The North Eugene Highlanders will venture away from home to face off against Caldera at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. North Eugene knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past 11 matchups -- so hopefully Caldera likes a good challenge.
North Eugene is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Oregon's top teams: Crescent Valley, who was ranked tenth at the time (North Eugene was ranked 20th). The Highlanders claimed a resounding 64-33 victory over the Raiders. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Highlanders had established a 20-point advantage.
Jordan Gray
| 12/29/25 vs Crescent Valley | 20 |
| 12/27/25 @ Jefferson | 25 |
| 12/22/25 vs Summit | 24 |
| 12/21/25 vs Caldera | 32 |
| 12/20/25 @ Mountain View | 26 |
| + 2 more games |
Damon Keith and Jordan Gray were among the main playmakers for North Eugene as the former almost dropped a double-double with 19 points and nine boards and the latter shot 56% from the field on his way to 20 points and five rebounds. Gray's big performance that afternoon made it seven games in a row in which he has scored at least 20 points. The team also got some help courtesy of D'Mariyae Ireland, who posted ten points.
Meanwhile, Caldera was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took an 80-68 hit to the loss column at the hands of Trinity Lutheran.
Caldera's defeat dropped their record down to 4-4. As for North Eugene, their win was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-1.
North Eugene beat Caldera 80-72 in their previous meeting last Sunday. Do the Highlanders have another victory up their sleeve, or will Caldera turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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