New 'hybrid' league unites area's larger high schools
Last modified: October 26. 2009 2:53PM PST
PORTLAND -- It is finally official.
After more than a year of meetings and public testimony, the Oregon
School Activities Association today finalized its league alignments for
high school athletics for the next four-year time block at the OSAA's
executive board meeting in Portland.
Starting with the 2010-11 school year, Central Oregon high schools
Redmond, Bend, Mountain View, Summit and Crook County will make up a
five-team "hybrid" league. Redmond will remain a Class 6A school, the
three Bend schools will stay at 5A, and Crook County will compete as a
4A school.
Madras -- which is currently a member of the Class 5A Intermountain
Conference with Bend, Mountain View, Summit, Crook County, The
Dalles-Wahtonka, Pendleton and Hermiston -- will move to Class 4A and
compete in the newly created Tri-Valley Conference with Estacada,
Gladstone, La Salle, Mollala and North Marion.
Sisters and La Pine will remain in the 4A Sky-Em League with current
Sky-Em schools Cottage Grove, Elmira and Junction City and soon-to-be
member Sweet Home.
Regarding other Central Oregon high schools, Culver stays put in the
Class 2A Tri-River Conference, Gilchrist will continue to compete in the
Class 1A Mountain Valley League, and Central Christian will stay in the
1A Big Sky League.
For more information, read The Bulletin's story in Tuesday's sports section in print and at www.bendbulletin.com/sports.
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