McKenzie Sports Report - November 14

McKenzie Varsity Sports Schedule This Week

The McKenzie Varsity 2024 Fall Sports season has concluded. There are no contests scheduled this week.

The McKenzie School District will hold its annual Fall Sports/Academics Awards Banquet on Tuesday, November 12, at 5:30 pm in the High School cafeteria. Both High School and Middle School academic and athletic achievements will be honored.

Will Meister Finishes 52nd At State

Will Meister was McKenzie’s lone qualifier to the OSAA 2A/1A State Cross Country Championships held at Lane Community College last Saturday, November 9. The Eagle junior, in his first State meet finished 52nd out of a field of 95 participants and posted a time of 18:54.0 minutes in the 2A/1A Boys 5,000 meters race. That time was a bit slower than the Personal Record mark, 18:18.5 min., Meister set the week prior, October 31, in the 3A/2A/1A District 4 Championships also held at LCC.

Curtis Heier, representing Illinois Valley, won the State title with a fine time of 16:31.3 minutes. Wyatt Jacobson from Knappa finished second in 16:35.1 min.

Union High School won the 2024 Boys team title and blue trophy. The Bobcats placed runners in the 3rd, 4th,7th, 18th, 22nd, 34th, and 46th finishes. Union earned 41 points while Knappa finished a close second with 44 points. Bandon was a distant third with 122 points.

In the 3A/2A/1A Girls 5,000 meters Championship race, Daisy Lalonde of East Linn Christian took top honors with a time of 18:07.8 minutes. Lauren Tittel from Oregon Episcopal finished second in 18:23.8 minutes.

The Oregon Episcopal team also finished first in the team competition, earning 79 points. Enterprise finished a close second with 82 points and Union was back a bit in third with 126 points on the day.

Siuslaw’s Clayton Wilson won the individual 3A Boys Championship race, running the 5,000 meters in 15:37.8 minutes. Jett Leavitt of Enterprise followed him in second with a finish time of 15:41.0 min. In 3A Boys team competition, Banks and Valley Catholic both earned 79 points and a tiebreaker based on scoring order and individual time differences earned Banks the first place trophy. Siuslaw earned third place with 97 points.

Six-man Football State Championships

The Quarterfinals Round of the 2024 OSAA/OnPoint Community Credit Union 1A(6) Football State Championships is set. Top-ranked Powers will meet 8th ranked Joseph at Powers Friday, November 15. Fourth ranked North Lake will host 5th ranked South Wasco County on Saturday, November 16. The winners of the two above contests will meet in Semi-final Round on November 22-23.

On the other side of the bracket, 2nd ranked Harper Charter toes up to 7th ranked Echo, at Harper, on Friday, November 15. The following day, 3rd ranked Eddyville Charter hosts 6th ranked Prairie City/Burnt River and that game will be played at Toledo High School. The two winners of these games will meet in Semi-final action on November 22-23.