THE GORGE — The Trout Lake girls and Sherman County boys basketball teams are atop their respective standings in the Big Sky League, as the 2024-25 conference season reaches its midway point.
Trout Lake was 12-2 overall and 6-0 league as of Jan. 26, holding a one-game lead over second-place South Wasco County in the loss column. The Redsides are 13-6 overall and 6-1.
The two teams played for the second time this season on Feb. 4 in Maupin. Trout Lake pulled away in the second half to win the first meeting between the two teams on Jan. 8, 53-38. The Mustangs and Redsides split two conference games last season. The Sherman County boys won three times this past week, including two conference contests, and the Huskies are the lone remaining unbeaten team in the boys Big Sky standings. The Huskies were 13-4 overall and 8-0 in league through Jan. 27.
Sherman, which handed Dufur its first Big Sky loss Jan. 18, beat South Wasco 41-38 on Jan. 21; Trout Lake, 67-18, on Jan. 24; and 2A Crosshill Christian 48-34 on Jan. 25. The Huskies have won 10 straight since their last loss, Dec. 28, at Country Christian in Molalla.
The top three boys and girls teams in the Big Sky East and West will qualify for the conference playoffs which begin in mid-February. Three league teams, both boys and girls, will automatically qualify for the Class 1A state playoffs and fill 24 spots in the 32-team bracket. Eight other 1A state berths will be decided by the final OSAA rankings.
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