Prep BBXB – SkyEm Lg.

Marshfield tied Junction City for first-place in the 2025-26 Sky-Em League boys’ basketball race. Both finished with 9-3 records, but the Tigers beat the Pirates in two-out-of-three-games to nail down the No. 1 seed for the upcoming OSAA/OnPoint Community Credit Union 4A Basketball Tournament. Marist Catholic (8-4, 16-7), finished third, Cottage Grove (3-9, 5-19) fourth, and North Bend (1-11, 6-19) fifth. Friday night was the end of the regular season. Marshfield won at North Bend, 71-61, and Cottage Grove fell at Marist Catholic, 67-44. JC had a bye. The OSAA 4A Rankings will freeze, Tuesday night, March 3rd. Currently, Newport (19-4) is No. 1, followed by Scappoose (18-5), Molalla (19-5), Madras (18-5), St. Helens (17-5) at No. 5, followed by the three Sky-Em League teams in a complete flip on how they finished in league: Marist Catholic (16-7) is No. 6, Marshfield (15-9) is No. 7, and Junction City (18-7) is No. 8. The top eight is dominated by the three SkyEm League teams and the two Cowapa League teams on the North Coast. Following the freeze, the bracket will be set leading up to the 4A State Tournament for the boys and girls at Forest Grove High School, March 12-14.

Prep BBXB – OR West Conf./Cowapa Lg.

Newport (8-2, 19-4) won the Oregon West Boys’ Conference Basketball Title over Philomath (7-3, 13-9). Stayton (5-5, 12-11) finished third. On the North Coast, Cowapa Lg.: St. Helens (10-2) took first and is the No. 1 seed, Scappoose (9-3, 18-5) is the No. 2 seed, Astoria (7-5, 16-9) is the third seed.

OSAA 2A Boys’ Prep BXB

In the 2A boys’ basketball Round 1 playoffs Friday, Bandon (16-10) lost at Lowell (22-5), 39-36. Toledo (14-13) lost at Portland Christian (27-0), 94-30. Western Christian (15-11) won at Knappa (21-7), 58-43. Nestucca (16-11) lost at Stanfield (18-7), 73-44. No. 1 Trinity Lutheran (25-1) beat Santiam (11-15), 84-50, to advance to the OSAA/OnPoint Community Credit Union 2A Boys’ Basketball Tournament at the Pendleton Convention Center, March 5-7, as the No. 1 seed.

OSAA 1A Boys’ Prep BXB

No. 1 Union needed everything it had and then some to advance to the OSAA/OnPoint Community Credit Union 1A Boys’ Basketball Tournament, March 5-7, at Baker City, Friday night. The Bobcats (26-2) beat No. 17 seed Rogue Valley Adventist (18-8), 79-77 to advance to the championship quarterfinal round to face No. 9 seed, Crosspoint Christian (22-7).