Look Both Ways

LOOKING BACK:



Well, we made it to the weekend with two victories that were almost too easy.



On Tuesday, Senior Night, Little Cheer Night and P.T.O. Chili Supper Night, the Eagles easily defeated Woodland 63-33. Jon Morrow led the way with 24 points, Preston Scherer added 13.



Two days later Oran ruined Kelly's Senior Night with a 78-42 shellacking of their hosts. Once again Morrow led all scorers with two dozen points and freshman phenom Seth Ressel (aka Bessel) chipped in 14.



OE concludes the regular season at 17-8.







LOOKING FORWARD:



Class 2, District 3 play starts tomorrow (Saturday) at OHS. The boys received a first round bye and will not play until Tuesday at 6pm against the winner of Saturday's game between Lesterville and Meadow Heights. Here is a link to the boys bracket.



The Eagless take on Chaffee at 3:30pm Saturday. Here is a link to the girls bracket.

The Otto Porter Show Feb. 11, 2011

Happy President's Day

It's the last week of February.


It's last week of the regular season for basketball.

Two Senior Nights this week and then the District Tournament starts on Saturday.

First though, looking back to last week; the Eagles split, losing to Advance and defeating Chaffee.

On Tuesday the 15th at home a short-handed OE fell to the Hornets 84-72. Oran played without Tyler Heuring while Nathan Michelsen only saw limited action due to illness. The Eagles were led by Jon Morrow's 20 points. Also in double figures were Reece Mangels with 15 points and Preston Scherer and Kody Moore with 11 each.

The Eagles got back to their winning ways on Friday the 18th with a 64-52 over the host Red Devils. Just when will thought the flu bug had made it's way out of the Eagle locker room and a complete roster would be available for Coach Joe "the boot" Shoemaker, the injury bug took it's place. Reece Mangels missed the game due to a finger injury. Morrow once again led Oran in scoring, this time with 26. Freshman Seth Ressel added 11 and Michelsen chipped in 10. With the victory the Eagles raised their record to 15-8.

Coming up next

This week the Eagles will face Woodland on Tuesday. Just a reminder, that evening the PTO will be hosting a chili supper. Also, it will be Senior Night for our winter athletes and pep band. And just when you thought it couldn't get any bigger, it's also Lil Cheer Night. You'd better get here early.

On Thursday, in the season finale, we will travel to Kelly for their Senior Night. Hopefully this year it will not take an hour and a half for the Hawks to get through this ceremony.

Also, hopefully the Eagles will take both games this week to have a three game winning streak headed into the district tournament and a 17-8 record.

District Tournament Bracket

Here is a link for the district tournament bracket.

Baseball Just Over the Horizon

It's almost time for baseball.


I'm sure the weather is just teasing us this week and more cold and snow will invade before the dandelions bloom. Like the weather I'm going to give is just a little foretaste of what I hope to be a FANtastic spring.

Eagles Ranked Preseason

The Missouri High School Baseball Coaches Association in the preseason poll has Oran in the number 9 spot. Other local teams ranked in Class 1 include Cooter at number 2 and Oak Ridge at 5.

Field Upgrades

OHS Baseball Field will have at least a couple of improvements when opening day rolls around. A new batting cage has been installed outside the first base dugout. This new addition includes an Iron Mike pitching machine.

Also, word has it that a new addition will soon be making an appearance just past the leftfield fence. Apparently a new scoreboard, complete with inning by inning display and lots of other bells and whistles will soon be erected by our own Iron Mike, Mike Green.

After a Long Winter's Nap...

It's been quite some time since I've updated this site.

Two main reasons for coming back online include a couple of nice team accomplishments and one nice individual accomplishment.

Last night's victory at Bloomfield (67-54) was the third straight win and marked the second time in three games that the Eagles had to make a comeback.

On Jan. 28, while hosting the Leopold Wildcats, the Eagles trailed by five at halftime, cut the deficit to one after three and then outscored the visitors 19-6 in the final frame for a 12 point victory, 64-52. In that game, Oran was led by Jon Morrow's 16 points. Reece Mangels added 15 as did Nathan Michelsen including four 3-pointers.

Most recently, the Eagles fell behind early to the Bloomfield Wildcats trailing 13-5 with about four minutes left in the first quarter thanks in part to some torrid outside shooting by the home team and lackluster defense by the visitors.

A time out by Eagle coach Joe Shoemaker changed the momentum completely as his team came out and scored two quick baskets, cutting the deficit in half 13-9. That prompted a quick time out by Bloomfield, but the Eagles ended the quarter with a 9-2 run to take an 18-15 lead heading into the second quarter.

Period two would be more of the same as Oran outscored the 'Cats 15-4 to lead at half 33-19. After trailing by eight midway through the opening quarter, OE went on a 28-6 run into the locker room.

During the 3rd, the Eagle lead stretched to nearly 30 bringing about visions of a fourth quarter turbo clock. But Bloomfield once again regained their shooting touch from the outside and narrowed the gap to 10 in the closing minutes. Oran was able to hit enough free throws to maintain the lead and ensure the victory.

Once again the Eagles were led by Jon Morrow's 17 points. Kody Moore added 15, followed by Nathan Michelsen with 14. Reece Mangels chipped in 10.

Tyler Heuring missed the game due to illness. In his place, freshman Seth Ressel received his first significant varsity action. Ressel scored 7 points, including one 3-pointer. He also forced numerous turnovers playing the point on the zone defense. (very reminiscent of last year when Gabe Kielhofner used his long arms to disrupt passing lanes.)

In the Feb 2nd Missouri Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. The Oran Eagles checked in at #10 in Class 2.

Click to see poll

The Feb. 9th poll did not have Oran listed.

Semosportsweb has the Eagles listed at number 24 this week after debuting at 25 last week.

Click to see rankings






Also, last night, included in Jon Morrow's scoring total was his 1000th career point. Congratulations Jon.







As of today (2/9/2011) the Varsity Eagles have a record of 14-6.