RUSSELL – When looking back through successful classes in Oregon high school boys basketball history, it’s going to be hard to top the 2026 class at Portland Christian High School. The team went 15-11 and 9-5 in the Northwest League as freshmen in 2022-2023, 28-1 and 14-0 in 2023-2024, 27-3 and 14-0 in 2024-2025 and are currently 27-0 and 14-0 this season. Add that up and you get a career record of 97-15 overall and 51-5 in league play. But one thing still remains missing, and that’s a 2A state title. The Royals hope to fill that gap this weekend in Pendleton where they enter as the No. 2 seed and will play No. 7 Lowell at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 5, in the quarterfinals at Pendleton High School. “When I left Gresham and came over here, a lot of these kids came with me so I've coached them since they were in third grade,” Royals head coach Erik Lyslo said. “This group is very special to me, they mean a lot. They’re like kids to me, I’ve given them rides home for years, I know the...