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OIT may play OSU in hoops
August 14, 2007
Oregon Tech’s men’s basketball team is scheduled meet its second Pac-10 Conference opponent in three seasons when the Hustlin’ Owls travel to Corvallis Sunday, Dec. 9, to meet Oregon State University.
OIT coach Danny Miles said the game still is tentative and he is waiting for OSU coaches to return telephone calls to complete details so that the game can be played.
Among the details being worked on are ticket allocations for OIT fans.
Typically, exhibition games of this type include some form of compensation for the smaller school.
The game will be scheduled as exhibition, which means it does not count on either team’s record. Both the NCAA, of which OSU is a member, and the NAIA, of which OIT is a member, allow schools to play two exhibition games a year.
OIT played an exhibition game at the University of Oregon to start the 2005-06 season and had been scheduled to play at OSU this past season before the Beavers scrapped the game.
OSU and the University of Oregon both played Southern Oregon in 2005-06.
The Owls dropped an 84-66 game when they played in Eugene.
Concordia All-Around
Concordia University in Portland, which is pumping money into scholarships and new facilities at an almost unprecedented pace, won the Cascade Collegiate Conference’s All-Sports Award for the 2006-07 school year.
The Cavaliers won five league titles and picked up 124 points to edge Eastern Oregon and Oregon Tech in the battle for honors as the conference’s most well-rounded athletic program.
EOU had 122 points, and Tech 119.
Eastern, Albertson and Corban each won two titles in the league that sponsors 11 championship sports. OIT and Warner Pacific each had one, and shared the men’s basketball title.
Because of ties, there were 13 championships among the league’s 10 schools.
Points for the All-Sports Award are given out by how a team places in each sport, and the Hustlin’ Owls will enhance their chances to overtaking Concordia with the addition of men’s soccer at the start of the 2008-09 season.
The scoring for the award also will change, starting this season with the addition of Northwest Christian College of Eugene to the league. It could take fans a little while to get used to two Northwest’s in the conference, University and Christian.
Looking ahead
It might rankle a few coaches and athletes at OIT, but there has been a lot of talk around town about the Owls’ men’s basketball team.
Despite the loss of five players, including the ever-popular Levia Hesia, the prospects for the 2007-08 are good, but the conference might be tougher than it ever has been with Eastern Oregon, Albertson, Warner Pacific and Northwest University all loaded.
OIT begins its season Nov. 3 with a home game against Multnomah School of the Bible, followed by the annual Midland Empire Classic with Bethany, Simpson and Southern Oregon set for No. 9-10.
League play begins No. 30, the earliest in league history, which will accommodate the addition of Northwest Christian College.
Fall season starts
OIT will open fall sports competition in 10 days.
The women’s soccer teams hosts Southern Oregon at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24 at the Steen Sports Park, and then hosts Holy Names University at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25. Both are non-league battles.
OIT’s volleyball team also opens its fall season Aug. 24-25 and plays four times in the Fresno Pacific Tournament, competition that starts an eight-day round swing through California that will see the Owls play 11 times.
The Owls begin their home volleyball season at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 4, with a non-league match against Simpson.
The soccer team will meet Northwest Christian Sept. 14 in Eugene in the first league contest in any sport between the two schools, although both have met often over the years in a number of sports.
Adding sports
While OIT has added men’s soccer to its list of athletic programs, Warner Pacific recently has added men’s and women’s golf to its list of intercollegiate athletic offerings.
“We’ve been looking into adding additional programs and golf makes sense right now,” Warner Pacific athletic director Bart Valentine said in a statement of the programs that will begin in 2008-09.
The Knights bring to five the number of member schools with golf, with rumors other schools are considering doing the same.
Like men’s soccer at OIT, adding sports now will give coaches time to recruit before they begin competition.
Cascade Collegiate Conference
2007 ALL-SPORTS AWARD
School Titles Points
1. Concordia 5 124
2. Eastern Oregon 2 122
3. Oregon Tech 1 119
4. Albertson 2 113
5. Southern Oregon x 103
6. Corban College 2 93
7. Northwest University x 82
8. Warner Pacific 1 74
9. Evergreen State x 54
10. Cascade College x 33
Steve Matthies is Herald and News sports editor.
