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WELCOME! -- This is the Sheldon High School Girls Basketball website. The site provides information about the current Sheldon basketball program as well as its history. Announcements about basketball-related activities and opportunities will be updated regularly.

SHELDON HOOP NOTES:

Sheldon Jamboree tips off tonight -- Sheldon, Crescent Valley, and Cottage Grove will play in a season-opening jamboree tomorrow at Sheldon. The event opens with Cottage Grove and Crescent Valley playing at 6:00 pm, followed by Sheldon vs Cottage Grove, and then Sheldon vs. Crescent Valley. Each game will be 12 minutes long. JV teams from the three competing schools will follow the same schedule in the upper gym.

Sheldon Tipoff Tournament opens regular season -- Sheldon hosts Marist in the season opener on Friday, December 4 at 8:00 pm on the first night of the 2009 Sheldon Tipoff Tournament. Sunset and Clackamas play in the other first round game of the four-team tournament at 6:15 pm. The tournament concludes Saturday, Dec. 5.

Coaching staff set for upcoming season -- The Sheldon coaching staff is settled for the 2009-2010 season. Luke Roth will lead the Irish program for his 26th season and will be assisted by Mike Barclay and Jeff Wingate at the varsity level. Brian Brancato will coach the JV team and will be assisted by Clay Meyers. Cory McGraw returns to the Sheldon sidelines as JV2 coach and Laurie Slonecker ('01) will assist. McGraw previously coached at Sheldon for seven seasons.

6A State Tournament moves to Rose Garden -- In a recent announcement by the OSAA, the 2010 6A girls basketball state tournament moves from the University of Portland's Chiles Center to the Rose Garden. The Chiles Center has hosted the girls state tournament since 1983. The final eight boys and girls 6A teams will play at the Rose Garden together for the first time in history. The 5A girls tournament moves to Eugene and will be paired with the 5A boys at Mac Court next year.