By Mark Gilman
MaxPreps.com
After playing in various December tournaments and taking a break for the holidays, Oregon's top basketball squads begin league play in most cases this week.
Top-ranked South Medford (9-1), who knocked off previous No. 1 Lake Oswego in the prestigious Les Schwab Invitational in late December, gets an early Southwest Conference test Tuesday against 10th-ranked Sheldon (7-4).
Nobody from Oregon has beaten South Medford yet this season. The Panthers' sole loss was a 99-90 shootout with powerful Oak Hill Academy in the aforementioned Les Schwab Invitational championship.
No. 2 Lake Oswego will have a non-league encounter at Redmond on Tuesday.
In the 5A ranks, No. 1 North Eugene begins Midwestern League play Thursday with a home contest against Thurston of Eugene. Second-rated Corvallis starts Mid Willamette Conference action Thursday at home versus Woodburn.
Here are the latest boys basketball polls from the Associated Press:
Class 6A
1. South Medford
2. Lake Oswego
3. Westview
4. Oregon City
5. Jesuit
6. McKay
7. Canby
8. Aloha
9. Grant
10. Sheldon
Class 5A
1. North Eugene
2. Corvallis
3. Jefferson
4. Mountain View
5. Silverton
6. Hillsboro
7. Churchill
8. Century
9. Madras
10. Roosevelt
