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OSAA committee releases final proposal
By John Gunther, Sports Editor
Friday, October 02, 2009 | No comments posted.
Barring a last-minute switch by the Oregon School Activities Association’s Executive Board, the sports leagues involving the South Coast will see little change next year.
The final proposal for the OSAA’s Classification and Districting Committee this week did not include any significant changes from the group’s previous proposal earlier in September.
As expected, the proposal headed for the Executive Board at its Oct. 26 meeting includes a new hybrid league concept designed to reduce travel and lost class time for schools in several areas.
Marshfield is part of a Class 6A-5A Midwestern hybrid that includes the traditional schools from the Midwestern League — Class 6A South Eugene, Sheldon and Thurston (up from Class 5A because of increased enrollment), along with Class 5A members Marshfield, Springfield, Churchill, North Eugene, Willamette and newcomer Marist.
The Sunset Conference, meanwhile, will be split next year with Rogue Valley members Rogue River and Cascade Christian part of a new Southern Oregon Class 3A-2A hybrid and Bandon, Reedsport, Coquille, Myrtle Point, Gold Beach and Glide part of a Class 3A-2A Sunset hybrid. Both Gold Beach and Reedsport are slated to become Class 2A schools.
Determining just how the playoffs shake out in the new hybrid concept will be the job of the OSAA Championship Committee.
The Class 4A Far West League remains unchanged with members North Bend, Brookings-Harbor, Siuslaw, Douglas, South Umpqua and Sutherlin.
The Class 1A Skyline League will see a few changes. Days Creek moves up to Class 2A, while a pair of private schools from Eugene — Lifegate Christian and Oak Hill Academy — join the league. Between them, the two schools have only offered volleyball and boys basketball as sports in the past.
Even though it is big enough to be a Class 2A school, Pacific remains in the league as long as OSAA’s Executive Board approves the concept of play-down requests that was created during the reclassification process. Pacific was the only school approved to play down a classification.
The biggest change in the new proposal affects schools on the east side of the Cascades.
Interstate-84 schools Hood River Valley, The Dalles-Wahtonka, Pendleton and Hermiston will be in a new league called the Columbia River Conference instead of in a Class 6A-5A hybrid in the Bend area.
The entire proposal can be seen at OSAA’s Web page, www.osaa.org.
The public can make comments by e-mail to peterw@osaa.org before the Oct. 26 meeting. The public also can make comments at the Executive Board’s meeting that day, scheduled for 9 a.m. at the Doubletree-Lloyd Center in Portland.
The Executive Board will act on the proposal, while the OSAA Delegate Assembly will approve the cut-off points and league quantities for the classifications during its meeting at 1 p.m.
The final proposal for the OSAA’s Classification and Districting Committee this week did not include any significant changes from the group’s previous proposal earlier in September.
As expected, the proposal headed for the Executive Board at its Oct. 26 meeting includes a new hybrid league concept designed to reduce travel and lost class time for schools in several areas.
Marshfield is part of a Class 6A-5A Midwestern hybrid that includes the traditional schools from the Midwestern League — Class 6A South Eugene, Sheldon and Thurston (up from Class 5A because of increased enrollment), along with Class 5A members Marshfield, Springfield, Churchill, North Eugene, Willamette and newcomer Marist.
The Sunset Conference, meanwhile, will be split next year with Rogue Valley members Rogue River and Cascade Christian part of a new Southern Oregon Class 3A-2A hybrid and Bandon, Reedsport, Coquille, Myrtle Point, Gold Beach and Glide part of a Class 3A-2A Sunset hybrid. Both Gold Beach and Reedsport are slated to become Class 2A schools.
Determining just how the playoffs shake out in the new hybrid concept will be the job of the OSAA Championship Committee.
The Class 4A Far West League remains unchanged with members North Bend, Brookings-Harbor, Siuslaw, Douglas, South Umpqua and Sutherlin.
The Class 1A Skyline League will see a few changes. Days Creek moves up to Class 2A, while a pair of private schools from Eugene — Lifegate Christian and Oak Hill Academy — join the league. Between them, the two schools have only offered volleyball and boys basketball as sports in the past.
Even though it is big enough to be a Class 2A school, Pacific remains in the league as long as OSAA’s Executive Board approves the concept of play-down requests that was created during the reclassification process. Pacific was the only school approved to play down a classification.
The biggest change in the new proposal affects schools on the east side of the Cascades.
Interstate-84 schools Hood River Valley, The Dalles-Wahtonka, Pendleton and Hermiston will be in a new league called the Columbia River Conference instead of in a Class 6A-5A hybrid in the Bend area.
The entire proposal can be seen at OSAA’s Web page, www.osaa.org.
The public can make comments by e-mail to peterw@osaa.org before the Oct. 26 meeting. The public also can make comments at the Executive Board’s meeting that day, scheduled for 9 a.m. at the Doubletree-Lloyd Center in Portland.
The Executive Board will act on the proposal, while the OSAA Delegate Assembly will approve the cut-off points and league quantities for the classifications during its meeting at 1 p.m.
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