAY AT 1 O’CLOCK.

YOU CAN FOLLOW THE LADY HUSTLING OWLS ONLINE AT 'OREGON TECH OWLS dot COM.'

TOMORROW, OREGON STATE'S WOMEN PLAY AT STANFORD IN THE FIRST GAME OF A BEST-OF-3 NCAA SUPER-REGIONAL NATIONAL PLAYOFF SERIES.

IN HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS...THE LONE TEAMS STANDING OF ALL TEAMS IN THE HIGH DESERT ARE THE LADY LAVA BEARS OF BEND, AND THE RIDGEVIEW RAVENS.

2ND RANKED BEND DEFEATED MOUNTAINSIDE, 6-2 TO ADVANCE TO THE 6A QUARTERFINALS TOMORROW WHEN THE LADY BEARS MEET 7TH RANKED MCMINNVILLE.

MEANTIME, THE LADY RAVENS THUMPED THURSTON YESTERDAY, 11-3, IN THE OPENING ROUND OF THE 5A BRACKET. RIDGEVIEW TRAVELS TOMORROW TO FACE #3 LEBANON.

(Undated) -- The Timbers are getting some days off before returning to the pitch. Portland returns this weekend as the Timbers visit Inter Miami CF. The team fell 2-nil to Philadelphia Union and sits 10th place in the Western Conference with 15 points.

WE START TODAY WITH COLLEGE BASEBALL WHERE OREGON STATE SLUGGER AND JUNIOR JACOB MELTON EARNED THE PAC-12 'PLAYER OF THE YEAR' HONOR YESTERDAY.

MELTON, WHO REBOUNDED FROM A SEASON-ENDING SHOULDER INJURY AND SURGERY LAST YEAR, HAS LED THE BEAVERS TO A 41-AND-13 RECORD THIS YEAR AND FINISHING 2ND-PLACE IN THE REGULAR SEASON TO STANFORD.

MELTON, A SOUTH MEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, LEADS THE BEAVERS WITH A (.361) THREE SIXTY-ONE BATTING AVERAGE, A (.702) A SEVEN OH-TWO SLUGGING PERCENTAGE, 15-HOME RUNS, AND 20-DOUBLES.

HE'S ALSO ONE OF 30 SEMIFINALISTS FOR THE 'GOLDEN SPIKES' AWARD WHICH IS COLLEGE BASEBALL'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD, AND SIMILAR TO THE HEISMAN TROPHY AWARD IN FOOTBALL.

MELTON AND THE BEAVERS BEGIN THE PAC-12 BASEBALL TOURNAMENT TODAY IN SCOTTSDALE FACING WASHINGTON WITH FIRST PITCH SET FOR 445.

OREGON OPENS THE TOURNEY AT 930 THIS MORNING FACING ARIZONA, FOLLOWED BY STANFORD MEETING ARIZONA STATE, AND THE NIGHT CAP IS UCLA FACING CAL.

THE PREP STATE PLAYOFFS CONTINUE TODAY, AND IN CLASS 6A SECOND-ROUND ACTION, SUMMIT PLAYS AT 11TH RANKED MOUNTAINSIDE OF TIGARD AT 5PM.

IN THE 5A OPENING ROUND TODAY, REDMOND IS IN SPRINGFIELD TO FACE #3 THURSTON.

MEANTIME, IN THE 4A, MADRAS IS ON THE ROAD CHALLENGING TOP-RANKED BANKS, AND IN THE 3A, LAPINE VISITS 4TH RANKED BROOKINGS.

THE NAIA, SMALL COLLEGE SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES BEGINS TOMORROW IN GEORGIA, AND OREGON TECH OF KLAMATH FALLS PLAYS THE 'SCIENCE & ARTS UNIVERSITY' IN ITS FIRST ROUND GAME AT 1PM.

THE NCAA SUPER REGIONALS ARE SET FOR FRIDAY AND OREGON STATE PLAYS AT STANFORD IN A BEST-OF-3 SERIES.

ON THE SOFTBALL DIAMOND, 2ND RANKED BEND ENTERTAINS MOUNTAIN SIDE AT 4PM TODAY IN THE CLASS 6A SECOND-ROUND WHILE RIDGEVIEW HOSTS THURSTON AT 430 IN THE 5A OPENING ROUND.

ON THE LINKS, THE OREGON WOMEN'S GOLF TEAM WILL PLAY FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TODAY FACING STANFORD.

LIVE COVERAGE BEGINS AT 2 ON 'THE GOLF CHANNEL.'

(Undated) -- Portland returns this weekend as the Timbers visit Inter Miami CF. The team fell 2-nil to Philadelphia Union and sits 10th place in the Western Conference with 15 points.

ON THE GIRLS DIAMOND...BEND UPPED ITS OVERALL RECORD TO 27-AND-1 AS THE LADY LAVA BEARS SMASHED FRANKLIN OF PORTLAND, 14-TO-NOTHING.

BEND HOSTS MOUNTAINSIDE TOMORROW AT 430, AND WILL HAVE THE HOME FIELD WITH WINS UP UNTIL THE TITLE GAME ON JUNE 4TH PLAYED AT JANE SANDERS FIELD ON THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON.

MEANTIME, THE ONLY OTHER GIRLS TEAM ALIVE IN THE PLAYOFFS IS RIDGEVIEW, AND THE 6TH-RANKED RAVENS HOST THURSTON OF SPRINGFIELD TOMORROW AT 430 IN THE FIRST-ROUND OF THE 5A DIVISION.

THE SECOND SEASON, THE PLAYOFFS, OF HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL KICKED OFF YESTERDAY WITH THE OSAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE 6A AND COMBINED 1A/2A CLASSIFICATION.

ON THE 6A BOYS DIAMOND, SUMMIT ADVANCED TO THE 2ND ROUND AS THE STORM, ON THEIR HOME FIELD, DOUBLED UP IDA B. WELLS OF PORTLAND, 12-6.

SUMMIT A #11 SEED TRAVELS TOMORROW TO FACE MOUNTAINSIDE OF TIGARD.

ELSEWHERE, MT. VIEW BOWED OUT AT HOME LOSING TO LAKE OSWEGO, 8-TO-4.  AND, BEND LOST A HEARTBREAKER AT CANBY, 2-TO-1.

IN OTHER ACTION, CULVER SAW ITS SEASON COME TO AN END AS THE BULLDOGS WERE BLANKED AT HOME BY LAKEVIEW, 7-ZIP IN THE 1A/2A PLAYOFFS.

