Photos from Winter 2008 high school and youth basketball and wrestling.
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OSAA 6A & 5A Basketball

Clackamas 72 - Westview 62  Breanna Baker of Clackamas drives for the layup during the third quarter of he team's pre-season victory over Westerview.  Photo © John Lariviere for the Clackamas Review


Clackamas 72 - Westview 62  Jackie Nared (center) of Westview battles Clackamas' Becky Buhler (25) for a rebound during the third quarter. Photo © John Lariviere for the Clackamas Review


La Salle 69 - Central 29  Tahir Mahmood of La Salle (right) passes the ball off after wrestling it from Central’s Jonathan Myrie (left) in the second quarter of La Salle's 69-29 pre-season victory over Central.  Photo © John Lariviere for the Clackamas Review


La Salle 69 - Central 29  Tyler West (20) of La Salle is fouled by Central’s Alex King (24) as he drives for a lay-up in the third quarter.  Photo © John Lariviere for the Clackamas Review

Sherwood 58 - The Dalles-Wahtonka 36  Jonny Howard 24 of Sherwood lays up past the defense of The Dalles-Wahtonka's Kevin Keys to extend Sherwood’s lead to 58-35 with three minutes remaining in the game.  Photo © John Lariviere for the Tigard-Tualatin-Sherwood Times

Sherwood 58 - The Dalles-Wahtonka 38  Dallis Raynor of Sherwood flies over the back of The Dalles-Wahtonka's Kole Krieger to pick up a foul late in the fourth quarter.  Photo © John Lariviere
 
Clackamas 69 - Rex Putnam 54  Ali Mihub of Rex Putnam lays up for two points to help his team jump out to an early lead in the first quarter.  Rex Putnam could not hold on to their first half lead as Clackamas took over in the second half for a 69-54 win.  Photo © John Lariviere

Clackamas 69 - Rex Putnam 54  Curtis Papenfuss (22) is fouled from behind on his lay-up attempt in the third quarter by Rex Putnam’s Robby Rivers (42).  Photo © John Lariviere for the Clackamas Review

Oregon City 72 - Milwuakie 43  Sam Schafer and Alex Seigal (top l to r) of Oregon City battle Milwaukie’s David McVeigh and Brandon Delestatious (bottom l to r) for a loose ball during the first quarter of Oregon City's 72-43 victory.  Photo © John Lariviere for the Oregon City News


Oregon City 72 - Milwaukie 43  Brad Tinsley of Oregon City shoots a flying jumper as drives the lane during the second quarter.  Tinsely led all scorers with 25 points on the night.  Photo © John Lariviere for the Portland Tribune

Oregon City 72 - Milwaukie 43  Brad Tinsley of Oregon City blasts past the defense of Milwaukie’s Travis Anders (3), Jon Opperund (44) and Davey Snyder (32) as he shoots after driving the lane during the second quarter of his team's 72-43 win over Milwaukie.  Photo © John Lariviere for the Clackamas Review
 
Metro League Wrestling
Westview 57 - Beaverton 13  Brett Gray of Beaverton grimaces in pain as he tries to find a way out of a headlock from Westview's Tim Sipes at the two battle during their 135 pound match.  Sipes defeated Gray with a pin in just under four minutes.  Photo © John Lariviere for the Beaverton Valley Times
Westview 57 - Beaverton 13  Eric Van Wagoner (top) of Westview holds an offensive position over Beaverton's Angel Alvarez (bottom) during their 112 pound match which he went on to win by decision.   Photo © John Lariviere for the Beaverton Valley Times
Westview 57 - Beaverton 13  Austin Thompson of Beaverton pulls Westview's Zach Reser off his feet during their 145 pound match.  Thompson went on to defeat Reser with a 6-4 decision.  Photo © John Lariviere for the Beaverton Valley Times

Westview 57 - Beaverton 13  Chase Byers (right) of Westview muscles for control against Beaverton's Adam Schwander (left) during their 215 pound match.  Schwander defeated Byers with a fall in the third round.  Photo © John Lariviere for the Beaverton Valley Times
OSAA Wrestling Championships

OSAA 4A Wrestling Championships  Austin Kelly (top) of Cascade looks to the official for confirmation as he works to pin Nick Pitts (bottom) of Sweet Home.  Kelly defeated Pitts to take fifth place in individual scoring.  Both wrestlers help their teams place well in team scoring as Sweet Home took third in the 4A division and Cascade placed fifth. Photo © John Lariviere
OSAA 3A Wrestling Championships  Kelsey Carl (top) of Gold Beach works for a pin against James Town (bottom) during their third round of their 3A third place match in the 112 pound class.  Town was able to recover and win a 19-11 decision.  Photo © John Lariviere


OSAA 4A Wrestling Championships  James Martin (left) of Scappoose makes the first move against his opponent Seth Honl (right) of Tillamook during the early going of their championship match in the 130 pound class.  Martin won an
8-7 decision over Honl to claim the 4A crown and each contributed to place their schools in the top two of the team scoring with Tillamook taking the state 4A title and Scappoose placing second.  Photo © John Lariviere
 

OSAA 4A Wrestling Championships  James Martin (top) of Scappoose works to hold control over Seth Honl of Tillamook during their 130 pound championship match.  Martin claimed the 4A state individual title in his class with an 8-7 victory over Honl.  Photo © John Lariviere


OSAA 6A Wrestling Championships  RJ Pena (left) of Sprague works to roll Aaron Farwell (right) of Milwaukie in the third round of their 6A championship match in the 140 pound class.  Pena, a junior at Sprague, won his third straight state title with a convincing 10-0 decision.  Photo © John Lariviere


