Powers takes 1A (6) Prep Football Championship

The unbeaten, top-ranked, No. 1 seed Powers Cruisers, anchored by six-seniors, won the 1A (6) OSAA OnPoint Community Credit Union State Football Championship at Caldera HS (Bend), Saturday, 32-13 over No. 2 seed Harper Charter (Malheur Co.). Tied at 13-13 at the half, the Cruisers put their foot down, literally, in the second-half. Powers did not throw a single pass over the final 24-minutes and instead relied on the feet of Jayce Shorb and Rene Sears to swing the game’s momentum and lead to the Cruisers advantage. Shorb, the power back, had 178-yards on 22-carries, while the shifty Sears ran for 146-yards on 23-carries. Powers outgained Harper Charter 205 to 44 over the third and fourth quarters to bag the school’s first state championship since 1998.

Prep fb finals

The two prep football teams that met for the 2023 4A OSAA OnPoint Community Credit Union State Championship, were there again this year in the final game of the 2024 season, Saturday, at Medford’s Spiegelberg Stadium. The result was flipped. Marist Catholic (Eugene) lost to Henley (Klamath Falls) last year, but the Spartans came back this year and downed the top-ranked Hornets 30-6. It was an all-Eastern Oregon final in the 3A classification at Summit HS (Bend) as No. 11 seed Burns beat No. 4 seed Vale, 42-16 for the crown. In the 2A ranks at Cottage Grove, it was a battle of two unbeaten teams. No. 5 seed St. Paul beat No. 2 seed Oakland, 28-20. In the 1A (8) at Summit HS, top-ranked Adrian downed North Douglas (Drain), 66-12. Among the State’s larger schools, West Linn redeemed an earlier league loss to Lake Oswego by downing the Lakers 44-30 in the 6A Open classification, Friday, at Hillsboro Stadium. In the 6A, at Fred Spiegelberg Stadium, Saturday, in Medford, it was North Medford 31 and South Medford 13 in a championship matchup between the two “Black & Blue” rivals. Wilsonville repeated as 5A champions with a 56-35 win, Friday, over Mtn. View (Bend) at Hillsboro Stadium.