TOMORROW, IN THE 5A OPENING ROUND, REDMOND PLAYS AT THURSTON. IN THE CLASS 4A FIRST-ROUND, MADRAS TRAVELS TO TOP-RANKED BANKS. AND, IN THE 3A, LAPINE VISITS #4 BROOKINGS. 

THE NCAA SOFTBALL SUPER REGIONALS ARE SET AND THE BEST-OF-3 PLAYOFF SERIES BEGIN FRIDAY.

FIVE OF THE SWEET-16 TEAMS ALIVE ARE FROM THE PAC-12, INCLUDING OREGON STATE WHO HAVE ONLY BEEN TO THE TOURNAMENT TWICE IN SCHOOL HISTORY.

THE BEAVERS PLAY LEAGUE RIVAL STANFORD IN PALO ALTO WITH GAME-1 OF THE SERIES FRIDAY AT 730PM TELEVISED ON ESPN-U.

ELSEWHERE, LEAGUE CHAMPION ARIZONA STATE HOSTS NORTHWESTERN. UCLA ENTERTAINS DUKE. AND, ARIZONA PLAYS AT MISSISSIPPI STATE. 

THE PAC-12 BASEBALL TOURNAMENT STARTS TOMORROW IN SCOTTSDALE AT THE SPRING TRAINING HOME OF THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS.

THE OREGON DUCKS OPEN THE 8-TEAM, DOUBLE-ELIMINATION TOURNEY TOMORROW MORNING AT 930 FACING ARIZONA WHO THE DUCKS JUST SWEPT THREE GAMES IN EUGENE.

OREGON STATE MEETS WASHINGTON TOMORROW AT 445PM.

IN OTHER GAMES, STANFORD PLAYS ARIZONA STATE, AND UCLA FACES CAL.

(Undated) -- The Sounders and Timbers are both getting some days off before returning to the pitch. Seattle returns home to host Charlotte FC on Sunday. Portland also returns this weekend as the Timbers visit Inter Miami CF. The team fell 2-nil to Philadelphia Union and sits 10th place in the Western Conference with 15 points.

THE OSAA STATE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFFS BEGIN TODAY, AND 7 CENTRAL OREGON PREP TEAMS BEGIN PURSUIT OF THE COVETED BLUE TITLE TROPHY.

IN THE 6A FIRST-ROUND, SUMMIT ENTERTAINS IDA B. WELLS OF PORTLAND TODAY AT 430, AND AT THE SAME TIME, MT. VIEW HOSTS LAKE OSWEGO. BEND TRAVELS TO CANBY.

IN THE 5A RANKS, REDMOND VISITS SPRINGFIELD TO TAKE ON PERENNIAL POWER THURSTON.

MEANTIME, MADRAS IS ON THE ROAD TO CHALLENGE TOP-RANKED BANKS.

IN CLASS 3A ACTION, LAPINE IS AT #4 BROOKINGS, AND AT 4PM TODAY, CULVER HOSTS LAKEVIEW IN THE 1A/2A DISIVION.

THE WINNERS ADVANCE TO THE 2ND-ROUND WEDNESDAY. ALL THE STATE TITLE GAMES WILL BE IN KEIZER AT VOLCANOE STADIUM ON JUNE 3RD AND 4TH.

ON THE SOFTBALL DIAMOND, THERE ARE JUST 2 LOCAL TEAMS IN THE STATE PLAYOFFS WHICH BEGIN TODAY.

THE MOUNTAIN VALLEY CHAMPIONS, 2ND-RANKED AND 26-AND-1 BEND HOSTS FRANKLIN OF PORTLAND AT 430 IN THE FIRST-ROUND OF 6A DIVISION. 

WITH A BEND WIN, THEY WOULD HOST THE WINNER OF SPRAGUE-MOUNTAINSIDE WEDNESDAY IN ROUND-2.

MEANTIME, IN THE 5A PLAYOFFS, 6TH RATED RIDGEVIEW HOSTS #11 THURSTON WEDNESDAY.

VISIT THE RESULTS AND BROADCAST SCHEDULES OF THE STATE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS ONLINE AT 'OSAA dot ORG.'

IN COLLEGE BASEBALL, 2ND RANKED OREGON STATE DEFEATED UCLA SATURDAY, 9-TO-3, TO CLOSE OUT PAC-12 LEAGUE PLAY.

THE 41-AND-13 BEAVERS FINISH RUNNER-UP TO STANFORD, AND ARE THE #2 SEED IN THE NEW LEAGUE TOURNAMENT WHICH BEGINS WEDNESDAY IN SCOTTSDALE.

OSU MEETS WASHINGTON WEDNESDAY AT 445PM IN THE DOUBLE-ELIMINATION TOURNEY. THE BEAVS WILL FACE EITHER UCLA, OR CAL THURSDAY.

MEANTIME, OREGON SWEPT ARIZONA IN 3-GAMES TO CLOSE OUT CONFERENCE PLAY, AND THE 35-AND-21 DUCKS FINISHED 4TH-PLACE AND MEET ARIZONA, AGAIN, TO KICK OFF THE TOURNAMENT AT 930AM WEDNESDAY. 

OREGON WILL FACE EITHER STANFORD, OR ARIZONA STATE THURSDAY.

FOLLOW THE LEAGUE TOURNEY ONLINE AT 'PAC 12 dot ORG.'

IN COLLEGE SOFTBALL, OREGON STATE STUNNED #12 TENNESSEE YESTERDAY BEATING THE LADY VOLS TWICE ADVANCING THE BEAVERS TO THE NCAA SUPER REGIONALS NEXT WEEK.

OREGON WAS NOT SO FORTUNATE AS THE DUCKS SEASON CAME TO AN END LOSING TO ARKANSAS IN THE FAYETTVILLE REGIONAL FINAL.

STANFORD MOVES ON WITH ITS UPSET OF 6TH RATED ALABAMA AS DOES PAC-12 CHAMPION ARIZONA STATE, UCLA, AND ARIZONA. WASHINGTON BOWED OUT LAST NIGHT.

(Undated) -- The Ducks are landing a top receiving recruit for their 2023 class. Four-star receiver Ashton Cozart announced Sunday that he was flipping his recruitment to Oregon after previously committing to play at Oklahoma. Cozart becomes the fifth player to join the Ducks' 2023 recruiting class and joins fellow receiver Jurrion Dickey, who also committed earlier this month. Cozart plays at Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas.

DAY-2 OF THE OSAA STATE TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS AT HAYWARD FIELD IN EUGENE.

THE FIRST OF HALF OF TODAY, THE UPPER DIVISION TEAMS IN THE 4A, 5A, AND 6A COMPETE IN THE DISTANCE RUNS, DASHES, AND HURDLES, PLUS THE QUALIFYING FIELD EVENTS.

