CHALLENGER HEAD COACH IN RARE COMPANY! Cascade Christian head coach Brian Morse won his 2nd state title in 3 years in March, and on Tuesday (3/31) was named the This is Morse’s 2nd state COY award to go along with his 2 state titles and a 3rd place finish at last year’s state tournament in In addition, Morse now has 372 career victories and a .702 winning percentage in 21 seasons as the Challengers head coach. Click here for an article on coach Morse by Frank Silow of the Mail Tribune. CASCADE CHRISTIAN WINS 2ND STATE TITLE! Senior Scott Morse scored 19 points and was a unanimous pick to the all-tournament team, leading the Challengers to a 48-37 win over Horizon Christian, and the 2008/2009 3A state title! CHALLENGERS KNOCK OFF DEFENDING 3A CHAMPS! The second ranked Challengers extracted a bit of revenge from an overtime loss to Regis in January, beating the top ranked and defending 3A state champion Rams Friday night (3/6. With the win, Cascade Christian will face lat year’s state runner-up, third ranked Horizon for the 2008/2009 3A state championship Saturday night at MUCH ANTICIPATED REMATCH SET FOR FRIDAY (3/6)! On the last day of January, the defending 3A state champion Regis Rams traveled to What followed was the 2008/2009 3A game of the year as Regis held on to beat Cascade Christian in an overtime thriller 50-49. The win by Regis vaulted them to the top of the 3A rankings where they've been ever since, and on Friday night (3/6) at 8:15pm, the long awaited rematch will finally take place with the second ranked Challengers in CHALLENGERS TO PLAY RANIER IN STATE QUARTERFINALS! For the third straight year, Cascade Christian will play in the state tournament for a chance at a second state championship.
With a 33-28 win over fourth ranked Harrisburg Saturday night (2/28), the Challengers clinched a quarterfinal berth at Willamette University Wednesday afternoon (3/4), where they’ll play the eighth ranked Rainier Columbians at 3:15pm. MORSE TIES SCORING RECORD! With 21 points Monday night in The record, which was originally set in 1997 by all-time Challenger great Marty Maurer. SCHEDULE CHANGE! The Challengers last league game at Rogue River has been moved up one day to Monday Feb 16 at 7:30pm. CHALLENGERS #2 IN LATEST STATE POLLS! With two impressive wins last week, Cascade Christian not only is poised for a second straight Sunset league title, but also moved up to #2 in the latest Oregon 3A Coaches poll released on Tuesday (2/10). Defending 3A state champion Regis (18-3) remains at #1, followed by CCHS (18-3), Sheridan (21-2), Horizon Christian (18-4), and Santiam Christian (17-4) at #5. CHALLENGERS ONE WIN AWAY FROM LEAGUE TITLE! With a win Tuesday night (2/10) at home, Cascade Christian can clinch their second straight Sunset league title and secure the top seed in the league playoffs which begin on February 19th. CHALLENGERS FALL TO #3 IN THE LATEST 3A POLLS! With a 50-49 loss to defending state champion Regis on Saturday night (1/31), Cascade Christian dropped to #3 in the latest Oregon 3A Coaches poll released on Tuesday (2/3). Regis (17-3) replaces the Challengers at #1 followed by Sheridan (19-2), CCHS (17-3), Harrisburg (18-2) at #4 and Horizon Christian (17-4) at #5. Cascade Christian will play at Glide on Tuesday night (2/3) in a Sunset league game. CHALLENGERS LOSE TO THIRD STATE CHAMPION THIS YEAR! Top ranked (3A) Cascade Christian's 50-49 overtime loss to defending 3A state champion Regis on Saturday night (1/31) was their third loss of the year (16-3 9-0), all to defending Oregon state champions. On December 13th, the Challengers lost 51-46 to defending 4A state champion Marist and on Jan 3rd, Cascade Christian was beaten by defending 2A state champion Portland Chirstian in the final of the Crusader Invitational. CHALLENGERS ON TOP FOR THE EIGHTH WEEK IN A ROW! Cascade Christian retained the top spot in the latest Oregon 3A Coaches poll released on Tuesday (1/27). Rounding out the top five is Sheridan at #2, defending state 3A champion Regis at #3, state runner-up Horizon Christian at #4 and Harrisburg at #5. The top ranked Challengers will host #3 Regis on Saturday night (1/31) at 7:00pm at the Pavilion in Medford. CHALLENGERS COMPLETE FIRST HALF UNBEATEN! Top ranked Cascade Christian (14-2, 7-0) breezed through the first seven games of the Sunset League undefeated, winning by an average margin of 34 points. The Challengers also have a 19 game league winning streak and will travel to Coquille to play the Red Devils on Tuesday night (1/27). CASCADE CHRISTIAN IN COMMAND FROM THE BEGINING! Coming off a 50 point win in their last league game against Reedsport last week, the top ranked Challengers looked to continue their domination of the Sunset league as they hosted Myrtle Point Friday night (1/23) at the Pavilion.
