Gorge sports roundup for April 20, 2022
The Dalles High Riverhawks were on the verge of getting a huge win in the opening contest of their Intermountain Conference Class 5A baseball schedule April 15 versus visiting Pendleton High.
The Dufur High Rangers girls golf team remained undefeated at 4-0 after winning the Riverside High School Tournament April 15 at the Marker 40 Golf Course in Boardman.
Horizon Christian’s track and field meet at Portland’s Catlin Gabel had a bit of everything Saturday, including a 45-minute lightning delay, but the Hawks came away with a second-place boys finish against eight other — mostly larger — schools.
After having two scheduled events canceled due to inclement weather April 11 and 13, The Dalles High Riverhawks girls golf team and the Hood River Valley Eagles girls squad played in a nine-hole match April 15 at The Dalles Country Club.
The Dalles’ track and field team continues to work its way into shape, despite some uncooperative un-spring-like weather.
Columbia High’s track and field outlook is starting to become clearer – although the Bruins are like the other Gorge-area teams who are waiting for some consistent springtime weather.
Twenty-eight teams, and seemingly about that many different types of weather, were on the agenda for Saturday’s Wilsonville Invitational, where Hood River Valley’s track and field team was able to scratch some of its competitive itch.
The No. 4-ranked The Dalles High Riverhawks softball team has defeated two teams (Silverton, St. Helens) ranked in the top-10 of the Class 5A OSAA rankings, so it knows what it takes to win against a high-caliber opponent.
After a two-plus week layoff and two weather-related postponements, the young Columbia High School softball team is no longer among the state’s unbeaten ranks.
The Columbia High Bruins waited patiently through weather postponements on Tuesday and Thursday, and then had to use a few extra innings before winning their first league baseball game last week.
Coach Mike Muehlbauer’s squad got in a single game Friday against Castle Rock, winning a Trico League donnybrook, 15-14. The Bruins (5-5 overall, 1-3 league) and Rockets were supposed to play a doubleheader, but the Gorge snow earlier in the week and then the extra innings on Friday scrubbed that idea.
Hood River’s Intermountain Conference opening doubleheader was a far cry from the Eagles’ best performance of the season, but a league road sweep is reason enough to celebrate.
The Hood River girls lacrosse team lost their first conference game to the Cleveland Warriors, 8-12 on Thursday April 14. It has been an up and down season for the Eagles, with a loss coming after every win this year. In their previous competition on April 6, the Eagles defeated 6A Central Catholic by a score of 22-1. Every team has their struggles and according to first-year Hood River coach, Lauren Oaks, communication could solve a lot of their inconsistencies.