THE LATTER HALF OF THE DAY AND UNDER THE LIGHTS FEATURES THE LOWER-LEVEL SCHOOLS WITH THE FINALS IN BOTH THE RUNNING AND FIELD EVENTS.

FANS CAN FOLLOW THE RESULTS ONLINE AT 'OSAA dot ORG.'

IN PREP BASEBALL, LAPINE CONCLUDES THE 3A REGULAR SEASON TODAY WITH A DOUBLEHEADER AT CRESWELL. 

THE HAWKS ARE IN THE STATE PLAYOFFS AS THE #3 SEED FROM THE LEAGUE, AND WILL FIND OUT THEIR OPPONENT THIS WEEKEND AS WILL THE 6A, 5A, AND 1A/2A LOCAL TEAMS.

TODAY IN THE 4A PLAY-IN ROUND, SISTERS TRAVELS TO JUNCTION CITY. TOMORROW AT 2, MADRAS HOSTS ELMIRA.
 

THE NCAA COLLEGE SOFTBALL NATIONAL TOURNAMENT BEGINS TODAY WITH THE  DOUBLE-ELIMINATION REGIONALS.

AT 1PM, OREGON STATE TAKES ON OHIO STATE IN KNOXVILLE, FOLLOWED BY OREGON FACING WICHITA STATE AT 530 IN ARKANSAS.

YOU CAN FOLLOW THE OSU WOMEN ONLINE AT 'OSU BEAVERS dot COM,' AND THE LADY DUCKS AT 'GO DUCKS dot COM.'
 

ON THE DIAMOND IN PAC-12 BASEBALL, 2ND RANKED OREGON STATE DROPPED ITS THIRD-STRAIGHT CONFERENCE GAME AS LAST NIGHT IN CORVALLIS UCLA DEFEATED THE BEAVERS, 4-TO-1.

OSU'S LOSS COUPLED WITH STANFORD'S 7-1 WIN OVER USC PUTS THE BEAVS IN A TIE FOR THE LEAGUE LEAD WITH THE CARDINAL WITH 2-GAMES TO PLAY IN THE REGULAR SEASON. UCLA IS ONE GAME BACK.   THE 2ND GAME OF THE BEAVS-UCLA SERIES IS TONIGHT AT 6.

MEANTIME, OREGON MOVES INTO A TIE FOR 4TH-PLACE WITH ARIZONA AFTER THE DUCKS TAMED THE CATS LAST NIGHT IN EUGENE, 10-4.

GAME-2 OF THAT SERIES IS TODAY AT 4.
 

MEANTIME, IN PREP BASEBALL, ONLY THE CLASS 3A DIVISION FINISHES LEAGUE PLAY THIS WEEK WHILE THE UPPER DIVISIONS AND 1A/2A TEAMS AWAIT THEIR PLAYOFF SCHEDULING THIS WEEKEND.

WE INCORRECTLY REPORTED EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT SISTERS WAS OUT, HOWEVER THE OUTLAWS ARE IN THE 4A 'PLAY-IN' ROUND AND PLAY AT JUNCTION CITY, WHILE MADRAS HOSTS ELMIRA.

LA PINE FINISHES 3A LEAGUE PLAY AT CRESWELL TOMORROW BEFORE HEADING TO THE POST SEASON.

THE STATE PREP TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS BEGIN TODAY IN EUGENE AT LEGENDARY HAYWARD FIELD, AND RUN THROUGH SATURDAY.

THE SUMMIT GIRLS ARE GUNNING FOR THEIR 14TH CONSECUTIVE CHAMPIONSHIP UNDER HEAD COACH DAVE TURNBULL.

THE SUMMIT BOYS HAVE WON 5-TITLES, THE LAST IN 2017, BUT ARE SHOOTING FOR THEIR FIRST AT THE 6A LEVEL. SUMMIT DROPS BACK DOWN TO THE 5A LEVEL NEXT SCHOOL YEAR WITH THE ADDITION CALDERA HIGH SCHOOL.

AND, THE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS BEGIN TODAY ALSO IN PORTLAND, TUALATIN, AND CORVALLIS.

YOU CAN FOLLOW THE TRACK AND TENNIS RESULTS ONLINE AT 'OSSA dot ORG.'

THE FINAL WEEKEND OF THE PAC-12 BASEBALL REGULAR SEASON BEGINS TONIGHT AT 6PM WITH 2ND RANKED OREGON STATE HOSTING UCLA IN A 3-GAME SERIES.

THE BEAVERS OWN A SLIM 1-GAME LEAD OVER STANFORD FOR THE LEAGUE TITLE.

UCLA IS 2-GAMES BACK OF OSU, FOLLOWED BY ARIZONA AND OREGON.

THE DUCKS, WHO ARE ONLY 4-GAMES BEHIND THE BEAVERS, ENTERTAIN ARIZONA TONIGHT, ALSO AT 6.

THE NEWLY FORMED PAC-12 BASEBALL TOURNAMENT OPENS ONE WEEK FROM TODAY IN SCOTTSDALE.

OREGON TECH IS HEADED BACK TO GEORGIA FOR THE NAIA SMALL COLLEGE WORLD SERIES FOR THE 8TH TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY.

OIT, THE NATIONAL RUNNER-UP LAST YEAR, LOST THE SEMIFINAL GAME YESTERDAY HOSTING WILLIAM-JESSUP, BUT BOUNCED BACK TO WIN THE REGIONAL TITLE GAME DOWNING WILLIAM-JESSUP, 5-TO-1.

TECH IS THE LONE SURVIVOR FROM THE CASCADE COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE ADVANCING TO THE WORLD SERIES WHICH BEGINS NEXT THURSDAY.

SOUTHERN OREGON, THE DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, LOST IN THE MEDFORD REGIONAL TO GRAND VIEW COLLEGE OF IOWA.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SUMMIT STORM BOYS GOLF TEAM FOR CLAIMING THE OSAA 6A STATE TITLE YESTERDAY IN CORVALLIS AT TRYSTING TREE GOLF CLUB.

THE STORM BLEW AWAY SECOND-PLACE TIGARD BY 39-STROKES!

IT'S THE 4TH TEAM TITLE IN SCHOOL HISTORY AND THE FIRST AT THE '6A' LEVEL, AND THE FIRST BLUE TROPHY SINCE SUMMIT CLAIMED THREE-STRAIGHT '5A' TITLES 2015 THROUGH 2017.

ON THE GIRL'S SIDE, SUMMIT FINISHED 6TH-PLACE, AND BEND 14TH.

