The South Wasco County High Redsides were hoping the third time would be a charm for them in the OSAA Class 1A boys basketball state championship game versus the Crane High Mustangs. But the Redsides, appearing in the 1A final for the first time since 2006 and third time overall, came up short again.
The Dalles High Riverhawks’ boys and girls basketball teams had five players earn Intermountain Conference all league awards for the recently completed season.
Hood River Valley dug itself too big a second-quarter hole and the result was a 74-61 loss March 4 in the first round of the Class 5A boys basketball state playoffs at Eagle Point.
In a rematch of a Big Sky League district playoff game two weeks earlier, the Echo High Cougars ended the Trout Lake High Mustangs’ season, 58-49, in a consolation round game of the OSAA Class 1A girls basketball state championship tournament March 4 at Baker City High School.
The No. 16-ranked The Dalles High Riverhawk boys basketball team concluded its finest season in 11 years Friday, losing 59-24 in the first round of the Class 5A state playoffs at Churchill High in Eugene.
The Dalles High Riverhawks baseball team will be focusing on having its first full season in three years when they play their 2022 opener March 15 at 4:30 p.m. against the Putnam High Kingsmen at Quinton Street Ballpark.
The Hawks played a COVID-shortened, six-week schedule last year, posting a 3-14 record — including a 3-7 Intermountain Conference mark.
Hood River Valley’s Thorsen Welch was eighth in giant slalom and 10th in slalom, leading Gorge skiers at last week’s state ski championships at Mt. Hood Meadows.
