Gorge sport for Sept. 29, 2001
Sports roundup for the past week.
(Note: Because of COVID, a shortage of game officials and transportation options, schedules are subject to last-minute changes.)
The Dalles High cross country team swept the boys and girls team championships at the annual Bridgette Nelson invite at Sororis Park on a sunny Friday afternoon in The Dalles.
Hood River Valley’s return to high school cross country competition Saturday was punctuated by junior Elliot Hawley’s near win in the Division 2 race at the sunny Nike Portland XC.
Columbia High used pack mentality to race to a boys cross country win Thursday at a hilly Strawberry Island course in North Bonneville (on Hamilton Island).
Hood River continues its search this week for an Intermountain Conference volleyball win after starting the season with losses to three teams ranked among the top 12 in the state for Class 5A.
The Dalles High Riverhawks volleyball team snapped a four-game losing streak and turned things around by winning three straight games in an eight-team tournament Sept. 25 at Oregon City High School.
Trout Lake and Horizon Christian are adjusting to roster variations in different ways early in this 2021 fall boys soccer season.
The Hood River Valley girls soccer team won its first game 6-0 against St. Helens, but it has been unable to find the back of the net much since.
The Dalles High Riverhawks girls soccer team opened its 10-game Class 5A Intermountain Conference schedule with a confidence-building 6-0 road win over the Crook County Cowgirls (0-4) Sept. 23 in Prineville.
Columbia High’s girls soccer team begins its Trico League season in earnest this week
Trout Lake’s girls soccer team has had almost as many matches canceled as it has played thus far, but the Mustangs are producing good results …
Columbia High enters its Trico League volleyball schedule this week buoyed by a non-league home win against Riverside on Sept. 21, when Coach Heidi Shultz said her team continued its improved play.
The No. 14 ranked South Wasco County High Redsides continue to be the top contender in the Class 1A volleyball Big Sky League following a 3-2 win over the Dufur High Rangers in a first-place showdown Sept. 24 at Dufur High School.
Pendleton High’s “next-man-up” mantra was on display in the second half Friday, when the Buckaroos scored 29 unanswered points to beat Hood River Valley, 35-21, in a key Intermountain Conference football game at Henderson Stadium.
Columbia High finally found its offensive footing four games into the season and the result was a 50-42 road win Saturday afternoon against Fort Vancouver at Kiggins Bowl.
One week after having 76 points scored against them, The Dalles High Riverhawks football team turned things around and scored 76 points of its own to get its first win this season.
The Lyle/Wishram/Klickitat High Cougars won their third straight in Special District 2 Class 1A eight-man football, 42-20, over the Sherman/Condon High Huskies on Friday in Moro.