IN THE 5A DIVISION YESTERDAY, THE CROOK COUNTY BOYS FINISHED TIED FOR 6TH-PLACE, AND THE COWGIRLS 5TH. 

MEANTIME, BRODY GRIEB WON THE 6A BOYS MEDALIST HONORS BY ONE SHOT FINISHING 6-UNDER PAR, WHILE HIS TEAMMATE SAM RENNER FINISHED 3RD-PLACE JUST 2-SHOTS BEHIND GRIEB.

REDMOND'S ELIZABETH RICHARDSON FINISHED 4TH OVERALL IN THE 5A TOURNAMENT, AND RIDGEVIEW'S KRISTIN NELZEN TIED FOR 5TH.

AND, HAILEY SMITH OF LAPINE PLACED 11TH IN THE 3A DIVISION.

ON THE PREP DIAMOND, AND ON THE LAST DAY OF 'MOUNTAIN VALLEY' LEAGUE PLAY, LEAVE IT UP TO A RIVALRY GAME TO SPOIL THE PARTY FOR ONE TEAM, AND THAT'S JUST WHAT MT. VIEW DID TO BEND YESTERDAY.

THE COUGARS EDGED THE LAVA BEARS, 2-TO-1, KEEPING BEND FROM CLAIMING THE LEAGUE TITLE OVER SPRAGUE.

BEND FINISHES TIED WITH SUMMIT, BUT THE STORM WILL BE THE #2 PLAYOFF TEAM VIA THE TIEBREAKER. BEND IS #3, AND MT. VIEW WILL BE THE #4 TEAM HEADING TO THE PLAYOFFS.

ELSEWHERE, REDMOND DEFEATED RIDGEVIEW 9-5 TO CLOSE OUT 'IMC' LEAGUE PLAY. THE PANTHERS FINISH 3RD-PLACE AHEAD OF THE RAVENS VIA THE TIEBREAKER.

IN NON-LEAGUE COLLEGE BALL LAST NIGHT IN EUGENE, THE OREGON DUCKS CAME FROM BEHIND AND RALLIED FOR A WALK-OFF 5-4 WIN IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 9TH-INNING VS. GONZAGA.

OREGON GETS SET TO FINISH PAC-12 PLAY HOSTING ARIZONA TOMORROW NIGHT. THE BEAVERS WELCOME UCLA, ALSO THURSDAY NIGHT.

IN SMALL COLLEGE NAIA SOFTBALL, TODAY AT 1PM, OREGON TECH WILL FACE WILLIAM-JESSUP FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OF THE KLAMATH FALLS REGIONAL. 

IN MEDFORD, AT 11AM SOUTHERN OREGON FACES GRAND VIEW OF IOWA. THE LADY RAIDERS NEED TO BEAT GRAND VIEW TWICE TO WIN THE REGIONAL.

TODAY'S WINNERS ADVANCE TO THE NAIA WORLD SERIES IN GEORGIA AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

ON THE ICE IN PORTLAND LAST NIGHT, SEATTLE BEAT THE PORTLAND WINTERHAWKS, 6-3, TO WIN THE WEST SEMIFINAL PLAYOFF SERIES, 4-GAMES-TO-3.

THE T-BIRDS WERE DOWN 3-1 IN THE SERIES, AND WON 3-STRAIGHT TO ADVANCE TO THE WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE WEST FINALS WHERE THEY MEET KAMLOOPS STARTING FRIDAY.

PORTLAND FINISHES THE SEASON WITH AN IMPRESSIVE 54-AND-20 RECORD, THE THIRD BEST IN FRANCHISE HISTORY

ON THE PREP DIAMOND...THE REGULAR SEASON ENDS TODAY IN THE 6A RANKS WITH BEND HOSTING MT. VIEW. A LAVA BEARS WIN SECURES THE LEAGUE TITLE VIA THE TIEBREAKER HAVING SWEPT SPRAGUE TWO GAMES EARLIER IN THE SEASON.

ELSEWHERE THIS AFTERNOON, RIDGEVIEW HOSTS REDMOND WITH THE WINNER NAILING DOWN 3RD-PLACE IN THE IMC.

TODAY IS THE 2ND AND FINAL ROUND OF THE PREP STATE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND THE SUMMIT BOYS OWN A 22-SHOT LEAD OVER TIGARD IN THE 6A FINALS IN CORVALLIS. CROOK COUNTY IS 8TH PLACE IN THE 5A DIVISION.

BRODY GRIEB IS LEADING MEDALIST PLAY AT 6-UNDER PAR. HIS STORM TEAMMATES SAM RENNER, ETHAN JAYNE, AND LUCAS HUGHES ARE ALL WITHIN 8-STROKES OF THE LEADER GRIEB.

ON THE GIRLS LINKS, SUMMIT IS TIED FOR 6TH-PLACE WITH WESTVIEW. BEND IS IN 14TH PLACE. 

and, IN CLASS 5A ACTION, THE COWGIRLS OF CROOK COUNTY ARE IN 5TH-PLACE.

THE FINAL RESULTS WILL BE POSTED AROUND 5PM TODAY ONLINE AT 'OSAA dot ORG.'

THIS WEEKS COLLEGE BASEBALL RANKINGS SAW OREGON STATE SLIP IN A FEW POLLS AFTER DROPPING A 3-GAME SERIES AT ARIZONA WHERE THE WILDCATS TOOK THE FINAL TWO GAMES OF THE SET THIS PAST WEEKEND.

OSU FINISHES THE REGULAR SEASON HOSTING #23 UCLA IN A 3-GAME SERIES THAT STARTS THURSDAY NIGHT. THE BEAVERS HOLD JUST A 1-GAME LEAD OVER 4TH-RANKED STANFORD ATOP THE PAC-12. THE CARDINAL CLOSE OUT LEAGUE PLAY ENTERTAINING USC.

MEANTIME, OREGON ENDS THE REGULAR SEASON GREETING ARIZONA THURSDAY, TRAILING THE WILDCATS BY ONLY 1-GAME FOR 4TH-PLACE. TONIGHT THE DUCKS HOST GONZAGA IN A NON-LEAGUE GAME.

ON THE COLLEGE SOFTBALL DIAMOND, BOTH OREGON TECH AND SOUTHERN OREGON SCORED WALK-OFF WINS YESTERDAY IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE NAIA DOUBLE-ELIMINATION NATIONAL PLAYOFFS.

IN KLAMATH FALLS, OIT EDGED COTTEY COLLEGE, 4-3 AND FACES WILLIAM-JESSUP TODAY AT NOON.

