PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon 6A boys basketball quarterfinals tipped off Wednesday, with eight teams vying for the championship. The championship game is Saturday. Here’s a look at the results from Wednesday’s four quarterfinal games:
Tualatin 54, Beaverton 43: Tualatin, the top seed in the 6A playoffs, got out to a quick start and didn’t look back in a 54-43 win (box score) against eighth-seeded Beaverton. Tualatin led 25-12 after the first quarter and 32-16 at halftime. Malik Ross led Tualatin with 22 points and Josiah Lake added 13 points and nine rebounds. Aidan Rice scored 13 points and Trevon Hamilton added 11 for Beaverton. Tualatin will play West Linn on Friday in the championship semifinal round while Beaverton will play South Medford Thursday in the consolation semifinal.
West Linn 56, South Medford 39: Fifth-seeded West Linn opened the game on a 12-0 run and never looked back, dominating fourth-seeded South Medford in a 56-39 win (box score). Oregon commit Jackson Shelstad scored 26 points to lead West Linn. Zeke Viuhkola added 16 points. South Medford was paced by Boden Howell's 16 points. West Linn will play Tualatin on Friday in the championship semifinal round. South Medford will play Beaverton Thursday in the consolation semifinal.
Mountainside 66, Cleveland 56, OT: Mountainside, the 11 seed, stunned third-seeded Cleveland 66-56 in overtime (box score), advancing to the state semifinals for the first time in school history. Cleveland's Christian Green hit a shot at the buzzer in regulation to send the game to overtime but Mountainside controlled the game in overtime, pulling away for the victory. Mountainside had five players score in double figures. Dimitri Cohen had 17, Dylan Westlake scored 15, Dezman Baker had 13, Brayden Boe scored 11 and Quinn Haveman finished with 10. Cleveland was paced by Green's 17 points and Jackson Cooper scored 13. Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard was in attendance at the game. Mountainside will play second-seeded Summit on Friday in the championship semifinal round. Cleveland will play Roosevelt Thursday in the consolation semifinal.
Summit 65, Roosevelt 64: Summit's Julian Mora rebounded his own missed free throw and scored on a putback at the buzzer to lead undefeated Summit to the semifinals with a 65-64 win (box score) against Roosevelt. Summit was paced by Mora's 17 points and Caden Harris and Carson Cox both scored 16. For Roosevelt, Terrence Hill led the way 22 points and Utrillo Morris scored 16. Second-seeded Summit will play No. 11 seed Mountainside on Friday in the championship semifinal round. No. 7 seed Roosevelt will play third-seeded Cleveland Thursday in the consolation semifinal.
5A quarterfinals
The Oregon 5A boys basketball quarterfinals tipped off Wednesday, with eight teams vying for the championship. The championship game is Saturday. Here’s a look at the results from Wednesday’s four quarterfinal games:
Silverton 49, Crescent Valley 47: Silverton's Ryan Redman-Brown and Jordan McCarty both scored 16 points to lead fourth-seeded Silverton to the close victory against No. 5 seed Crescent Valley (box score). Neil Efimov added 10 points for Silverton. Jake Leibelt scored 14 points and Noah Dewey and Cooper Wakefield each had 10 to lead Crescent Valley. Silverton will play Redmond in the championship semifinals on Friday. Crescent Valley will play Ashland in the consolation semifinals on Thursday.
Wilsonville 64, Crater 58: Third-seeded Wilsonville held off No. 6 seed Crater (box score) to advance to the semifinals. Five players scored in double figures for Wilsonville. Tristan Davis and Kallen Gutridge led the way with 13 points each, Maxim Wu added 12 and Logan Thebiay and Enzo Chimeinti each scored 11. Caden Lasater scored 14 points, Tate Broesder had 13 and Kadin Price added 11 for Crater. Wilsonville will play Churchill in the championship semifinals on Friday. Crater will play Eagle Point in the consolation semifinals on Thursday.
Redmond 51, Ashland 37: Garrett Osborne scored 28 points to lead top-seeded Redmond to victory (box score) against eighth-seeded Ashland. Egan Shields led Ashland with 16 points. Redmond will play Silverton in the championship semifinals on Friday. Ashland will play Crescent Valley in the consolation semifinals on Thursday.
Churchill 66, Eagle Point 52: Samaje Morgan had 38 points and 10 assists to lead No. 2 seed Churchill to the win (box score) against seventh-seeded Eagle Point. Cooper Case added 16 points and Bugsy Jensen scored 10 for Churchill. Eagle Point was led by Alejandro Redondo and Tommy Johnson, who each scored 11 points. Churchill plays Wilsonville in the championship semifinals on Friday. Eagle Point plays Crater in the consolation semifinals on Thursday.
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