Joe Zochert

1 month ago | oregonlive.com | Joe Zochert

La Salle Prep boys basketball narrowly survived to capture its first boys basketball championship in 39 years in a chaotic 57-56 victory over defending champion Summit on Saturday night. And the No. 9 Falcons (21-8) did it in probably the longest and gut-wrenching nine seconds of basketball. La Salle senior Paul Skoro was the center of attention with an offensive foul to start and a game-winning free throw to win the Class 5A championship at Linfield.

1 month ago | oregonlive.com | Joe Zochert

You couldn’t have scripted a better ending for the Crater girls basketball team to capture its first-ever Class 5A basketball title in a 64-58 overtime thriller that will surely be a storybook milestone for the program on Saturday afternoon. It was the perfect mix of the No. 1 Comets (28-1) redemption and exorcizing playoff demons to overcome a feisty No. 3 South Albany (24-5) that held a 45-36 lead with a little over six minutes left in the fourth quarter.

1 month ago | oregonlive.com | Joe Zochert

It took a last-second block from Kaylor Buse to give the West Linn girls basketball team the break it needed to finally survive the second round of the Class 6A playoffs on Friday night and advance to the Chiles Center. In the last three hectic seconds of the game, Buse gave a strong contest on Benson’s Samara Massey’s initial shot attempt on an inbounds pass before blocking the Astro at the buzzer to give the Lions the nail-biting 43-41 victory at Benson Tech.

2 months ago | oregonlive.com | Joe Zochert

WILSONVILLE — Every season has always had its own challenges for Wilsonville boys basketball coach Chris Roche. This year that has been retooling a Class 5A contender with a total of five seniors — three starters — graduated out of the program after losing in the 2024 state championship final.

Jan 10, 2025 | oregonlive.com | Joe Zochert

A late-game meltdown was narrowly avoided by the Central Catholic boys basketball team on Friday night after a furious rally by Jesuit fell just short at the Missy Mack 88’ Memorial Gym. With the Rams (5-5) holding a 52-45 lead after star guard Isaac Carr fouled out with 58.6 second left in the game, Major Williams hit two free throws for the Crusaders (5-7) before two steals led to an easy four points to cut it to just a point.