IN MEDFORD, THE DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMPION SOU RAIDERS NOTCHED A WALK-OFF WIN DOWNING TAYLOR UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, 6-5.

TODAY AT 11, THE LADY RAIDERS MEET GRANDVIEW OF IOWA.

YOU CAN FOLLOW BOTH TEAMS ONLINE AT 'OREGON TECH OWLS dot COM,' AND, 'SOU RAIDERS dot COM.'

THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES OF EACH REGIONAL BRACKET IS TOMORROW WITH THE WINNERS ADVANCING TO THE WORLD SERIES IN COLUMBUS, GEORGIA ON THE 26TH.

ON THE ICE...IT'S THE 7TH-AND-DECIDING GAME OF THE 'WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE' WEST SEMIFINAL SERIES WITH THE PORTLAND WINTERHAWKS HOSTING SEATTLE TONIGHT AT 7.

SEATTLE FORCED A WINNER-TAKE-ALL MATCH BY OUTSKATING PORTLAND LAST NIGHT IN SEATTLE, 2-1.

IF THE HAWKS WIN THEY WILL FACE THE BLAZERS....OF KAMLOOPS, IN THE WEST FINALS. WINNIPEG AND EDMONTON CLASH IN THE EAST FINALS BEGINNING FRIDAY.

PORTLAND HAS PLAYED FOR THE 'WHL' TITLE A RECORD 12-TIMES, AND WON THE CUP THREE TIMES....THE LAST IN 2013.

(Chicago, IL)  --  The Trail Blazers are in tonight's NBA Draft Lottery.  Portland enters with a nine-percent chance to win the top overall pick after the team finished with the sixth-worst record in the league.  The Blazers put guard Damian Lillard as the team's on-stage representative in Chicago.  Portland is making its first lottery pick since 2013, where the team selected 10th overall. 

IN PREP BASEBALL, TOMORROW THE REGULAR SEASON CLOSES IN 6A ACTION WITH BEND HOSTING MT. VIEW, AND A WIN FOR THE LAVA BEARS EARNS THEM THE LEAGUE TITLE.

THURSDAY, THE RANKINGS FREEZE, AND THE PLAYOFF BRACKET WILL BE SET.

SUMMIT, WHO FINISHES NO WORSE THAN 3RD-PLACE, AUTOMATICALLY QUALIFIES, AND MT. VIEW WILL RECEIVE AN AT-LARGE BERTH.

IN THE 5A 'IMC,' REDMOND NEEDS A WIN AT RIDGEVIEW TOMORROW TO FORCE A TIEBREAKER FOR THE THIRD, AND FINAL PLAYOFF SPOT WHICH WILL ELIMINATE EITHER THE PANTHERS, OR RAVENS FROM THE POSTSEASON.

TODAY, THE CLASS 4-A RANKINGS WILL FREEZE, AND MADRAS'S PLAYOFF FATE HANGS IN THE BALANCE. SISTERS HAS ALREADY BEEN ELIMINATED.

MEANTIME, IN THE 3A, LAPINE HAS 3-GAMES TO GO WITH THE HAWKS NEEDING A PAIR OF WINS TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS.

AND, CULVER IS IN THE PLAYOFFS, AND AWAITS ITS SEEDING THURSDAY NIGHT.

IN PAC-12 BASEBALL...THE BEAVERS DROPPED THE FINAL 2-GAMES OF A SERIES AT ARIZONA. 

THE LOSS YESTERDAY BRINGS STANFORD WITHIN 1-GAME OF LEAGUE-LEADING OREGON STATE WHO FINISHES CONFERENCE PLAY HOSTING UCLA IN A SERIES BEGINNING THURSDAY.

MEANTIME, OREGON BETTERED ITS PLAYOFF POSITION TAKING TWO OUT OF THREE AT ARIZONA STATE, AND TRAIL ARIZONA, WHO THEY HOST THIS WEEK, BY 1-GAME FOR 4TH-PLACE..

ELSEWHERE, IN D-2 BALL, WESTERN OREGON WAS ELIMINATED IN THE (gee-nack) 'G-NAC' TOURNAMENT ENDING THE WOLVES SEASON.

AND, PACIFIC-U FINDS OUT LATER TODAY WHO THEY PLAY IN THE NCAA DIVISION-2 REGIONALS THIS WEEKEND.

ON THE SOFTBALL DIAMOND, BEND WINS THE MOUNTAIN VALLEY CONFERENCE AND IS THE ONLY 6A TEAM IN THE HIGH DESERT HEADING TO THE PLAYOFFS.

MEANTIME, RIDGEVIEW AND MADRAS ARE THE ONLY OTHER TEAMS EARNING STATE PLAYOFF BERTHS.

TODAY IS THE OPENING ROUND OF THE NAIA SMALL COLLEGE SOFTBALL NATIONAL TOURNAMENT.

OREGON TECH MEETS (kott-tee) COTTEY COLLEGE AT 230PM IN THE KLAMATH FALLS BRACKET, WHILE SOUTHERN OREGON PLAYS TAYLOR UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI IN THE MEDFORD BRACKET.

THE NCAA SOFTBALL NATIONAL TOURNAMENT IS SET AND 7 PAC-12 TEAMS ARE IN.

THE OREGON DUCKS ARE HEADED TO FAYETTVILLE, ARKANSAS TO FACE WICHITA STATE FRIDAY NIGHT. 

OREGON STATE TRAVELS TO KNOXVILLE TO MEET OHIO STATE.

PORTLAND STATE FINISHED 3RD-PLACE IN THE BIG SKY TOURNEY AND DID NOT RECEIVE A BERTH.

AND, IN DIVISION-3 PLAY, LINFIELD BOWED OUT WITH A SATURDAY LOSS IN THE REGIONALS.  

ON THE TRACK, THE SUMMIT BOYS AND GIRLS CLAIMED THE 'MOUNTAIN VALLEY' LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS, AGAIN.

BOTH TEAMS HEAD TO HAYWARD FIELD IN EUGENE THURSDAY FOR THE STATE FINALS.

AND, IN EUGENE YESTERDAY, THE OREGON MEN'S TRACK TEAM WON THEIR 15TH-STRAIGHT PAC-12 TITLE, AND THE LADY DUCKS ALSO CAPTURED A TITLE.

IT'S THE STRETCH RUN IN PREP BASEBALL JUST A WEEK AWAY FROM THE STATE PLAYOFFS, AND SUMMIT PLAYS A DOUBLEHEADER FACING SPRAGUE TODAY AT LINFIELD UNIVERSITY. THE STORM CAN CLINCH NO WORSE THAN A SHARE OF THE MOUNTAIN VALLEY TITLE WITH A SWEEP OVER THE 3RD-PLACE OLYMPIANS.

