OREGON'S BEST BOYS BASKETBALL WINGS Gabe Alvarado, Sheldon, 6-3 senior . Alvarado opened the season strong, averaging 10 points per game as a three-level scorer for an Irish team

Amity basketball player Con Coelho is the winner of the Maps Credit Union high school boys Athlete of the Week, as voted by Statesman Journal readers. Amity senior guard Con Coelho scored 19 points Jan. 7 to help Amity to a 78-42 home win over Sheridan. Two days later, Coelho hit the go-ahead shot to seal a 56-55 road win over Blanchet Catholic.

Spencer Green scored a game-high 21 points for DeSales Catholic School’s varsity boys basketball team Tuesday, Jan. 14, as the Irish defeated Walla Walla Valley Academy to prevail 70-43 at their Washington Interscholastic Activities Association District 6 Southeast 1B Conference West (or Grape) Division showdown in Walla Walla.