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The Lady Cavers are advancing to the second round of the Girls 6A State Playoffs after beating Barlow 55 to 41 at Heater-Newman last night. Grants Pass will play at Number 7 Southridge on Friday. Southridge handed Lake Oswego a 67 to 37 loss last night. The time of the game is yet to be determined.

The Cavemen play tonight in the same gym the Cavers are headed to Friday when they take on the Southridge Skyhawks. The Skyhawks are seeded fifth and have only lost three games to Oregon Teams, two to Westview and one to Jesuit, all three in the same conference. The Caveman game will be broadcast on KAJO with the pre game airing at 5:40 prior to the 6 p.m. tipoff.

 

The Grants Pass Cavemen likely assured themselves a playoff berth by defeating Willamette Tuesday night 60 to 42. The win leaves the Cavemen with a 7 and 5 conference record, winning 6 of their last 7 games, enough to place 3rd in conference securing a playoff game. The Cavemen are 11 and 13 overall and ranked 28th in the state by the OSAA. According to the OSAA’s website this morning the boys rankings close Saturday night at 10. Then we’ll know where and when the Cavemen play.

Peyton Bruner again paced the Caveman scoring last night ripping the nets for another 23 points and was again supported by Jordan Rossetta’s 15.

The Lady Cavers lost at Willamette 56 to 36, but maintained their top 10 statewide ranking after the loss to the number three Wolverines. The OSAA girls rankings freeze Friday night at 10. The Cavers are headed to the 6A state playoffs with a 16 and 7 overall record. The Lady Cavers are expected to host their first-round game Tuesday, March 4th.

In other Southwest Conference action Sheldon boys beat North Medford 60 to 59, and South Eugene beat Roseburg 69 to 59. On the girls side it was North Medford beating Sheldon 56 to 42 and Roseburg over South Eugene 53 to 31.

 

With the Grants Pass boys and girls basketball teams idle tonight there is plenty of action in the Southwest Conference that will have a bearing on the boy’s standings. South Eugene is at South Medford, Sheldon is at Roseburg and North Medford is at Willamette. For the girls South Medford is at South Eugene and Roseburg is at Sheldon. The Willamette girls are hosting North Medford in the feature game.

 

The Grants Pass Cavemen took another step to securing a playoff berth Wednesday night handing the North Medford Black Tornado a 57 to 50 loss. The Cavemen have won five of their last six games. Jordan Rosetta paced the Grants Pass Scoring with 19 points and Peyton Bruner added 16 with Zach DeChenne tossing in 12 more. The win puts the Cavemen into 3rd place in conference, A playoff position and 30th statewide, also a playoff position. The Cavemen have one more regular season game, February 25th at Willamette. Other conference teams have up to three more games that could affect the rankings which don’t freeze until March 1st.

The Lady Cavers lost at North Medford 45 to 33. Grants Pass is now 16 and 6 overall and 7 and 4 in conference play. The Cavers are ranked 10th in the state and are slated to host a playoff game on March 4th in Heater-Newman gym.

 

Grants Pass High School has named a new Head Football Coach. Matt Kennedy has been tabbed as the new leader of the Caveman Football Program. Kennedy is a teacher at Grants Pass and was the head freshmen coach last year. He will take over the Grants Pass football program that finished in sixth place in the 6A Special District 1 with a 6 and 5 overall record in 2024.

Grants Pass Basketball teams travel to Medford to play the Black Tornado at the Oakdale Middle School gym adjacent to Spiegelberg Stadium. The Cavemen look to keep their playoff hopes alive with a win. They tip at 6:00 p.m . the Cavers, already slated to host a playoff game on March 4th tip off at 7:30.

In action last night in the Southwest Conference the South Medford boys handed Roseburg an 85 to 55 loss while the Lady Panthers also won 70 to 12 over the Indians.