MEANTIME, TOMORROW BEND TRAVELS TO MCNARY FOR TWO, AND MT. VIEW HOSTS SOUTH SALEM.

TODAY, IT'S THE BATTLE FOR BRAGGING RIGHTS IN REDMOND AS THE PANTHERS HOST RIDGEVIEW WITH 3RD-PLACE IN THE 'IMC' ON THE LINE.

TOMORROW, CROOK COUNTY HOSTS PENDLETON.

AND, IN THE 4A RANKS, YESTERDAY MADRAS CLOSED OUT LEAGUE PLAY WITH A 4-3 OVER ESTACADA.

IT'S THE NEXT TO LAST WEEKEND OF THE PAC-12 BASEBALL REGULAR SEASON, AND TOP-RANKED OREGON STATE OPENS A 3-GAME SERIES AT ARIZONA TONIGHT.

OREGON PLAYS A 3-GAME SERIES AT ARIZONA STATE.

IN D2 BASEBALL, WESTERN OREGON LOST 5-TO-2 TO MONTANA STATE BILLINGS IN THE OPENING GAME OF THE 'G-NAC' LEAGUE TOURNEY YESTERDAY IN MONMOUTH, WEST OF SALEM.

WESTERN FACES TOP-SEED NORTHWEST NAZARENCE TODAY AT NOON IN A MUST-WIN GAME FOR THE WOLVES.

THE DIVISION-3 REGIONALS ARE NEXT WEEKEND WITH PACIFIC UNIVERSITY THE LONE TEAM FROM THE NORTHWEST CONFERENCE IN THE NATIONAL PLAYOFFS.

IN COLLEGE SOFTBALL, OREGON STATE DEFEATED UTAH LAST NIGHT IN EXTRA INNINGS, 8-7. 

THE WIN SNAPPED A 10-GAME LOSING STREAK AS OSU FINISHES THE REGULAR SEASON PLAYING THE UTES TONIGHT, AND TOMORROW AT NOON.

THE LADY DUCKS ARE IDLE, AND AWAIT THE NCAA REGIONALS THURSDAY. 

MEANTIME, PORTLAND STATE PLAYS NORTHERN COLORADO AT 11AM IN THE BIG SKY TOURNAMENT QUARTERFINALS. A WIN PUTS THE LADY VIKS IN THE SEMIFINAL AT 130 AGAINST SACRAMENTO STATE. WEBER STATE AWAITS THE SURVIVOR.

IN NCAA D-3 SOFTBALL, LINFIELD LOST YESTERDAY 7-1 TO EAST TEXAS BAPTIST IN THE OPENING GAME OF THE REGIONALS IN MARCHALL, TEXAS. THE LADY WILDCATS MUST WIN TODAY VERSUS FONBONNE OF MASSACHUSETTS.

ELSEWHERE, THE NAIA NATIONAL TOURNAMENT KICKS OFF MONDAY WITH #3 OREGON TECH AND 10TH RANKED SOUTHERN OREGON EACH HOSTING REGIONALS.

(Portland, OR) -- The Portland Timbers will look for their first win in over a month when they host Sporting KC at Providence Park tomorrow. The Timbers are coming off a 2-nil loss to LAFC in the US Open Cup on Tuesday. Portland sits in tenth place in the Western Conference with two wins, six draws, and three losses for 12 points. Tomorrow's contest begins at 7PM.

EUGENE TURNS INTO 'TRACK TOWN' TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS THE PAC-12 TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS GET UNDERWAY AT THE NEWLY REBUILT $300-MILLION DOLLAR HAYWARD FIELD

THE OREGON MEN ARE GUNNING FOR THEIR 15TH STRAIGHT CONFERENCE TEAM TITLE. THE LADY DUCKS HOPE TO BUMP USC OFF THE TOP OF THE PODIUM AS S-C CLAIMED THE LAST 3 CROWNS.

YOU CAN WATCH THE CHAMPIONSHIPS TODAY AT 430 ON THE PAC-12 NETWORK.

ON THE ICE...GAME-4 OF THE WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE CONFERENCE SEMIFINAL PLAYOFF SERIES IS TONIGHT IN SEATTLE WITH THE THUNDERBIRDS ENTERTAINING THE WINTERHAWKS, WITH PORTLAND LEADING THE SERIES 2-1.

GAME-5 IS TOMORROW NIGHT IN THE ROSE CITY.

(Tucson, AZ) - Number two Oregon State baseball heads down to the Desert tomorrow night to take on the Arizona Wildcats in the weekend series opener. The Beavers are 14-3 in true road games this season.

(Seattle, WA) - The Mariners lost to the Phillies 4-2 yesterday in the rubber match to drop to just 14-18 on the season. Seattle heads to New York to take on the Mets tomorrow night to open the weekend series.

(Undated) -- The NBA is naming Nuggets center Nikola Jokic the winner of this year's league MVP award. This is the second consecutive MVP for the Denver big man. He finished in first place ahead of Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid and Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo. Jokic received 65 out of 100 first place votes and 875 total points. The 27-year-old is the 13th player in NBA history to win back-to-back MVPs.

(McKinney, TX) -- The PGA Tour is in the Lone Star State for this weekend's AT&T Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch. K.H. Lee is the defending champion after winning last year's tournament with a 25 under par. Lee will be joined by Jordan Spieth and Scottie Scheffler for the first round, which gets going on Thursday. Brooks Koepka will not be participating in the tournament after he withdrew from the event on Wednesday. The PGA Tour did not disclose the reason for Koepka's withdrawal. Harry Higgs, Kelly Kraft, and Wyndham Clark will be among the first group of players teeing off the tournament.

(Undated) -- The Lakers are being given permission by the Warriors to interview one of their assistant coaches. According to ESPN, Los Angeles will meet with Golden State assistant coach Kenny Atkinson for the franchise's head coaching job. Atkinson spent three-plus seasons as head coach of the Brooklyn Nets and is completing his first season as an assistant on Steve Kerr's staff. Atkinson has also emerged as a candidate in the Charlotte Hornets' search. The Lakers fired Frank Vogel after a 33-and-49 season left them out of the playoffs.

(Undated) -- The Grizzlies aren't going down without a big fight and Jrue Holiday is proving he might actually be the best defender on the planet in NBA Playoff action. Memphis led by as many as 55 before obliterating the Warriors 134-95 in Game Five in Memphis without Ja [[ JAH ]] Morant. The Warriors still lead the series 3-2. In Boston, Bucks guard Jrue Holiday stripped Defensive Player of the Year Marcus Smart in the waning seconds as Milwaukee defeated the Celtics 110-107 to take a 3-2 series lead. Tonight, the Suns look to close out the Mavericks in Dallas, and the Heat look to finish off the 76ers in Philadelphia.

