Academic honors go to Gorge schools

Of the 26 OSAA-sponsored activities, Hood River Valley had either a boys or girls top 10 academic team in 20 of them.

The HRV boys swim team earned a cumulative grade-point average of 3.87 to finish first among Class 5A schools; The Dalles was 10th with a 3.14 GPA among 5A schools. Hood River’s boys tennis team was first in 5A with a 3.94 GPA, and the Eagle girls cross country team also was ranked first with a 3.98 GPA.

The Horizon girls basketball team was first among Class 1A schools with a cumulative GPA of 3.91. In “spring” sports which ended last month, Horizon’s boys golfers earned a team GPA of 3.8 to rank first among 3A, 2A and 1A schools. The Hawk girls track and field team was ranked third in 1A with a 3.85 GPA, and the boys track and field team was ranked seventh at 3.43.

The Hood River girls swim team was ninth in 5A with a 3.55 GPA; the HRV boys wrestling team also was ninth (3.1 GPA); the HRV cheer squad was seventh (3.76 GPA).

The Dalles boys golf team was ranked fourth in 5A with a 3.76 GPA. The Riverhawk softball team was seventh best among 5A GPAs with a 3.61 team total.

All sport and classification rankings can be found at www.osaa.org/awards.