Two games among conference pacesetters stand out on this week’s schedule of Lane County high school boys basketball games. Here’s the rundown:

  • Grants Pass at Sheldon, 7:15 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13: The Irish (7-1 league, 15-6 overall) are tied for the 6A-7 Southwest Conference lead and need a win to keep pace with South Medford — especially after the Irish’s loss last week to the Panthers. (The teams split their season series — and, oddly, both games had identical 62-50 scores.) But Grants Pass (5-3 league, 8-10 overall) won’t be a pushover — and will be seeking revenge for an earlier 52-41 loss to the Irish.
  • Pleasant Hill at Creswell, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13: Pleasant Hill’s Billies (8-0 league, 18-4 overall) are just one game ahead of the Bulldogs (7-1 league, 15-6 overall) in the 3A-4 Mountain Valley Conference standings. The Oregon School Activities Association ranks Pleasant Hill as the No. 3 3A team in the state, but the No. 10 Bulldogs have extra motivation: The Billies prevailed 60-54 Jan. 27.

Schedule

Monday, Feb. 9

  • Mapleton at Siletz Valley, 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 10

  • Mohawk at Alsea, 5:30 p.m.
  • Siletz Valley at McKenzie, 5:30 p.m.
  • Chemawa at Crow-Northwest Christian, 5:30 p.m.
  • Sisters at Pleasant Hill, 6 p.m.
  • Creswell at Elmira, 6 p.m.
  • Lowell at Bonanza, 7 p.m.
  • Coquille at Siuslaw, 7 p.m.
  • Cottage Grove at Marist Catholic, 7:15 p.m.
  • South Eugene at Willamette, 7:30 p.m.
  • Churchill at Lake Oswego, 7:30 p.m. 
  • Trinity Lutheran at Oakridge, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 11

  • Mapleton at Toledo, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 12

  • Triangle Lake at Crow-Northwest Christian, 5:30 p.m.
  • Siletz Valley at Mohawk, 5:30 p.m.
  • Mapleton at McKenzie, 6 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 13

  • Springfield at Eagle Point, 5:30 p.m.
  • Crater at Thurston, 7 p.m.
  • North Eugene at Ashland, 7 p.m.
  • Marist Catholic at Seaside, 7 p.m.
  • South Umpqua at Siuslaw, 7 p.m.
  • Oakridge at Lowell, 7 p.m.
  • Grants Pass at Sheldon, 7:15 p.m.
  • Cottage Grove at Marshfield, 7:15 p.m.
  • Junction City at North Bend, 7:15 p.m.
  • North Medford at South Eugene, 7:30 p.m.
  • South Medford at Willamette, 7:30 p.m.
  • Pleasant Hill at Creswell, 7:30 p.m.
  • Elmira at Harrisburg, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 17

  • Sheldon at South Eugene, 7 p.m.
  • Thurston at Springfield, 7 p.m.
  • Siuslaw at Glide, 7 p.m.
  • Marist Catholic at Marshfield, 7:15 p.m.
  • Junction City at Cottage Grove, 7:15 p.m.
  • North Eugene at Churchill, 7:30 p.m.

This week’s scores

Saturday, Feb. 7

  • McKenzie 53, Oakridge 49

Friday, Feb. 6

  • South Medford 62, Sheldon 50
  • Grants Pass 72, South Eugene 56
  • Willamette 73, Roseburg 55
  • Thurston 82, Eagle Point 36
  • Crater 61, North Eugene 58
  • Churchill 58, Ashland 48
  • Marshfield 54, Junction City 44
  • Marist Catholic 57, North Bend 45
  • Pleasant Hill 80, La Pine 49
  • Creswell 47, Harrisburg 33
  • Sisters 67, Elmira 50
  • Siuslaw 53, Sutherlin 31
  • Bonanza 72, Oakridge 40
  • Lowell 69, Culver 57

Thursday, Feb. 5

  • Mapleton 33, Crow-Northwest Christian 31
  • Triangle Lake 59, Mohawk 47
  • Eddyville Charter 55, McKenzie 33

Tuesday, Feb. 3

  • Sheldon 63, Willamette 49
  • North Eugene 48, Thurston 46 (OT)
  • Churchill 62, Springfield 16
  • Cottage Grove 66, North Bend 51
  • Junction City 65, Marist Catholic 62 (OT)
  • Pleasant Hill 65, Harrisburg 54
  • Creswell 66, Sisters 59
  • Elmira 68, La Pine 40
  • Douglas 63, Siuslaw 56 (OT)
  • Lowell 60, Lost River 48
  • Culver 63, Oakridge 53
  • Eddyville Charter 48, Crow-Northwest Christian 34
  • Mapleton 35, Mohawk 31
  • Triangle Lake 68, Alsea 37
  • Riddle 52, McKenzie 33

Standings

6A-7 Southwest Conference

TeamLeagueOverall
South Medford7-115-6
Sheldon7-115-6
Grants Pass5-38-10
South Eugene4-310-10
North Medford2-54-15
Willamette2-66-14
Roseburg0-80-20

5A-2 Midwestern Conference

TeamLeagueOverall
Thurston7-115-5
Churchill6-211-7
North Eugene5-317-4
Crater5-316-4
Ashland3-512-8
Springfield1-62-17
Eagle Point0-72-17

4A-4 Sky Em League

TeamLeagueOverall
Marist Catholic5-212-5
Marshfield5-211-7
Junction City5-314-7
Cottage Grove3-45-14
North Bend0-75-15

3A-4 Mountain Valley Conference

TeamLeagueOverall
Pleasant Hill8-018-4
Creswell7-115-6
Elmira4-413-9
Sisters4-49-11
Harrisburg1-710-13
La Pine 0-85-17

3A-5 Far West League

TeamLeague Overall
Douglas6-016-4
South Umpqua5-112-7
Siuslaw3-312-9
Sutherlin3-39-11
Coquille1-52-16
Glide0-63-15

2A-6 East Cascades Conference

TeamLeagueOverall
Trinity Lutheran8-021-1
Lowell6-219-3
Bonanza5-311-10
Lost River3-59-13
Culver 1-76-12
Oakridge 1-74-14

1A-3 Mountain West League

TeamLeagueOverall
Eddyville Charter 6-018-5
Mapleton5-26-13
Triangle Lake4-29-13
Alsea3-212-11
Mohawk3-310-12
Crow-Northwest Christian2-47-13
McKenzie1-56-14
Siletz Valley0-60-14

Mike McInally is a Pacific Northwest journalist with four decades of experience in Oregon and Montana, including stints as editor of the Corvallis Gazette-Times and the Albany Democrat-Herald.