ON THE PREP BASEBALL DIAMOND YESTERDAY, SUMMIT AND MT. VIEW PLAYED AN EXTRA INNING, BUT IN THE STORM ERUPTED FOR 6-RUNS IN THE 8TH INNING TO DEFEAT THE COUGARS, 8-2.

THE WIN GIVES SUMMIT A FULL GAME LEAD OVER BEND FOR THE 'MOUNTAIN VALLEY CONFERENCE' WITH JUST TWO GAMES TO PLAY IN THE REGULAR SEASON, AND TODAY BEND TRAVELS TO MEET SOUTH SALEM.

SUMMIT CLOSES OUT LEAGUE PLAY AT THIRD-PLACE SPRAGUE ON FRIDAY. MT. VIEW HOSTS A TWINBILL FRIDAY WITH SOUTH SALEM AND FINISHES NEXT TUESDAY AT BEND WITH PLAYOFF IMPLICATIONS ON THE LINE.

ELSEWHERE, BOTH REDMOND AND RIDGEVIEW SUFFERED ROAD LOSSES YESTERDAY. THE PANTHERS WERE EDGED BY LEAGUE-LEADING HOOD RIVER, 2-1, AND THE RAVENS WERE OUTSCORED 11-8 AT PENDLETON.

REDMOND AND RIDGEVIEW FINISH CONFERENCE PLAY FACING EACH OTHER IN A 3-GAME SERIES THAT BEGINS FRIDAY WITH REDMOND HOSTING A DOUBLEHEADER WITH THE RAVENS. 

REDMOND AND RIDGEVIEW HAVE A CHANCE TO FINISH AS HIGH AS 2ND-PLACE AND EARN A HOME PLAYOFF GAME DEPENDING ON THE OUTCOME OF THE RIVALRY SERIES.

IN OTHER GAMES, 3RD RANKED NORTH MARION TURNED BACK MADRAS, 9-TO-1.

LAPINE BLANKED CRESWELL, 10-ZIP , AND CULVER WAS SHUTOUT KENNEDY, 2-ZIP.

IN COLLEGE BALL, OREGON STATE BLANKED THE UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND IN A NON-LEAGUE GAME IN CORVALLIS LAST NIGHT, 4-TO-NOTHING.

THE BEAVERS HEAD TO TUCSON FRIDAY OWNING THE PAC-12 LEAGUE AND FACING THE WILDCATS IN A 3-GAME SERIES.

MEANTIME, OREGON DROPPED THEIR 6TH-STRAIGHT GAME AS U-C SAN DIEGO QUIETED THE DUCKS, 3-ZIP.

OREGON LOOKS TO SNAP OUT OF THINGS WITH A 4PM GAME TODAY AGAIN MEETING THE TRITONS BEFORE TRAVELING TO PLAY AT ARIZONA STATE THIS WEEKEND.

IN LOS ANGELES LAST NIGHT, THE PORTLAND TIMBERS LOST 2-ZIP TO LOS ANGELES-FC IN THE ROUND OF 32 OF THE US OPEN CUP.

SATURDAY NIGHT, PORTLAND ENTERTAINS KANSAS CITY IN MLS PLAY.

IN NAIA SOFTBALL, THE NATIONAL REGIONALS ARE SET TO BEGIN MONDAY, AND CASCADE COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE CHAMPION OREGON TECH TAKES ON COTTEY COLLEGE OF MISSOURI IN ONE OPENING ROUND GAME, WHILE WILLIAM-JESSUP PLAYS (rye-oh) RIO GRANDE OF OHIO.

SOUTHERN OREGON, THE DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMPIONS WHO WERE KNOCKED OUT OF THE LEAGUE TOURNAMENT LAST WEEKEND IN TWO GAMES, HOSTS A REGIONAL BRACKET IN MEDFORD.

SOU MEETS TAYLOR, INDIANA MONDAY, AND EMBRY-RIDDLE OF ARIZONA FACES GRANDVIEW.

ON THE ICE TONIGHT AT THE GLASS PALACE IN PORTLAND, THE M-C, MEMORIAL COLISEUM, THE PORTLAND WINTERHAWKS LOOK TO TAKE A 3-ZIP SERIES LEAD OVER SEATTLE IN THE 2ND-ROUND OF THE WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS.

(Corvallis, OR) - Number two Oregon State baseball blanked Portland 4-0 last night to extend their winning streak to seven games. The Beavers are back on the road this weekend as they visit Arizona on Friday night to open the series.

(Portland, OR) -- The Portland Trail Blazers are naming Joe Cronin as the organization's eleventh general manager. Cronin has been serving in an interim role since Neil Olshey was fired last year. Cronin has worked for the Blazers 16 years. He started as an intern and worked his way up through a variety of front office jobs. The team says he has extensive knowledge of the salary cap, proven management skills, and player contract expertise.

(Portland, OR) -- Portland Trail Blazers forward Nassir Little underwent surgery to repair a core muscle injury in his abdomen. The Blazers say the surgery was performed by Doctor William Meyers at the Vincera Institute in Philadelphia and it was successful. Little is expected to make a full recovery and it shouldn't impact his return to play timeline related to his February shoulder surgery.

IN HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL THIS AFTERNOON, MT. VIEW HOSTS LEAGUE-LEADING SUMMIT WITH THE COUGARS LOOKING TO GAIN SOME PLAYOFF TRACTION AIMING FOR A WIN FOR A CHANCE TO MOVE INTO A 3RD-PLACE TIE WITH JUST THREE CONFERENCE GAMES TO PLAY IN THE REGULAR SEASON.

11TH RANKED SUMMIT HAS WON SIX STRAIGHT LEAGUE GAMES, AND BEAT MT. VIEW IN THEIR MEETING LAST MONTH, 7-TO-4.

ELSEWHERE...IN THE 5A 'IMC' REDMOND HOSTS LEAGUE LEADER HOOD RIVER WHILE RIDGEVIEW TRAVELS TO FACE 2ND-PLACE PENDLETON. CROOK COUNTY HOSTS THE DALLES.

IN 4A ACTION, MADRAS PLAYS AT 3RD-RANKED NORTH MARION JUST OUTSIDE OF CANBY. 