And Cascade Christian didn’t disappoint the home crowd as they jumped out to a 20-6 1st quarter lead, extending it to 34 points before the starters came out for good midway through the 3rd quarter. The 85-46 win, was the Challengers 18th straight league win, and moved Cascade Christian to 13-2 on the season and 6-0 in Sunset league play. With the win, Cascade Christian will play host to the #2 team in the Sunset league, Rogue River at 7:30pm Saturday night (1/24) at the Pavilion. CASCADE CHRISTIAN MOVES TO 4-0 IN LEAGUE! With a 65-32 rout of Gold Beach on Tuesday evening (1/13), the top ranked Challengers will travel back to the Oregon coast on Friday night (1/16) to take on Reedsport at 7:30pm in another Sunset league contest. CHALLENGERS STILL ON TOP! Despite a loss to defending 2A state champion Portland Christian on Saturday night (1/3), Cascade Christian remained at the top spot in the latest Oregon 3A Coaches poll released on Tuesday (1/6). Rounding out the top five is undefeated Harrisburg at #2, Santiam Christian at #3, Horizon Christian & Valley Catholic tied at #4. Sunset League opponent Bandon enters the polls for the first time this week at #10. CHALLENGERS TRAVEL TO BANDON ON TUESDAY (1/6)! Coming off a loss to defending 2A state champion Portland Christian in the final of the New Year's Invitational on Saturday (1/3), the top ranked Cascade Christian will play their second league game on Tuesday night (1/6) on the Oregon Coast against the tenth ranked Tigers. The Challengers are 1-0 in Sunset League play, and 8-2 overall. CHALLENGERS HOLD ON TO BEAT UMATILLA! In the opening round of the Crusader New Year’s Invitational in Trailing by 21 at halftime, the Vikings switched from their man-to-man coverage to a zone defense, and it worked as the Challengers offense was stymied in the third quarter settling for 3 points shots, and generally looking tentative. But after the Vikings pulled within 5 points with just over 2 minutes to play, Cascade Christian figured things out just in time, pulling away for a 60-51 win in the opening round game at Scott Morse led the Challengers with a triple-double, 12 points, 15 rebounds and 10 block shots, to go along with 8 assists. In addition, Dustin Hutley continued his excellent play with 15 points, while Colton Cochran had 13 points and Jerrod Hess had a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds. The Challengers will next face the host team CHALLENGERS BEAT 5A Cascade Christian senior's Scott Morse and Jerrod Hess combined for 36 points as the Challengers beat the Ashland Grizzlies 60-48 Monday night (12/22) at the Pavillion on the campus of CCHS. Morse scored a team high 21 points, while Hess hit all 5 of his 3 point shots and scored 15 points. After having several games reshuffled and a game canceled last week for each team, the 5A Grizzlies and the #1 team in the 3A, Cascade Christian were able to schedule this non-league game before Christmas. The Challengers have a week off before opening league play on Tuesday (12/30) against Coquille. CASCADE CHRISTIAN DEFENSE TOO MUCH FOR Top ranked Cascade Christian jumped out to a 15-0 lead and never looked back as they demonstrated a overpowering defense in a 42-17 win against 4A CHALLENGERS DOMINATE HIGHLANDERS! Cascade Christian’s Scott Morse had 28 points and Dustin Hutley added 14 as the top ranked Challengers (3-1) beat Burns 66-28 in the opening game of the Wachovia Christmas Classic at CCHS. SPARTANS RALLY TO BEAT CHALLENGERS With Cascade Christian leading defending 4A state champion Marist by eight points with 3 minutes left to play, the Spartans staged a furious comeback to turn back the Challengers 51-46 in the championship game of the Marist basketball tournament on Saturday (12/13). Dustin Hutley led the Challengers with 16 points, while Scott Morse had 12 points and 6 blocked shots. Cascade Christian will host Eagle Point on Thursday (12/18) in the opening game of the Wachovia Christmas Classic. CHALLENGERS BEAT 4A Cascade Christian opened the Marist Tournament on Friday night (12/12) with a dominating 60-23 win over 4A With the win, the Challengers will play defending 4A state champion Marist in the championship of the Marist tournament on Saturday (12/13). CASCADE CHRISTIAN #1 IN THE LATEST STATE POLLS! With an 11 point victory over (4A) fifth ranked Click here to see the full 3A state basketball rankings. CHALLENGERS BREAK HIDDEN VALLEYS 43 GAME HOME WINNING STREAK! With a 53-42 win over 5th ranked For video clips, please visit http://www.youtube.com/Challengerbasketball NBC Player Registration Form: http://www.nbccamps.com/pdfs/regform_08.pdf NBC Medical Release Waiver: http://www.nbccamps.com/pdfs/Med_waiver.pdf For video clips, please visit http://www.youtube.com/Challengerbasketball NBC Player Registration Form: http://www.nbccamps.com/pdfs/regform_08.pdf NBC Medical Release Waiver: http://www.nbccamps.com/pdfs/Med_waiver.pdf |