The Nyssa and Jordan Valley girls basketball teams earned slots at state while the Adrian boys beat Myrtle Point to punch their ticket to the postseason state tournament.

The latest results and scores from area high school sports teams from the past week.

PHOTOS: The fourth-ranked Adrian Antelopes will play in a state quarterfinal game on Thursday, March 2. The boys team beat Myrtle Point to advance.

The Nyssa Bulldogs advance in the state girls basketball playoffs with a home win over Westside Christian. The girls travel 500 miles now to take the court in North Bend on Wednesday, March 1.

St. Mary’s kept the usually Vale productive offense in check Wednesday, Feb. 22, to knock the Vikings our of postseason play.

The Adrian boys varsity basketball team cruised past first-round state playoff opponent Triangle Lake 67-25 Wednesday, Feb. 22.

The Jordan Valley girls basketball team heads into the second round of state playoffs Friday with a home game. Vale and Nyssa girls and Adrian boys are scheduled in playoff games on Saturday.

As the Nyssa School District considers moving to a four-day school week, the district is one of the last in the county that has kept its school week to five days. Switching to shorter instruction weeks has become a polarizing issue in Nyssa, with some who say less classroom time would impact students learning. Others believe the move would improve the district’s ability to recruit and retain good teachers.

A break in action in a recent Jordan Valley girls basketball game was put to good use by the Tiny Dancers. The young performers entertained the crowd at the Mustangs’ home game on Tuesday, Feb. 21.

Community members have become frustrated with the Nyssa School Board’s continued silence after state investigators found that 14 Nyssa School District employees had children improperly enrolled in a federal program aimed at helping migrant families.