Basketball
The Oregon Regulators from the Rogue Valley went undefeated and won the AAU boys 16-under state championship Saturday and Sunday in Eugene and Springfield.
The Regulators came back from a 10-point, third-quarter deficit to defeat Lord of the Rims from the Portland area for the title.
The state title qualifies the team for the AAU national tournament July 5-10 at Clarksville, Tenn.
The Regulators are made up of players from North Medford, South Medford and Crater High Schools. The team is coached by Jerry Ellis.
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Jordan Ellis was the team's leading scorer in the tournament. Other players on the squad are: Kirii Ross, Tevin Faust, Miles Petersen, Sam McLaughlin, Josh Lokeno and Travis Robbins.
Bowling
Talea Whitehead rolled a Triplicate 143 in the GoodSports League on April 6 at Lava Lanes.
With a 162 average, Brian Blackwell spun a game of 278 at Lava Lanes on April 6 in the GoodSports League.
Golf
Eric Linerud used a 19-degree rescue wood to score a hole in one on the 213-yard fourth hole at Centennial Golf Club recently.
The shot was witnessed by Larry Lilze and Eric Bottero.
Gymnastics
America's Best Kids competitor Eric Jopson won the all-around championship in the Regional Championships held in Boise, Idaho, last weekend.
Jopson, a seventh-grader at Scott Valley Junior High in Etna, Calif., scored a 55.775 in all-around, and added winning scores of 9.6 in pommel horse and 9.65 in vault.
Swimming
Breanna Sapienza of the Superior Stingray Swimming Club was selected as a member of the Oregon All-Star Team which will compete in the Island Long Course Invitational Swim Meet in Victoria, British Columbia, April 20-22.
The Grace Christian fifth-grader is one of eight 11-12-year-olds and the lone all-star of Southern Oregon.
Sapienza qualified in the butterfly and freestyle and will swim in six total events.