Oregon Tech’s men’s basketball team is scheduled meet its second Pac-10 Conference opponent in three seasons when the Hustlin’ Owls travel to Corvallis Sunday, Dec. 9, to meet Oregon State University.
OIT coach Danny Miles said the game still is tentative and he is waiting for OSU coaches to return telephone calls to complete details so that the game can be played.
Among the details being worked on are ticket allocations for OIT fans.
Typically, exhibition games of this type include some form of compensation for the smaller school.
The game will be scheduled as exhibition, which means it does not count on either team’s record. Both the NCAA, of which OSU is a member, and the NAIA, of which OIT is a member, allow schools to play two exhibition games a year.
OIT played an exhibition game at the University of Oregon to start the 2005-06 season and had been scheduled to play at OSU this past season before the Beavers scrapped the game.
OSU and the University of Oregon both played Southern Oregon in 2005-06.
The Owls dropped an 84-66 game when they played in Eugene.
Concordia All-Around
Concordia University in Portland, which is pumping money into scholarships and new facilities at an almost unprecedented pace, won the Cascade Collegiate Conference’s All-Sports Award for the 2006-07 school year.
The Cavaliers won five league titles and picked up 124 points to edge Eastern Oregon and Oregon Tech in the battle for honors as the conference’s most well-rounded athletic program.
EOU had 122 points, and Tech 119.
Eastern, Albertson and Corban each won two titles in the league that sponsors 11 championship sports. OIT and Warner Pacific each had one, and shared the men’s basketball title.
Because of ties, there were 13 championships among the league’s 10 schools.
Points for the All-Sports Award are given out by how a team places in each sport, and the Hustlin’ Owls will enhance their chances to overtaking Concordia with the addition of men’s soccer at the start of the 2008-09 season.
The scoring for the award also will change, starting this season with the addition of Northwest Christian College of Eugene to the league. It could take fans a little while to get used to two Northwest’s in the conference, University and Christian.
Looking ahead
It might rankle a few coaches and athletes at OIT, but there has been a lot of talk around town about the Owls’ men’s basketball team.
Despite the loss of five players, including the ever-popular Levia Hesia, the prospects for the 2007-08 are good, but the conference might be tougher than it ever has been with Eastern Oregon, Albertson, Warner Pacific and Northwest University all loaded.
OIT begins its season Nov. 3 with a home game against Multnomah School of the Bible, followed by the annual Midland Empire Classic with Bethany, Simpson and Southern Oregon set for No. 9-10.
League play begins No. 30, the earliest in league history, which will accommodate the addition of Northwest Christian College.
Fall season starts
OIT will open fall sports competition in 10 days.
The women’s soccer teams hosts Southern Oregon at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24 at the Steen Sports Park, and then hosts Holy Names University at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25. Both are non-league battles.
OIT’s volleyball team also opens its fall season Aug. 24-25 and plays four times in the Fresno Pacific Tournament, competition that starts an eight-day round swing through California that will see the Owls play 11 times.
The Owls begin their home volleyball season at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 4, with a non-league match against Simpson.
The soccer team will meet Northwest Christian Sept. 14 in Eugene in the first league contest in any sport between the two schools, although both have met often over the years in a number of sports.
Adding sports
While OIT has added men’s soccer to its list of athletic programs, Warner Pacific recently has added men’s and women’s golf to its list of intercollegiate athletic offerings.
“We’ve been looking into adding additional programs and golf makes sense right now,” Warner Pacific athletic director Bart Valentine said in a statement of the programs that will begin in 2008-09.
The Knights bring to five the number of member schools with golf, with rumors other schools are considering doing the same.
Like men’s soccer at OIT, adding sports now will give coaches time to recruit before they begin competition.
Cascade Collegiate Conference
2007 ALL-SPORTS AWARD
School Titles Points
1. Concordia 5 124
2. Eastern Oregon 2 122
3. Oregon Tech 1 119
4. Albertson 2 113
5. Southern Oregon x 103
6. Corban College 2 93
7. Northwest University x 82
8. Warner Pacific 1 74
9. Evergreen State x 54
10. Cascade College x 33
Steve Matthies is Herald and News sports editor.
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