OSAA 4A Wrestling Championships  Bubba Owens (right) of Tillamook drives against the power of North Marion's Levi Cooper (left) during their 4A championship match in the 285 pound class.  Owens won a 5-2 decision to claim the 4A individual title and was twice crowned as Tillamook won the 4A team title.  Photo © John Lariviere

OSAA 4A Wrestling Championship  Zach Clark (bottom) of Cascade rolls Molalla's Adam Hayner in the second round of their 112 pound championship match.  Clark won the 4A individual title with a 6-1 decision.  Photo © John Lariviere

OSAA 3A Wrestling Championships  Brendan Palmer (top) of Burns has a hold on Brandon Linton of Willamina in the second round of their 3A 125 pound championship match.  Linton was able to pull out of the position and went on to win the 3A individual title with a 3-2 decision.  Photo © John Lariviere

OSAA 4A Wrestling Championships  Jesse Swift (left) of Illinois Valley has Philomath's Matt Hill moments away from the fall which gave him the 4A individual title in the 160 pound class.  Photo © John Lariviere

OSAA 5A Wrestling Championships  As his family and friends celebrate and wave a Hawaii state flag from the stands, Shaun Palakiko of Cleveland celebrates his 8-2 decision over Tyrel Albert of Crook County giving him the 5A 285 pound individual championship.  Photo © John Lariviere

OSAA 5A Wrestling Championships  Shaun Palakiko stands proud atop the championship podium donning a lei representing his Hawaiian heritage after winning the 5A 285 pound class individual championship.  On Palakiko's left is his opponent Tyrel Albert from Crook County and third place winner Troy Mora of Hillsboro is on Palakiko's right.  Photo © John Lariviere
 
OSAA 6A Wrestling Championships  State 5A individual champion in the 285 pound class, Shaun Palakiko is congratulated by his family, a.k.a. "Team Palakiko," after the awards ceremony.  Photo © John Lariviere

Youth Basketball
Sourthridge Youth Basketball  Action from the sixth grade bracket of the Southridge Youth Tournament as Southridge Red (wearing white) squares off against Southridge Gold (wearing red).  Photo © John Lariviere

Southridge Youth Basketball  A Southridge Red player drives against Westview's defense during the Southridge Youth Basketball Tournament.  Photo © John Lariviere

Southridge Youth Basketball  A Southridge Red player goes take to the air for a lay-up against a Westview defender during the Southridge Youth Basketball Tournament.  Photo © John Lariviere

Southridge Youth Basketball  A Southridge Red player drives for a lay-up against a Sunset defender during the Southridge Youth Basketball Tournament.  Photo © John Lariviere

Southridge Youth Basketball  A Southridge Red guard (wearing white) and a Southridge Gold (wearing red) guard go for a lose ball during the Southridge Youth Basketball Tournament.  Photo © John Lariviere
 OSAA 6A & 5A Basketball

Oregon City 63 - Lake Oswego 40  Sam Schafer (3) of Oregon City slams home a dunk in the final minute of play of the third quarter for two of his 16 points.  Photo © John Lariviere for the Oregon City News


Oregon City 63 - Lake Oswego 40  Bryce Kinney of Oregon City (13) keeps the ball alive as he tips an offensive rebound out to guard Brad Tinsley during the second quarter of his team's 63-40 win over Lake Oswego.  Photo © John Lariviere for the Oregon City News
 

Oregon City 72 - West Linn 51  Bryce Kinney (11) of Oregon City skies over West Linn’s Jeff Bush (20) for a lay-in during the third quarter of the Pioneers' 72-51victory.  Photo © John Lariviere for the Oregon City News

Oregon City 71 - West Linn 51  Brad Tinsley (4) of Oregon City beats West Linn’s Jeff Bush (20) for a lay-up for two of his 23 points as his team cruised to a 71-51 win over the Lions.  Photo © John Lariviere for the Oregon City News

Oregon City 71 - Beaverton 57  Jordan Railey (35) of Beaverton muscles in two points over Oregon City's Sam Schafer (left) in the fourth quarter.  Photo © John Lariviere
 

Oregon City 71 - Beaverton 57  Sam Shafer (3) of Oregon City uses the reach of his 6'-9" frame to block the shot of Beaverton's Kevin Macpherson (13) during the second quarter of the Pioneers' 71-57 pre-season win on Beaverton's court.  Photo © John Lariviere


Oregon City 71 - Beaverton 57  Tyler Kirchhofer (11) of Oregon City draws a foul from Beaverton's Kevin Macpherson (13) on the tail end of a fast break during the second quarter of the Pioneers' 71-57 victory over the Beavers.  Photo © John Lariviere

Oregon City 71 - Beaverton 57  Davis Deangelo of Beaverton leads a third quarter fast break for the Beavers.  Photo © John Lariviere

Westview 55 - Beaverton 49  Jackie Nared (right) of Westview drives against Beaverton's Ariel Shaw (left) during the second quarter of the Wildcat's 55-49 victory on the Beavers' home court.  Photo © John Lariviere
 
Westview 55 - Beaverton 49  Jenna Drichevsky (behind) of Beaverton skies over Westview's Sara Clark (33) a two point jumper during the third quarter.  Photo © John Lariviere

Westview 55 - Beaverton 49  Erin McNeal of Beaverton (right) dives over Westview's Kelley Pullin (left) during a scramble for a loose ball.  Photo © John Lariviere

Gladstone 46 - La Salle 43  Deuford Adams of Gladstone hits for two points to pull Gladstone within three points late in the fourth quarter as Gladstone shocked La Salle with a 46-43 come-from-behind victory.  Photo © John Lariviere for the Clackamas Review
Gladstone 46 - La Salle 43  Willie Novak (15) hits for two points in the lane over Gladstone's Andy Applebee (4) during the third quarter.  Photo © John Lariviere for the Clackamas Review
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