Gorge sports coverage for Feb. 16, 2022
Comprehensive sports coverage for the Gorge, including Hood
River, The Dalles, Columbia high schools and 1A teams in the Gorge.
In round two of the Class 5A boys basketball Gorge rivalry between The Dalles High Riverhawks and the Hood River Valley High Eagles, it was another thrilling matchup like the previous meeting a week earlier (a 65-62 Riverhawk win). This time it was the Eagles who came out on top, 82-76, over the Hawks, Feb. 11, at Hood River Valley High School.
The Dalles High Riverhawks girls basketball team was undoubtedly inspired by a pregame Senior Night ceremony prior to a Class 5A Intermountain Conference Gorge rivalry match-up against the Hood River Valley High Eagles. It was that kind of momentum that helped the Riverhawks pull out a, 51-45, win over the Eagles Feb. 11 in their final home game of the season.
The No. 5-ranked and undefeated South Wasco County High Redsides extended their win streak to 20 after two lopsided Class 1A boys basketball Big Sky League victories this past week.
Carson Farlow, his brother Connor Farlow and Robert Wood of Hood River, and Taylor Moorehouse and Silas Parsons of The Dalles have earned spots in the upcoming Class 5A state championship wrestling tournament.
Columbia freshman Sawyer Muehlbauer qualified for the WIAA Class 1A state wrestling tournament with a sixth-place finish Saturday at regionals.
Muehlbauer, wrestling at 170 pounds, will wrestle Colville senior Robby Collier in Friday’s first round at state in the Tacoma Dome.
The Dalles High Riverhawks and the Hood River Valley High Eagles competed in the Class 5A Intermountain Conference District swim meet Saturday in Hood River and both squads enjoyed success, with numerous swimmers qualifying for the OSAA state meet Feb. 18 at the Tualatin Hills Aquatic Center in Beaverton.
Hood River Valley’s win over The Dalles this past week put the Eagles in prime position to earn one of three Intermountain Conference berths in the Class 5A state boys basketball playoffs. The Riverhawks have a tad more of a task ahead.
The No. 8-ranked Trout Lake High Mustangs earned the West Division’s No. 1 seed into the Class 1A girls basketball Big Sky League District playoffs with a, 55-46, road win Saturday at Dufur.
Montesano set the tone with an 11-0 run to start the game and went on to beat the Columbia High girls 79-29 on Friday in the 1A District 4 Tournament in Montesano.
Columbia High wrestlers Cassidy Hipskind and Jessica Polkinghorn each placed eighth in the WIAA Region 3 girls wrestling tournament Saturday in Aberdeen.
The Dalles High finished sixth in the 5A division of last weekend’s OSAA Cheerleading State Championships.
Hood River Valley’s Emily Teets won the giant slalom ski race this past weekend — the fifth race of the Mt. Hood League season held on the Pucci run at Timberline.
Game schedule from Feb. 15
