Lake Oswego's Tyson Coleman dives for a loose ball before Oregon City's Malcolm Paulston can grab it Jan. 19 in the third quarter of the Lakers' 57-44 loss to their conference rivals. (Photo by Matthew Ginn/Trillium Media Services)
Oregon City versus Lake Oswego is a rivalry in just about every high school sport, and especially so in boys basketball. The latest polls ranked Pioneers fourth in the state and Lakers seventh last week when I headed down to Lake Oswego for the for the opening round of this year’s home-and-home series. (Remarkably, unranked Clackamas leads the Three Rivers league and has beaten both Oregon City and Lake Oswego this year.)
- Pioneers’ senior Charlie Poppen shoots a layup in the second quarter as (4) Oregon City beats (7) Lake Oswego 57-44. Poppen scored 8 in the game. (Photo by Matthew Ginn/Trillium Media Services)
Unfortunately last Tuesday’s game wasn’t as good as you might have expected. Oregon City sprang to a 7-1 lead and never looked back, finishing on the happy side of a 57-44 decision.
The Trillium Media Services website has a few images from the game, including the one above. At right is one more you won’t find there.