Bandon wins OSAA Cup for first time

For the first time in school history, Bandon was awarded the OSAA Cup for overall excellence in athletics, academics, activities and sportsmanship.

Bandon easily finished first in the Class 2A ranks for the state, amassing 2,495 points. Blanchet Catholic was second with 1,958.

Schools are awarded points throughout the year based on finishes in state championships for sports and activities and by finishing in the top 10 in the Academic All-State program. They also receive points when they go through entire seasons without coaches or athletes being ejected from contests for poor sportsmanship.

Bandon finished second in the 2022-23 school year.

In 2023-24, the school excelled across the board. Bandon won state championships this spring in girls track and field, boys golf and band. The school was second in girls basketball during the winter and speech in the spring and reached the playoffs in several other sports throughout the year.

In addition, Bandon had numerous top-10 finishes during the year in the Academic All-State program, including the activities the school won titles in, finishing first in band, third in girls track and field and fourth in boys golf.

The only other South Coast school to win an OSAA Cup since the program started in 1999 is North Bend, which has won twice.

This year, North Bend was sixth in Class 4A with 2,566.71 total points and Marshfield was 10th with 2255.8. Marist Catholic was Class 4A champion with 3,438.

Siuslaw was 11th in Class 3A with 1,802.9 points while Brookings-Harbor was 31st (914.5) and Coquille 40th (717.5). Valley Catholic topped Class 3A with 3,342.5 points.

In addition to Bandon in Class 2A, Gold Beach was 28th (830) and Reedsport was 29th (815).

In Class 1A, Powers and Pacific were tied for 48th (680) and Myrtle Point was 68th (605). Crane topped the classification with 1,806.66 points.

The winners in the two biggest classifications were Jesuit for Class 6A (3,715) and Summit for Class 5A (4,726.25).

The OSAA Cup program is sponsored by Pacific Office Automation. Complete rankings for all classifications can be found at www.osaa.org.