AND, IN THE 1A/2A DIVISION, CULVER ENTERTAINS TOP-RATED KENNEDY OF MT. ANGEL IN GAME-1 OF THE FINAL REGULAR SEASON 3-GAME SERIES. THE HOMETOWN BULLDOGS NEED TWO WINS TO FORCE A TIEBREAKER FOR THE CONFERENCE CROWN.
 

IN COLLEGE BASEBALL, THREE OUT OF THE SIX NCAA POLLS HAVE OREGON STATE RANKED #1 IN THE COUNTRY AHEAD OF TENNESSEE.

THE 38-AND-9 AND PAC-12 LEADING BEAVERS HAVE WON 11 OF THEIR LAST 12 GAMES, AND GREET THE UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND IN A NON-LEAGUE GAME TONIGHT IN CORVALLIS AT 535PM.

YOU CAN WATCH OR LISTEN TO THE BEAVERS ONLINE AT 'OSU BEAVERS dot COM.'

MEANTIME, OREGON, COMING OFF A SWEEP AT OSU, WILL TRY TO SNAP A 6-GAME LOSING SKID WHEN THEY HOST U-C SAN DIEGO TONIGHT AT 6, AND AGAIN TOMORROW AT 2PM.

DUCK FANS CAN FOLLOW THE NON-LEAGUE MINI-SERIES ONLINE AT 'GO DUCKS dot COM.'

BOTH THE BEAVS AND DUCKS JUMP BACK IN TO LEAGUE PLAY THIS WEEKEND IN THE DESERT WITH OREGON STATE PLAYING AT ARIZONA, AND OREGON VISITING ARIZONA STATE.

THE PORTLAND TIMBERS ARE IN LOS ANGELES TONIGHT FOR AN 'U.S. OPEN CUP' MATCH AGAINST LA-FC. KICKOFF IS SET FOR 730 AT THE BANC OF CALIFORNIA STADIUM AND TELEVISED ON ESPN+.

PORTLAND RESUMES M-L-S PLAY SATURDAY WHEN THEY HOST KANSAS CITY.

(Seattle, WA) -- The Seattle Mariners managed just four hits in a 9-0 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies at T-Mobile Park. Chris Flexen was tagged with the loss after giving up six runs on nine hits in five innings. Mariners pitchers combined to allow 17 hits in the losing effort. Julio Rodriguez was the team's lone bright spot, as he went three-for-four with a double. Seattle falls to 13-and-17 and will send Robbie Ray to the mound against Philadelphia tonight.

(Los Angeles, CA) -- The Portland Timbers take on Los Angeles FC in the US Open Cup at Banc of California Stadium tonight. Portland is coming off a 1-1 draw against the New York Red Bulls on Saturday. The Timbers are in tenth place in the Western Conference with two wins, six draws, and three losses for 12 points. Tonight's match will start at 7:30PM.

(New York, NY) -- The 2022 NHL Draft Lottery is being held tonight. The league has new changes to the format that limits the number of slots a team can move up from their regular season standings. All clubs are now only eligible to move up 10 spots in the draft order, with the bottom 11 teams having a chance at the number one overall pick. The Montreal Canadiens have the best odds at obtaining the top pick at 18.5 percent. The Arizona Coyotes, Seattle Kraken, Philadelphia Flyers, and New Jersey Devils round out the rest of the bottom five teams from the regular season.

(Edmonton, AB) -- The Kings are on the road for a pivotal Game Five tonight. Los Angeles will take on the Edmonton Oilers as the two sides continue their first round series. The series is tied 2-2.

(Anaheim, CA) -- The Angels brought the bats to the plate in an 11-3 win over the Rays at home. Shohei Ohtani hit two home runs including a grand slam for Los Angeles. The Angels improve to 20-and-11 on the season.

(Pittsburgh, PA) -- It was a tough night on the road for the Dodgers. Los Angeles fell 5-1 at the Pirates. Julio Urias allowed two runs over six innings in the loss. Edwin Rios homered for the Dodgers. Los Angeles falls to 19-and-8.

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.

IN THE PAC-12, OREGON STATE WON THE WEEKEND RIVALRY SERIES SWEEPING THE DUCKS THREE GAMES IN CORVALLIS INCLUDING YESTERDAY'S 4-TO-NOTHING SHUTOUT WIN.

2ND RANKED OREGON STATE IMPROVES TO 39-AND-9 HOSTS PORTLAND TOMORROW.

OREGON, NOW 28-AND-20, ENTERTAINS U-C SAN DIEGO TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY.

IN SMALL COLLEGE BASEBALL, THE NAIA CASCADE COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT IN LEWISTON BEGINS TODAY WITH COLLEGE OF IDAHO FACING BRITISH COLUMBIA AND LEAGUE CHAMPION AND TOURNEY HOST LEWIS-CLARK TAKES ON CORBAN UNIVERSITY OF SALEM.

IN PAC-12 SOFTBALL PLAY...THE LADY DUCKS OF OREGON FINISHED THE REGULAR SEASON TAKING 2 OF 3 AT STANFORD AND WILL AWAIT AN AT-LARGE BID IN THE NCAA REGIONALS.

THE LADY DUCKS ARE 31-AND-18.

OREGON STATE FINISHES CONFERENCE PLAY STARTING THURSDAY HOSTING UTAH.

MEANTIME, IN SMALL COLLEGE CASCADE COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT ACTION IN KLAMATH FALLS, TOP-RANKED AND TOURNEY HOST OREGON TECH NOTCHED A WALK-OFF WIN VIA AN ERROR IN THE LEAGUE TITLE GAME YESTERDAY.

OIT EDGED COLLEGE OF IDAHO 1-TO-NOTHING, AND WILL HOST A 'NAIA REGIONAL' NEXT WEEKEND.

SOUTHERN OREGON, THE DEFENDING NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, WERE ELIMINATED IN 2-GAMES IN THE LEAGUE TOURNEY, BUT GETS A BID TO THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT AS THEY HOST ONE OF THE REGIONALS, ALSO, LATER THIS WEEK.

IN SOCCER...THE PORTLAND TIMBERS PLAYED TO A DRAW AT NEW YORK SATURDAY AGAINST THE RED BULLS. THE TIMBERS PLAY LA-FC TOMORROW NIGHT IN L-A IN A 'U-S OPEN CUP' MATCH.

ON THE ICE, THE PORTLAND WINTERHAWKS TAKE A 2-ZIP LEAD OVER THE SEATTLE THUNDERBIRDS IN THE WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE CONFERENCE BEST-OF-7 SEMIFINALS AFTER THE HAWKS POSTED A 2-1 HOME WIN YESTERDAY. THE PLAYOFF SERIES REMAINS IN PORTLAND FOR GAME-3 WEDNESDAY NIGHT.